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Etiger.. 1. did you check/clean the heat outlet? Yes - There was a lump of dust but nothing blocking. 2. is the laptop used on a table cloth or someting which migth block the ventilation? Yes - it was being used on a bed.. The new machine is now being used on a breakfast tray.. Its the...

Wolluf & Chris I bought a Belkin USB enclosure which arrived Monday (a bit more expensive in the UK ! £60.00 ) Realised then that I needed an adapter to put the 2.5" drive into the Ide connector and power supply. Ordered that and it arrived yesterday. (So you were right too wolluf) Then...

Brilliant I will get one - I might even get two.. I'll report back when I have sourced one and tried it out.. Thanks Chris Steve Hawker - Blackcap Computing Ltd Is the square root of 69 eight something ? >

Daz10 If you are going to reinstall windows 98, then going into MSDOS mode and typing 'deltree c:\windows' will remove all of the windows directory and all sub directories. If deltree isnt present then its a case of running 'dir' to see what is on the disk, and 'del xxxxxx' for each file and...

Chris & Wolluf What is a USB enclosure, and why could I read the disk using one of these? Are you saying that because it doesn't boot, it should be brought up as a secondary or slave and read as another drive on one of my other PC's.. Thanks for taking the time and effort to reply Steve...

Thanks cbs604 I took the panel off and in the fan was a big lump of fluff. I removed it but sadly the problem still exists. I have undertaken to try to get the data off the disk, and have made another thread about NTLDR missing.. Steve Hawker - Blackcap Computing Ltd Is the square root of 69...

My Friends Acer portable (running XP) has developed a hardware fault (overheating) and I am trying to get the unsaved information off the drive. I have an IBM R31 (running XP Pro)and on opening up both portables I discovered thay both are running 80GB Travelmate Drives - though the Acer drive is...

Hi I went to see a disabled friend who is having problems with her Travelmate X-550. The system just freezes after 5 minutes, and then must be allowed to cool. I noticed that she has been using the machine in bed, and has been placing the computer straight onto the blankets. This has been...

Hi In the AA (automobile association) I beleive that the portables issued to the breakdown staff have such a feature. The mechanic told me that if a laptop gets stolen its possible to wipe it from base. I think they have some form of satellite comms built into the portable. It might also be a...

Richard Thanks for you speedy response ! Could you tell me what the DPR is and also how to write a debug statement. I have books on Delphi but am not that well versed in the terminology...:-) Bare in mind that the developmenmt is done on a Win98 machine, and is then installed on the XP. Because...

Once the printing has started from the beginning THEN try to restart and put the page you require. There may be some delay as the buffer on the printer may contain information which needs to be printed first.

Hi I have written a program which has run well using Delphi 3 and Paradox 7 on a Win 98 machine. My customer wanted to upgrade to XP and there my problems began. On my main XP machine the program runs in the task manager but does not even bring up the first menu.. If I try to run a second copy...