I've recently added a new second slave HDD (Hitachi Deskstar 250GB). It's seen in the BIOS, it's seen in Device Manager, but I can't get Disk Manager to format the new HDD. It goes through the whole process - taking about an hour - then comes up with the message 'Windows was unable to complete the format". I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, cutting the partition size down to 100GB...

This is a new Bluescreen error I just received this morning. Over the last few months, I have been getting bluescreens caused by my network adapter (or at least I believe my Realtek 8187 is the problem). Today's error code was 0x1a_41287_nt!ExAllocatePoolWithTag+490, type 0 The error code I have been getting over the last few months is 0x9F_IMAGE_RTL8187B.sys, type 0 Any ideas would be...

Subject says it all.....plug in ethernet and keyb/mouse stops working (ie movement on mouse so slooooow it's unusable, keyb is intermittent at best), unplug CAT5 and, pow, normal service resumed.... Vusta Ultimate SP2, HP Compaq V6000 notebook, internal Intel Pro 100 NIC, standard Logitech wireless keyb & mouse setup. Also noticing similar issue on HP NC8430 laptop, BroadComm NetXtreme GB...

Dell Vostro; bios & chipset updated, Vista Business updated No other hw connected, no background tasks running, printer switched off, sys runs 24/7 Ever since installing a usb connected HP photo printer (includes scanner) - firmware & drivers upto date - the pwr options have become eratic. ie sometimes screen saver & pwr off display functions, other times not. The screensaver can kick in then...

dvd rw drive(d:) is corrently in use -- haroldrobin

I have a home network workgroup consisting of three PCs running Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit, 1 PC running Vista Enterprise 32-bit, and one running Vista Home Premium 64-bit. I also have a Western Digital MyBook World Edition NAS drive on the network. Mionet is installed on one of the XP PCs. Before I added the Vista 64 PC, the WD drive worked just fine and was very stable. Once I added the...

My CD/DVD drive has disappeared and I'm getting a Code 37. The only advise Google could give me was to uninstall, reboot, and update hardware which did nothing. I'm completely computer illiterate though, so I could be missing something obvious. Any advice? -- Anisoptera Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

I have a Toshiba laptop and it has come with a single 120Gb hard disk. However it is partitioned into a C drive and an E drive split 50:50. I don't really need to have two seperate areas in this way and would like to combine them together to have a single logical drive on the laptop. Can I do this from within Windows Vista that is installed on the laptop? Thanks Steve

There was already one network card integrated on the motherboard, but I installed another network card and its drivers. The problem is that connecting the cable from the ADSL modem to this network card, the Internet connection is not usually established. Instead, Vista complains that it hasn't found any wireless connections. Doesn't it look for wired connections? Occasionally, however, the...

My Optiarc AD-7530B dvd burner isn't working, it plays music no problem, but I cannot burn any files onto discs. Now, I thought it was my discs, them being cheapish supermarket brand discs, so I have replaced them with Verbatim DVD+R, the lightscribe variety, due to the fact that it said extra sensitivity. So, I come to burn a disc, using windows media player. The burn facility in the media...

Hey guys, ive just installed a new heatsink and CPU fan to replace the standard one on an Intel Q9400. The CPU fan works fine I can see it spin and adjust the fan speed from a panel that comes with it but for some reason when I boot up my computer it tells me CPU fan error and press F1 to continue. I assume because the fan is still working this is not a problem but should I be worried?

I have a 2 month old Dell Studio Mini that has been great up until a few weeks ago. My wife went to start the computer and got a black screen that said something like "Windows did not shut down properly the last time, Do you want to start in SafeMode?" When she got it started a tool bar was missing. When I got home i ran Norton DiskDoctor and immediately got this message: Error on Hard Disk 2,...

I had some work done on my Windows Vista computer and now the speakers work fine still but when I plug the earphones in the speakers are still working, not the earphones. Any help would be great. Michelle

::I'm confused: When I remove a memory card (xD, Smart Media, etc.,) from my multi-card reader on my computer after transfering photos to my hard drive, do I need to use the \"Safely Remove Hardware\" function? How about when I remove a USB Flash Drive after transfering photos? Or is the \"Safely Remove Hardware\" option just used when removing a USB connected device such as a printer or...

Hi guys and gals I really hope someone out-there can help me as I at my wits end over this problem:cry::cry::cry::mad::mad::mad::cry::cry::cry:, where do I start........mmmmm... so as far as I can remember it all started after an update for MS office + gfx driver and then all the problems began, mainly my PC won't start up properly, no signal to any of my monitors, my mouse and keyboard don't...

I have a hard drive that stopped functioning when other hardware was added to the system. I ran diagnostics from the manufacturer website which said nothing was wrong. I have added that drive to three other computers as a primary or slave, or in an external USB case. Each time the computer will not boot past the intial windows flag screen, and BSOD shows errors in ntfs.sys. If I boot to...

I have here an Optiarc DVD AD-7200A drive but it can't seem to run anything other than CDs. Device Manager says there's nothing wrong with it, and updating drivers doesn't help. Is there a way to fix this or will I need to get it replaced? Thanks in advance. --

Ok About a week ago windows installed an update the messed up my computer. I couldnt get into windows so I ran a live linux cd to back up my files with an external hard drive. I formatted the hard drive as NTFS which should work with vista. Today i plugged my external hard drive into the USB port and vista does its driver installs for the drive. Then i go to my computer and find nothing. So i...

This issue happens quite frequently, but mostly when I'm resuming my computer after hibernation. The screen goes blue with a bunch of words and then restarts. Can anyone provide a solution?

It just happened recently. I'm doing music sequencing on my machine but just this morning until now it keeps crashing whenever i try to load samples, and it said there's low physical memory. I've checked processes but none of them use much memory. However the Free physical memory remains at 16-20 MB even though i have 4gb of ram. It happens even when i've just booted. It starts from about 2000+...