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Hi there,
When choosing the Win 10 install I am given these options:
Select Language: English (United Kingdom), English (United States)
are there any major differences? apart from the obvious one - certain words are spelt differently...
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I just got new SSD - Transcend 128GB. Installed Windows. When I cold boot my PC -- from a shut off state -- I get this message before Windows loads: "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key."
However, if I press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and reboot I come into Windows.
If I enter BIOS from cold boot, it does not detect my SSD. After rebooting it detects my SSD. Seems like the SSD is slow at firing up?
I have run chkdsk and memory test without any errors.
My motherboard is the MSI Z87-G55.
Just installed newest BIOS, it didn't help.
When I go into Board Explorer in BIOS it says SATA port 1 is empty. After reboot it says the same port is occupied by my SSD.
Update: Plugged in another hard drive (non-SSD). Same rules apply to it. On cold boot, none of the drives are detected. After reboot, both drives are detected. I used a non-SSD as system drive before this, worked perfectly.
Is there a way to choose on which wifi adapter the virtual hosted network will be created Because I am using an external USB adapter with stronger antenna but windows prefers the internal one I use both of them what makes it more difficult if not I could simply deactivate it the it will choose the external automatically any advises There could be a simple solution to my problem If to Virtual - adapter how Wi-Fi specific "hostednetwork" Wi-Fi select as a I deactivate the other adapter it Virtual Wi-Fi - how to select a specific Wi-Fi adapter as "hostednetwork" will automatically start the hosted network on the active adapter netsh wlan start hostednetwork Is Virtual Wi-Fi - how to select a specific Wi-Fi adapter as "hostednetwork" there a way Virtual Wi-Fi - how to select a specific Wi-Fi adapter as "hostednetwork" to deactivate a specific wifi adapter per batch file That would be a trick to get the hosted network on the desired adapter The script should include three steps deactivate the wifi adapter that I don t want to use as hosted network netsh wlan start hostednetwork reactivate the wifi adapter So I could simply run this script as a scheduled task on boot up or login Anyone can help me Thx nbsphttp://www.techspot.com/community/topics/virtual-wi-fi-how-to-select-a-specific-wi-fi-adapter-as-hostednetwork.187455/
my specs:
E 6750 2.67 ghz core 2duo,
2gb ram,
450W psu.
budget: 150 $.
Mostly I will play Fifa 12,pes 2012, COD.High settings,normal resolution(on a 19inch monitor).
Did you build this system yourself? What kind of psu do you have?
Hi all I just finished updating Windows Ultimate on my studio computer labeled studio in my systems if you wish to see all specs and when I went to reboot it it displayed the error message quot PLEASE REBOOT AND SELECT PROPER BOOT DEVICE quot So immediately I thought I must have the boot order wrong or the hard disc set to RAID or something Error: new "Please reboot select and media" build on proper boot What I ve done so far Tried to play with BIOS settings and SATA connections in every possible configuration - NO RESULT Tried to boot from Win disc in order to repair - got same message even when hard disc disconnected Took out one stick of RAM and tried both in both Error: "Please reboot and select proper boot media" on new build slots - NO RESULT Checked all cabling and recabled entire system from ground up - NO RESULT Swapped out motherboard with a completely different brand new motherboard the MSi GTM-E - NO RESULT Repeated steps - with new motherboard - NO RESULT Checked hard drive multiple times and even booted from it attached to my MAIN computer Error: "Please reboot and select proper boot media" on new build s motherboard - Hard drive totally operational no result for studio computer I need serious help on this one If anyone has any advice that I have not tried please please please help It is an older hard drive but has only been used with Win nbsp
Did you try running "fixmbr" or "fixboot" from the repair console? Here's a M$ support page on that: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
Are you saying that updating from Windows Update trashed the install?
Or, the BIOS in most new boards comes set to run as IDE. Have you tried setting the HDD to "AHCH". (I think that would be called directly, "SATA" in an AMD based board).
Plan "B" always involves trying to boot from a Linux CD to attempt to access and copy your data files, before a drastic measure like zeroing out the drive
which i have yet to find a solution to after four hours of scouring the tubes i finally got all the pieces of my new computer together new HW msi mainboard k n pgm -v amd athlon II x mb RAM nvidia geforce gt x sata LG multi drive x sata gb drive not new but unused old HW x IDE gb drives x IDE cd r w the old hw works fine when plugged into my old computer boots etc never had any issues with them at all except the cd drive sticks sometimes i ve set jumpers correctly all cables are seated properly both the SATA HD and the SATA multi-drive power up and seem to work correctly as do both IDE drives and the IDE disk drive the BIOS recognizes all components installed and i ve set my boot sequence to boot "Reboot and select boot error proper device" from only the IDE disk drive and in another attempt only the SATA disk drive still get the same error i ve connected the old HD with the old XP os installed on it and it gives me boot options you know safe mode w or w o command prompt etc or start windows normally but obviously as the OS was installed with another MB gfx "Reboot and select proper boot device" error card etc it would blue screen on me and reboot the computer the manufacturer screen for the mainboard appears normally any "Reboot and select proper boot device" error combination of IDE or SATA HD s has been tried the only thing i haven t tried that i have seen on the web is removing the video card but i fail to see where that would affect the computers ability to recognize the CD in the disk drive Also the only copy of windows xp pro I have at "Reboot and select proper boot device" error the moment is a burned copy i have a product key set for my new computer and i have used this same copy to install onto my younger siblings computer and had no problems at all now if I am completely ignorant to a fact like part or most of my computer will not run XP please forgive me but it seems like even if that were the case the computer would still try and boot with the CD inserted any help at all would be greatly appreciated and thank you for taking the time to help me out snuffXdub nbsphttp://www.techspot.com/community/topics/reboot-and-select-proper-boot-device-error.168546/
Hi i have a Advent Atom N laptop which has encountered a problem When i boot my PC i get the following error Reboot amp Select a proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device amp press any key quot I went into BIOS to see the Hard Drive status but i can t see any option where the HD is detected so i assume it is not being detected I thought this issue reboot not & boot BIOS drive msg detected select device Hard - in meant the HD must be the problem However i took the HD out of the Advent amp tried it on another laptop and it worked fine Also i used the working lapyops HD to test the Advent Atom laptop amp i get the same error - even though the HD i tried is a perfectly working one I have checked to see if the hard drive has power going to it amp i can hear it spinning I have tried the recovery CDs but they won t install assuiming thatw ithout a drive the recovery software can t install The hard drives in question are SATA drives I m completely confused as to what the issue can Hard drive not detected in BIOS - reboot & select boot device msg be If it isn t the hard drive then what can it be Can anyone please help me with this issue regards Shuja nbsp
This is probably an issue with SATA drivers. One vital piece of information is missing from your post, what version of windows are you using and is it already installed on the hard drive?
Till yesterday everything was fine. Today when I tried to run my computer following message appeared on my screen; 'Reboot & select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device' I completely have no idea what the problem is as it happened to me for the first time.. My HDD is working/running but somehow I think my computer its not reading it, no clue why. Maybe its SATA cable fault?
I have no idea how to check where the problem comes from?
Can someone help?
Sorry for my English. Hopefully u know what I mean..
Did you check the boot priority in BIOS? It should be HDD first.
Still, you can try another SATA cable just to try if it is ok,
Hello, everyone.
I have a rather old Dell computer with a Nvidia GeForce2 MX 400 graphics card. I want to upgrade it because it is about to die...however, as far as I know (I'm a newbie in all this stuff), not all cards match a particular motherboard, especially an old one, so how do I choose one that WOULD work? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
You will have to check the type of expansion slots that you have on your system (PCI/PCI-E/AGP). I presume the GeForce 2 MX400 is an AGP card.
For a new GPU you'll also probably have to change your power supply unit.
I recently just got n old computer and erased the HD completely and re installed windows Everything was working golden except the computer ran a little slow I only had or so MB of ram so i decided to open up the comp and add another MB of RAM into it So i plug everything back in and turn on the computer the manufacturers screen came up then after that i device proper error Select boot get an error saying Please select proper boot device or insert boot media and rebootClick to expand or something along those lines I checked the BIOS and it says my primary IDE device is not detected so i opened it back up and checked if maybe i had moved some wires out of place then tried again still no go Even checked my boot priority st is CD ROM drive nd is my Floppy drive rd is empty Select proper boot device error didnt give me the option to set my HD as rd Its like my HD isnt even there Im hoping to god its some thing else and i dont have to go buy a New HD or ill be screwed heres some hardware if you need itt I have an ASUS motherboard with an AMD athlon processor i beleive about MB of ram but they are two different manufacturers i dont know if that could be it but highly doubt it please help im desperate hahah nbsp
If the HD hasn't failed, you've installed something improperly.
Remove the new memory and triple-check your connections.
my specs
Intel core 2 duo E7300
DG31PR Mobo
Nvidia 8600GT (Not the actual one, some Chinese fake card which is equivalent to 8400gs)
i didn't use this pc for almost an year and most of the time this pc is under utilized specifically for things like basic word editing and cd burning. now i have an idea to upgrade it and play gta 4 (not a serious gamer.. just for some occasional gaming) so most of the time i will be sticking with my laptop..
so wht sort of gfx upgrade is most ideal for me ? eg:- i can afford up to HD 4850 but if i can play it well on a cheaper card it will be an advantage. btw i might also need a psu upgrade since the one i'm using is a generic brandless one
Please advice. Thanks
Yes you will need to upgrade your power supply.
Now frankly, you won't really be running GTA4 too well on a $120 budget, while the 4850 is strong enough, you have to throw in a power supply into your budget too. Just as a side note, your processor is decent, I think it could be worth investing about $180 for a CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail and a XFX HD-485X-YDFC Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail.
I was backing up my hard-drive when, zapppowwww, the computer shut off..... when I turned it back on, I get only the manufacturers logo screen (pre-boot) .... eventually it goes to black with the phrase :
"Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device."
Have I lost my Hard drive at the critical moment during backup?? :-( Please help!
Yes it sounds like your C drive has developed problems
I bought a language CD set, and I do like it. The one thing I do not like is using the CDs every time I want to work with it. I have a Dell inspiron mini 10 with the external CD drive. The reason I bought the mini was for portability, but carrying the CD drive negates some of the advantages. How can I load the CDs on the hard drive and work from it, rather than the CD? I appreciate any help with this.
This all depends on the software.
Not all programs let you copy the CD to your HD to make it work. If you tell us what software it is, it may help. What does the program access the CD for? Is there an option in the program, of where to look for certain files?
Hi guys, I downloaded a movie (Asterix and the Olympic Games) but found that the sound track was in French. I was wondering if there was a way I could change the language of the track or download either english subtitles or sound track and then combine it with the video.
Thank you.
You won't be able to combine them. Even if it were possible with editing software (it may be) the timing would be off. You have to try to find another copy in English...
First timer. I just got a pc from my roommate that he wasn't using. When I turn it on, it gives me the screen saying
"reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media"
I pressed F2 to try to switch up the boot priority and the only option it shows is the DVD/CD RW drive, does this mean I don't have a hard drive? I opened up the computer but I don't really know what I should be looking for. All I noticed was two wires that weren't plugged into anything so that added to the suspicion that the computer doesn't have a HDD. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you have a look at the drive on the right, that's what a hard drive should look like
I am assuming that you are using a desktop and not a laptop
Did have a nice pretty circle around it showing you, but it wouldn't let me upload that one
Good afternoon to all this is my first try on your site.We have a Hp 3200 all in one,some how my wife has it speaking in some foreign language and we would like to get it back to English.Is there any one out there who can help me.Thank you for any and all help.
Thanx Again,
All HP drivers here: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic100655.html
Just click Start Detection
basiclly i beieve a virus has deleted some cruicial files on my HD responsible for booting. how i have come to this belief is becuase i ran a file tht i "assumed" was a virus but ran it anyway. and shorrtly after the computer crashed and i recieved the message "insert boot media...". now, im not able to boot into safe mode BartPE is not recognising my HD and i donno what to do. Can someone please reccomend some software that would help like somthing i can boot with.
p.s.....anyone who is posting pelase do not post novice things for i know my computer stuff so i have already tried all fo the basics.
Im running with a 80GB SATA HD. thnk you in advance.
If you are running XP you can try repairing the boot sector of the hard drive or try doing an XP repair:
I have a Toshiba M700 tablet PC running Windows Vista ultimate 32-bit edition.
I wanted to run a program that requires me to have the non-unicode language set to Japanese.
I changed it to Japanese, and then proceeded to try and run the program.
Program runs fine.
I tried to connect my bluetooth headset to listen to my music. No luck. I get an error message about copy protection.
What's odd is that if I change the non-unicode language back to English, the headset connects just fine, and it doesn't complain about copy protection or anything.
Any help on this is greatly appreciated. I have no clue what I'm doing wrong.
The bluetooth program you have installed is set to work on one user only
By changing the language it thinks you are another user
I think ipod software does that too
Does anybody know how to change the language of a scanner. We had to uninstall everything last year when our computer got a virus and the technician cleaned our hard drive. I reinstalled the software for the scanner and definitely selected English as the language we wanted but both times I tried it it came out in French.
We have worked out what words mean clear, preview and scan in French but cannot use any of the fine tuning buttons as we don't know what they say.
The Scanner is a Canoscan N656U and the programme is Canoscan Version 1.02
Use adda and remove to uninstall the scanner, then reinstall. That problem is not uncommon, but usually goes away. Use RegCleaner from www.majorgeeks.com to remove any remaining parts of the Scanner software, then reboot, then reinstall.
You might want to try downloading a later version of the Canoscan software.
I have a NEC MultiSync LCD1565 Flat Screen Monitor. Every once in a while I'll Download a game demo, when I go to play the monitor says Out of range. Sometimes I can fix this if the game has a settings prior to lgame load feature. this has become rather frustrating.
Current settings:
1024x768 32 bit true color 60MHZ
I have most recent drivers loaded for both
monitor and video card.
GeForce FX5600 Ultra 128MB Video Card
Any suggestions?
BTW I've tried changing the res on my monitor from advanced settings. the only res that works with out error is 1024x768
I managed to fix this by playing around with the advanced settings for referance to anyone who might be experiencing the same thing:
start-settings-control panel-display-settings tab-advanced-Geforce tab-on left select change resolution-advanced timing-un check interlace mode.
seems to be working fine! No more "out of range"
I believe that some files got corrupted on my HDD since windows would restart itself when it got to the loading screen I ordered boot boot media or insert Reboot and device proper select a new disc drive Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media since mine was faulty to use when repairing windows After plugging it in i booted up my computer and after setting it to boot from disc first got the message quot reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media quot I found this odd since i had the windows installation disc in the drive I checked all the connections and they are fine At one point the message quot press any key to boot from disc quot appeared and after doing so got the installation screen but out of all the possible things that could have happened experienced a power cut It wouldn t have affected any components because i have a surge protector and i m still getting the message Computer specs Asus Maximus formula II LG DVD drive Gb MHz DDR black dragon RAM Intel Q gb barracuda seagate HDD HIS IceQ Turbo Any help would be greatly appreciated nbsp
you may want to look at your power supply. different optical drives consume power at different rates. If it didn't see the disk in the drive, there is a possibility that the drive was not powered up or spinning the disk at a speed fast enough to read the data. I see that you have a custom machine so its possible that with all the upgrades you now may need a beefier power supply. Thats just 1 of several possibilties. Whats the wattage on the one you have now?
I have two problems:
1)Ive reformatted my computer, booting from Windows Xp Genuine Kit, and deleting the partitions, and then reinstalling one. I had a problem with my product key, and got that figured out with microsoft. I loaded up into windows, started installing the MOBO drivers (InstAll, with my ASUS P5B-SE), Games, Files. I was asked to restart, and in which case, I ended up seeing the message...
"Unable to boot from device, Insert media and select boot device, or press a key to continue"
I cannot overcome this message. Ive reconnected everything inside, checked fan's and my drives. Cant figure this out, and im about to lose it. Spent 200 bucks for WGAK and now my comp isnt working? WTF?
2) My computer now shuts off after about 4-8 seconds from turning on
MOBO: Asus P5B-SE
RAM: 3g DDR
VC: Ati Radeon
Proc: 3.3ghz
Help, Thanks!
sounds like a thermal fault, or a mobo failure,
Try this
strip the board down, use one stick of memory and just the video card.
No HDD's or CD rom units
See if the System powers on.
Let us know
hi today i installed some new RAM boot and device select proper Reboot curtacy of crutial memory when i came to turn my computer on i get a screen naming my system graphics card etc but does not seem to load But then i waited and i the got a screen saying reboot and selet proper boot device etc etc Now i ran down stair to find a floppy saying ghost boot disk and put that in and allas something happened HOWEVER i got a screen with sycamatic or smething like that whith options etc which is confusing me to no Reboot and select proper boot device end on the floppy i have it also says with cdrom support now the problem is i did not make this computer someone else did that i do not have contact with does this mean i am fuffed or please tell me there is Reboot and select proper boot device something i can do i feel it maybe due to the fact i knocked the lead to my cd rom drive out a little thanks for any comment you make please proof it as I am still learning Thanks grinthumb nbsp
Remove the data cable to the CD\DVD Drive fully (ie take the data cable out of the computer - unplugged from motherboard end)
Confirm the Harddrive data cable is seated correctly in the Harddrive, and in the motherboard (even detach and re-attach)
Confirm the power plug into the Harddrive is seated correctly (even detach and re-attach)
Turn on the computer
Does it now boot?
If so, shutdown normally, and securely attach the data cable back to the CD\DVD Drive
Turn back on
Does it now boot?
Hi Today I went out and bought a WD JB GB hard drive I installed the hard drive and it was recognized by the bios but not by windows I went to the western digital website and downloaded the drivers in selected select device device and boot or proper Reboot media insert boot boot to get windows to recognize the drive Everything was working fine I logged out of my windows user I m the only user but I log out anyways I came back several hours later and went to go log in I was entering my correct password i made sure and it wasn t logging me in This has Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device happened a few times before and everytime it was fixed by rebooting I rebooted the computer properly and after the BIOS load where the windows XP loading bar should have come up i got instead quot reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device quot I have searched the internet for about an hour now trying different jumper combinations cable select on both HD s my master on master and slave on slave I have even removed my slave drive and Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device tried different jumper settings with my master drive I have plugged in different power supply cords set BIOS priority to hard drive first I took everything off the BIOS boot list except for the harddrive and still no go I disconnected both HD s and attempted to boot from a CD drive and got the same message Same with floppy drive I restored Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device BIOS settings to default and tried again with all of the above Nothing has worked I have ensured that power cables and IDE cables are snug in place Any other suggestions before I have to pay someone at the store to fix it for me I ve never had to pay anyone to fix my computer i ve always done it myself Im stuck this time though Anything you guys can come up with would be awesome Thanks alot Chris nbsp
I forgot to mention, my motherboard IS detecting Both my CD drives, both my HD's and my floppy drive.
Problem is My daughter is at University with her Super swanky overpriced Alienware laptop year into yr warranty already had motherboard and graphics cards replaced after weeks Anyway called to say she was getting the error Reboot and Select proper Boot device or insert Boot Media I did my best to this is wrong - proper Boot Reboot device and advice? Select help we established boot order correct in bios and was unable to boot into any of the safe mode options just got Reboot and Select proper Boot device - is this wrong advice? dumped back to the start screen Was also concerned as the recovery disk disclaimer said that it automatically re-formats and returns to factory Reboot and Select proper Boot device - is this wrong advice? settings This morning got hold of Alienware support and Reboot and Select proper Boot device - is this wrong advice? they said hard drive is broken if you get this error send back and we will send a new one Her problem is she has not backed up this week and has a load of course work to hand in I have told and told her and given her an external Hard drive BACK UP Rather than send back the HD I have opted to purchase a new one and get a refund when I return the old one I have contacted a firm in Brighton that will collect and try to recover the data is this feasable they recon it will cost about per hour and take about hours I am a bit stuffed as I am on an Island miles away from her Any suggestions appreciated nbsp
Didn't you post this weeks ago too
Hi my computter must have some sort of virus not sure what but i cant Cannot Windows select Options Advanced get onto the computer Sequence of events Turn on the computer loads a little goes to a screen that says quot unknown hard error quot it doesn t go away so i restart the computer Cannot select Windows Advanced Options and it says quot a problem has occured when trying to start the computer the unknown hard error please choose an option from below safe mode safe mode with networking safe mode with command prompt last known settings your most recent settings that worked or continue starting windows now i would choose the last known settings but you have to choose the settings with the arrow keys and they wont work im guessing that the computer hasnt lloaded to the stage where the keyboard works So my question is is there a way to reset the computer to factory settings with out being able to turn it on one extra thing i DO go past the page that says F setup F boot menu if that helps at all Thanks for any help ask questions ill be checking this alot and wil be adding stuff that i find as i go hope this is in the right section if not tell me where so i can get more help if not but you have some ideas tell m and post too Thanks nbsp
First, and I'm sorry to ask this, but can you check that your keyboard is properly connected?
If it is, then press F2 as soon as you see the stat screen. If you get into BIOS, find the "Reset to defaults" option and select it, save settings and reset.
Repost with what happens.
-- Andy
I have absolutely no idea what I m doing I tried to get my desktop computer set boot or boot device? insert proper select device and selected boot media Reboot in up for the school year but found myself with a Blue Screen Error every time I would turn it on I had this problem on my laptop just weeks earlier and when I turned it into the shop they informed me that it was caused by corrupted RAM So Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device? instead of wanting to Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device? pay another to get the desktop fixed I chose to take out the RAM myself Bad idea For some reason the RAM appeared to be melted or scratched away a little bit at the bottom Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device? gold part that goes into the slot So I took that RAM out Only now when I turn on the computer it gives me a screen saying quot reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device quot I go into the Boot Menu and it gives me two options both bringing me back to the same quot reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device quot message I tried taking out a RAM drive from a different desktop computer and putting it into the one I m trying to fix but then the monitor wouldn t read the computer being on I switched monitors but to no avail I switched RAMs from other computers but that doesn t work either I can t afford to take this into the shop or buy new parts for it but I really need it for school I don t even care about it running slower or files on their disappearing forever I just want my computer to run So how does a person with no skills get their computer to run nbsp
I just want to be clear here (point form is sometimes good)
PC Bluescreens
Removed Ram (looks to be physically faulty, gold plate scratched off)
Turned on computer (not sure if you re-inserted the original Ram here again)
Now cannot find HardDrive boot sector
Tried Ram from another (unknown) computer (Note: Ram specs may be incorrect)
Would not POST (Power On Self Test)
Put the original Ram back in
From here, I don't know what's happening, probably not Booting again (ie your long heading)
This is what I recommend (even though I'm still a little unsure where your at!)
Remove the Ram (By the way 1 or 2 Ram Cards?)
Blow out (either compressed air in a can, or just using your breath) the Ram slots
Re-insert the Ram (you usually just need one in there to test with) Note: They click in
Unplug the cables going to your HardDrive (HardDrive end and Motherboard end)
Re-insert the HardDrive data cable (securely)
Do the same for the HardDrive Power Connector (pull it out, then push it in with a little force)
Now do the same for the CD/DVD Drive data and power cables (you can even just leave these cables fully out)
Turn on !
Did it work?
Hello Everyone This is my first post here in regards to an issue with my Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-A model I have spent the past six hours searching for similar problems and device error proper boot VGN-A190: Vaio Reboot select but have not came close to a resolution I Vaio VGN-A190: Reboot and select proper boot device error hope that I can find my answer here Anyway here it goes Intel Pentium M GHz MB DDR SDRAM GB - rpm DVD RW - Integrated Windows XP Home Ownership years Laptop began having issues with spontaneous reboots and Vaio VGN-A190: Reboot and select proper boot device error shutdowns at first I assumed that the system was overheating soon after windows was no longer Vaio VGN-A190: Reboot and select proper boot device error able to boot and I was presented with quot Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press any key quot At or around this time I noticed a very distinct pattern of quot clicks and scrapes quot Surely that must be the hard drive that has failed I went ahead and replaced the hard drive with a WD BEVE GB RPM ATA I had nothing to lose on the original GB and justified the repair further with a larger hdd along the way I was prepared for formatting and a fresh installation of Windows XP using the System Recovery Discs However I was still seeing the quot Reboot and select proper boot device quot screen again The quot clicks and scrapes quot sound did go away though - gt I have gone into BIOS to see what was going on with this whole drive issue and noticed that it was not detecting any of my drives which explained the error and issues with reading the CDROM the entire quot boot quot tab is blank as well I tried to search for further info on this version of BIOS AMI R F but have not found much I did come across alot of forums stating that perhaps BIOS would need to be flashed but how can flash if it does not even read any drives Don t know if it matters but it is still able to read memory at least I went over the simple solutions that Sony provides ifor BIOS in re-setting the date and time restore defaults save and quit but still no boot I don t see any other options that I can quot tinker quot with and feel that I have hit a brick wall with this one First I thought it was the hard drive then BIOS and now I am thinking that it may be the mobo but I am uncertain Sending it off to Sony is out of the question for the time being due to their high priced repairs If anyone can offer any help or ideas I would greatly appreciate it I am not ready to scrap this system just yet Thank you nbsp
Found this at another site:
Recheck the jumper on the HDD and make sure it is configured right.
Also check the BIOS setting for LBA Enabled on the HDD.
Check to see if there is a legacy controller option enabled in the BIOS. Disable it and then try booting up.
3 more options:
1) Boot sequence is performed through a ROM memory module...as such there may be an issue with the memory not releasing and locking up the system...remove all power systems and batteries to reset the BIOS and ROM memory modules.
2) You could have a faulty power supply and is keeping it from booting properly
3) Faulty mobo
Both 2 and 3 are possible even if it does accept a BIOS update.
Hello, I just ordered everything off the internet for my new Computer.
I got everything connected but when I try to load Vista 64 bit it gives me the error message Reboot and Select Proper boot device.
I have no idea where to start! Is it a bad hard drive?
I have an Asus Maximus Formula 2 Motherboard.
Can anyone help me
No I cannot even boot Vista onto the computer it just gives me that error message.
The Bios setup shows that it detects my harddrive and my cd-rom...
I'm in L.A. at the moment, trying to fix my cousin's cd tray issue, now its become a rebooting issue. I went into the BIOs and it recognises the HDD. and i set it up to boot from the HDD first but I'm still getting the "Reboot and select proper boot device" error. Is there a way to fix this w/o having to do the windows installer.
p.s. the CD trays are NOT working.
select proper boot deviceClick to expand...
Means it is not finding any valid bootmanager
There are ways to repair the bootmanager, ie
You could try bootcfg /rebuild
But in most cases you just need to select one of the following
Microsoft's Windows XP Professional Repair Install step by step
Microsoft's Windows XP Home Repair Install step by step
Vista Repair:
Now I know this topic has already been covered a while ago on here and I read and boot in media insert selected Reboot boot select proper or device boot device it from beginning to end and tried everything and it did not Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device fix my issues So my computer got hit by lighting through the phone line I have replaced the power supply and the motherboard and cpu which came as a unit And when I boot up it finds my HDD and both my Cd-Roms but then I get quot reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device quot I ran Knoppix and looked at the hard drive and everything is still on there So I am guessing the problem is in the Bios but I have no idea where to go from here Here is what I have going Elitegroup Goal Motherboard AMD Athlon Sempron Master Drive - Hitachi GB HDD CD Drive - Pioneer DVD-R RW CD Drive - Samsung CD-R RW SW Generic Floppy Drive quot MB Kingston DDR Ram Thanks in advance for any help nbsp
When you say you "tried everything," what did you try? Give us a clue regarding your prior efforts so we don't waste time suggesting the same old thing again.
Greetings I thought I knew something about computers - but my research is proving otherwise I power? Need mobo new select to and - seem to know enough to get more confused Hope you can help Custom built ATX form Alabatron motherboard w AMD Athlon XP CPU FRIED IT Thought power source only problem but replacement did not help and then I noticed bulging capacitors Figure power took out mobo So that s really all I know I know I need to buy new board - would like to upgrade to a faster AMD processor if possible - but want to be sure I wouldn Need to select new mobo - and power? t need to upgrade anything else Certainly need new power supply as well PROBLEM I can Need to select new mobo - and power? t figure out what comes WITH a new motherboard I am really embarrased Does it come with the processor If not do I have to get a very specific motherboard to match the processor I want How do I figure out what motherboard I need to fit my sticks of mhz DDR ram three add-on cd dvd cd-r burners video card USB etc Does the motherboard determine what power source I should buy I SHOULD take this to a professional I know but am stuck with a wounded ego and hope to make myself feel better by doing it myself I am comfortable installing hardware pieces just not comfortable knowing how the big picture all fits together Would sure appreciate help Can give all kinds of gory details if they will help Thanks nbsp
A motherboard doesn't come with a processor. If you want an AMD processor search for an AMD motherboard. Socket AM2 or AM2+ 64 bit processors and a motherboard that supports AM2 or AM2+ CPU's are good. Just choose a board and processor that suits your budget. If you are in the US you can start looking here http://www.newegg.com and look at the motherboard specs for the type of memory it takes. DDR2 memory may be what you need to get. Everything else may work... A SATA hard drive may be needed too for this upgrade. A good 450 watt power supply should work fine
Hello kind citizens of the internetz I ran into your small corner of the net by reading this thread techspot com vb topic html which related directly to the absolutely stupid thing I have done I am a noob My power supply recently decided to die and so I thought it was a good opportunity to shift to a 32gb select HD - pin calamity higher volume HD and perform some house keeping The original HD I am referring to is an gb Hitachi Deskstar with the following pin options hitachigst com HD - 32gb pin select calamity hdd support k k jum htm For some reason only HD - 32gb pin select calamity known to God or maybe Satan I chose the gb pin option when assigning my Hitachi as the Master drive in order to begin transfering data to my new gb Slave drive This instantly reduced my drives capacity from gb to gb Eat you heart out Jenny Craig The problem and what I would like to ask your help with is the following The gb drive was not blank it infact was full of my personal files Music images videos games documents EVERYTHING I now have approx gb of unalocated drive space which is in fact full HD - 32gb pin select calamity of information Can you please advise me of what the best course of action is to recover this information Is there a quick fix whereby I can reattach this allocated space without formating it I would be eternally greatfull for your assistance Thank you in advance dettol nbsp
Normally doing this, would not affect your data from returning to the proper jumper position.
You can try ZAR to recover your files : http://www.z-a-recovery.com/unformat-tutorial.htm
There are many other data recovery programs H E R E.
This is by plugging in the drive as Slave of course
hello, I have a new issue. I got this mobile phone from my german friend, it's used and on german, ofcourse. now I wonder is it possible to change it to english, I've already tried but I cannot find language setup and how can I do that. I'm beginner and if it requires software change i'll need your help. I forgot to add that it is O2 xdaII mini
I didn't find any settings where you can change the language and I donno if it is possible to do that with the phones software.
you could try to reset the device. press and hold the power on button and at the same time press the reset button with the stylus (see attached pic)
if you need the data try to make a backup first. all data that have not been installed originally will be lost on reset.
you could also ask help & support at http://www.o2.co.uk for an "english firmware" !?
hope this helps you a little
Hey people
I have Microsoft Outlook 2007 Service Pack 1
I would like to know how I can install Polish for spell checking
I can speak Polish but can't write it
I think installing Proofing Tools from your Office CD and then install Polish proofing tools.
More info here: http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061229.htm
And here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179042.aspx
And here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937156
I built a new machine. It has a ECS A770M-A mother board, AMD 4400+ 2.3 GH dual core processor, 2 GB DDR2 667 RAM, ECS GeForce 6 Series 256 MB Video card, a 250 GB IDE HD and a IDE DVD drive installed. When I boot up I receive the errorr "Reboot and select proper boot device" I go into BIOS and it does not recognize either the HD or DVD drive. In the BIOS the onboard IDE controller is set to Primary, Onboard SATA is set to enabled, and the SATA config is set to IDE. Can anyone offer any advice?
Thanks for the reply.
Everything is attached. They are sharing a cable as my MB only has one IDE slot. HD is set to master DVD set to slave. I can not try just the HD being there is no OS on it. I have tried just the DVD with the same results. I have tried 3 cables, all returning the same error
Hi all,
Im Building a new PC and im having some major problems trying to install vista on it.
I cant seem to boot the Vista in the CD drive? I have selected Boot device 1 as cd drive and it picks up all drives ok in BIOS. But still will not boot from CD?
All i get is a reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press key
Anyone have a clue?
The specs are as follows
Intel Asus P5KC 775
Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Samsung Sata 2 500g HD
LG CD writer drive
Radeaon HD 3850
4 Gig Corsair memory
Some optical drives may work well in windows (normal use) but on boot, fail.
This is because the boot record placement on the front most of the windows disc, may not be seen, due to poor optical error of the drive itself.
Or in laymans, have you tried another cd/dvd drive ?
Other errors can be the disc itself has been scratched or generally marked, causing corruption (or faulty disc) itself.
Or, have you tried cleaning the cd ?
Another concern is the computers and cd/dvd drive ata data cable being incorrectly fitted; damaged; or excessive length (non standard)
Or, please try swapping the cd/dvd data cable.
The cd/dvd drive jumper configuration: either cable select or master, may need to be adjusted.
I've found this on a few cd/dvd drives, that some work better on cs (the norm) whilst others (even new hardware) seem to work better on master.
Please check the jumper switch position on the back of your cd/dvd drive.
Only other option is non-original windows disks (ie burnt copies) as this area can be huge, on disc type and quality, i'll just ask, is it original?
Lastly, you may need to set CMOS to 1st 2nd 3rd to cd/dvd if possible. Then return it to 1st cd/dvd 2nd hdd on first restart.
Some computers are just too quick!
Help Just installed my st hard drive hooray right No so fast my techie friends For I am rookie and need some help My old Boot proper device or..." and "Reboot Select hard drive crashed took it to computer nerdz here "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or..." in Austin they handed me my old HD and disk of quot stuff quot they were able to recover I go to Fry s by a Seagate PATA G and bring it home and with the help of some online YouTube guides install it Plug everything in power up and quot Reboot and Select "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or..." proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or..." key quot One site stated my quot jumper quot may be in the wrong place I moved it from quot Cable Select quot to quot Master quot but still get the same message I unplugged everything and started over making sure I was plugging it all in correctly to the best of my limited knowledge and am reasonably certain all is correct Replace the cover plug in and same message What do I need to do from here This is a desktop primarily used for email and pictures videos of my children HP pavilion a n sad I know budgets about years old GHz MB SDRAM Windows XP I m sure I m missing other info but any help would be greatly appreciated nbsp
Well, to put it simply, there's nothing on the disk.
When you buy a fresh new hard drive, the drive is empty and unformatted. You can't put a brand new hard drive into a computer and expect it to boot into the OS right away.
It doesn't boot into Windows because there is no Windows OS on the drive.
You need to go into the BIOS and set your optical drive to be first on the boot priority, and then find a Windows XP disc to boot on.
I doubt your OEM computer comes with a Windows disc (though it might come with recovery discs), but it should have a sticker on it with your Windows XP product key. You need to find a disc and install your operating system before you can use your computer.
Hello After transporting my desktop home from school error device proper Reboot boot select and for Christmas break upon startup I m getting an error message saying quot Reboot and select proper boot device etc quot I m sure most of you Reboot and select proper boot device error know about the message The odd thing about the message however is that I can see the hard drive in the BIOS and if I hit F before the error pops up I can manually boot from my main hard drive without any problem and everything works just fine Also in my BIOS I have the boot sequence set up correctly and I have tried other combinations as well Currently it s set to boot from my CD drive then my main hard drive I have no floppy installed Basically I m stumped as to what the problem could be I ve read that some people s hard drives need to warm up first and mess up like this from a cold boot but this isn t the case for me my computer will never boot up properly unless I hit F It s not a huge inconvenience obviously I m thankful my hard drive still works but I m wondering if maybe my hard drive is starting to fail on me and if I should get a new one asap The one I currently have isn t old probably a little more than a year which I find even more perplexing I appreciate any insight anyone can give on the matter Here are some system specs Asus K V-X SE motherboard AMD Athlon Processor Radeon x mb Master Drive- Western Digital gig Slave- Some other company gig CD Drive- Samsung DVD Rom gig of Kingston Ram nbsp
Have you tried setting the Main Drive as the ONLY bootable device?
Check all the cables & jumpers are firmly inserted
Make sure there's no CD in the drive
Run the WD Diagnostic to check the HDD isn't on it's way out.
merry Christmas
This morning my display wouldn't turn on when I booted up my computer. I swapped the video card and now get the message "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key."
I checked all connectors, and they seem to be good. When I go into the repair option on my Xp disc, it says it did not find any hard disk drives installed on my computer. No hardrive show up in Boot device priority in bios either.
What could be the problem? Is it the power supply?
A dead hard drive would be a better guess
A laptop has got me quite stuck - running Win XP one day it suddently came up with a blue screen - windows has detected a fault and must restart screen On restart after this it came up with the reboot and select Select Boot HDD Recognition on Device Proper Boot - proper boot device error On restart with the Win XP recovery CD in the drive HDD Recognition on Boot - Select Proper Boot Device the exact same happened - it was not detecting either the CD drive or HD I changed bios settings to HDD Recognition on Boot - Select Proper Boot Device disable primary slave IDE master detection in turn but this proved no use so I ve now set them back to their defaults Eventually I restarted using CTRL ALT DEL as recommended elsewhere and on this boot it detected the CD drive and booted Windows setup from the recovery disk This ran through until it eventually gave me a The file ql sys is corrupted - press any key to restart On restart it went back through to Windows Setup and after going through for a few more minutes told me that it couldn t find any hard disk installed on the computer and therefore setup would have to terminate Taking the recovery CD out of the drive and rebooting the HD and CD drive were then both detected on start-up but this only got me as far as a boot message saying there was an error with the hard disk On all subsequent reboots it is failing to detect either the CD or HD and I get no difference from changing the BIOS IDE settings I m now stuck any ideas The laptop is running a Ghz Celeron on a Intel GM ICH M chipset The HD is an Ultra DMA mm with enhanced IDE Ultra ATA DMA interface support As I mentioned XP Professional was the OS nbsp
from google miniport driver or virus depends on where it is located
safe to delete or use disc to expand and over write
on install disc extension may look like .sy_
check to see if the drive is a sata drive, it could be
you may need the sata drivers to reload
Okay so I have the following machine I device Boot Reboot proper Select and put together myself Asus p b deluxe board intel core duo SATA drives Windows XP I used the onboard RAID controller to set up RAID partitions a RAID and a RAID across of the SATA drives The remaining SATA drives are RAID mirrored I installed Windows XP on the RAID partition This was all working hunky dory although it did require a Reboot and Select proper Boot device floppy disk drive to install the Intel SATA RAID drivers during the windows install Now recently I tried turning on my PC and I got the following message Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key I happened to have my iPod plugged in when this happened no idea if that had a hand in it Now I try booting from windows XP disk and it does not see any of the SATA drives unless I do the install again with the Intel SATA RAID drivers with a floppy Then I tried to do a repair with the windows console did BOOTCFG and FIXBOOT on these instructions http www short-media com review php r amp p But did nothing to help me Somehow the BIOS or Windows no longer seems to see the SATA drives or something If I go into the RAID controller setup area all the drives look fine all the partitions show up and the drives read normal Any ideas on how to fix this bizarre issue I can t get the thing to boot Do I really have to reinstall windows and wipe the RAID partition nbsphttp://www.techspot.com/community/topics/reboot-and-select-proper-boot-device.60146/
I just bought a new computer, i use 4x512MB sticks of corsair value select memory, i don't know much about computers so i will proberly never attempt to overclock my system.
Is it worth it to buy XMS memory or stick with what i got?
Thx in advance
I don't think it'd be worth it to switch. Did you read Techspots article on the topic?
Hello and thank you so much for checking out my question I m trying to backup many select programs and files audio video and documents I own a Toshiba Satellite bought in which uses Windows XP and other files that came standard I have added many many programs and files to my PC since that time I would like to create a backup of most but not all of these programs and files Then I would like to restore my on Reinstall Programs Satellite Files and Toshiba my How Select to Backup Before computer to its original condition I m hoping that this process will take all of the little bugs and snails out of my daily struggle with this machine I m also hoping that this will help me to use the brand new iPod I bought weeks ago that has stopped working with itunes and has not been fixed by any of the solutions I found on How to Backup Select Programs and Files on my Toshiba Satellite Before Reinstall the iPod help site - but that s another story Here is one of the ineffective results of my exhaustive search I have found information on how to use the XP backup program found on the Windows XP CD Unfortunately however I don t have that CD because my computer came with XP already installed I DO have the CD that came with my Toshiba Satellite called quot Toshiba Recovery and Applications Drivers DVD Instructions quot The problem is that it seems like using this CD will erase all of the new files and programs I have on my computer What is the absolute best way to backup these select files without having to go out and buy new CDS or other products How do I go about using that Toshiba CD afterwards I ve spent hours - even DAYS - trying to find this information Although I love my computer the Toshiba site has done little to nothing to make this common process clear I thought this would be a simple application but it s clear that I really don t know what I m doing - AND that doing this backup and restore is WAY too important for me to play around Thank you so much for taking the time to help me - I really really need it All the best Linnea American living in Italy nbsp
1. Norton Ghost, Nero Backup or other backup utilities, some are free as well.. these type of backup is taking a image snapshot, and some of them can take just snapshots of a certain folder/groups/drives/files (selective backup). Once backed up, you may need to reinstall teh programs or re add their registry keys, file associations etc (if you know what they are, easyer just reinstalling..). Media to backup to can be tape, cd/dvd, anohter hdd, network storage etc...
2. the toshiba cd is just like a windows xp cd, but only for that certain laptop, and does a full wipe and reinstall of the OS plus its customised software and drivers.. if you dont want those customised software, then just use a retail winxp cd and use the licence key on the bottom of the laptop.. but i havn;t tried that before...
I can only say that the two sticks of value select memory I used to have in my computer both went bad. I switched over to crucial with no problems. I imagine with corsair the quality is high also. It just goes to say, you get what you pay for.
two sticks of value select memory I used to have in my computer both went bad.Click to expand...
That's where the "lifetime warranty" comes in handy.
I have just joined this site and the reason why was was because When I down loaded MCafee it stated it had detected I was using Windows 98 but I am on Windows Me. When I bought this pc for my son a few years ago it came with windows 98 but my son changed it to Windows Me. I bought my son a new PC and he gave me this for my studies. (wish I kept the new one now but he has just started Uni so) How can I rectif this I am a novice on IT but before I went onto broadband alot of drivers were missing I.e for my installed modem which came with windows 98. Plus there are alot of Yellow exclamation marks in the C drive list of the hard drive but I would be here all night so I will start with the above first. Thanks
It might just consider ME to be 98, they are built on the same backbone so to speak. Many things will recognise things as 95 OR 98/ME. If McAfee is working properly otherwise I wouldn't worry about it.
Hi I am running a sempron on XP prp SP with a gb primary drive c amp D and an gb secondary slave drive G amp H I noticed the other day that my G amp H drives were not showing up in explorer when i restarted the pc the slave drive is being recognised in the bios I went to disk manager and was able to turn the drive back on somehow The it hard (Oh formatted Xp States drive Help not please yes ! is ) main problem is that when i click on either G or H ireceive the message that the disk is not formatted The G drive contains many of my precious digital photos yeh yeh should have backed up I took the drive out placed it in an external HD enclosure tried that Received the Xp States hard drive not formatted ! (Oh yes it is ) Help please same error tried it on my laptop running Xp States hard drive not formatted ! (Oh yes it is ) Help please XP home same message tried it on my old PC running windows ME and am able to acess the G drive no problem The only problem is that the HD in this old PC is not big enough to copy the data across from the G drive Anyone any ideas why XP wont recognise the format and how i can sort it out Thanks Noel nbsp
How big is your power supply? WATTS I mean. If you only have 350W It might not be enough to power those HDDs you'll see them not show up under Windows. They may show up when you first bootup the PC. Also if the PS is okay then check your IDE Ribbon cables for color changes. They don't last forever. You might have to replace them also.
ok.. 2 hard drives
windows xp...
whenever I ask it to boot from [0] the new hard drive.. it freezes in a menu asking me to run in safe mode - normal..ect..
but it will boot from the [1] with no problems... the jumper is in place.. the cables are fine.. I'm stumped any ideas?
How did you install the operating system(s)?
Did you clone [1] to [0]? How did you do it?
Was [1] originally [0]?
Why do you mention cable select? Did you tell the drives to use CS for master/slave negotiation? Do you have a CS capable IDE cable and you conncted it right?
Thanks in advance for any help I live in Japan and recently purchased a drivers with issues DVD-RW and drive language dvd-rw drive Iodata DVR-UM A external model It seems to be based on the Panasonic SW- drive It came with a Japanese setup DVD My OS is English and it would not run Where can I get English drivers I think I need the DLA drivers I checked the English iodata site and they do not offer the software for download My computer recognizes the drive through PnP as Mat a sw- but I cannot access the drive I tried installing the drivers off of my working dvd drive but they seem to be language specific They appear in a subdirectory under drivers in the Japanese folder And the drivers also seem to add menu items in Japanese to the tool tip copy to dvd-rw write these files to dvd etc This is what I see on my Japanese os version In addition when I search for drivers to update and put in the location on the dvd windows cannot find any I would rather not have to buy software to get the hardware I paid for to work If there are any other work arounds I would appreciate that too Cheers nbsp
CD and DVD drives don't need drivers. Is that a SCSI drive?
I have a dual boot 98se and xp on one hd. 40gig 7200 seagate.
It is set to master ide1 and as i am starting to get a few problems that are annoying but liveable I am installing xp pro onto the spare hd 30 gig maxtor on raid 1.
My question is
In order to boot from the maxtor I am having to swop the jumper over and then swop the IDE cables, Is the cable select for this instance? also I have no paperwork for the maxtor and the Maxtor site just gives too much info what I need to know is the jumper options will they be the same as the seagate as they are not marked on the case.
I know that far left looking from behind is master, no jumper is slave but the rest I dont know.
What's the models of HD's you're working with? I could get the jumper settings for you.
You should be able to select what OS you want to boot from at startup then.
Hello guys,
My English teacher has given us two .MP3 files. They are small stories in English language. We should first write a summary about that then translate the whole text into our native language. It is an exercise!
If it was a text I could write a brief text about it and also translate it into our native language immediately. But the problem is that since the speed of the English-language narrator man is very quick I can't completely understand what he says.
I tried to find some apps to convert voice to text and installed some of them but no one worked properly!
Is there any idea how to convert those .MP3 English files to text?
It's an emergency and I'll be very thankful if someone can help me.
I don't think there is any way of doing that. A trick that I've found useful in my efforts to learn a foreign language is to play the mp3 file in Apple's Quick Time Player (Free). You can alter the playback speed. There are several slow speed options. At the extreme it all sounds zombie like but things are much easier to follow.
Using Thunderbird Don t care about leaving msgs on an IMAP server for long time Looking for automated or easiest way from T-bird client to save select msgs locally then delete those same msgs ONLY from messages to automated - IMAP mail locally? select save way the IMAP server May be a more automated way of doing this than method below Would I have to manually save a copy of a select msg to a SEPARATE local sub folder or where ever before deleting it from my local inbox or else it will del both locally amp from server Attached screen shows IMAP folders test set up in T-bird From this Mozilla article IMAP Synchronization if I understand it in Thunderbird in Account Settings gt Synchronization amp Storage CHECKING quot keep IMAP mail - automated way to save select messages locally? messages for this acct IMAP mail - automated way to save select messages locally? on this computer quot will d l a copy of the msgs from say Gmail or ANY amp store them in local folders AND leave copies on server until deleted If quot Synchronize all msgs locally regardless or age quot AND quot Don t delete any messages quot are checked then if I delete a msg locally it will del from server also This is not specifically about Gmail I only have occasional use for features of IMAP Some webmail providers don t support POP - esp for TB Thanks nbsphttp://www.techspot.com/community/topics/imap-mail-automated-way-to-save-select-messages-locally.150873/
During Microsoft's big announcement earlier today that Windows 10 will arrive this summer, the company also revealed that it is working with Xiaomi to test its new operating system among power users.
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And who knows, perhaps this sort of thing could catch on to the point where handsets are sold as barebones devices that allow users to select the OS of their choice during the setup processClick to expand...
If you would have said that a year ago I would have laughed it off but not it seems like that might really be the way of the future.
There hasn't been any real innovation in the smartphone segment for the last few years, interchangeable parts on smartphones may very well be the way of the future, there just doesn't seem to be anyway to improve on what's already here without some drastic improvement like upgradability.
As far as making Windows 10 free to android users seems like a very smart move on Microsoft's part. There are currently more android phones in peoples pockets than any other smartphone. Making their OS free to them is a very easy way to get their OS in everyone's pocket.
can someone tell of a diagnostic utility for windows that reports in away that any dummy (me) can understand and shows the user the errors in plain english , not computer speak
any help is much appreciated.
well.. chkdsk can be a help to you.
advance kind of utilities..,, can be understand by an advance troubleshooter..
so if you think you can't understand things.
call someone who can..
maybe me
My computer can't display chinese characters. When i went to language settings and installed east asian language, it required me to use the Windows SP3 CD. but i don't have the cd. i thought to download the language files on internet, but i can't find it. Does anyone know where to download it? or is there another way to display chinese characters on my system without CD? Thanks for the help.
Last time I had to do this was on a linux system, haven't actually had to do it on a Windows box. Try this:
Once SP3 is installed, change your language settings, and let your system update download the language pack from Microsoft.
Here s a puzzler at least for me Can I force a G S power state from the Windows OS Here is why When I shut down my laptop I want NOTHING to re-wake it except the mechanical on-button to boot It makes me nervous when it can wake itself I am running Windows Home Premium fully updated SP On a Dell Vostro with the A BIOS i from (vs states ACPI Force G3/S6 mechanical) - Windows. Power - gb Samsung series ssd as boot drive - my own upgrade not original This ACPI Power states - Force G3/S6 from Windows. (vs mechanical) is a laptop used for personal use at home ACPI Power states - Force G3/S6 from Windows. (vs mechanical) I seem to have proven that the Windows shut-down is to s g allowing LAN for example to cause it to reboot AND using the power-button mechanical off at the log-in screen causes a quot Windows did not shut down properly quot on next boot When I leave LAN unplugged it seems not to reboot but when I leave it it will always reboot in a matter of seconds to a matter of hours later What else have I done Well a Bios there is no quot Wake on LAN quot to disable though that seems to be what usually triggers it I have not proven it is the only trigger but When the LAN cable is connected it is likely to restart itself Wake from USB has been disabled - No effect b Device Manager - gt Properties - gt Power Management all devices checked individually Check quot Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power quot unCheck quot Allow this device to wake the computer quot c - gt Network adapters - gt Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller - gt Properties - gt Advanced - gt Disable quot Wake on pattern match quot Disable quot Wake on magic packet quot Disable quot Shutdown Wake-On-Lan quot d Start Button - gt Search - gt cmd - gt Right Click - gt Run as administrator a powercfg exe lastwake - No Results found b powercfg exe devicequery wake armed - No Results found e check the Power Options in Control Panel - gt power options - gt advanced settings - gt Sleep - gt Allow wake timers - gt On battery Disable - gt Plugged in Disable - gt power buttons and lid - gt power button action - gt On battery Shut down - gt Plugged in Shut down - gt Lid close action - gt On battery Shut down - gt Plugged in Shut down f Check in Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt System Tools gt Task Scheduler program updaters are disabled Garmin Google Adobe etc also Windows updates are not automatic g Disable the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program h Check Event Viewer What is calling during the night Media Center - gt Disable Media Center not using anyway I am at a loss what else to do short of registry edits to force s vs s if this even can be done Any help Thanks in advance nbsp
You don't much mention having poked around in the bios, which is where most power settings originate. It remains an awful fact that MS power saving settings always have been, are now, and probably always will be, a total and utter mess. Especially on portables.
It is possibly understandable (I don't say forgivable) because the functionality is fundamentally split between the OS and the bios (which MS has no control over). Although there are supposed to be standards - you mention G5 and S6 yourself - the fact is those standards do not get finalised until long after manufacturers have been churning out kit corresponding to their own idea of what the standard might end up being. Only point 3 below solves that one - sometimes.
In short, you may never get fully compliant action on power settings, but........some sensible suggestions are:
(1) Create a new, personal power policy, and give it a personal name. Do this while logged in as your major user, and if you have more than one normal user, create a new one for each user. This often works, but only until the next major MS update.
(2) If the above fails to work for you, you can do no better than full shut down each time from the screen start button, and will have to live with that. It's very easy to add a desktop icon to make this simple
(3) FOR EXPERTS ONLY. Update the motherboard bios to the latest available. Never attempt this without complete knowledge as it is very easy to end up with an expensive door-stop.
I have an older HP - states bad SeaTools sectors randomly HP G62 freezing, G I pulled the drive and scanned for malware spyware etc with nothing found I am currently running SeaTools HDD is a Seagate GB using both the Short Test ST HP G62 freezing, randomly - SeaTools states bad sectors and Long Test LT Initially the ST passed so I ran the LT The LT indicated there were bad sectors but after running the tools it stated quot repaired quot on HP G62 freezing, randomly - SeaTools states bad sectors all I closed the LT and it automatically ran the ST stating it failed and that I should run the LT again to repair critical sectors I am running the LT again but it has frozen at different points in time while completing the test Is this a sign of a bad hard drive or something else I can easily order a new one and install but I also do not have any of the original discs that came with this think my ex tossed them when she was cleaning her stuff out long story for another time and place I do not really wish to buy a new OS so wondering what my options are at this point Thank you in advance for any and all assistance you can provide Rudy nbsp
If you are freezing up during the hard drive test. I would say it is likely your hard drive is bad. You may be able to order the disk from Hp. Other then that you will need to purchase a OS. Good Luck.
I have recently built a gaming computer, I downloaded windows 7 and burnt JUST the ISO file onto a dvd-rw disc using windows explorer. Although when I boot PC I get the error message 'Reboot and select proper boot device or insert media into the selected boot device' I have checked and the dvd drive is the boot device in the BIOS. Any idea what could be causing this issue? I think I remember something on the BIOS about windows 8, which I found strange..
Any ideas?
Advise you should read the motherboard manual. If your motherboard is virtually new, you might have to surmount problems like secure boot, EUFI bios, and you may, for instance have to jump through hoops like 'go to Boot in BIOS and enable the option Launch CSM and sub option Launch PXE OpROM.' just to get the DVD drive bootable.
I'm having an issue regarding a game I'm attempting to reinstall on my computer.
The game was purchased from the authors.(Track Mania United Forever) Key login numbers were sent. This was then plugged in and the program worked fine.
After a matter which caused me to have to uninstall the program and to then reinstall the program, I have encountered an issue which states that the login key (provided by the company) is invalid. I wrote their support team and they then promptly sent me a new login key which in fact, does not work either! (invalid login key)
I have checked all necessary login user names have uninstalled the program and reinstalled it. have tried the original login group of numbers.
are there things that could be tried to bring about a resolution?
Thank you very much!
I have a DELL Insprion 2400 with Windows XP Office Edition insalled (I know its so old lol). So I was fooling around, trying to make the Japanese carhters show on my computer and messed around and changed the keyboard layout to Japanese from English. I restarted the computer when I tired to enter my password on the Welcome logon screen it wouldn't accept it. I don't have the windows software CD to try to do a system restore and I'm not sure if you can even do a system rstore if you can't logon. I've tried just about everything that I could think of and nothing has worked. At this point I dont care if I losse everything on the computer I just need it to work. Could someone please help me or at least point me in the right direction to get this issue solved. How can I fix this???
If you still have English listed as one of your languages, you should be able to navigate through your listed languages using CTRL+SHIFT, even from the login screen.
Can anyone please help me with MS Word I was typing up my english paper and saved the file to my laptop while it was naturally still open Then I was going to save the document to my flash drive which was already English Help- Paper Errored MS Word in the laptop But before I saved it I pulled out the drive and as soon as I did my paper got MS Word Help- Errored English Paper all messed up Instead of it being pages it is somehow and half of the document is little squares rectangles instead of the words and letters MS Word Help- Errored English Paper I had typed Is there anyway to get my paper back to normal Or is all that work gone for good If it helps when I tried to close Word a window popped up saying something had tried to change the normal template would I like to save the new one and I clicked no If anyone can help or point me in the right direction I d be so aprechative I m so upset after having lost all that hard work -Christopher nbsp
staaab your computer for its insolence.
I have designed a web site for my company which works well when run on local host. The problem is that when i uploaded it and published it some of the pages gets completely distorted and the language is changed to some asian language.
Below is the link of the site.
Below are the pages which gets distorted
Please tell me if any help
Thank you in advance,
http://www.forefrontconsultancies.com/>> no distortion
http://forefrontconsultancies.com/sap.htm>> Most TVs allow you to set a SAP- Secondary Audio Setting, meaning the display will be in both the original language such as English and a secondary language such as Spanish. I don't know what your "sap.htm" represents but could it be to show the site in a secondary language?
http://forefrontconsultancies.com/training.htm>> looks like botched programming> view the source code.
You can find numerous sites with the ??????, which in both of the problem URLs. Check your programming for errors.
Anyone know of a software that does this and works well? Does not matter if its free or not. I need it for work. I have not had a lot of luck searching Google so far.
Online Translator:
I'm looking to dive into the art of programming but have absolutely no idea where to start. I have been told that C++ is an option but perhaps its a little too advanced for a begginner? My main purpose for learning a programming language is to caclulate scientiffic formulas etc. and maybe even graphing them at some point: whether that be an output file for Excel or an actual drawn image. Can anyone recommend a language, books, and/or where I can get a hold of some cheap software to get me started?
Thanks for your input!
Take a course at your local college.
i m using windows XP Professional So years ago i have installed the japanese ime but back then i had no use for it except type some weird things Now i need it more then ever and the language bar just won t show up no matter what i do and the ime is acting weird Breaking it down for you problem + IME Language Bar Japanese - I have installed all east asian files to computer Language Bar + Japanese IME problem already - I go to control Panel - gt Regional and language options - gt languages - gt text service and input language and japanese is on there - Apparently the language bar button in preference is grayed out so i can t click it - Searched around the web for a solution but none works - So i can t find the language bar to change the language to japanese if i use shortcuts to change languages then what happens is if i type something it switches back to english automatically use shortcut like ctrl shift key or something switches the language to japanese i open notepad but when i type it goes to english and Hiragana is main setting not direct input so it can t be english Anyone got solution I m thinking maybe a partition restore would help but i don t know Thanks nbsphttp://www.techspot.com/community/topics/language-bar-japanese-ime-problem.135145/
i have a asrock G M-S motherboard a month back my system often went to safe mode by itself and finally after trying reinstallation of operating system for several times the problem occured and finally it failed to boot and repair with os cd and technical people told the hard disc got corrupted since it could not be proper select boot error device and Reboot formatted and i replaced my hard disc after replacement presently when i on the system it restarts during the boot process itself and it reads quot REBOOT or select a proper boot device or insert Reboot and select proper boot device error a boot media Reboot and select proper boot device error quot when i go into BIOs settings and click IDE performance default then it boots and while im working if i restart it boots immediately but if Reboot and select proper boot device error i switch off and start after or minutes the same problem re appears i followed various threads and i tried many ways but still it persists and i have copied the error message in event viewer and i have pasted here please help me out with ur valuable suggestions Event Type Error Event Source crypt Event Category None Event ID Date Time PM User N A Computer HOME- B C E E Description Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from nbsp
Did you format and install Windows on the new hard drive? Can you see the hard drive in the bios boot list?
What is the best language to write HARMLESS viruses in?
How about asking that somewhere else ?
I'm using now Windows Mail for my personal mail.
When I Create a New Message and then click on the To: button to select the recipients for the new message then a list of the addresses of all my previous messages (sent and received) comes up for selection; those addresses are located on the folder <E:\Users\Victor\Contacts\other>.
That -although useful- is not what I really want; I'd like to see ONLY the list of addresses from my Contacts.
I've been browsing throughout the commands, configurations and options to set Contacts as my default list of recipients but I haven't been able to find anything to do that.
Any ideas?
I'm trying to learn Assembly language but all the tutorials that I've read on the Internet are so confusing. They just go on and on about registers and bytes and don't tell me how to use them in a real debugger. I want to actually learn what they do in real life as I'm learning. Do you guys know any tutorials that are good and easy to understand? I know how to program in C++, Java, and Basic but I don't think that will help me with learning Assembly.
Uhm.. If you don't know what registers and bytes are, then assemply is plain useless. You might as well say "I want to learn C++, but I don't want to know about variables or classes".
Also, in 99.9% of the cases you don't need to go to the assembler level in debugging. Modern debuggers are advanced enough to let you step through source code and examine variables at the same time.
You need assembler skills if you are debugging routines with no source available or if you suspect compiler errors.
So I hate joining a forum and starting off asking questions and im sorry for that, ill be sticking around...
I recently took apart my pc to clean it and put it back together and I keep getting this message "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
I ran a system check and it said my hard disk was un responsive
I was thinking I might just have to re install windows
All help is highly appreciated
Thanks in advance
You may have disconnected the boot drive, or connected it to a different port than it was on before the cleaning. Get into the bios and check that the time and date are correct, and that the boot hard drive is listed in the boot devices section of the bios
My computer completely locked up while playing a game and I had to do a hard reboot. Now I continuously get the error:
"Reboot and select proper Boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
The only thing I can manage to pull up is the CMOS Setup Utility. Looking through the menu I found the Boot sequence menu; however, the only device listed is cd/dvd and I read that hard drive should be listed.
Any ideas on a possible problem?
I am thinking that my hard drive might be shot because I am almost positive it is not due to loose cables. On the other hand I was thinking that it could possibly be due to a virus because I had found a Trojan earlier with my virus scanner.
Appreciate any feedback I can get.
Hi. Im just wondering if ne1 knows the best programming language to chosse. I've tried dark basic to make 3D games. Im wondering is there any programming language that can do everything. Like make 2D and 3D games, have internet commands, registry commands, system commands. I dont think visual basic. NET can make 3D games. Ijust need some suggestions on any good programming languages.
You can make games in anything. It just depends on your skills and devotion.
If you want to make a game worth anything you should choose the language you are the most comfortable with. And also try to get a hold of some realism when judging your skills
You don't even have to use a programming language to make a (not so impressive) game.
Have you heard of tools like "Games Factory", "PIE 3D", Milkshape 3D?
I know HTML, but i want to move away from that and go into a langauge like VB, C, ...etc. i was wondering what language i should learn and why.
What do you want to achieve? What is your background? Do you actually have the money to pay for some developer tools?
If you want to write casual Windows snippets then you may want to learn/use VB even though everyone will laugh at you. For simple things in Unix world you can use Perl or TCL.
If you want to get into "serious" programming you want to learn Java and then move on to C++.
If you want to write real applications right away, you may like Delphi..
Hi. I have a PC which runs absolutely fine except when trying to print a pdf. Adobe Reader takes about 2 minutes from pressing print before the print dialogue window comes up. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it makes no difference. Any help would be appreciated
This latest post may help: http://www.techspot.com/vb/post680361-2.html
About resetting, and removing any live protection, or possible Virus\Malware
HTML allows a user on the client-side to select a file using the <INPUT type="file" ...> construct.
I'm looking for a similar ability to have the selection of a directory on the client side. My constraints are that the only non-vanilla HTML solutions allowed are javascript.
Anyone have any insight on how to do this?
hello, i recenty got a problem: when booting my pc a black screen comes up and it says "reboot and select proper boot device"
now i've seen similar topics, but none had a problem quite like mine.
i haven't changed anything in my pc that is related to hardware, i just instaled a game called "4story" and when i launched about a minute later windows froze, commands like alt+tab, alt+f4, ctrl+alt+del didn't work so i rebooted and that is when the black screen came up.
i can freely access BIOS, but i don't know how to work with them. from what i've read it is posible that BIOS just don't reconise pc's hdd and it's needed to turn it back on through BIOS, though i don't know how to do that or will that even work.
any help will be apreciated.
I think the game is trying to use drivers that are not compatible with your hardware.
So, ... can you boot to safe mode? Here is how...
Turn the system off,
wait a few seconds,
turn the system back on, and press f8, (repeatedly if necessary.)
It will bring you to a "black screen" with several options, including "safe mode".
Select "safe mode", (Not "safe mode with networking").
Go into your "Control Panel", ("Start" -> "Control Panel") then select "add/Remove programs"
Then uninstall the software you just installed.
I suspect this will get your system back.
Let me know if this works.
If not, we'll try something else.
If it does work, we can then troubleshoot why the game didn't run properly on your system,
Hello Javascript Gurus,
Is there a way to put the following HTML-coding into a Javascript file? (something.JS)
<SELECT NAME="Surname" CLASS="quoteform"><br>
<option selected>Select Surname
I have a webpage with photos of Family Crests and crested paraphernalia, each of which is only available in the (selectable) Surnames.
Crested items are available in different groups of names. Rather than having the same SELECT code under each photo, I would prefer to call up a Javascript, in which I can stick the complete selection.
Any sample-scripts greatly appreciated.
I searched the WWW intensively, but no samples found.
put all the HTML in a javascript variable like :
var a =
"some HTML" +
" some more HTML";
then do a
in the place you wanna insert the HTML
normally after i install an extra language from the control panel there will be an "EN" on the taskbar allowing me to switch between languages...but for this computer (acer aspire 4920 running windows xp pro) it does not show up...all i see is the language bar help icon....any ideas?
Run this fix reg file :http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/langbarrestore.reg
You may need to right click on it, and select "Save As"
Once downloaded (to Desktop?)
Right click again on it, and select merge (Yes, ok)
Restart to test all's now ok
I know this probably sounds a bit silly really, but the Language Bar thing on hte taskbar (Win XP Home) comes up, which is fair enough, but i'm looking for a way to make it stay gone, if you know what i mean. I've right clicked on the taskbar a few times and unticked it from the "Toolbars" menu but it just comes up again when i start my pc up. So basically, does anyone know how to get rid of it and stop it coming up again? Thanks if you reply to this.
From HERE
To close the Language bar (using Classic view in Control Panel):
1 Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional and Language Options.
2.On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
3.Under Preferences, click Language Bar.
4.Deselect the Show the Language bar on the desktop check box.
Or from HERE
@="Language bar"
i just installed pidgin 2.4.1 and the problem is that...i can see all the chinese characters in the buddy list and the screen names of the people in the conversation window...i can also see the chinese characters i type in the conversation window but the chinese characters other people type in the conversation window cannot show up...is there anyway to solve this problem?
Hi guys, Need some help here.
I tried to change my Language for non-Unicode programs to Chinese (Taiwan), but it keeps popping out a dialog saying ''Setup was unable to install the chosen locale, please contact your system Administrator.' And I am the admisnistrator. What is going on? Why i cant change it? Can anyone help? Thx in advance.
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Hi All...
At work, i've got to write a complicated quotation program.
The catch is that i've already written it - on a Apple II many years ago in BASIC...
Now ive got to do it all over again for the PC...
But i don't know which BASIC program to use - Ive only heard of Visual BASIC - any others out there...
If anyone can remember far back, i'd like it as similar as APPLE II Basic which is almost identical to the Sinclair Spectrum's Basic..
100 ?"Hello"
110 Input a$
120 If a$="goodbye" then gosub 500
etc etc...
I know i could use emulators, but i'd rather not in this case...
Anyone help me??
Cheers Rick...
Guess i never really thought about that - Yes, if its going to be similar then IT has to be in DOS (command prompt)...
So QBASIC and GWBASIC are the only two that you've heard of??
I am running Win XP Pro and I keep right clicking on the task bar to turn off the language bar but when I restart it comes right back on. How can I turn this off.
Not quite sure how you get a language bar in the task bar, but I suggest you actually uninstall the languages you do not need. This is at Control panel / regional and language options.
Wich one of this languages you think is the best?
Assembler or Pascal for me, can't decide.
Ok, I'm learning C++ (teaching myself). I understand code, I know HTML very well and other things, however most of what I knew was higher then C++, so I never learned how to translate that. I eventually plan to move on to Assembler, but I'd rather get c++ down first. My problem is this.
How do I determine the state of the bits from a hex offset? For instance, if I have 0x1ff, or 0x1fe, or 0xfff, how do I determine what the bits are at that moment?
Thanks a lot!
So you want to check individual bits in a number or individual bits in a bit array?
For checking bits, you use the bitwise AND (&).
If you want to chek for the first bit (LSB), you & the number with 0x1 (0000 0001 binary).
If the result is zero (false), the bit was not set.
if(chicken & 0x2) { // If bit 2 is set, do something
For the second bit, you & the number with 0x2 (0000 0010 binary) .
For the third bit, use constant 0x4 (0000 0100 binary).
If you want to set bits, use the bitwise OR (|).
Set first bit in varaible 'chicken':
chicken |= 0x1;
For clearing bits, AND with inversed constants.
Clear bit #4 in 'chicken':
chicken &= 0xF7; // 1111 0111 binary
If you want to flip a bit, use XOR (^).
Flip bit 2 in 'chicken':
chicken ^= 0x2;
Some compilers also support some less standard ways of accessing individual bits
(Borland for example), that are somewhat simpler to use.
If you hava a huge array of bits, and want to find the value of nth bit in that array:
- Divide the bit offset by 8 , you'll get a byte offset to the previous byte.
- Read the next byte.
- Use the remainder from the division in a 'switch' to get access to individual bits.
Of course, you could serach the net and find heaps of libraries containing functions
to do bit manipulations and save yourself the trouble.
I want to set up a job that will do the following:
copy C:\folder1 to D:\folder1
copy C:\folder2 to D:\folder2.
I can't seem to find the language to do this.
I plan to set this job up to run once a week. That's the easy part--Task Scheduler. But how do I set up the language or instructions to actually copy from one file to another? If Windows 98 (or XP) has the language or facilities to do this, is there any special name I must give the file with the instructions? And how do I get an icon (the icon can be any old icon I can find) onto my desktop that will be a short cut to these instructions?
xcopy /e /v /c /g /h /r /o /y c:\folder1\*.* d:\folder1Click to expand...
copy it into notepad and save it as a .bat file, then set it to run once a week in the task scheduler
go to the command line, and type "xcopy /?" (without the quotes) to see what each of the switches I've included do.
Is it possible to transfer boot files from one hard drive to another proper boot removing "Reboot select device" and drive when one I have hard drives S-ATA one is a GB and the other is a TB I have Windows XP installed on the TB drive yet I "Reboot and select proper boot device" when removing one drive notice that these bootup folders and files are on the GB drive RECYCLE BIN RECYCLER System Volume Information AUTOEXEC BAT boot ini CONFIG SYS IO SYS MSDOS SYS NTDETECT COM ntldr pagefile sys Therefore when I wanted to use this GB drive for another computer that had a defective hard drive I backed up all the important data from the drive then I took the drive out then booted the computer back up just to make sure it still works That s when I got that quot Reboot and select proper boot device quot error I guess this is because the boot files got created on the GB drive which is NOT the drive that Windows XP is installed onto instead of the TB drive So what I d like to know is if I can somehow just copy the folders and files including hidden ones and then be able to boot from the TB drive I doubt it would be that simple but there MUST be a way to transfer the boot information to the TB drive Does it have something to do with BootMBR or Windows Recovery or something like that I don t want to change anything until I get some opinions from others Thanks nbsphttp://www.techspot.com/community/topics/reboot-and-select-proper-boot-device-when-removing-one-drive.149097/
recently i woke up, went in my computer room, and saw the screen was black with the following message displayed
"Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device"
so i rebooted and windows started fine
couple days later same thing happened, only it won't reboot, just comes back to the same screen
the hard drive is the only thing showing bios (samsung hdd), but when i hook up as slave drive to another comp, it only shows the usb/sata adapter, not the drive, also noticed the dreaded hard drive clicking noise, i really don't want to send to a data recovery company due to cost, but my family photos are on there and i have no backups, are there any other options?
Ok i can view chinese fonts correctly like webpages and emails, but when i download a chinese program which is originally chinese (simplified or traditional) all the characters are just garbage.
I have already installed fonts via control panel, but chinese programs just dont display correctly, is there a way to fix this.
As far as I know, there is nothing you can do about it aside from getting the Chinese version of XP.
I have heard that Vista will be able to switch the user interface to various languages, but XP (as far as I know) can not do this.
Note: the opposite in XP works fine. If you have Chinese XP, you can install ANY English software no problem. XP chinese version is built on top of the English version so all English software works. But the English version has no idea what Chinese characters are, and just messes them all up.
Ok i can view chinese fonts correctly like webpages and emails, but when i download a chinese program which is originally chinese (simplified or traditional) all the characters are just garbage.
I have already installed fonts via control panel, but chinese programs just dont display correctly, is there a way to fix this.
As far as I know, there is nothing you can do about it aside from getting the Chinese version of XP.
I have heard that Vista will be able to switch the user interface to various languages, but XP (as far as I know) can not do this.
Note: the opposite in XP works fine. If you have Chinese XP, you can install ANY English software no problem. XP chinese version is built on top of the English version so all English software works. But the English version has no idea what Chinese characters are, and just messes them all up.
my computer cant display chinese any more...
it just shows some random numbers, codes and signs
this is happening on programs, and names of files.


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worship my feet slave they so smelly walking without sox in my sneax all day long on hot summer....
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Definitely worth licking and kissing and savoring slowly and tenderly
Got some really beautiful feet there. Would deffo love to kiss and suck those
Nice toes and soles ... I bet they smell good as well ; )
His feet are gorgeous, and those toes need to be in my mouth.
Now, why don't I rub your feet and you tell me about your day son.
Bring him back!!!!

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