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WOW, you guys have some great ideas! I will check them out and post back. Thank you - thank you - thank you!

Yes, 100% defragged would be great! (I think I'm OCD in this regard!) I just think the pc would work better if it was completely defragged. I don't understand why the backup cabs files are not defragged. Every once in a while my system will not work as it should - i.e., I connect to the...

smah - Thanks for your reply. I tried it (D/L & ran it) - the log said Drives C & D were defragged successfully. So I went back to My Computer/Management to check the defragged status. It still had a lot of fragments so I am not so sure the .vbs file worked so well. Shouldn't it have shown...

Hi, I have had XP on my system for over a year and love it. However, I have not been able to get a clean defrag since installation. The last defrag report is as follows: Volume (C:) Volume size = 14.91 GB Cluster size = 8 KB...

If I'm not mistaken, HAWK works with Microsoft Outlook, not Outlook express. I just uninstalled and reinstalled McAfee VirusScan Professional 6.0 and ALL my emails have disappeared. Outlook Express won't work, so be careful!

Well, as usual, whenever I dig into one thing I find more problems! I did chat with a McAfee techie and I did uninstall McAfee, however, after reinstalling it, I found that ALL my email messages had disappeared. I have Outlook Express 6. I did not delete them and have checked and re-checked...

Wait another year after defragging? Really? I thought a pc should be defragged at least 1 or 2 times a month. I have a ton of stuff on my pc that is used extensively. Lots of pictures, music, and apps. What do you mean "Anything below 5% fragmented is okay." Do you have XP? XP...

Thanks AVChap, but I have already tried it - didn't work. Also, I read posts back to the beginning of the year looking for this problem - didn't find anything that matched. That's why I thought I should uninstall it, run defrag, and then reinstall and see if it works that way. I heard it's...

I have Windows XP home edition and cannot defrag my system successfully. After defraging I get the following message in the report stating the following files could not be defragmented: 11 2.00 GB \Program Files\McAfee\McAfee Shared Components\Safe &...

Are the USB settings enabled in the BIOS? I'm not up to par on USBs, but I know that you can enable/disable them in BIOS. Hope it helps!

Well, it's fixed! After all your hard work (and mine) it all came down to selecting the "Load Startup Defaults" in the BIOS section. UGH! At least that's what I think happened. Thank you all for your help. T2LE

Well, cdogg, I tried deleting the Secondary IDE Controller from Device Manager list - rebooted, no luck. Still no CDRom or Zip drive. I looked at the 2ndry controller properties and on Drive 0 is lists Auto-Detect/None - I tried both and neither made a difference. Guess I will go shopping...

Thanks for all the info, Dan. I have visited the Compaq site many times. I even tried to update my BIOS and ended up with a major system crash - so I don't even want to try that again. Compaq sent out new hard drive, motherboard, modem. They said my HD was bad. Well when the new one was...

What about this? Can I go to Device Manager => IDE ATA/ATAPI CONTROLLERS -> Secondary IDE Controller and DELETE the Secondary controller and reboot - will the system "find" it like it would a modem? IRQ - 14 for Primary & 15 for Secondary Check out www.winutils.com and download...

cdogg, thanks for the input. Yes I have checked device manager, nothing connected to the 2nd IDE controller is recognized, even tho they are shown in the BIOS, manually selected. I have tried the CDROM by it self as well as the ZIP by itself, neither worked. I also purchased a new cable. As...

Thanks for the tip - unfortunately it didn't work. My BiOS settings show the CD-ROM as the Secondary Master and my Zip drive (user settings) as Secondary Slave. I don't see anything that would suggest it is disabled. I saw a tip in another question regarding Compaq using the Cable Select...

I encountered my problem after installing Windows XP, which I really like (after getting most of the "compatibility" problems worked out). My pc does not recognize my CD & Zip Drive. System is as follows: Compaq Presario 5868 AMD K-7 Processor 256 Ram 20 GB HD DVD CD-ROM Internal...