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| Converter for 8mm or Super 8mm to DVD | 8/10/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I am looking for some sort of device that will enable me to convert old 8mm and Super 8mm family ...
A: Let me say right at the outset, that unless you have a hell of a lot of footage, or are willing to ...
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| zip disk is unreadable | 8/10/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Roy. I'm not sure if you can help me with this, but I don't know where else to turn. my Iomega ...
A: I'm afraid I have some news for you. Zip disks are nothing much more than very expensive floppy ...
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| checking quality of DVD | 8/9/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Hope you're feeling better now! I have Windows XP. Would you happen to know how to quickly check a ...
A: Hmmm, same name as one of my grandchildren! The simple answer is no, but if you try copying a DVD to ...
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| DVD+/-RW | 8/6/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Hey guy I could use some help. I need to know if I buy a computer with Dual Drives: 16x DVD + 16x ...
A: Such a machine would definitely have the capability, mechanically, to do all those things. You ...
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| dvd writer | 8/5/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Followup To Question - I have an optorite 0405 dvd writer. It reads cd's ok but not dvd's or ...
A: I'm afraid it was indeed. You must NEVER use a lens cleaner disk on a writer! The laser is powerful ...
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| toshiba laptop problem | 8/5/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I have a Toshiba satellite 1805 s 207... A weeks ago I have a crash and a message comes wen I power ...
A: Go into the CMOS setup and try to recognise the CD drive. I suspect however that there may be some ...
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| toshiba laptop problem | 8/5/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I have a Toshiba satellite 1805 s 207... A weeks ago I have a crash and a message comes wen I power ...
A: the information about your hardware is stored in the cmos memory, and it is usually accessed during ...
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| difference between cds and dvds | 8/4/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I'd like to know what the difference is between cd-r, cd-rw, cd+r, and cd+rw, and what they are best ...
A: there are only two CDs, CDR, and CD-RW. These are writeable CDs, (CDR), and CD-RW which is the ...
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| DVD & CD's | 8/3/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: OS Windows XP Home addition System reboots and recognizes Samsung DVD 616E and Sony RW cd but places ...
A: XP doesn't need any drivers for these drives, so it won't update them. Is there any problem with the ...
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| dvd writer | 8/2/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I have an optorite 0405 dvd writer. It reads cd's ok but not dvd's or cd-rw anymore. I get the ...
A: Yes they do. In the majority of these drives, the drive when alerted to a disk, tries to read it as ...
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| gmc 97 sierra cd player | 8/2/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: i have a 97 gmc sierra and latley the cd player has stopped working. when i put in a cd it will just ...
A: Not so weird really, the plastic laser lens becomes statically charged (like a TV screen) in use, ...
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| DVD-drive not recognized anymore | 8/2/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Bonner, my DVD-drive is not recognized by Windows XP and BIOS any longer. If I open the tray and ...
A: how old is the drive? if it's 12 months or more it's probably had it, if less it may be just a cable ...
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| gmc 97 sierra cd player | 8/1/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: i have a 97 gmc sierra and latley the cd player has stopped working. when i put in a cd it will just ...
A: My field is really computer CD Roms and DVD drives, but the car player that you have is basically ...
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| CD/DVD | 8/1/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: A friend has a new Dell, running XP Pro. I went over today to install MS Office for him, and the CD ...
A: I'm afraid I don't know of any way to turn off the ability of these drives to play CDs but leave the ...
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| Computer/software | 7/31/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: We recently got a new computer game and installed it. It worked for 4 days, and now when we try to ...
A: Oh dear! This sounds awfully like an old trojan virus called Back Oriface. That acted as a server ...
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| CD-ROM problem | 7/31/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: It is Roxio on a Windows 2000 network and at home I have the same software on Windows 2000 for PC. I ...
A: Well, since that checks out OK, I guess a new drive in your system would be a quick way to find out. ...
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| CD-ROM problem | 7/31/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Yes, the new Samsung drive produces CDroms that other machines I have tried can read. My nEC drives ...
A: I'm of the opinion that the problem is more likely to be with the Samsung drive or the method used ...
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| dvd movie with no sound | 7/30/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: i am trying to play a dvd movie on my ibm laptop and the picture is so good but there is no sound at ...
A: this seems to be quite a common problem, it generally stems from the fact that there seems to be no ...
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| CD-ROM problem | 7/30/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Recently at work I got a new CD-ROM: Samsung CD-R/RWSW 252S and anything that I burn can be seen on ...
A: Quite right, no IDE CD drive needs an extra driver to work under windows these days. Now, I have to ...
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| External DVD Burner and Hard Drives | 7/27/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I need help making a decision. I have a laptop and was thinking about purchasing a 60gb external ...
A: Each strategy has something to commend it. Both hard disks and DVD drives are now quite reliable. Of ...
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| Problems creating a CD | 7/27/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: While using windows media player, I've attempted to create CD's by making a playlist and copying the ...
A: Why on earth are you using media player? What CD burning software do you have? Use proper burning ...
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| backup to DVD | 7/26/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I use Roxio Easy Media Creator DVD 7. When I go to back up data on a DVD I receive the following ...
A: I have seen Nero for sale in a number of places from around £8 ($15), or you might try their site on ...
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| CDROM drive Plays tracks ,but doesn't display tracks. | 7/25/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: A 2003 Elvis CD “Second to None” I have doesn't show the tracks when I look at the D:/ Drive = ...
A: Yes, you've found the new digital encryption methods of audio protection. A program such as Any DVD ...
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| backup to DVD | 7/25/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I use Roxio Easy Media Creator DVD 7. When I go to back up data on a DVD I receive the following ...
A: Nero Burning Rom is what you need. It will automatically truncate any over-long names, paths etc., ...
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| DVD-RAM and CD ROM | 7/25/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Many thanks for yours. Yes I did use the DVD rom not the DVD-RAM to load XP. The DVD-RAM would not ...
A: Right, I'm pretty much certain that it's not SP2, and almost equally sure that the problem is InCD. ...
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| DVD-RAM and CD ROM | 7/25/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Its me again I'am afraid! Since I was having all sort of problems I decided to re-install XP with ...
A: I have to assume that you used one or the other of these drives to re-install XP, therefore, at ...
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| CD burner problem | 7/21/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Hey Ron, You are the only peron on allexperts who is close to specializing in this area so i have ...
A: I'm afraid it does sound like a faulty drive. Have you tried a simulated burn? This is a useful ...
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| cd / monitor problem | 7/21/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: My daughter is a teacher. One of the Dell computers in her classroom works just fine, image is ...
A: I have only ever come accross this behaviour once before, and that was as a result of the Back ...
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| CD burner problem | 7/20/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Hey Ron, You are the only peron on allexperts who is close to specializing in this area so i have ...
A: much depends on why the drive is 'freezing'. Do you get an error message, or does the burning ...
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| dvd drive wont stay closed.. | 7/20/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I do not know much about computers. I have a laptop HP pavilionze1230. The dvd/cd drive functions, ...
A: As I recall, HP laptops are manufactured for them by a small eastern european company the name of ...
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| memory card reader | 7/19/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I recently purchased a new computer and while I was in the store, I did not notice that the computer ...
A: You didn't notice it had no floppy drive???????? What exactly were you doing? On the other hand I ...
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| DVD-RAM | 7/19/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I seem to have got things working reasonably well for time being thanks to your help but there is ...
A: DVD-Ram does not support dual layer disks, only DVD+R as far as I know, so if you have a dual layer ...
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| DVD/CD and RW drive | 7/18/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I have an HP 9600 and have installed Windows XP. The two CD drives are confused. The HP CD Writer RW ...
A: If these two drives functioned properly under 98, then there is no reason for them not to be working ...
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| Laptop CD-RW Drive Replacement? | 7/18/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Have you ever replaced a laptop CD Drive? I have to replace one in my Dell Inspiron 1200, and can't ...
A: yes I have, but it isn't easy. Every laptop is different, and a Dell I haven't tackled so I wouldn't ...
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| CD-Rom drive = Hard Drive error | 7/15/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: opening on its own and making computer freeze etc and last night whilst using cd-rom it froze again, ...
A: That will be a start. If you have the facility, you can go to Maxtor's site on-line and download ...
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| CD-Rom drive = Hard Drive error | 7/15/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: opening on its own and making computer freeze etc and last night whilst using cd-rom it froze again, ...
A: I'm very much afraid that it sounds like your hard drive that's gone, but if the CD drive is defunct ...
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| CD- RW and DVD writers | 7/14/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Followup To Question - Hi Roy, Thanks for your kind reply. I am sorry that I have not given you ...
A: sorry for the delay, the old ticker has been playing up again. Your system is similar to what I had ...
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| CD- RW and DVD writers | 7/13/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: Hi Roy, Thanks for your help. I have now managed to get the "recording" tab up and ticked "enable CR ...
A: The record tab enables access to the Roxio packet writing engine built into XP. It is not an option ...
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| DVD Re-writers/burners | 7/12/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: I'm considering installing an internal dvd re-writer onto my computer. Is there a specific ...
A: a burner is just the colloquial name for a CD or DVD writer so there is no difference at all, there ...
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| Card Reader | 7/12/2005 | Roy Bonner |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To Roy Thank you for such a quick reply. I appreciated your ...
A: good, without the xp install disk this wouldn't work. Go Start/Run and type cmd click OK. You should ...
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