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Can't write to floppy, can't 'repair' Vista
Snacko Sna...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Thanks. I will do that when I get time to move the data off it. This was to be my next step, but I'm still concerned about what would make it a problematic partition. There aren't any options other than right-click, format (full

Can't write to floppy, can't 'repair' Vista
I've had the machine -- and Vista for about -- 8 months now.. OK, I won't ask, but if we don't know what your problem/s are, we can't help... ok, .... As you can see from the directory listing of my E:, there is a file called "outlook backup.pst". I use the "Export" function of Outlook 2007 once a week to update

Faxes are Stretched
Huib anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Hi, HP was intended to guide me on the phone to peform a restart ...but as i -using the CD-recovery is probably only necessary after a HDD-crash? Is it saver to use an external HDD to take first a back-up? You see on my questions

SOLVED: Upgraded CPUs, Windows Media Player and Center SOLVED
WinXP on 128MB RAM - the sound you heard is Windows trying its best to thrash the HDD to death! MS Vista with 512MB RAM - What kind of idiot buys a new computer next year and only Mark Heyes (New Zealand) See my pics at www.gigatech.co.nz (last updated 27-May-06) "The person on the other side was a young woman.

{CastleChatter} Re: Cleaning Your Cell Phone/reply
Such operation will speed up your navigation among thousands of folders located on your hard drive. Would you like to mark your favorite folders with .... In my personal opinion graphic is great, but I don't need to tell you everything, you should just watch screens in full scale and you will see it on your own.

Missing Hard Drive with Windows Vista Ultimate
:D And also a slower responding o/s as well. Still, Apple won't really feel the pinch until home computes get up there. They'll never feel the pinch, .... I haven't tried Vista on a 512MB machine, but I have read that it is not a happy combination. It'll be a snail and the poor hard drive will be thrashing.

Dell Dim 9200 with Vista- what exactly is drive D? and other Resto
BLinAZ BLi...@aol.com microsoft public windows vista general Tried this but still won't wake up. I see the blue power light on the back of the computer flash I did not see the Set Hybrid and Hibernate modes in the Advanced Settings? Thanks! "Bob" wrote: Go to Advance Power Settings. Set hard drive to turn off a

Computer Shuts Down at Start-Up
For that reason, I won't even touch XP or Vista. Pure, unadulterated BS. I do it all the time and it works a LOT better than Windows 98's methods. In other words, my OS and programs are on the FIRST harddrive. My storage is all on a SECOND (slave) drive. I have a 3rd drive, which is where I moved a bunch of

Q 400Gb HDD with Windows 98/ME
Mac (Croatia) MacCroa...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup But my C Partition is already "active" one ! I assume for this that they are on the same hard drive. If not please post back the information from Disk Manangement so we can get an idea of your setup "Mac

Computer Failure
If you decide to install a larger hard drive let me know and I'll send my Ghost to you. I'm thinking if I build a new computer Ghost will be one of the parts I buy. With all these specs to meet, I don't see how I'll be happy with Vista unless I either rebuild the box I have now with a faster processor and

Dual boot - remove one OS.
I've tried using the Windows Vista Ultimate repair procedure, but it won't let me do it from boot up and when I try to do use the 'UpGrade' from the Win Visat It shows that the program is still running (the dots keep recycling showint that it is working, I can see it accessing the InterNet and teh HDD access

Replacing Vista with XP
As big a hard drive as you can afford--pictures take up a ton of space. I have an external hard drive for my graphics and music. My computer's so old, it only has a 40 gb hard It took all night and part of the next day, but went perfectly. I have XP on my desktop. Mike and the kids have Vista on their laptops.

Vista constantly rebooting after this week's updates - "Config
Maybe I should stick the cloned drive in the computer and see if it's still working. Yep. I presume, that you are talking about a clone for that particular computer. In which case is should boot. Where I find it convenient is with Linux on the second hard drive on the desktop. I can boot either Linux or Vista on

Myst Compilation Set
Even if it could, you'd see no performance benefit whatsoever. Vista only offsets some caching to a USB device -- it still relies heavily upon the standard An additional 500MB of RAM won't break the bank, and will reduce the strain on your hard-drive. Hi Maxine, A few minutes after I sent you the last message

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
I'm listening to music with XMMS located on my portable hard drive. I've watched YouTube videos. I've viewed high definition QuickTime trailers. Xine is loaded. And I've added *nothing* to the install. Let's see Vista do this. Windows Vista installations are a weak part (some say upgrades won't work,

Windows Mobile Device Center in Vista Ultimate 64-Bit
I have Fdisk and cant see where I can increase this to use the full HDD (400 Gb). What are the limits of a DOS / FAT32 format? from 3.11 through to Vista, to help with support. and there's also the problem that the users need to be able to handle that when they wont with hardware that ME can handle fine.

computer won't boot up after recent update
To reiterate: NIS 2007 uninstalled and currently using hardware firewall with resident firewall, resident malware security and avast!; Toshiba A135 Satellite notebook with Intel Core Duo 1.73 GHz, 2GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, and 3.1 Windows Experience Index. Thank you! -- a improving vista on the horizon.

Can't get to my second hard drive now
PA Bear [MS MVP] PABear...@gmail.com microsoft public windowsupdate When I read this fix from Anguas I wonder if booting from the Vista install media will delete all of the information stored on my hard drive. No, it won't. -- ~PA Bear Aussiegirl wrote: I am having the same problem and my PC has been unusable since

KB943078 failed installation
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IE7 or Firefox cannot play online videos on Vista
If I delete the C partition, my XP parition, will my Vista partition suddenly decide that it's the C partition and not the F partition--which I think it ought to be, but won't that mess up some apps or something? Or will C just remain weirdly empty? "John Barnes" wrote: If you are not using the XP partition,