I'm replacing the hard drive in my Presario SR1011NX. Should I set the size of the D drive at the same size as the D drive in the original hard drive or should I make it as the same percentage size. I'm replacing a 40G with a 120G. Thanks, Ken

Hi all.. I have a compaq presario 2100 model laptop. I have thought of buying a docking station for that. But, the leptop i have doesnot have the docking connector (bottom side of the notebook). I just see a rectangular marking on the back side. WHat should i do? 1. buy a new backside case?...

I own a Compaq Presario 1505US. The problem appears to be with the lcd display. It randomly displays several rows of either blue or pink horizontal lines each formed of this small lines; something like this |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| I connected it to a different monitor and had the same...

I have a Compaq SR1408HM. When I tried to run the System Recovery, the Recovery would't load the OS onto the machine. So I used another medium to install the OS, but now I need the drivers for the machine. The D: partition has all of the drivers for the machine. Is there anyway you can extract...

My sis has one of these boxes, and she asked me to take it home and clean it up - spyware, adware, all the nasty stuff that four kids and limewire can bring home. She thought she was doing me a favor by disconnecting everything before I got there, and she didn't realize that there were two...

Hi all, I have a problem with my laptop. (FYI: I dont understand much about computers) My notebook is Compaq presario 2570 notebook, intel pentium 4, 3.06 GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, 56k modem. About 2 months ago, my laptop did not recognize the cd/dvd player. Few weeks after...

I'm trying to access a couple of programs from my old Presario 7100 family quick restore cd. The system itself died a long time ago. I have tried 'PREDATORxxx'and 'SMDCOMSUMER' (which were supposed to work with older cds) but no success. Does anyone know what the zip passwords are? Thanks in...

Additional problem: I cannot even make the computer boot from a diskette. I set BIOS/BOOT/Floppy Check: Enable. HELP! S Franchon

Okay, I have this Compaq notebook 800, it just wont start! I dont remember doing anything to it. any help, appreciated thanks felicity

Just curious if any of you guys know of where I can locate some drivers. The previous OS was ME and I have pushed it too Win2K. Problem is can't find PCI Devices driver. I think I need this in order to get any of my PCI devices to work...any thoughts?? I did a clean install....I know there is a QR...

X-No-Archive: Yes Presario laptop 705US - I think that I bent a pin in my cardbus slot and I'd like to remove the case to get a clear shot at the connector to straighten the pin. I can't reach it from the outside. I am trying a T-8 (I think) Torx wrench on the case, but there are a few...

I had an 1800T and I ran at one time an XP and Linux dualboot, and had no problem. I was running 256mb ram and it worked great. Good luck... On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:11:34 -0500, "JohnH" wrote: I'm considering upgrading my 1800XL to dual boot XP and ME. When I purchased the...

I have an older Deskpro SFF system. Model #ENS/P600/13b/9/64c. It uses the Intel 810e chipset. BIOS ROM is 686J1 v2.10. I'm wondering what is the largest hard drive it can use? Currently it has a Seagate 13GB HD. Is it subject to the 32GB limit? Does anyone know? Thanks much. Patty

Hi, I've been given a Presario 2701 notebook to mend, but I'm stumped. The history is this - HDD was noisy so was replaced - when it was changed the 'engineer' couldn't re-install XP so he installed ME. Now when the machine is booted with the mains lead attached it hangs on the 'Compaq' screen....

I have an windows 98se restore disk which I am selling. It came with my 5BW120 computer since I did a clean install winXP so i don't need it anymore.. make me an offer. you can e-mail me at

I have Compaq deskpro tower computer. It has a p3 550 cpu. I think the model number is Deskpro EP BX/P550. I was just wondering what the highest cpu I could put in. Thanks Jay

Hi, I've recently been geetting a strange clicking sound from my 4 year-old Presario (like something switching on and off -- much like the sound you get coming out of standby mode). I'm pretty familiar with the noises it makes, and this is new and ominous. :-) Anyone got any...

i have a presario 1245 it boots intermittantly and wont recognize hd or cd. both spin up but fdisk wont locate and cant boot from linux cd either. i suspect bios error on ide . any ideas

I'm getting ready to upgrade the memory in a Presario 5660 from 128 to 384. The system hasn't been formatted since it was purchased in December 1998. The system has Win98 on it now, but I will be upgrading it to XP. I will upgrade the BIOS, then format everything. I've formatted quite a few...

Hi, This battered and valiant little machine has become something of a personal project/challenge so bear with me. Obviously stored for a very long time not connected to battery, with no hard drive. It has expansion base.