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Hey, can any 1 help me with this problem. I have 2 hard drvies both with windows xp installed but the 1 installation is from my other pc and it wont boot so i was wondering is there any way of getting to the files in my documents folder on the o/s that wont boot. when i try through the working o/s i get a access denied message. i would like to know if there is any way of getting around this. i am greatful for any help. thanks

ive also heard that about sata cables, i think i read it in my motherboards guide book, a little wanring box in it says do not bend the sata cables! not standard 1s any way.

does any one know how i get my spdif(optical audio) to work, ive got a spdif port and ive plugged it into my minidisc walkman recorder but when i record the pc is putting out no sound through the spdif. all i get is a red light shining down the optical cable, isnt it supposed to be green when its activated? does any1 kno how i get it 2 work?

can i just say that i used to have a geforce fx5600 256mb and my half life 2, cs source and many other high gfx games used to crash while playing. i now have a xfx geforce 6600gt 128mb card which has resolved those problems. im not sayin this is ur problem, i thought u might want to know that.

tbh both ati and nvidia hav issues depending on what card you buy, i had a geforce 5600xt 256mb and had many blue screens of death from it but i recently bought a geforce 6600gt 128mb and have had no problems with it so far. it all depends on the card if you ask me, not the manufacture

I noticed 2day while playin counterstrike that my fps was hitting a low of 40fps, i didnt kno how this was possible when i hav a geforce 6600 gt so when i used cpu-z my cpu frequency was @ 1ghz instead of 2. my fsb is ok but my multiplier has dropped from x10 to x5. i dont kno what to do, i have changed the cpu ratio in the bios to 10 and still the same. is it broke or wot do i need to do?

wups i found out what it was from a friend so theres no need for all that. in the bios there is an option called "cool and quiet" and for sum reason it stops the processor running at full capability to reduced heat and reduce noise by slowin down the fan. lol, quite simple really. thanks any way

can any 1 help me with overclocking my cpu. i have an athlon 64 3000+ (newcastle core) and 2 sticks of 512mb ddr 400. i kno my motherboard supports overclocking and so far i have got my processor which usually rins at 2ghz to 2.3ghz, when i attempt to go to 2.4ghz it blue screens or restarts. i dont think temperature is an issue here as the temp doesnt seem to increase above 40 degrees so i tryed increasing the voltage some more. i currently have it on 1.6 so i increased to to 1.65 then to 1.7 and still it crashed. any ideas? im new to ocing and im probably doin something daft. ive checked out other sites and others have said that they can be clocked over 2.4ghz. thanks

yyyyyyyyyyyyaaaayyyyyyyyy, thanks alot, you have saved my life. i had all my coursework on that hard drive and feared that i may have to do it again. thanks alot you have been a great help.

Originally posted by dosfreak: Quote: Just browse to the folder where your files are located. Right-click on the folder, go to properties, go to security, If your name isn't on the list then Click ADD and add it, You may also have to hit the ADVANCED button, Go to the OWNER tab, and choose your username, Also check the "Replace permissions entries" checkbox. when i get the folder properties up all i get is 3 tabs, general, sharing and customise. ive looked thro all of them and found no button saying security, all i have is sharing options.

ive tried using the windows xp cd to do a repair on the install but i have forgotten my admin pass :x. whats ERD Live and where can i get it from? also will i need to know my admin pass to do that or will it just boot up xp with no problems? thanks

ok, i know both of my hard drives are formatted with ntfs so thats not the prob. i do know the account pass which the files are on but i cant get the old install to boot up at all and the only way is using my new install to browse whats on the old hard drive. thats when i get the access denyed error. i know this is for security reasons but does anyone know a way of by passing this? i only want to recover a few important documents before i reformatt that drive. if there is no way of doing what i have asked can someone please tell me. thank you

i think its because u hav a sata hard drive, when the install program for windows is loading it says at the bottom press a f something to install a third party raid or scsi. i think, well this is what i have heard, u need to select that and use a floppy that should of came with ur motherboard to install the SATA controllers. i think i have no idea i read it in another post earlier and thought it might help.

Ok to start with i have 2 operating systems installed, both windows xp professional, but 1 with sp2 and one with no sp installed. When I play Half Life 2 or CS:source on the 1 without service pack installed, after about 30mins of playing the game freezes for a sec then just crashes to the desktop. Occasionally though the game will wont do this and instead i will recieve a blue screen error. Its not very often i get the blue screen tho. Any way i installed sp2 on my other o/s (had problems with sp2 b4 so installed a seperate o/s) and installed hl2 and cs:s. Now it doesnt crash to the desktop, but instead i receive a blue screen error everytime, this happens on other games too, depending on what game it determins the time it takes for the error to occur, it seems that installing sp2 makes my system very unstable. i have recently reformatted so i dont believe it be a software error, i have recently replaced my mobo(other was faulty) and the rest of my system is under 12months old. My Spec: Athlon Xp 3000+ Barton Core ddr pc2700 512mb 120gb maxtor hd (in 2 partitions) geforce fx5600 xt 256mb card As-Rock K7S8XE I have checked that all the bios settings are correct and that the fsb jumpers are set correctly on my mobo. The blue screen i receive says something like machine_check_exception i cant remeber exactly. one other thing i would like to mention i used the microsoft memory module tester and run the extended tests over night. my ram failed 2 of the tests, lrand and erand. Therefore i think i need new ram but i want peoples opinions first b4 i spend my money on it, ive already ordered a new gfx card, a xtx geforce 6600 gt 128mb. I would be greatful for any help people have to offer. Thanks

Ok Ive Run Memtest overnight and ive had several errors occur on differnt passes at different addresses, but thess all happen on test 7. The error appeared 4 times after about 8 passes. Is this definately faulty RAM then? Thanks

yea thats the message i get and i think i will take your advise and purchase some new ram. i think that installing sp2 pushes the system just that little bit further resulting in the blue screen showing up more often than it does with my other o/s. any way i will wait until my new video card arrives and if i am still getting the same problem ill get some new ram asap. also i will try memtest and see what i get from that. thanks for your help i am very greatful.