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If I had a bootable disk I would - my thoughts were to boot off of linux, and try to play or load something.

Thank you :) I have checked the cables, but will swap one out when installing my graphics card. Will try the linux route next - don't know why I didn't think of that before!



Thank you - Will...

Hi everyone, in my ongoing series of being completely inept with tech, I would love some guidance, direction and shaking of heads at my ineptness please! :)

Long story short, my optical drive is...

lol my post originally quoted the post

Directions in this site
OS: Windows 10, build not relevant

Problem: after installing Windows from USB/DVD the DVD is not shown in Device manager because...

Everyone, thanks for your advice and contributions - I for one am very happy to have a few more years of life in this device :)

1101, this worked! Thank you so much! I have my optical drive and both hard drives!

I've entertained the idea of going to linux once or twice a while back, and used a Hirem boot CD for disgnostics a few times - but I have both a work laptop and home PC using windows, and juggling...

Good question! I'd already paid upfront - sorry, I should have written that correctly - I signed for receipt of it at the end.

Tech has written it off, I can demand a revisit which will cost...

True, I didn't like the advice, plan on ignoring it, and smiled through gritted teeth as I paid for the 'service' - total waste of time and money IMO.

I have gotten a good run out of the laptop,...

Chipset already done, but integration with windows 10 is the unknown - is it the peripheral drivers, or the chipset? No idea, and my knowledge is insufficient, as I'm sure you can tell! :D

I could...

First attempt was on original HDD as an upgrade from windows 7 through the microsoft website. Second hard drive and wireless card were both removed until install was successful, by which I mean it...

Sadly it would be, I'm in Sydney! Was Napier, then Wellie, then Chch, but alas, Sydney from 2012.

I wasn't impressed with the tech, went on a recommendation. Service industry here isn't great......

Hi everyone, I have a bit of a conundrum, and would really appreciate your assistance please.

So... I have an older laptop that originally came with Windows 7. It is an ASUS K73TA and 8GB DRAM...

HJT thread:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.5
Scan saved at 9:33:38 PM, on 15/06/2016
Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v11.0 (11.00.9600.18315)
...

Hey guys, it has been a loooooong time, hope all is well. Life had it's ups and downs, and I have found myself in Sydney of all places. I miss Wellington and coffee... I even miss Christchurch lol
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There are example invoices in the IRD GST guide and I think the Smart Business one. Having said that, are you using an accounting system?

Dragon PC are selling the Asus ones here for about $70-75 I think... I have just realised though that the central spindle that holds the disk is pretty flimsy on ASUS readers, the TSST ones on my...

Funnily enough, that's one of the models I'm looking at!

I was also looking at one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130660891468?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Does anyone have any recommendations for an external DVD writer please? My wife has an ASUS EeePC netbook with no DVD drive, and the writer on my laptop is bung. It would be nice to have one,...

Thanks Speedy, I thought as much. :)

Hi everyone, a friend of mine appears to have had issues with his facebook profile sending vid clips to all and sundry. Can you guys plesae check this HJT log to ensure his PC is safe? Thanks in...

What HDD crisis? I've missed something...

Bump - anyone knows of any shops with NOS of these they want to get rid of?

1. Select the cells with the comments that you want, copy them (Ctrl + C, right click, however), and then go to Edit tab, paste special, and select 'Comments'.

2. Select the row underneath the...

Silly question I guess, but desoldering it and then detaching it is out of the question? :?