Anyone familiar with this brand: It's currently on sale for $90 after rebate. Would it work with XP? Capacity is 1 TB Mel Fantom Drives G-Force eSATA\USB 2.0 Hard Drives offer the most affordable storage solution for USB and eSATA enabled PCs and Macs. The USB 2.0

I'm seriously thinking abt buying a Net book And also abt getting one with Linux instead of Windows Since the whole idea of a net book is to access thing FROM the net wouldn't Linux make a better choice in being faster, cheaper, etc?

I have had my Vostro 2510 laptop for about a month now. Finally I am trying it with my 19" Viewsonic monitor. I want to also use my Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. But as soon as I close the laptop the power shuts down and I get nothing. Must be a way to have the PC continue to power the...

I use a Inspiron 8600 lap top in a docking station. I leave the lap top docked almost all the time, and use a flat screen monitor. All my USB components are plugged in to the docking station. Over the past few weeks, I notice that when I turn on the computer by pressing the power button on the...

I have XP. I've just ordered a 1 TB external HD that I plan to use just via the USB port. Anyway, I know it will come with a FAT32 format. I've done some googling and I'm quite confident on how to reformat it using NTFS format. Currently, I have a much smaller USB ext. HD that I was able to...

I'm curious... How many here actually BURN DVDs or CDs now days? I'm starting to think that as cheap as flash memory and hard drives are getting that having a "burner" is a waste of money. What you guys think?

Hi. Do you happen to know why my current PS/2 Dell PC104 (SK-8110 model) doesn't work correctly when I boot up DOS (e.g., Windows 98's) from a bootable 3.5" disk or CDs? The keyboard's arrow keys don't work, shift key stuck (entering numbers showed symbols, capitalized letters, etc.), insert...

every time I reboot I get this message "preparing to install",it's so fast I don't get much of a chance to read what it's installing,I did get a quick glance and it looked like Bluetooth driver,I go into device manager and there's about 6-7 Bluetooth entry's and they look ok.I wouldn't know...

I'm looking into getting an external hard drive (1 TB if possible but would settle for less storage space) and would like to get some recommendations. The following factors are important in my decision. 1. Reliability 2. Ease of use for doing daily backups 3. Performance (speed, quietness and...

Habe a dell inspiron b130, stock. The battery light was flashing amber quickly and I researched and found battery might be bad. The machine will spontaneously shut down dead instantly. It is doing this more and more now. I tried with just the ac adapter and no battery same deal. Battery with...

I'm running a newly purchased Dell machine with Win Xp Pro and was trying to get CTRL+ALT+DEL enabled for logins.. and Xp Help said to press the Advanced tab on User Accounts in Control Panel. There was no `Advanced´ button.. only those childish and simple icons. Hey this is Pro edition.. not...

i have a D630 and just bought the E228WFP monitor which is 1680x1050; however, there is no setting for this resolution and none of the settings gives the correct perspective. is there some driver or other way to get it to work correctly, or do i need to return the monitor?? david

The icons in my task bar are jagged and fuzzy when compared to the rest of the screen. The screen resolution is set to 1300 x 900. Is there a way to improve the taskbar icons appearance at the bottom of the windows screen?

Is Baseline Security Analyzer from Microsoft safe to install? or are there some hidden snoops in there? -Ed

To all the readers of this group. The regulars and the sometimes users. Thank you for suffering my posts and a Merry Christmas to you all. In the New Year am hoping the stock market will return to the good old days (the profit part not the greed is good part) and you will be blessed. Hoping each of...

For Anyone interested, Dimension E521 purchased 1/8/2007 with 2 year warranty from Outlet Store. OS: Windows XP MCE SP2 2005 (Upgraded to SP3) AMD 64 3800+ 2.2 GHz Single Core (90 nm) (Upgraded to AMD 64 x 2 6000+ 3.01 GHz Dual Core (65 nm)) 3 GB RAM On Friday Dec 19, 2008 tried using DVD player...

If you run two processors 24/7 for a few weeks on your Vostro 1500 or sim. with a 60w charger, it will not have been keeping the battery charged. I'd guess the two-processor use takes enough power so that the logic avoids battery charging as long as it's in that state. Discovered when after...

I have a Dell Optiplex GX300 with 128MB memory. There are two sockets, and the second socket seems to have a dummy module. I'd like to bump up to at least 256mb so that I can experiment with Linux. Questions: 1) The first socket module says 128MB/8D NON ECC. I guess I can just put another...

Hello everyone, I recently bought a Dell 1525 laptop to replace my Gateway ML 6720. I bought the Dell refurbished through Dell outlet and I'm very pleased with it except for the touchpad. The Dell touchpad doesn't have anywhere near the same functionality as the Gateway touchpad did. I'm not sure...

I have a 1.5 year old Dell DIM 9200 duel core, with 2 hard drives, 2 DVD players and a Dell 26" flatscreen monitor. I have an APC UPS which is getting long in the tooth so I want to replace it. I have no understanding of electronics. My current APC UPS is an ES 725, which I think it means can...