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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Copying Audio CDs | 1/11/2011 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: I am trying to copy an audio CD to my hard disk so that I could hear the music from the hard disk ... A: Please try downloading the following music and video player that will play every type of media ... | ||
| error message | 1/9/2011 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: I'm honestly not sure what specific catagory this would fall under, but I only see this problem when ... A: OK go to this link, insert your operating system Win 7, Vista,XP etc.and look for the graphics ... | ||
| error message | 1/8/2011 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: I'm honestly not sure what specific catagory this would fall under, but I only see this problem when ... A: yes that is your display adapter that requires to be uninstalled,right click on it and select ... | ||
| error message | 1/7/2011 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: I'm honestly not sure what specific catagory this would fall under, but I only see this problem when ... A: which occurs when windows needs to set instruction packets sets of data via your integrated Intel ... | ||
| Copying Audio CDs | 1/4/2011 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: I am trying to copy an audio CD to my hard disk so that I could hear the music from the hard disk ... A: OK the sequence that you are trying is not exactly correct. Here is how to : Double click the "My ... | ||
| replaced my dvd+rw drive with a dvd-rw drive | 1/3/2011 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: I have a toshiba tablet pc, it had a dvd+rw drive, but it broke,a long pin fell out when it ... A: I will try and help you. Most problems surrounding replacing a new drive are either hardware or ... | ||
| mini laptop/ external cd-rw drive | 12/22/2010 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: i have an acer mini laptop. how do i make it recognize my compact disc external cd-rw drive? A: Very glad to help you out and thanks for posting your question. OK, Windows SHOULD have recognised ... | ||
| Copying Audio CDs | 12/21/2010 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: I am trying to copy an audio CD to my hard disk so that I could hear the music from the hard disk ... A: Your operating system is simply wanting to associate your music files with a means of playing it on ... | ||
| installed software with cd on my computer | 12/19/2010 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: installed software with cd on my computer a while ago, it was for photo printing etc. it worked fine ... A: I will try and resolve it for you. The error message that you are receiving is being caused by the ... | ||
| problem reading/burning a CD | 12/19/2010 | Mark Thomas |
| Q: My CD/DVD drive is: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55N (manufactured by LG) I have XP Home. I have burned ... A: I will try to help you resolve it, however I need to know one thing first, is the blank CDr a new ... | ||
| New icon on task bar. | 8/2/2007 | Donald Fisher |
| Q: A new icon has appeared on my task bar. When I right click it, it says, "Safely remove hardware." ... A: These two devices should be USB devices and this option allows you to remove them electronically ... | ||
| Reading second session in DVD | 7/30/2007 | Donald Fisher |
| Q: I recorded some mpeg files on a DVD at office using nero 6 in two session. When I read the disk at ... A: So you can read all the files from both sessions on one computer but not another? Is the second ... | ||
| CD-ROM spin speed | 7/30/2007 | Donald Fisher |
| Q: If a CD-ROM's usual spin speed (1x (when the laser is near the centre of the disk)) is around ... A: You are correct. The maximum spindle speed of a 52x CD-ROM is 26,000rpm. However, that is normally ... | ||
| dvd and cd rom drives quit working at the same time | 7/25/2007 | Donald Fisher |
| Q: I have a dell dimension 4700 desktop computer and one day last week, both the dvd and cd rom drives ... A: Make sure they are enabled in your BIOS and that their jumpers are properly set. You may also want ... | ||
| booting from cd drive or usb drive | 7/22/2007 | Donald Fisher |
| Q: I need to re formate my drive. I don't have a floppy disk installed, I do have one but since I ... A: This site has a great tutorial for creating a bootable WinXP install CD. ... | ||
| DVD-R or DVD+R is better? | 7/21/2007 | Donald Fisher |
| Q: I want to know the difference between the two formats DVD-R and DVD+R on the practical basis, and ... A: I don't believe either to be "better" at all. They are simply different recording formats and the ... | ||
| Copying DVDs on the computer | 11/10/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I have a DVD/CDR-W combo drive on my computer. Can I copy DVD's with this drive or do I need a ... A: You can, given the right software, and given that you can accept lower quality and the film split ... | ||
| dvd-player/recorder | 11/9/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: dvd-player/recorder Would you know the difference between up-converting as opposed progressive scan, ... A: I must confess to not knowing anything about up-converting, however, progressive scan is easy: ... | ||
| DVD ROM Drive | 11/9/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I have a Compaq Armada 7800 Laptop Computer (Armada 7800 6300/T/8000/V/M/1)(Serial #7920CB631264). ... A: I don't really understand this at all, a music CD is just as much a data disk as any other whether ... | ||
| urgent | 11/8/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Media test failure, Check cable. PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE-ROM? A: Fairly clear I thought, you have a hardware failure which is causing a problem reading the disk in ... | ||
| Sony DVD RW+- | 11/8/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: When i play the DVD movie or Audio then i am getting the error like DVD plug in required. A: What on earth are you using to play these DVDs with? Sounds like Media Player 7 or 8, these earlier ... | ||
| DVD/CD drive reading problems | 11/7/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Gigabyte 6-Quad Edition motherboard ( GA-965P-DQ6 ) Intel Core 2 Duo Processor ( 2.4 GHz ) 2 ... A: Well it's fairly obvious why you couldn't get '98 to load! You might just as well have tried picking ... | ||
| DVD sound problem when playing | 11/6/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I have a sound problem when playing a dvd movie. The sounds is great and its actually perfect but ... A: I suspect you have got the sound settings mixed up on your playback system. It probably defaults to ... | ||
| DVD does not open Films or any video film | 11/6/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: my DVD open and recognize any CD and open it and read it But whenever i enter any cd witch contains ... A: Are you sure that you actually have a DVD drive? If you just have a CD drive it certainly won't see ... | ||
| DVD/CD drive reading problems | 11/5/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I got my brother a new computer for his birthday. His DVD/CD drive reads the Windows 98 cd, but once ... A: Easy, throw away the ancient '98 disc and get a copy of Windows XP or a decent version of Linux. The ... | ||
| my slow pc | 11/5/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: my pc is like 9 years old i really want to keep it.but i'm runing xp on it and it runnnnnssss ... A: Sorry, but NO! '98 is now unsupported and sadly lacking in security, so any machine running '98 is ... | ||
| copied DVD playback freezes, stops | 11/4/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Sorry, I did use DVD shrink first, but if it played once, or several times, wouldn't the copy ... A: sorry, misunderstood your question, sounded as though you were saying you had played it several ... | ||
| Re-sizing Desktop Monitor | 11/3/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Recently, my 21 Gateway monitor went blank. While waiting for a replacement, I moved a Dell 19" in ... A: You should not need to reset anything, the display should automatically accommodate your replacement ... | ||
| copied DVD playback freezes, stops | 11/3/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I have a Dell Optiplex 150 with added memory and have been burning DVD's more or less with no ... A: Well, you don't believe in giving me much to work with, but here goes: If it was a commercial DVD ... | ||
| sony dvd | 11/2/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: i installed a sony dvd internal drive. it will play cd music fine but when i play a dvd movie there ... A: No, this is nothing to do with your sound card, it's just that where CD audio is hardwired direct to ... | ||
| dvd recognition | 10/31/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I just got my DVD burner and put it in my hardrive. I connected teh two cables and turned on my ... A: First, you must check the setting on the rear of the drive. There is a 'jumper',(a plastic cap which ... | ||
| Dvd sound problems | 10/30/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Dell E1505 Inspiron. When I playback a DvD movie, the sound begins to break up at around 50-55 ... A: This sounds like your system running out of resources. Check on your system tray, if you have lots ... | ||
| DVD/CD Burner stopped recognizing CD-R's | 10/30/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: For some strange reason, my DVD/CD burner suddenly stopped burning or even recognizing CD-R's. It ... A: Afraid so, all these drives use a dual laser package, one for CDRs and the other for DVDRs, (funnily ... | ||
| problem burning photos and music to cds | 10/29/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Hey there, have acer pc amd semptron processor/windows xp home edition service pack2 bought in ... A: Have you ever burned a CD before? I'm not being rude you understand, but just trying to find out ... | ||
| DVD Writer | 10/29/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I am having a problem with my dvd writer,it seems everytime i write a dvd the sound of the voice is ... A: This is a failing of the authoring software you are using. As you may well know, DVDs have to be ... | ||
| DVD Problems and confusion | 10/28/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Good day, My dvd drive Matshita sw 9584d will not burn. From my JVC digital video camera via ... A: Apart from the fact that the drive reads DVDs OK, I would have suspected a problem with the drive, ... | ||
| DVD/CD Drive won't open | 10/28/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: I have a DVD/CD rewriter on my computer. I went to burn a disc today and the drawer will not open! ... A: This is normally caused when there is a disk in the drive which cannot be read. This may be a faulty ... | ||
| dvd writer/player | 10/27/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Computer: Compaq presario SR1830NX Computer's age: 6 months OS: WinXP DVD RW: Lightscribe DVD RW ... A: At 6 months old the system is still under warranty I suppose, so I'd make this Compaq's problem. It ... | ||
| I/O Device Error on some DVDs only | 10/26/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: The problem is, it's on my Toshiba recovery DVD! The drive plays all CDs and most DVDs, but it ... A: The disk has a fault on it, you will need a replacement from Toshiba. The only question is whether ... | ||
| New CD/DVD in laptop | 10/25/2006 | Roy Bonner |
| Q: Replaced cd/dvd drive in laptop as the plastic centre died. New one same make but slightly different ... A: Well since you gave me no information at all to speak of I can't be certain, but it sounds as though ... | ||
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