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[coale39]

Thanks for the thought but I've got too much on there at the moment I'd probably have to buy a new external hard drive to do it Cant' really afford that at the moment.

The only thing I can think of, and would take time and effort, would be to move stuff from drive to computer bit by bit and zip up each bit to save space on computer. Reformating is the only way I know to pretty much cure errors like that on external storage things.

[DB11]

davieG. The chkdsk can be done in the boot up thingy.

You go chkdsk g: /p/r

[lcfc_jme]

Hmm not sure if anybody here will be able to help me at all, but I'll give it a shot..

My laptop seems to have broken itself, not sure how or why, it just has.. It turns on now (after me reformatting my system and taking everything off of my harddrive), yet when it comes onto the Vista main screen, the task bar freezes, no programs load and the only thing that works is the mouse. Cannot click anything, cannot press any buttons, can only move the mouse. Same happens when I load in Safe Mode. Running all the built-in system repairs on the boot menus doesn't seem to work, as they cannot automatically fix the problem . I'm getting the error code for cyclic redundancy check as well .

Now, obviously I'm already contemplating buying a new laptop 'cos at the minute I'm guessing that's going to be my only solution, but I was wondering if anybody knew of an alternative method which could possibly breathe life back into my beloved machine.

ANY help at all will be much appreciated, ta!

[DB11]

Hmm not sure if anybody here will be able to help me at all, but I'll give it a shot..

My laptop seems to have broken itself, not sure how or why, it just has.. It turns on now (after me reformatting my system and taking everything off of my harddrive), yet when it comes onto the Vista main screen, the task bar freezes, no programs load and the only thing that works is the mouse. Cannot click anything, cannot press any buttons, can only move the mouse. Same happens when I load in Safe Mode. Running all the built-in system repairs on the boot menus doesn't seem to work, as they cannot automatically fix the problem . I'm getting the error code for cyclic redundancy check as well .

Now, obviously I'm already contemplating buying a new laptop 'cos at the minute I'm guessing that's going to be my only solution, but I was wondering if anybody knew of an alternative method which could possibly breathe life back into my beloved machine.

ANY help at all will be much appreciated, ta!

Could possibly be a corrupted hard drive (meaning re-installing Windows won't fix it as it's still dodgy hard drive)

Could be a faulty mainboard (on a laptop it's much cheaper to buy a brand new one)

[lcfc_jme]

Could possibly be a corrupted hard drive (meaning re-installing Windows won't fix it as it's still dodgy hard drive)

Could be a faulty mainboard (on a laptop it's much cheaper to buy a brand new one)

So in essence, what you're telling me is there's no hope and I should basically invest in a new machine?

[DB11]

So in essence, what you're telling me is there's no hope and I should basically invest in a new machine?

If you've tried formatting and reloading, which you say you have, then it seems so, yeah.

If it was a desktop, it could be worth repairing, but a laptop? More often than not it's cheaper to get a new one (unless your current one is under warranty??)

[lcfc_jme]

If you've tried formatting and reloading, which you say you have, then it seems so, yeah.

If it was a desktop, it could be worth repairing, but a laptop? More often than not it's cheaper to get a new one (unless your current one is under warranty??)

Warranty/guarantee or whatever you want to dress it up as expired 2 months ago, which is a massive kick in the teeth really. I actually hate technology at times.

[billyfox1]

How do you get hotmail to remember previously entered addresses? I have enabled cookies for the site but it still won't remember them

[JoeyB]

How do you get hotmail to remember previously entered addresses? I have enabled cookies for the site but it still won't remember them

Just look in your sent items?

Or try typeing some letters into the address bar.

[billyfox1]

Just look in your sent items?

Or try typeing some letters into the address bar.

Sorry i meant the address to log into my hotmail. Me and my girlfriend both use the same computer to access two seperate hotmail addresses but hotmail only remembers the log in address of the last person to use it. I do a similar thing at work and it gives me the option of addresses as soon as I type the first letter

[hairy]

Sorry i meant the address to log into my hotmail. Me and my girlfriend both use the same computer to access two seperate hotmail addresses but hotmail only remembers the log in address of the last person to use it. I do a similar thing at work and it gives me the option of addresses as soon as I type the first letter

Thats the Microsoft auto fill thingy. Google can do the same. I assume its somewhere in control panel.

Edit. Its in IE. Right click on explorer and select properties. Then select the content tab at the top, then auto complete settings and tick the box user names and passwords on forms.

Should do the trick.

Edited 25 March 2009 by hairy

[billyfox1]

Thats the Microsoft auto fill thingy. Google can do the same. I assume its somewhere in control panel.

Edit. Its in IE. Right click on explorer and select properties. Then select the content tab at the top, then auto complete settings and tick the box user names and passwords on forms.

Should do the trick.

It still doesn't work. I must have another setting somewhere thats stopping it but I've tried everything I can think of. Thanks anyway

[hairy]

It still doesn't work. I must have another setting somewhere thats stopping it but I've tried everything I can think of. Thanks anyway

You have to fill it in once then when you fill it in again it should auto complete. You did try twice?

[billyfox1]

You have to fill it in once then when you fill it in again it should auto complete. You did try twice?

yes, I've had the problem for ages. I thought it was from when I downloaded IE8 but it does the same on Firefox and Google Chrome

[Poakey]

How do i put these....

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Onto a DVD?

And will the DVD act like a proper DVD such as having a main menu on screen etc...

What software do i need?

Cheers.

[JoeyB]

Poakey hope you got my PM, its what i got from last time this situation was aroused.

[BoneDog]

How do i put these....

Onto a DVD?

And will the DVD act like a proper DVD such as having a main menu on screen etc...

What software do i need?

Cheers.

I use this Free Videos To DVD cos dvd flick used to mess the sound up on mine. It will convert avi, mpg etc to vob and then burn them. Or just burn if you already got the vob or iso files. When you are on the link you have to click 'Free Videos To DVD 3.1' and download

This is a convertor which might be quicker than some to convert to vob Free Video Convertor If you go to this page click on the 'video convertor 2.0' and download. You still have to use dvd flick or Free Video To DVD to burn, this second link is just a convertor

Edited 27 March 2009 by El Empty

[Poakey]

Poakey hope you got my PM, its what i got from last time this situation was aroused.

Downloading now,cheers mate!!

[Ford Super Sunday]

Please help me!

The problem is with my PC-TV lead... the lead works when i switch the computer on, and the loading up of the laptop appears on my TV screen.

When the laptop goes black to load up the sign in screen, the feed switched back to the Laptop from the TV, and it wont go back to the TV... I really need for it to get working, else my external HDD will have a load of TV and sports programmes which i wont watch.

Thanks in advance for any advice/pointers

[AoWW]

Very tempted by the Dell XPS M1530 Linky but can anyone (Coale?) tell me what the difference in spec between the £699 and £849 jobbies would mean to me in 'real terms'. I want a fast machine, that can cope with having lots of apps open at the same time, but I don't use it for gaming or similar - mainly just internet, office type stuff, bit of photoshop. Thoughts, anyone?

[The Reverend]

Very tempted by the Dell XPS M1530 Linky but can anyone (Coale?) tell me what the difference in spec between the £699 and £849 jobbies would mean to me in 'real terms'. I want a fast machine, that can cope with having lots of apps open at the same time, but I don't use it for gaming or similar - mainly just internet, office type stuff, bit of photoshop. Thoughts, anyone?

Thats a nice looking laptop actually. Pricey though for what you're really getting. The differences really are the RAM, the size of Hard Drive and the Processor.

- So lets start with RAM - theres a difference of about 2000mb of RAM between the two laptops (2GB). Saying that, the expensive one has 4GB of RAM, 1GB of which it cant utilize anyway, so its only 3GB really. If you want to be able to run multiple programs at once, a good amount of RAM is useful. As is a good processor.....

- Which leads us onto the processor - the more pricey one has a better processor (2.0 compared to 2.4Ghz and a 3mb cache). I dont pretend to know the ins and outs of what exactly this means, but of course the pricey one is better.

- The Hard Drive - i'm sure this is obvious, but 160GB hard rive compared to 500GB is a big leap - hard drives arent really that expensive now though anyway.

- Lastly, an extra years warranty.

Is the above enough to justify an extra £250? Not for me personally. I have a HP laptop - HP 735s - this one to be precise (well not exactly this one, mine has a 250GB hard drive not 320). I bought it for £350 from Ebuyer just before Christmas, and its a bloody good laptop. I can run Photoshop, Itunes, Internet browser, MSN etc... at the same time without any slowdown.

Have a look on Ebuyer though - Its a great website, and has some great deals if you keep your eye out.

Edited 29 March 2009 by The Reverend

[Daggers]

Very tempted by the Dell XPS M1530 Linky but can anyone (Coale?) tell me what the difference in spec between the £699 and £849 jobbies would mean to me in 'real terms'. I want a fast machine, that can cope with having lots of apps open at the same time, but I don't use it for gaming or similar - mainly just internet, office type stuff, bit of photoshop. Thoughts, anyone?

The cheaper one will do you just fine.

It's not worth paying extra for the RAM or the HD, you can add more RAM if and when...and external HD's are SO cheap now.

If this is your option I'd go for the cheaper one and spend the £150 on wine.

[JoeyB]

I need a new processor

My machine is gettin old and slow.

[lavrentis]

I need a new processor

My machine is gettin old and slow.

What socket is yours?

To check download CPUZ and take a look under Package.

[coale39]

Very tempted by the Dell XPS M1530 Linky but can anyone (Coale?) tell me what the difference in spec between the £699 and £849 jobbies would mean to me in 'real terms'. I want a fast machine, that can cope with having lots of apps open at the same time, but I don't use it for gaming or similar - mainly just internet, office type stuff, bit of photoshop. Thoughts, anyone?

If you want to spend a bit more you could customise the M1530 and put the T8300 in there instead. Only puts it up to £730. You can get slightly faster for that price but they dont look as good.