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Thanks for your help. I got the partitions back using a utility called Partition Table Doctor. It had a boot cd image of the utility which I burned onto a cd. The system booted up into the FreeDos OS and the utility auto started, I had do some guessing as to how to use it as the character set...

Hi all, Looking for some help here. I have a Toshiba Portege 4010 with 2 windows partitions and 3 Linux Partitions(/root, /home, swap). My wife decided she didn't think she could live with Linux so she asked me to remove it and give her back the hard drive space. So I used my Windows 2000 Pro...

Hi All, Just thought I would close this thread off. Got everything running smoothly now. Turns out that the card at my local exchange was rated as a 2mb traffic card. The BT engineer didn't need to come to my house, he called from the exchange to say that the reason for the dropped connections...

Merci Misterdaya, I just picked up your comments and advise, I just recently dug out an older Celeron Desktop PC and swapped it for the P4 Desktop. When the Celeron started up, the DSL connection stayed up, no probs. So I swapped over back to the P4 and voila again the DSL connection was lost...

Well, gave it a go with the desktop sans wi-fi module and yep the Dsl connection went again and came back when I turned the desktop off. Gave the garage lights a go as well and yep Dsl connection went as well. Thinking I might try a surge protected power bar and see if that makes any...

Hi Folks, Sorry haven't checked with the ISP yet to see if the results concluded that there is too much noise on the line or not. Just finished moving in and DS2's birthday party has taken a lot up a lot of my time. Can't use filter's on NIC's over here in the UK due to the different plug...

Hi Primis, We use PPPoA in the UK, and I have it set up for always on the Etec modem also has an auto reconnect feature that is enabled. Yep, wife spoke to the ISP and they have it logged that our connection dropped 26 times last week and they believe there is too much interference for a 1mb...

Hi Primis, Thanks for the advise. I took the modem and router upstairs to the master bedroom and gave it a go and still same problem. I believe the problem may be two fold, one with the power ciruits and the second with the ISP or line. Just this Sunday the DSL connection was gone for an hour...

Hi Folks, Hope you can help I have a DSL with Pipex UK, I am running a wireless home network using an Etec DSL Modem/router connected to a Linksys 11mb Wireless router. Connecting to the network are between 2 to 3 laptops and 1 to 2 desktops all running Windows 2000 sp3 or sp4. I have recently...

Well afer all that the Realtek Nic was the issue. Tried to use my Toshiba laptop ethernet connection with Linksys wireless adapter still active on the network previously and didn't work. But I tried it again on my son's Thinkpad and it worked a charm, so the Realtek nic must be dodgie. I'll pick...

Hi Follks, Sorry for the delay responding to your suggestions been busy with car problems lately. Scfromsf I have tried taking the automatic speed option of the old nic with no luck. I believe it is an issue with the router as I have also uninstalled my wireless adapter from my laptop and...

Sorry I am running a P4 Desktop with ICS connected to the WLan port of the Linksys router for internet access for two wireless enabled laptops. The Celeron is the kids computer, which I am trying to get connected via the Realtek NIC to the Linksys router network: Linksys router ip 192.168.1.1...

Hi Folks, I am having issues trying to connect an old Celeron desktop to my Linksys router BEFW11S4 via an old Realtek NIC 8139a I believe. I have installed the latest driver for the Realtek NIC for Windows 2000 pro and have tried 3 different cat5 network cables, including a crossover cable. I...

Thanks Bcastner, I got my wife to uninstall TCP/IP and reinstalled it. She got a blue screen error after trying to dial up, after the reboot she was able to access the wireless network and browse the internet. I thought it was weird that I could do everthing on my laptop with wireless adapter...

Hi, I am a newbie to networks and have been lurking on a number of tech forums for pointers, and now have a situation which I can get an answer to on the web. First here is some history - The family and I are living in a rural part of Ireland with dial-up internet access only, both my wife...