Recent content by Phantom589

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    Need help with some comp issues...i randomly get the blue screen

    well it all started after my cousin plugged in his external HDD into my comp. he had done this many times befor, but this time, the blue screen popped up and i shut off the computer. now , after the "incident" everytime i turn on the computer I get a blue windows screen telling me my hd volume...
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    Need help in purchasing a good laptop for college

    http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1958364&enterthread=y
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    Need help in purchasing a good laptop for college

    Hey guys I posted on these fourms a while back when i was purchasing my desktop and the ppl here were extremely helpful in showing me what was good for the money. Im not very knowledgable abt this stuff, but i kno u guys are, so i need some help agian. Im trying to put together a good laptop...
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    Easiest way to remove the audio from a video and have just the audio as a file?

    say i have a video clip but i want to remove the audio and just have the sound from the clip but no video. So say takin the sound from an mpg, and have just the sounds in the video as an mp3, is there a simple program out there that would let me do that?
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    OK..buying a new PC. help a noob pick some components.

    come on ppl :( plzzzzzzzzzzz
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    OK..buying a new PC. help a noob pick some components.

    Ok my laptop just died and i need a new pc. Its gonna be used for a little mix of everything , internet, regular word processing etc, no photoshop or movie making, but definatly some gaming (cs source, mabey wow). I need something that will handle all of that well and be a good enough gaming rig...
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    How do i check CPU temp?

    I have a dell XPS and when i place my hand near the back fan area it doesnt feel like any air is coming out, it just feels like theres some warm air around there. The computer isnt having any probs like shutting down or anything but back when i first got it i could usually feel air being blown...
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    I need a quick program that will allow me to copy a DVD.

    its a movie. its actually footage on a mini dvd recorded using a mini dvd camcorder
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    My computer is allergic to AIM. what do i do?

    when i first got the computer (abt 3 months ago) and tried to install the newest version of AIM, it would always freeze after recieving one IM. so someone on these fourms suggested getting an older version of AIM, i did that and it worked fine ,except for when i would leave the computer for long...
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    I need a quick program that will allow me to copy a DVD.

    my trial version of nero just ran out, and the link for dling a new trial version on thier website is down (there updating a new trail version, it says to come back later) i tried googleing to find a mirror but all the ones i found have slow ass dl speeeds that say like 6hrs! anyone know of...
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    When u back up data with Nero can it only be opened agian with nero?

    I recently copied like 4 gigs of music to a dvd using nero backitup, now when i insert that dvd and open it , i see 2 large files (abt 2 gigs each) not all the songs. They are "nero backitup" documents. does this mean i can only open this dvd and copy those files back to my harddrive if im using...
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    What is a good program for copying files from your HD to a DVD?

    What program should i use to burn that folder onto a dvd?, a already have the files i wanna burn in a folder (im backikng up parts of my HD, music, vids, etc)
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    What is a good program for copying files from your HD to a DVD?

    somethings wrong with my windows built in one, so i wanna try copying files to a DVD using a program, can someone recommend a good free one? thx
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    Problem with my DVD+RW drive. Wont copy files to blank DVD's

    but that wont work either..when i try to paste the folder i get an error. what program should i use to do this?