my dad bought the WG311 v3 wireless adapter from netgear for his computer. after installing the software it disabled user switching and logon…only the administrator that installed the software could logon. it said I had to uninstall the software so I did and next time I tried to find a way to just install the device driver without the software…well I did and then windows wouldent boot…it said NTLDR missing so I booted from the XP disc to do a repair…I ran bootfix…it didnt work. then I ran mbrfix(master boot record) and that didnt work…I also copied ntldr and ntdetect to root from XP cd. now here I am with the harddrive in my computer on vista and Im looking at the drive with computer management\disc management and it shows the drive as a single partition with 76.33GB FAT file system (which is correct) but if you explore the drive or check its properties it says there is only 10MB total space with 3.4MB used the only files on the drive are ntldr and ntdetect
wyntry is absolutely right(I especially like your reply to dwight lol) but I ran out of text space for the original question(evil 1000 character limit)…anyway as for that downloadable hotfix I did find that and wanted to use it but I made the mistake of researching the problem after trying to fix it myself and thanks to that wrongly installed driver I cant boot to windows to install the fix. thing is…I was going to reinstall XP but as I mentioned b4 even tho it is an 80GB HD and disc manager sees that…explorer itself only sees it as 10MB and when I go to install XP thats all it sees as well. so it wants me to format the drive but thats not an option for me as there are important things on the disc…is there a way to access the data so I can copy it to my HD’s on my computer so I can reformat the drive safely and then reinstall XP? that looks like what Im gonna have to end up doing…I just dont know how to access the "vanished" data on the drive…
Windows installation and seemingly whole harddrive ruined thanks to a retarded wireless adapter from netgear?
Windows XP Product key?
MY computer recently crashed and went to a repairguy. ( A friend of my dad fixed it) Now since the computer crashed he put a new hardrive and basicly most of the files are missing. So i was trying to reinstal Mcafee and IT said my software product(windows) is out of date and need to be updated. So i go on windows updater and it says my product is not genuine.
I go on my computer and i click properties and i see the Registered to: section got changed and had the repair guys name. SO now the PRODUCT KEY IS CHANGE AND WIndows thinks its now a fonny any ideas on what to do
My mates windows wont startup HELP PLEASE?
Right my mates windows wont startup. It starts in the screen which says "start windows normally, safe mode, last good configuration".
He says the computer restarts after the windows loading screen , whichever option he chooses.
He did not reinstall any hardware yesterday (when it was working )
the only software he can think of that was installed was his dad installing a media player or something so he could listen to BBC radio 1, through the site.
Thats all the information I’ve got, ive advised repairing his windows installation/reinstalling windows, but have you lot got any better suggestions?
This is windows XP by the way 🙂
He cant do system restore….because windows wont startup
Anyone else available for answer?
the first answer just stated that he couldnt do anything else, and the second didnt know what they were talking about/hadnt read the question 🙁
Computer Help: How to fix really slow computer?
So here is the deal. Apparently, my computer is supposed to be "the fastest one in the house" (according to my dad). But when I was younger, I downloaded Limewire, And all sorts of different fonts and cursors from sketchy websites (I was young and stupid apparently).
Now, my computer is really slow. It takes about 15 mins to boot up, and it takes about 10 seconds to just respond to my clicks.
I have removed Limewire since then, and tried to get rid of all of the fonts and stuff, but that hasn’t really helped much.
I have Spybot and Symantec to get rid of spyware and viruses, but it is still so slow.
I would ask my dad, but I don’t want him to know that I had Limewire. >.<
Is there a software I can buy that can help me fix it? Or should I just buy a new hardrive and start over?
Thanks!
computer issues?
I have a new dell laptop and it wont start. Ive had it for about a month and the first time i shut it off (a few days after i got it) it wouldnt start because of some new software or update thing, but The other night my dad shut it off for me and now it wont turn back on. I can turn it on and it asks if i want to start it normally, or on 3 different safe modes…i tried all and when it starts up all you see is a black screen with the pointer (and the pointer moves so its not frozen). Ive also been able to do diagnostic tests on it and everytime i do it, it comes back completely positive and there is nothing wrong with it but i turn it on and it goes to the black screen with the pointer…i dont know what to do about it but its been like this for almost 48 hours! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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