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Hi linney Thank you for your prompt reply I did find some of those links whilst searching the site But it was your suggestion to try turning the Virus software that bore most fruit ! It does look like the "Panda Titanium AV 2004" seems to be at the root of the problem, will suggest a change...

Hi all A M8 has an Acer Aspire 1355LC laptop running WinXP Home SP2 When he boots up and try's to open a folder or open a Word file, initially it takes ages (up to 30 sec's) But after this they open very quickly ! This is a Athlon XP-M 2600+ with 256MB of DDR SDRAM so surely it should fly...

Hi Check out "CasperSnyman" I reckon he is your man ! Hag

Hi all Please do not think that I have ignored your valuble assistance I have not had access to the above 2 machines to try out your suggestions, as their systems are running fine it is not a critical problem, just an annoying one !! I will post back once I get to play with the systems ! To...

Hi again Wow that's a stack of info !!! Starting from the top I tried the 4in1 chipset drivers, they are the ones that got me into trouble with the Busmaster drivers ! Now think this is a SiS host (see below) there is nothing on the Mobo or chips at all only "A9" and that's it!!! Mine reads...

TekTippy4U you are a *** Star *** Busmaster back in place with Pri & Sec, CD-Rom back Guess I couldn't see the wood for the trees ! Which brings me back to my original problem with the Zip It's a External Z100 USB Drive Ive been to Iomega and downloaded & installed the drivers but it still...

Hi All In trying to get a Win98 system to recognise a External Zip100 drive I installed a Via Busmaster driver, it didn't help but changed the Hard disk controller to a "SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller" which does not recognise the CD Rom either! How can I reinstall the drivers to the...

Yep this is really strange ! :( I've used this method lots of times without any problems Help !!! Hag

Hi CasperSnyman No same system All I am trying to do is create an image that I can use to restore their entire set up if their hard drive should die. I have followed the method I used on my system (see my first post above) Hope you can help Hag

Hi all Well none of the above has made difference ! I still can not made an image that will reinstall to a different drive if their main drive dies. I have tried all types of combinations with out any luck Does anyone have any ideas ? Hag

WOW now that was FAST !!! Yep I think the drives were "CS" will the HP systems be happy if I just change the cables for "Standard" ATA 133 cables? Also does it mess up Ghost if they are set to "CS"? Many THX Hag

Hi All This is proving to be a real pain ! My home built XP Pro system consists of 2 80GB drives. The Main drive is partitioned in a 50 (OS), a 5 (Back Up) and a 20 (Ghost image area) A Slave drive consisting of 60 & 15GB partitions. I can quite happily make an image in the main drives 20 then...

bcastner THX 4 your prompt & concise reply Great site - guess it's another forum 2 browse !!! Hag

Hi All I am just dipping my toe into the cold waters of Networking !!! If my setup has a SPI firewall can I ditch any other firewall's installed on any computers that use it ? I think I can guess at the answer but would like to be sure! Many THX Hag

Hi All I am thinking of setting up a wireless network to supply broadband to my house and two neighbours I have looked at Belkin, D-Link, US Robotics & the Linksys 54g Wireless Routers My head is now spinning with all the facts and figures (and Promises !) so thought it best to turn to people...

Superb, thanks for your help guys Both work fine does seem a bit of a cheats way ! was hoping to create my own ! Cheers all Hag

THZ for your prompt reply Trouble is this takes up a third of the disk ! Is there anyway of freeing up more space ? Hag

Hi all How do I make a floppy that boots up to the "A" prompt using the minimum of space so that I can add my collection of most used dos progs onto one floppy Have tried format with the "/b" & "/s" but the "/s" is not recognised, so how do I tranfer the...

Whooa spooky that the "Gigabyte nForce 2 ATX A V L R" is the "Gigabyte GA-7N400pro" or did you know that paparazi ? :) guess I'm on the right track, all I need now is the dosh to buy it all ! :( Cheers all Hag

THX M8 Might give it a go any ideas on a MOBO ? been looking at the Gigabyte nForce 2 ATX A V L R ?