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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
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    PROBLEM LOADING VIDEO DRIVER ON DELL 2650

    I am using the driver from the NVidia site...the Dell site does not have a Window 98 driver. Do you know where I can get the right driver ? thanks Stanley
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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

    Yesterday I got the most recent service package from Microsoft. I will download Netscape and see if I get the same problem. Thank you so much for your reply!
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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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    SQL Question

    I would do it like this: insert into tableA (col1, col2, col3) (select col1. col2, col3 from tableB minus select col1. col2, col3 from tableA);
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    When typing, all characrers appear twice

    Thanks for the answer...I tryed a few keyboards and reset the bios...I even removed the battery from the motherboard...but no luck
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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...