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I get the message, "Disk boot failure. Insert system disk and press enter," when i try to turn on my moms old computer, and i dont know what to do. Its really old, and when i put the wnidows 98 operating disk in, nothing happens. It doesnt seem to be responding. She also has norton system go back, and it doesnt seem to be working either. Ive tried everything i could. It doesnt seem to be able to reinstall though. I dont know... Could someone help me out?

Solving these issues may solve why my computer is messing up external hard drives. OK! I know that my computer is missing drivers, error messages always come up saying that. Sometimes when I start my computer, explorer.exe seems to freeze, or stop initializing. I do not know why this is. The way that i solve this is that i go into the task manager, end the explorer.exe process, and then manually start it again in the file bar. All my issues may stem from this, i dont know. If anyone has any ideas, please i really need them. I need this computer for university, which i am currently in.

I didnt really use a program to format it, it was an option when i right clicked the drive, i dont know the specifics of it, but it would work. So when i tried to recover my smaller drive i just had my new drive formatted there also. Both drives use usb. I definately did try both drives on other computers, i also have a desktop here, but they wont work. If you know anything about xtremegear though, after reading reviews or what not, they sell cheap technology, but other than that their setup isnt great, and the customer service is horrible. I know now that, even though this is a new laptop, it crashes occationally, which is due to some missing drivers. Im not sure which ones though, but its my guess that that may be a part of the problem because I did get one of the hard drives form the same company, so its my guess that they wouldnt sell a hard drive that wouldnt work with their own laptops. To elaborate on my driver issues, sometimes when I turn on my laptop, my explorer.exe freezes during its initialization. I have to go to processes, exit the process and restart it inorder for my computer to continue to restart. I believe i mentioned before that the hard drives seemed to mess up my explorer program after they crashed. Maybe it could have been the other way around. Hopefully this is enough information to get close to identifying the missing driver that may be causing the problem, if that is the problem at all.

I recently bought a new laptop form extreme gear. Though they have good technology for reletively cheap prices, the company itself does have a reputation for being a bit dissapointing at times. I do know that almost nothing was installed on my laptop when i first got it and to my knowledge may still be missing some unknown drivers. Heres the problem. Recently, while listening to music on my new laptop off of my barely year old reliable external harddrive, the drive crashes. At first i thought to myself that it wasnt really that old, but crashed is crashed. So i try to take it in to get recovered. Currently i do not have the external here so i cant give you a brand. I do have a different external however, my new one, of a completely different brand name, i-rocks, and type all together. My first harddrive was portable, where this new 500gig one is not. I started noticing a pattern however when just after formatting my new hard drive, it does the same thing. CRASHES! Brand New. Maybe its the brand, i dont know, but its the exact same thing that happened to my other hard drive that ive been using for a while. Personally, i think there is something with my laptop thats causing it, but really have no idea. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what could be causing this? How to stop it? How to recover the data if possible? With my old hard drive, you could still see all the files, it was all still intact to a degree, it just took a long time to load that far, and cause my explorer.exe program to go crazy if i tried to go any further. For my new hard drive, it looks like its just been unformated again. I had to take it to a place to get formatted to begin with because my laptop couldnt do it on its own. I hope all this extra information helps. Please reply. Im just starting university and have enough stress as it is. Heres a logfile if it helps. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:24:33 AM, on 10/09/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PcCtlCom.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\Tmntsrv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\TmPfw.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PcScnSrv.exe C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE C:\WINDOWS\AGRSMMSG.exe C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security 2007\pccguide.exe C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\jusched.exe C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security 2007\TMAS_OE\TMAS_OEMon.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Nero\data\Xtras\mssysmgr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\tmproxy.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe C:\Documents and Settings\owner\Desktop\hijackthis_sfx.exe C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe R0 - 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Is there a way i can get back that info?

I just installed azureus and when i used CCleaner all of my azureus downloads were deleted. Would system restore bring back these deleted files? I had just downloaded 13 gigs of unwatched unlicenced shows. I spent weeks downloading them.

Thanx for the suggestion, though unfortunately i dont know how easy it is to mod a laptop. On top of that the processor doesnt really meet what im looking for. Thanx though, its helps. i can check out what else hsn.com has to offer

Thanks. Also, i mean to point out that when i mean everything, i basically mean games and such, personal programs like video editors, etc. Any drivers or required programs will obviosly be installed on the desktop. Its not like ill have a shortage of space or anything, most of the places ive checked out generally have a minimum space offer of 80 or 100 gigs.

Graduating from high school this june, im looking for a good high performance laptop to basically replace my old and dying desktop. Im using university as an excuse to get my mom to buy for me a decent gaming laptop. This is what im looking for. A 2.0 ghz processor at least, but would prefer something higher, not completely out of the way like 3.0, i still want to be economical A decent video card, since im looking at a laptop, probably something close to GeForce 7900 go, or whatever is good. At least 2 gigs of ram. Hard drive isnt really an issue, because i plan on getting a large external. My friend installs everything on his external and it seems to work. And finally, Windows XP. Vista , whatever its future intentions might be, apparently isnt quite ready for supporting games. Ive done a bit of research, and am told that generally the best prices you can find are at dell. I also discovered that a company called rock (rockdirect.com) in the uk is highly regarded, and after the exchange rate has prices pretty comparable. Overall, what im really looking for is some suggestions for companys or sites that i could check with decent pricing. i want to keep it under or around $3000 US. I hear alien ware has recently been bought out by dell so short of the case, dell basically provides the same thing. other than that, theres really little more out there that i know about the competition, and the best prices. Thanx for any suggestions. I really need it, my current ancient computer is starting to fail finally, and is even having trouble supporting war craft iii. You can imagine what im limited to on that comp.

I am using windows xp, and my external model is HY2501-2.5" USB2.0 "http://www.fieondigital.com/product_detail.asp?productId=1261&type=&bc=98&sc=133" but it used to work, and now it doesnt. I have gone onto the website, and used the contact support system, but havent gotten a reply there. Also the driver is available on the site, but the link doesnt work, and ive tried 2 different browsers. My concern is that my friends external but some sort of conflicting driver on my comp, i donno, because it worked fine before he plugged in his external, and my external works on other comps also.

I have a problem with my portable drive, but i dont know how to fix it. i think i have a driver issue. i know by usb connection isnt broken or anything, because other drives like my friends external drive still works in em, i also know that my drive works still because it works in other computers. here's the problem. it never needed anything to be installed before to work on ym comp, and i can just plug it into any random comp and itll work, but when i plug it into my comp, it says that i need new drivers, and when i throw in the little disk (which i think is corrupted somehow), or search online, it never works. every link i can find seems to be dead. here's another point which i think might have something to do with my problem. whenever i try to plug in my portable drive with someone else who has an external drive, i wont work. and in some cases i just have to unplug it and itll work, but in others, depending on the external, my portable will never work on that comp. weird. and i mentioned before that my friends external works on my comp. ... so maybe if i were able to locate the drivers from his drive which might be conflicting with mine... this is way out on a limb here and i have no idea if im going in the right direction, please respond with some suggestions, if im in the right direction or not, if you need the model number of my drive or my friends external, etc. thanx

I have a HY2501: http://www.fieondigital.com/product_detail...=98&sc=133# -portable hard drive, and though it has worked in the past, i tried to get it to work on someone elses computer who had a drive from a different company and now it wont work on either computer. i have the driver disk, but the driver on the disk is seems to corrupted, and no matter which site i go so, nothing seems to happen. It holds 80 gb's and its half full, the data on it is really valuable and the only copies of it i have are on the drive, seeing as i am running ouy of space on my physical computer. Here's a hijack this logfile: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:47:28 PM, on 10/19/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTsvcCDA.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\IoctlSvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ssoftsrv.exe C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsPMSPSv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTHELPER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\dla\tfswctrl.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_FATI9HA.EXE C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe C:\Program Files\USBToolbox\Res.EXE C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\main\ATISched.EXE C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\RemCtrl\atix10.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Winword.exe C:\Program Files\Ventrilo\Ventrilo.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Alex Fischer\Desktop\HijackThis.exe R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll O2 - BHO: Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll O2 - BHO: DriveLetterAccess - {5CA3D70E-1895-11CF-8E15-001234567890} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\dla\tfswshx.dll O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WINDVDPatch] CTHELPER.EXE O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [updReg] C:\WINDOWS\UpdReg.EXE O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Jet Detection] "C:\Program Files\Creative\SBLive\PROGRAM\ADGJDet.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CTStartup] C:\Program Files\Creative\Splash Screen\CTEaxSpl.EXE /run O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] atiptaxx.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [dla] C:\WINDOWS\system32\dla\tfswctrl.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [storageGuard] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sonic\Update Manager\sgtray.exe" /r O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Photo Downloader] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EPSON Stylus Photo RX620 Series] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_FATI9HA.EXE /P31 "EPSON Stylus Photo RX620 Series" /O6 "USB001" /M "Stylus Photo RX620" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATICCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe" runtime -Delay O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] "C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Prolific_OneButton] C:\Program Files\Prolific\One Button\OneBtn.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [uSB Storage Toolbox] C:\Program Files\USBToolbox\Res.EXE O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ATI Scheduler] C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\main\ATISched.EXE O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ATI Remote Control] C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\RemCtrl\atix10.exe O4 - Startup: Microsoft Find Fast.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\FINDFAST.EXE O4 - Startup: Office Startup.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA.EXE O4 - Startup: PowerReg Scheduler V3.exe O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O9 - Extra button: Run IMVU - {d9288080-1baa-4bc4-9cf8-a92d743db949} - C:\Documents and Settings\Alex Fischer\Start Menu\Programs\IMVU\Run IMVU.lnk O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=39204 O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/...b?1149562731207 O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdat...b?1149610308357 O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing) O20 - Winlogon Notify: WBSrv - C:\PROGRA~1\Stardock\OBJECT~1\WINDOW~1\wbsrv.dll O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WgaLogon.dll O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe O23 - Service: Creative Service for CDROM Access - Creative Technology Ltd - C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTsvcCDA.exe O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe O23 - Service: PLFlash DeviceIoControl Service - Prolific Technology Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\IoctlSvc.exe O23 - Service: Cryptainer service (ssoftservice) - Cypherix - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ssoftsrv.exe O23 - Service: StarWind iSCSI Service (StarWindService) - Rocket Division Software - C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exe O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe O23 - Service: X10 Device Network Service (x10nets) - Unknown owner - C:\PROGRA~1\ATIMUL~1\RemCtrl\x10nets.exe (file missing) Please help me out to figure out what's wrong with it. no matter which site i go to, i end up with dead links, its wierd. thanx

It WORKED! I can now change skins, and I can even keep the Crash Recovery Program. Thanx for all the help, a lot of ppl said it cant be done and I did it. Now Im off to find some new skins to work with my new windows skins, lol.

Unfortunately that didn't work either, however, I did completely deactivate WindowsBlinds and tried it and it didnt work then either, so maybe its a firefox problem and I'll just have to reinstall it. However the skin thing no longer applies to firefox, so i know its working to a degree, I just cant change the firefox skins. Also, maybe it has something to do with a firefox application I have, I've been reading some of the WindowsBlinds forums and apparently some of the firefox application have issues with WindowsBlinds. The only extention i have is Crash Recovery 0.6.9, which im told has some compatibility issues even with other firefox extentions. So I'll try reinstalling firefox and see what happens.

How do you exlude it form being skinned, ive tried everything they've suggested, even to completely deactivating is but my skins still wont change!