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hi iv been running on windows xp sp2 for a while and a friend gave me a hdd drive with windows 7 pre installed on it and it wont load it. i know it loads the OS to specific motherboard settings but is there anyway to overcome this so i can use this hdd on my computer p.s he a sony viao and my...

the pcs staying next to my routrer for the moment anyway im slowly building it up and upgrading the bits as i go so ill just get a proper wireless adapter at another point thanks for your help anyway :)

oh wait the cable was a little loose the driver has worked thanks for the help but my wireless still isnt working if i can get that working that would be better but if its pooped im not bothered

iv installed the realtek lan driver and its still not working iv found an old network adaptor upstairs it recognised the connection it trying iv input my network name and password and its trying to connect but its just saying aquiring network address

hi iv just built my pc using new and old parts i have a asrock h61m-vg3 mobo and iv connected my ethernet cable directly into the ports at the back of my pc and modem after i install windows xp today iv been trying to connect to the internet threw ethernet but it wont connect to the internet or...

no the version is a copy and was given to me buy a friend but its more hassle that what it should be so I'm going to bin it and buy a proper version

yeah that was the problem I had to plug it into another PC and format it like that iv accured another problem tho when I install my windows 7 ultimate it gets an error and then when it reboots it says bootmgr is missing if think there's something wrong with the disk because I can copy all the...

iv recently taken apart my old laptop and I'm trying to connect my hdd2h26 to my asrock h61m-vg3 mono but it won't detect it and when i boot the PC it still can't find the correct storage media I haven't wiped the HDD so it still has all the system info on it from the ps3 will that affect it or...

OK thanks for the help saves me a lot of hassle

so would it be cheaper to get a wireless card instead then?

iv recently disassembled my old laptop and taken out the pcie mini card but my PC motherboard is a pcie 2.0 slot which is smaller than the card is there any converters out there that I can use to plug it into my PC?