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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

    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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    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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    PROBLEM LOADING VIDEO DRIVER ON DELL 2650

    I have a Dell Insperon 2650 and trying to load Windows 98. The Video driver will not load. It is an NVidia GeFroce2. The Dell Website and the Dell Diagnostic program both say the laptop has the NVidia chip. When I run the NVidia setup to load the driver, I get a message, NVIDIA hardware not...
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    pop-up problem in IE 6.0

    I have recently gotten these problems in my Internet Explorer: I go to a website that has maybe 1-2 popups, and I get an error that tells me to close Explorer (but it seems to be Windows Explorer, not Internet Explorer). I do that, then I get another message (not an error one) that tells me to...
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    Saving Hard Drives With Bad Sectors

    Is there any way of making a hard drive with bad sectors usable and reliable ? Thanks....
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    When typing, all characrers appear twice

    When I type on the keyboard all characters appear 2 times. This happens in Win 98 applications, MS-DOS standalone and in the BIOS setup. If a hit the up or down arrow it goes up (or down) 2 times. It appears the first charater appeares when a key is pressed down and the second character appears...
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    Relative Performance of some CPUs

    Can anyone be kind enogh to compare the performance of these CPUs. P-2 266 Celary 266 Celary 300a AMD k6-2 300 (66 bus) Cyrix MII 266 Cyrix MII 333 AMD k6 300 P1 - 233 MMX Thanks...