The Dragon Slayer

Thanks Chuck, I finally found the partitioning function in Windows 7. The freezer method didn't help me in getting the data back. It was the hard drive because it made clicking noise. Although I set the hard drive into C: and D:, the desktop could only see some data on D: due to reading errors. Therefore; I suggest to everyone to back up data to an external drive instead of different partition on the same drive. Now the laptop is back to functioning well with a new hard drive and Windows 7.

Fujitsu wants 15 bucks for each recovery disc. And my new hard drive has arrived so I switched out the hard drive on the laptop. I can see the data on my old drive with my desktop but I can't copy it all. So it is the hard drive at the end of the rope. I put it in the freezer and hopefully I will be able to copy more data tomorrow. Does Windows 7 has a built in partitioning software? If yes, I am unable to find it.

Hi, Chuck: Do I lose all my data and files if I use the recovery option?

Thanks, guys. I have tried to boot into safemode but no dice. I sent an email (max. allowed characters - 200, lol, you can't write much) to Fujitsu Support. In the mean time, I have ordered a hard drive. I have recovery disks but no Vista disk. What a bummer! Also I can see there is a hidden partition for recovery with Acronis True Image. Does it mean Acronis can copy it to my new hard drive?

Another problem occurred when my other daughter was watching YouTube and Facebook on her Fujitsu laptop. It quit and refused to boot. The laptop powered on passed the splash screen, then nothing. Vista will not load. It would eventually say "error code 00420004" or "Disk read error occurred" - ctrl, alt, delete to restart". When I do the ctrl, alt and delete to restart, Vista will not load. Does it mean the hard drive is toasted? How can I run CHKDSK or any other commands when Vista does not load? Thanks.

Thanks, Chuck. I followed the steps to "Click Remove one or more Windows Live programs", then no programs shown but a pop up window to say uninstall is done but it is not because nothing is removed. Well I think I just leave it.

Chuck and Pete: I have a chance to work on my daughter's laptop. I have checked the the device manager and there is no Netgear adapter, so move on to Pete's suggestion. Before I ran chkdsk, I decided to uninstall old programs, update plugins and software. A few minutes into defragging the C drive, Auslogics Defragger quit and Vista went into check disk mode by itself. I didn't do anything and CHKDSK was done and repaired a few files. So I have to wait to see if bsod occurs again. Now I find that I cannot uninstall Windows Live Essential 2011in Vista. Error code 0x8028006. Googled it and ap

Thanks, Chuck. I shall let her know. Since she is away from home at University, she may not be brave enough to tackle a simple update. I usually do all those things for her when she is home. Now I know how to tackle the problem, it is a matter of time to get it solve. Thanks.

My daughter could not copy a folder from her desktop to an external hard drive. At certain point, her laptop goes into bsod and restarts. I told her to check the connections, clear vents of laptop to prevent overheating... but to no avail. Any suggestion is appreciated. Here is her information: "This is what the problem is, according to microsoft. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3 Locale ID: 4105 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 7a BCP1: C0588570 BCP2: C0000056 BCP3: 5AF008C0 BCP4: B10AE028 OS Version: 6_0_600

I am ' Plai ' on G4. I haven't posted much for a long time just because my vintage XP is still chucking along fine and hasn't caught any nasty virus or malware on the web yet . However; I regularly log in to read the posts to see how everyone is doing and glad to know all of you are here.

Just found out G4 tech forum was history when I tried to log in and everyone is here! Hello, everybody.

"The Awesome Bar is a nice addition as you can tag your bookmarks, and as you type those tags in, the awesome bar will suggest matches." Yes, FF 3 is good but I don't like the above function. If I type something in the address bar, I know exactly where I want to go; otherwise, I'll use Google search. I don't want to look at 10-12 suggested matches because I would have finished my typing then. I have it tweaked to none. They should have made that function toggled on and off depending on personal preference. Then it'll be perfect.

Yes. Updated to ff 3 and it only took a few minutes. Seem to load faster than ff 2.

Thanks, glad to know that.

Thanks Matt. Should I uninstall FF 2 before I install FF 3? Or I just install 3 over 2?

Has anyone tried it yet? Better than firefox 2 which is I'm using now? Feedback is appreciated!

same here. When I clicked on the auto-update shield, it showed sp3 and then it just disappeared. I think I'll wait.

Did you take a peep at my desktop? I bought the same motherboard and cpu combo you mentioned. I paid about $40 more locally 11/2 months ago. If you can wait, that price is a good deal. At first, I was looking at the ASUS board but the guy in the computer shop said this one was better. What do I know! I bought it. The combo works. But the issue is that does the motherboard fit into your comaq case? If not, you'll need a new ATX tower case. I have a 450 watt Antec power supply. You have to decide if your Compaq power supply can handle the new combo. Putting them together is easy, just follow th

Did you replace the motherboard with the same number and what is the specs on your AMD? My son's SR1012NX on compaq's web site, since that is the only way I can get any specs now, says his cpu is either: AMD Athlon ( XP 3000+ 2.167GHz *Advanced 333 MHz front side bus or AMD Athlon ( XP 3400+ 2.167GHz *Advanced 333 MHz front side bus So I don't know what he should get. Has any one had any experience with a device called "CPU & Motherboard PC Analyzer Card? I'm beginning to think he would be better off buying another discount computer for what he will end up putting in this one. Si

I had the exact problem happened to my AMD XP desktop. Light and fans were on. Power and reset switches didn't work and had to turn the power off from the power supply switch. I went as far as swapping in and out a good vedio card and nothing worked. I ended up replacing the motherboard and the cpu and reused the other old parts. As Pete said, there is no way for me to test the m/b and cpu since amd 462 m/b and cpu are hard to find. Now I have AMD dual core that costs less than the original AMD XP 2600. lol.

I have the same thought lately because AVG keeps tagging MSOOBE a trojanhorse. I googled the result and found that MSOOBE was a system file for product activation if it's in the system32 folder which it was. AVG automatically heals it which means that I've to restored it. I also double checked running a Housecall online scan which found nothing. With all the different scanning softwares that I use, they always only find a few cookies for me to delete. With careful surfing and cloning my harddrive, I may just do what you've done. If I ever get a virus, I just switch the cable and I'm back to bu

Yes. That's exactly what I want. That'll save me from entering the wrong product code and wonder why XP will not install.

The image is just saved as a file. It will coexist with your other data. Thanks, shanien. I meant to ghost the whole C: drive. I thought I just read somewhere before that I should ghost to the same size partition as to the C:? That way there is less trouble when restoring the image because everything is exactly the same. Any comment?

That makes two of us! I print out the 56 pages manual but I still find it confusing sometimes.

My HD is set up with two partition C: and D:. C has XP installed and D is just for data. Now I want to clone the image of C to D. The question is that do I need to create another partition within D for the image? Or that image will coexist with other data if I just clone C to D because I don't want to lose data that are already on the D: drive. Thanks.