Windows XP won't boot...help, please?
Currently using benQ Joybook 8100 with windows XP home edition. All of a sudden when chatting on messenger, the laptop just turned itself off and then when I tried to restart it, it just says "invalid or damaged bootable partition". What should I do? I have windows XP with me but I haven't backed up my data inside my C drive. I have 2 partitions, C and D drive. Currently using benQ Joybook 8100 with windows XP home edition. All of a sudden when chatting on messenger, the laptop says that it ran out of memory (or something similar...I can't really recall) and then just turned itself off. When I tried to restart it, it just says "invalid or damaged bootable partition". What should I do? I have windows XP disc with me but I haven't backed up my data inside my C drive. I have 2 partitions, C and D drive.
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can you get into the safemode? You can just get the hard disk out, install the hard disk to another computer and copy the files.
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Basically it's saying XP is damaged because the HDD has been thrashed around a lot this is common in laptops. So more than likely your HDD is destroyed, so try and open hte BIOS settings by tapping delete as you start up then navigate in there to make the cd drive the first bootable device and put that XP cd in and do a reinstall. However if you want your data I understand some computer stores offer a recovery service where they can salvage the contents of your HDD, so do this first if you have things you really need in there. Otherwise you may have to get a new HDD which is about 60 dollars for a 120 gig I guess.
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use the restore cd if you have any
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IT Tutorials- http://good-tutorial.org/
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If your XP disc is an actual Windows disk and not a restore disc, and if your hard drive isn't thrashed, you can do a repair/install of Windows XP without losing data. You will have to reupgrade Internet Explorer if your using 7.0 and you will lose all emails if you use outlook express but other than that all files and programs will remain intact. But before you attempt this, be aware that this is easy on systems that were home built as the builder has the chipset and graphics card drivers on CD and is able to reinstall these drivers after reloading XP. If you dont have these discs available and/or you can't get the specific drivers from the BenQ website, DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING! 1. make sure your computer is set to CD/DVD as the first boot device. do this in BIOS if it's not already set up. 2. start your computer with the XP disc in the drive. 3. let windows start to load until you get to the screen that gives you the choice of entering the Repair Console or Set up Windows XP. Do not go to the repair console. This is not the no-reformat reinstall you want. Click as though you are loading a new version. 4. After hitting f8 to accept windows user agreement Windows will say it's searching for previous installed versions of Windows. Your original Windows installation will be highlighted in the box. if it's not, highlight it and select R for repair. If no previous XP version is found, quit setup. 5. After this stage of installation Windows will reboot. Again, don't do this if you don't have the driver CD's available or the Drivers from the manufacturers website. Also, if your previous Windows install is not on the hard drives after windows has searched for previous versions of XP, bail out. hit escape or turn off the computer before Windows setup finishes. Windows will be reloaded and all your files and programs will be there. Just remember to avoid the Repair console at the first fork in the road. This is where most nonreformatting repair installs go wrong.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
BenQ 500
I found this webcam and..?
I was wondering if I could get it to work on my desktop, though it says webcam for laptops. It is a BenQ 500 and its model number is C00B is this possible?
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No, cheapo.
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A webcam is a webcam is a webcam. As long as you can plug it in to a graphics card inside the PC, try it, what can it hurt? Nuttin. Just download any drivers if needed and start up an Instant Messenger Program. The OS should recognize the webcam IF it is a USB connection. Even if nuttin' works, so what, ya found it.
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I was wondering if I could get it to work on my desktop, though it says webcam for laptops. It is a BenQ 500 and its model number is C00B is this possible?
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No, cheapo.
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A webcam is a webcam is a webcam. As long as you can plug it in to a graphics card inside the PC, try it, what can it hurt? Nuttin. Just download any drivers if needed and start up an Instant Messenger Program. The OS should recognize the webcam IF it is a USB connection. Even if nuttin' works, so what, ya found it.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
BENQ for 169.99
which monitor should i buy? :)?
i would like to buy a monitor to plug into my laptop to make it a desktop computer :) I have been looking through the flyers and narrowed it down to two monitors that are on sale this weekend. The first one is 21.5 inch BENQ for 169.99, the other is is a 20 inch LG for 149.99. They also have a 23 inch samsung for 249.99 but i am not paying an extra 100 dollars just for a few inches. The problem is i am not familiar with the brand name BENQ, but i recognize the LG brand name so i am hesitant on getting the BENQ even though for an extra 20 dollars i get 1.5 more inches.
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I'd go for a good 1080p flat panel TV (they do these down to 32", maybe smaller) with VGA input, and do double duty.
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When hooking up an external monitor to a laptop, the single most important spec to look for is, whether or not the monitor has the same type of video connection that the laptop has. In other words, there are five main types of external monitor video ports that come on laptops, and you need to make sure the monitor you choose has the same one as your laptop. The five types are: Composite video / S-video 15 pin D-Sub VGA DVI HDMI Display Port If your laptop has one type of port, and the monitor doesn't have that specific one, it might never work without an adapter, or another expensive work-around. The next major thing to determine is, what is your laptop's maximum "native" resolution? Laptop video chipsets have a maximum resolution they can display, and that maximum resolution is often the same for an external monitor hooked to the laptop. So, if your laptop has a relatively low maximum native resolution, then buying a high resolution monitor is a waste of money. Find out what your laptop's maximum native resolution on the external video port is before deciding on a particular monitor. Also, a major concern is, "wide screen" versus "full screen". Your external display should have the same aspect ratio as your built in screen, since the video chipset in the laptop is optimized to output in that aspect ratio. In other words, don't buy a super duper high resolution full 1080p HDMI 16:9 ratio monitor when your laptop doesn't have a HDMI port, can't display resolutions higher than 1280 x 768, and doesn't support wide screen aspect ratios (the specs given above are just pure guesses on my part). You could help your question get answered a LOT quicker and easier if you had included what type and model number of laptop you have. As far as brand names, I prefer LG over BenQ, and Samsung would be an even better choice, but they are expensive. Samsung's use a slightly better LCD technology than the other lower-tiered brands you mentioned.
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i would like to buy a monitor to plug into my laptop to make it a desktop computer :) I have been looking through the flyers and narrowed it down to two monitors that are on sale this weekend. The first one is 21.5 inch BENQ for 169.99, the other is is a 20 inch LG for 149.99. They also have a 23 inch samsung for 249.99 but i am not paying an extra 100 dollars just for a few inches. The problem is i am not familiar with the brand name BENQ, but i recognize the LG brand name so i am hesitant on getting the BENQ even though for an extra 20 dollars i get 1.5 more inches.
Monitors - 2 Answers
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I'd go for a good 1080p flat panel TV (they do these down to 32", maybe smaller) with VGA input, and do double duty.
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When hooking up an external monitor to a laptop, the single most important spec to look for is, whether or not the monitor has the same type of video connection that the laptop has. In other words, there are five main types of external monitor video ports that come on laptops, and you need to make sure the monitor you choose has the same one as your laptop. The five types are: Composite video / S-video 15 pin D-Sub VGA DVI HDMI Display Port If your laptop has one type of port, and the monitor doesn't have that specific one, it might never work without an adapter, or another expensive work-around. The next major thing to determine is, what is your laptop's maximum "native" resolution? Laptop video chipsets have a maximum resolution they can display, and that maximum resolution is often the same for an external monitor hooked to the laptop. So, if your laptop has a relatively low maximum native resolution, then buying a high resolution monitor is a waste of money. Find out what your laptop's maximum native resolution on the external video port is before deciding on a particular monitor. Also, a major concern is, "wide screen" versus "full screen". Your external display should have the same aspect ratio as your built in screen, since the video chipset in the laptop is optimized to output in that aspect ratio. In other words, don't buy a super duper high resolution full 1080p HDMI 16:9 ratio monitor when your laptop doesn't have a HDMI port, can't display resolutions higher than 1280 x 768, and doesn't support wide screen aspect ratios (the specs given above are just pure guesses on my part). You could help your question get answered a LOT quicker and easier if you had included what type and model number of laptop you have. As far as brand names, I prefer LG over BenQ, and Samsung would be an even better choice, but they are expensive. Samsung's use a slightly better LCD technology than the other lower-tiered brands you mentioned.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
How much do these laptops cost?
How much do these laptops cost?
* Adamo XPS Notebook * 13-inch MacBook Pro * Asus Commercial Series * Dell Latitude 2100 Notebook IT Cart * Dell Vostro V13 Notebook * EeePC 1218 Series * EeePC Seashell 1015 * EeePC Seashell 1215 * Haier i7 Notebook * HP Envy 13 Laptop * HP Envy 15 w/Beat Audio Notebook * HP Mini 5101 Netbook * HP ProBook 5310M Notebook * X101 Smartbook * Trim N1 Netbook * Medion Akoyo S3212 13.3" * Dell Latitude Z Notebook * BenQ U103 Notebook
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differs depending on stores. also, go look them up for yourself at google.com
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I would suggest to buy dell OR hp laptop Macbook is good but price is high You can buy 1)Dell Inspiron i1564-8634OBK 1564 15.6-Inch Laptop (Obsidian Black) * 2.13GHz Intel Core i3 330M Processor (3MB Cache) * 4GB System Memory; Media Card Reader; 10/100 Ethernet; Wireless 802.11 b/g Card * 500GB Hard Drive; 8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) * 15.6" HD Display; Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD; 1.3MP Webcam * Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System (64-bit); 9-cell Battery http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i1564-8634OBK-15-6-Inch-Obsidian/dp/B0030T17GE/?tag=bdd-linking-001-20 2)HP Pavilion DV4-2160US 14.1-Inch Laptop (Digital Plaid) *Intel Core i5-430M processor (2.26GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.53 GHz) *4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM) (expandable to 8 GB) *320GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support *Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, * Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life *14.1" Diagonal WXGA HD HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800), Intel HD Graphics with up to 1696MB Total Available Graphics Memory http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV4-2160US-14-1-Inch-Laptop-Digital/dp/B00318CG8W/?tag=bdd-linking-001-20 Hey you can visit below link you can find more options here : http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=laptop+i5&x=0&y=0&ih=3_4_1_0_0_0_0_1_0_1.58_95&fsc=7&tag=bdd-linking-001-20
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* Adamo XPS Notebook * 13-inch MacBook Pro * Asus Commercial Series * Dell Latitude 2100 Notebook IT Cart * Dell Vostro V13 Notebook * EeePC 1218 Series * EeePC Seashell 1015 * EeePC Seashell 1215 * Haier i7 Notebook * HP Envy 13 Laptop * HP Envy 15 w/Beat Audio Notebook * HP Mini 5101 Netbook * HP ProBook 5310M Notebook * X101 Smartbook * Trim N1 Netbook * Medion Akoyo S3212 13.3" * Dell Latitude Z Notebook * BenQ U103 Notebook
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differs depending on stores. also, go look them up for yourself at google.com
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I would suggest to buy dell OR hp laptop Macbook is good but price is high You can buy 1)Dell Inspiron i1564-8634OBK 1564 15.6-Inch Laptop (Obsidian Black) * 2.13GHz Intel Core i3 330M Processor (3MB Cache) * 4GB System Memory; Media Card Reader; 10/100 Ethernet; Wireless 802.11 b/g Card * 500GB Hard Drive; 8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) * 15.6" HD Display; Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD; 1.3MP Webcam * Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System (64-bit); 9-cell Battery http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i1564-8634OBK-15-6-Inch-Obsidian/dp/B0030T17GE/?tag=bdd-linking-001-20 2)HP Pavilion DV4-2160US 14.1-Inch Laptop (Digital Plaid) *Intel Core i5-430M processor (2.26GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.53 GHz) *4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM) (expandable to 8 GB) *320GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support *Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, * Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life *14.1" Diagonal WXGA HD HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800), Intel HD Graphics with up to 1696MB Total Available Graphics Memory http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV4-2160US-14-1-Inch-Laptop-Digital/dp/B00318CG8W/?tag=bdd-linking-001-20 Hey you can visit below link you can find more options here : http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=laptop+i5&x=0&y=0&ih=3_4_1_0_0_0_0_1_0_1.58_95&fsc=7&tag=bdd-linking-001-20
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