Recent content by Xarzu

I am trying to extend my desktop to a second monitor. Yes, I know how it is supposed to work with the display settings, but I can not get the operating system to recognize the existence of two monitors. Let me first explain some details because my situation is not like the others. First of all...

I own an old computer. It is a 2001 Sony Viao, that I have mentioned in other discusssion threads. I need to re-install the OS on a new hard drive. The computer came with 3 discs. One is called "System Restore" one is "Software Restore" and the third is called 'Drivers Restore". I have...

I plugged in the keyboard to a USB port, and I hit F2 during start up and the BIOS window came up.

Clearly, F2 is what I am supposed to hit when the computer is first starting up in order to get into BIOS mode. While I was defraging my C drive in safe mode the defrag software (Diskeeper from Executive Software {never trust a Scientology front organization} which is another story} seemed...

It is a Sony Vio from 2001. I cannot tell you specifics about the CPU and other things until I have a look at the BIOS. And right now, the machine is tied up. Things got worse when it was trying to recover the hard drive when I was in normal Safe Mode, I think, because it did not have...

Here is where I stand now. I tried F2, I tried F1, and I tried the ESC key but I could not get it to bring up BIOS when I was starting up the computer. As for safe mode, I can no longer bring up the Graphic User Interface Safe mode but I am able to bring up the command line interface. I...

Here is my update. It looked promising. I went into save mode and made the selections you suggested to fix the drive. It prompted me with a message saying that it needed to reboot in order to complete the fix. I have the suspicion now that this must have something to do with the fact...

That looks like it should work. I will know if works in a moment and let you know. In the mean time.... I used to know how to start up the computer to look at the BIOS. To get there, you have to press some keyboard button or combination. I press F8 to get into the menu to select safe...

It is a sony vio. What do you want to know about the computer? I am able to boot in safe mode, if that will do me any good. In order to reinstall XP I will have to set the BIOS to boot from the cd drive. How do I do that?

I am trying to recover from a crash. Here is my story. I have just moved. I have two computers. One computer has an XP operating system. By means of one of those monitor, mouse and keyboars switcher, I used the same monitor and mouse and keyboard for each computer. In my new place where...