Recent content by thadon

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    is this a good deal?

    this is a BenQ joybook 5000 that i am getting imported outside of the US. intel centrino 1.5 ghz 15" LCD screen 512mb ram 60gb hard drive ati radeon 9700 w/ 64mb 4x dvd burner BenQ is not available in America but I think they make pretty good LCD screens... i am getting it for...
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    really odd monitor problem

    well i dont know what happened but i think while my computer was still running someone unplugged my dell LCD monitor and plugged it into their own computer. this happened while i was out and when i got back to my computer and plugged my LCd monitor back into my computer it tells me "Cannot...
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    wireless constantly disconnecting

    hey i have a linksys wireless router setup in my apartment. the problem is, every 30min or so the wireless connection will cut off but the cat5 connections still work. i have a wireless card, and i think the wireless is 801.11g, the connection is 54mbps. to get my connection back, i have to go...
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    got infected with virus... bootup to windows=auto reboot

    thanks bartsPE was exactly what i was looking for.
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    got infected with virus... bootup to windows=auto reboot

    can knoppix read NTFS? and is it safe to save my files? i am affraid they are infected with a virus...
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    got infected with virus... bootup to windows=auto reboot

    the computer reboots before i can do that.
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    got infected with virus... bootup to windows=auto reboot

    hey i got infected with the bloodhound virus recently. at first norton antivirus told me it was unable to clean the virus, so i rebooted my computer and did a full scan... norton then told me that the virus was quarantined and deleted. up until today the computer was OK, running a little slow...
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    having problems booting into windows 2000

    my parents were messing around with my computer, and i dunno what happened, but now i get this error on the startup of windows 2000 "STOP 0x0000006F SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED ive run memtest , and the results were 0 errors after an hour. ive also tried to run the computer in safe mode...
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    Hitachi 180 GB HD at Frys for 69.99 AR

    couple weeks ago they had a 200gb for $80, with like $130 worth in rebates. well i just got a post card today from hitachi, telling me they are rejecting my $90 rebate, even though i followed instructions very carefully, and had everything on time. they say something wrong with the upc and wrong...
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    please help, disk 2 is unreadable in windows 2000

    yeah back in xp now... but its just an unformatted drive now. sorry for cross posting i'm very scared of losing all this data. i'm really lost now... hoping i do not lose this hard drive.
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    urgent, 200gb hard drive is unreadable

    hey i just switched from windows xp to windows 2000 with sp3 , and now my 200gb hard drive is unreadable under windows2000. i also switched the disk from primary to secondary ide before the windows 2000 installation, because i realized i had it on the wrong channel. please help, i can't afford...
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    please help, disk 2 is unreadable in windows 2000

    hey i just switched from windows xp to windows 2000 with sp3 , and now my 200gb hard drive is unreadable under windows2000. i also switched the disk from primary to secondary ide before the windows 2000 installation, because i realized i had it on the wrong channel. please help, i really do not...
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    need a quick critique of this system

    i'm still shopping, but answered my own question. thanks scrap
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    need a quick critique of this system

    i found different builds i could go with, which one would be better 1) athlon xp 2500+ barton 256 mb ram 2) athlon xp 1800+ thoroughbred 512 mb ram