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You said F8 wasn't working at all. It can be tricky to get to the advanced boot options as you have to keep tapping at the right time. that error usually points to a driver problem or memory. As you should only be using the basic drivers when using F8 or safemode this indicates it is not your graphics drivers. Disconnect all peripheal devices and keep trying F8. If that won't work then I'm betting bad memory.

There is a lot of information here Can't Print? Print Jobs are Stuck in the Print Queue including offline issues, videos and even a printer diagnostic program. There is a good chance one or a combination of these solutions will work. It's a very good page.

That's great. I was hoping that would do it.

3 disks are exactly the amount needed to install all of Windows Vista. In the old days there were some systems that used boot disks to get to the installation proccess. Then Windows would install from a partition or you used installation disks. In the really old DOS days (think windows, 95, 98 ME) you had to use boot floppies to format and install. That was always fun. I've installed Windows many times using the recovery disks on a new hard drive. It can be different on some brands in the respect that some will recreate the hidden recovery partition while others will not. Now that I probably thoroughly confused you let me make it plain. You have what you need. No worries.

Hi. I know this sounds strange but check to see if your date and time are correct on the computer.

Why are you buying another Vista? Your recovery disks will install on a new drive as long as you don't change the motherboard. Your 3 disk recovery cd's is all you need. As far as the drive goes any SATA desktop 3.5 will work. So yes that drive will work.

Please do and good luck to you.

Like I said before you really don't need a new drive just reinstall. However either way you go you might not be able to get on the internet without the LAN drivers. You should download and SAVE all the drivers. Then burn them to a CD or usb stick or such. These days they are usually just exe files so after you reinstall Vista just double click the files to reinstall the drivers. Good job finding them through the support site. I would have direct linked you but they don't allow that. Make sure they are the right ones and 32 bit too. Was the manual helpful?

I see audio, chipset, graphic, lan, tools and utilities and others available for download for vista 32 bit.

I found your manual here. http://ts.fujitsu.com/support/ It does have a driver link so I assume they are available. Let's both of us take a look.

[ATTACH]1224[/ATTACH] I believe this is your manual. It says you had the option to create recovery disks or you may have been supplied recovery disks. These would work on a new drive but it also says you will need your driver and utility disk. I think you may be over reacting though. Simply reinstalling will wipe your files for practical purposes. Yes if someone was really determined they could get some data back with specialized software if the drive was not written over too much. Since your just giving it to a family member I wouldn't be worried.

Hi. I just wanted to pose a query. Wouldn't unallocated indicate a file structure problem? If so your data may be a risk. Shouldn't it be showing as ntfs? Just curious. Carry on.

Try going back to device manager and right clicking it so you can delete or remove the device. Then reboot and Windows should reinstall it with the correct drivers. Try running the Fix it on the page. http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us Also consider that the drive itself is bad. It is not uncommon for these to fail. Try a different drive or try your drive in another computer. Let us know please.

memory dump? IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL?

Hi aj526. This is usually caused by an upper/lower filter entry in the registry. Goku wrote a reg fix for this at Fix CD Drive Download and save the file. Right click the folder to extract the zipped contents. Open the new folder. Right click the reg file and select merge.

I have no idea what monitor you have but I have seen people accidentally turn off the speakers from a button on the monitor. Again....can you try different speakers and can you try your monitor on a different computer?

Hi and welcome. You haven't given us much to go on but we can start with the basics. Have you tried your speakers with another computer or tried different speakers with your computer? Sometimes it's a basic hardware issue such as bad speakers, wires or jacks. You don't say if this is a laptop or desktop so I'm assuming desktop with external speakers. After that it would be helpful if we knew the EXACT make and model of the computer. Since you have also updated drivers you likely know the EXACT sound card or onboard sound chip you have. What is that please. By sound tests do you mean you went into the Control Panel and checked there by testing? If you did and they show as working but get no sound then it could be that they are muted. Although it may sound dumb check to see if your speakers have a power button and that is turned on and if they have a volume control that is turned up. Start with the basics then give us more information please.

No value there so that's a wash. Not sure about your card but if it's old it's probably junk. DDR3 with 1 ram 2 GB king stone DDR3-4gb $45 Dual Core E5700-$65 HEC 300 W-Not much power there-$35-better power supply $45 Cheap graphics card-$75-better card $150 Replacement fans-$30 OK so let's figure your up to $345 so far. But wait we aren't done yet. You just put in a new board. You have to install Windows. And no a restore or recovery disk will not work with a new board. So you need to purchase a new OS. Since ALL support for XP ends soon let's rule that out and go with Windows 7 Home Premium. Cost-$120 OK now your up to $465 so far. But wait we aren't done yet. If you're running one of those old 40gb drives you'll need a a bigger one. You need about 20gb just for Windows 7 alone. So let's add at least another $50. Now you are up to $515. For that price or less (down to $300) you can buy a new computer that's better except that it will have good onboard graphics instead of a card and Windows 7 will be on it already. Not much I'm afraid as I've just explained. Considering what you want to do check out this link. How to Build a Computer So the bottom line is that you need to spend the money to do it right or you not going to get the results you need. You can't just throw a couple dollars at a couple things and hope for the best. It just won't work. Especially if you want to use the computer for games. If gaming is the issue check out Xbox for under $200.

New processor. New vid card. New fans. etc. Why bother? By the time you replace EVERYTHING YOU NEED you would be better off buying a new computer rather then spend money on a system that has a soon to be oudated operating system. By the way why do you have two seperate threads going on the same issue? This is not allowed. http://extremetechsupport.com/threads/12143-please-help-me

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Hi Boomer. Enjoy your stay here.

OK. First of all I seriously doubt that you can use a recovery/restore disk to install Windows. These are almost always tied to the original mobo. So unless the new mobo is the exact same one you are probably out of luck. As far as a repair goes I doubt that you can use a recovery/restore disk to do that either. You need a full retail disk. A borrowed one should work for a repair. You can try though. When prompted for a password just press enter. If you get by that and are prompted for the recovery console do not select it. Read more here. http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

They will reply to you in this thread. Also at the top of this page is "Thread Tools". From there you can subscribe to this thread. If someone posts you will get a email notification. http://extremetechsupport.com/faq.php?faq=vb3_user_profile#faq_vb3_subscriptions Good luck here.

To start with you should never have more then one AV running at the same time. Have you checked with your internet provider to see if they are the cause?