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    Can't install win 7 64 bit on new drive

    I am currently running on a seagate 320 gb drive with vista 32bit and all is well. I wanted more storage and also wanted to move up to win 7 so I bought a seagate 2tb drive and a win 7 64bit (full version) disk to install on the new drive. I hooked up the new drive on sata 4 while my drive with...
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    Weird boot up after oc

    Hi I am a noob at oc and recently built a system with the following: p5be mb rev. 1.01G intel e6300 cpu bfg 7600gt oce vid card 2 - 1gb sticks of Corsair xms2 twin2x1024a-6400 memory According to reviews the components of this system are supposed to be great for overclocking. I was told one...
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    Help with usb pen drive

    This issue happens most of the time with my pc which is running win xp pro, P4 1.7ghz, 1gb ram. By most of the time I mean every once in a while it works fine. I'll plug the sandisk 512mb pen drive into the any usb port and I get the message "the disk in drive ? is not formatted would you like...
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    Any suggestions on knowledgable/reliable custom system builders?

    I am looking to have someone build a custom system. Any suggestions? Looking to spend about $1500 for system that is upgradeable for future, reliable and fast. Will run xp pro. Thanks
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    access to files and folders

    I know there is a way to allow access to all folders and files on my pc but have forgotten where to go to do it. I'm running Win xp pro. My virus scanner found a virus and I need to delete a file in C:\system volume information. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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    Backup file corrupted. Help!

    I was wondering if anyone has heard of a program that would "uncorrupt" a corrupted file on a floppy disk. Here's the problem, after reformating my hard drive and reloading all my apps I went to reload ms money 2003 and restore my backup file (about 4 years worth) from the floppy I had backed up...
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    Bad hard drive?

    My kids have a PC, P3 450 that they said was acting up so when I went to boot up I got a message during the boot process that no OS was found. I booted again and now all I get after the boot screen (showing the hard drive and 2 cd rom drives) is a black screen with a blinking cursor. I tried a...
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    directplay voice setup?

    On trying to set up voice recognition on win xp, within the sound audio devices properties I hit the voice tab and then the test hardware tab under voice recognition and get this message " An error occurred during directplay voice setup. The error code is 0x80004005." When I click ok I get...
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    Win xp pro boot disk

    I want to flash my bios but need to make a boot disk for winxp pro. I've gone to different sites for info and some say I need to copy onto the floppy "ntdetect.com, ntldr, boot.ini". Some say use blank floppy right click A drive, format, click create startup disk (when viewing which files are...
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    HELP!!

    I recently built a pc for myself and gave my old one to my kids. From the kids pc (os is xp) I kept my administrator login the same and added 4 additional limited user accounts no problem. I then added passwords for the 4 limited user accounts. Once I did this I was unable to login as...
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    Can you install one copy of office on 2 pc's?

    I just built my second pc and tried installing office 2000 premium (which I paid a lot of $$$$$$ for) on it. When I went to activate it wouldn't allow saying it had already been registered on another pc (my first one). Are there any work arounds to this or am I stuck having to buy another copy...
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    Anyone purchase an ASUS P4S8X yet?

    I am building a pc using this board. I have read a lot of positive reviews on it until I read this article on extreme tech www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,582960,00.asp I would appreciate any feedback from people who have actually used the board and any comments you have on it. Thanks
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    Need help choosing a mb

    This is what I'm planning to purchase. I am still unsure about the mb. I've read some pretty negative articles about the KT400. Most articles I've read say to stay with the KT333. Am I wrong going with this board? Is there a faster and more stable board out there? Am I doing the right thing...