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    Need Help with Norton Ghost

    Thanks guys, changing the BIOS setting on my spare desktop to LBA resolved the problem. I will also try CLONEzilla
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    Need Help with Norton Ghost

    I have always backed my laptop hard drive by removing it from the laptop and ataching it to my desktop with an adopter. I then created a Ghost image file. From time to time I test the restore by imaging back to a spare hard drive. On the desktop, I would always have to set the bios to either CHS...
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    DELL XPS 600 SATA Drive Driver

    I am trying to install XP on a DELL XPS 600 with a DELL OEM XP SP3 CD. When Windows boots for the time it blue screens. I researched, and it is a SATA driver issue. Does anyone know how to install the driver, even though it blue screens. It also blue screens in safe mode. Thanks.
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    Maxtor Hard Drive sounds like a music box

    Thanks for the help... The sound coming out the hard drive does not sound like the heads....It really does sound like a music box playing a tune. I did try to RMA the drive and it is out of warranty. When I do a goolge search, I just get the web that want to sell me a drive... I cannot...
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    Maxtor Hard Drive sounds like a music box

    When my PC failed to boot, the issue was the hard drive. It does not spin up and sounds like a music box (no clicking, just a real music box) when (data cable is disconnected or connecte and) power is applied to it. It is a Maxtor 200 gig DiamondMAX plus 9. Does anyone know what this...
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    Please help with LCD inverter

    I have a Toshiba A65 Laptop with the LCD assembly removed. One end of the inverter has a connector that attaches to the LCD cable assembly. The other end of the invertrr has a connector with two wires - pink and white. Does anyone PLEASE know where these 2 wire come from (where they...
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    Can IPOD connect to a Windows 98 PC ?

    I have an IPOD and I am running Windows 98. Is there a way to connect the IPOD? Thanks
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    LCD Monitor Problem

    I have a ViewSonic VX900 LCD monitor with a display problem. The only time I get a display is, as soon as I turn it on there is a display for a split second and it then goes black. When I turn it off, then back on the same thing happens. I have repeated this many times with the same...
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    Whats a good frequency and multiplier for a Athlon 2100+

    Whats a good frequency and multiplier for a Athlon 2100+ Thanks for your help. Stanley
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    sound card install gone bad

    Does it boot when you remove the sound card ?
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    Can someone tell me the differneces about 370 stuff

    Can someone tell me the differences of the 370 Celeron and the 370 Pentium 3 I have Celeron chips that are green on top and some that are silver and black I have Pent-3 chips that are green on top. I notice that they do no interchage in most Mother Boards. Is there a way of adopting...
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    Wireless connection is fine, but programs can't connect to the internet!

    I am having the same problem ....hope someone comes up with an answer
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    PROBLEM LOADING VIDEO DRIVER ON DELL 2650

    PLEASE tell me where it is... Thanks... Stanley
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    PROBLEM LOADING VIDEO DRIVER ON DELL 2650

    Hi, The Windoes ME driver was not downloaded from the Dell website (I forgot where I got it. It said it was a Geforce2 Go Thanks For Your Help
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    PROBLEM LOADING VIDEO DRIVER ON DELL 2650

    Hi Guys, The Display dirver loaded is "Standard VGA" (16 color). I downloaded the Geforce2 Go drivers form the Toshiba laptop page and also from 2 other web site. Five dirvers all together and they will not load. Can it be a problem with the lap top (hardware). Thanks Stanley