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Thanks for your information. I will check as you suggested. It was something I had never seen before and i just wanted to check that it wasn't something to worry about. As everything seems to be fine now, I'll try and forget it happend but I will be more prepared in the future. Thanks again.

The other day I received a blue screen saying (amongst other things): Starting Physical Memory dump.... Physical memory dump complete. Then my system rebooted and everything was ok... but an hour later the blue screen re appeared and this time said something like, checking hard drive due to...

Spyware... I thought as much. BAS#$&@S!! OK, I will remove it as suggested. I will also try these links. Many thanks for your help and advice!!

Hi, I have noticed that a new programme has installed itself in my start up directory. It's called Gstartup. This is somethiing called Gator according to the properties. Anyone know what this is?? Thanks

Ok... tonight I will check Nero and Daemon. If it means radical changes and uninstalling programmes I'll probably end up leaving it. Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know if anything interesting happens tomorrow.

Hi, Following the advice given I checked the properties of the phantom drive, this is what I found... It is a - image simulation SCSI CDrom Device What is this?

Excellent - thanks for your advice. I will try the spyware out tonight - thanks for the links. However, last night I did try something different which seems to have made a difference. Just before I did the test I had defragged the drive using Norton 2003 Utillities. So out of curiosity I...

Well I'm pretty sure I didn't instal a new CD drive and I've counted them a couple of times ;) so it must be the Nero suggestion. I'll check it out tonight and let you know what I find. Thanks for the tip!

I must admit the figures worry me more than any slight effect of performance. So I guess your right - I should leave it and not worry. But I might try uninstalling iMesh and do the test again - out of curiosity more than anything else. Thanks

Thanks! by the way what is Nero imagedrive?

I have Nero burn software - but not sure if I have the imagedrive you said. I'm working from a different computer at the moment, but I will check later when I get home. I will also check the properties as you suggested, is there anything in particular I should look for?? Many Thanks.

Hi I have a 80 western digital 7200 rpm EIDE hard drive. I recently did a performance test and compared to previous results and noticed that the Hard Drive's performance has radically dipped - by 75%! Any ideas why? - since the first test I have installed two programmes - iMesh and Norton...

Hi I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this or has any idea why it has happend. The other day I went to my computer and noticed that a 3rd CD drive (Drive F:) icon has appeared although I only have 2 CD drives. Why is this?? and if I just delete it will it cause problems?

Hi, I'm looking to buy some anti virus software, I've been looking at Norton 2003 and am considering buying it. However, a few people have said to me that it has conflicts with XP pro?? can anyone give me suggestions as to whether to go for norton 2003 or try something else? Thanks my...

Good idea... I'll have a look tonight.

Hi, I was checking my BIOS settings last night and I noticed that my BIOS battery voltage was 2.04v, which according to the manual is too low (it should be between 2.7 and 3.2). Should I replace the battery immediately and if I do will I loose all of my BIOS settings??? will they all be reset...

Yes it is new. I will find out what their returns policy is. Many thanks for your help!

Hi, I have this constant small red dot just off the centre of my TFT LCD monitor. Any idea what it is or how I can get rid of it?

It's a TFT LCD monitor - so imagine it is what you said a dropped pixel. Is this something I can fix or not?

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help.... on my new computer I use XP but for some reason there is a small red dot just off the centre of the screen. I don't know where it came from and I can't get rid of it. It's there all the time in everything I do???