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Hi Guys, Been a while since I have had a mjor problem. My computer keeps crashing. Seems to happen when I am using the web which is weird but happens when I swap between tabs (refresh issue?). See below for a pictures of the crash I am assuming its a graphics card issue but essentially no...

Hi, I have a 1TB Samsung SATA drive, 50gb partition (C drive OS win XP) I want to move the image to a WD 80gb SATA Drive, 50gb partition. I have tried norton ghost to no avail. - Image copies ok, bios can see WD80gb HDD but cant boot from it. What am i doing wrong? I have done this many times...

Hi, I am trying to move an image from an old samsung sata drive to a new western digital sata. Second computer used to ghost image over. (no problems) Bios recognises it. Will boot with both drives in and is recogniseable. Help! Cheers Kit

Hi, When I press the power button the following happens: Bios comes up but seems to hang for a fair while 20 sec ish (a lot longer than it used to) It then says windows has failed etc - start as normal etc No matter the choice xp starts for 3 secs then I get a view of a BSOD for a...

Hi, I am in need of a new workstation for 3D modelling Solidworks or similar, I have been offered an machine with an Nvidia 250 GT card. My research suggests I need a Quadro card or similar (Firegl). What should I get - price for the card is middling to budget £200 ish My arm could...

Hi, My brothers computer is FUBAR'ed. The screen will randomly and continually go black for a few seconds, usually when performing a new action (new webpage or some flash animation starts up). But its not consistent enough to be conclusive. I can't make it go black on purpose it just does...

Hi, I have a sony Vaio PCG-382M. When it boots up it has vertical blue lines through the sony vaio screen. It then continues to a screen covered in a's with little hats. Xp will then start to load up but it fails and restarts. Pics attached - any ideas?

Hi, Trying to slip stream the drivers needed for my sata drivers on to an XP disc. The computer is still living (just) where do I get the drivers from (tried once and failed - not really sure what I am doing). Failing that what do i need to know to find the drivers online HDD make...

A strange one this. When I use corel draw and open a file it automatically saves the file without any changes as a "backup_of_filename". Would it be possible to set it so that every file for any package I open automatically has a backup created? Any advice on where to get more specific...

Hi, I need a tape drive (160-320GBs ish) to backup my computer (and shared computers - all linked in a small network). Most of the tape drives I have looked at have SCSI connectors. Do I just need a SCSI PCI card? or is it more complicated than that? Thanks for the help. Cheers

Hi, Just got myself a 1700mm Plotter and its offline test seem to work but I cant get any response when i connect it. It connects via a serial port (9 pin). My computer has a Serial port listed as COM1. It also came with a serial to USB adapater and im having no luck with either. Help...

Hi, On my computer I create a lot of drawings in different formats. Is there a way of copying all the pdfs, dwgs ans dxfs in one place. Other people often need to find drawings and i would like to give them somewher to look rather than trawlling my folders. Cheers Kit

Hi, My friend has buggered up the password on his laptop. Im trying to log on as administrator but i don't know the password. What is the default password on an acer 5610 aspire? Or failing that how can i bypass the logon screen? Cheers

Hi, My 4:3 Monitor things its a wide screen monitor. How can i get more settings? Cheers

Hi, Been a while since i have done this. Got 2 hard drives 0ne with xp (master C:) One with 2000 (slave H:) Cant correctly edit boot file [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems]...

Hi, Is it possible to save a file as multiple types at the click of a button. I am using Solidworks and i would like to be able to save as a .slddrw (standard file type) and as a .pdf (available from the drop down menu). both should have the same file name. I know its easy to do "save...

Hi, I have a D-Link DSL -G604T Router which has 6 computers accessing it 3 wired and 3 wireless. The hard wired ones seem fine. But the wireless ones keep losing connection after 5-15mins and the only way to restore connection is to reboot the router which is extremely annoying. Any...

Hi, When i am using my DVD drive (LG DVD-RAM GSA-H22N) my music starts to stutter. it doesnt matter if it is writing or copying. Playing DVDs doesnt seem to matter although the sound does go quieter a little. Any ideas? Cheers

Hi, Just put XP on a medion and i dont have a LAN driver, as such i cannont connect it to the net to download the driver! and other dirvers My computer is a Medion MD-98200 and originally came with vista on it. how do i find out what i need? Cheers

Hi, I have a Medion MD-98200 notebook - damn good deal from Aldi - well it would be if i could get rid of Vista and install the still very shiny XP. Trouble is when i boot from the XP CD it cant find the hard drive!! Help - Vista is rubbish for want of a more spiteful word Cheers Kit