Recent content by tob_ewalker

Hi all, Very strange issue going on with multiple problems. I was moving data from a customer's old laptop to his new one. Removed the hdd and did the transfer like I've done hundreds of times before. Put the hdd back in, and his old laptop failed to boot, giving an ntfs error. Windows...

That's what I thought it would come to. Luckily, found the solution. Msconfig and startup was set to selected services, just changed it to normal start-up and all sorted :)

Hi all, Having a huge problem. My client gave access to some scumbag the other day, and since then, is unable to access the internet. The adapter shows in device manager, but not on the network and sharing centre. There is no WiFi icon, and you can't turn flight mode on/off. The network and...

So can I clone the drive onto a partition of my own HDD in my machine, or will it have to go on a completely seperate external drive? Thank you

Hello guys and gals, I have a laptop with me at the moment which is giving the "Critical Process Died" error. I am unable to boot to any safe mode, and during the advanced recovery mode, I can't reset Windows, uninstall updates or run the restore from back up tool. I have tried running an SFC...

I can't unfortunately. Only output is HDMI and the monitor I plug it in to (via a converter) is VGA, and says the input cannot be used :/

Hello, I have had this issue on other laptops, and fixed it using regedit, but can't remember how to do it :/ I have a Windows 10 HP laptop with 0 screen brightness (literally need to shine a torch on the screen to see anything). It happened after a Windows update. The screen brightness...

Yep, 99% sure it's the battery. Didn't realise but HP have a built in battery diagnostic, so I ran that and it failed. Many thanks

Hello all, me again Got an HP laptop in with me at the moment. When it's plugged in, there's no problem at all. Light comes on (orange to indicate charging), laptop can be powered on and runs OK. However, over the battery indicator, it says "not charging" and the battery percentage slowly...

Hi there, Having a bit of an issue. Just installed am SSD in an HP Probook 4730s laptop (old HDD failed). I have flashed the BIOS to the most recent version, and disabled all the boot methods that don't apply, but for some reason, I get an odd issue. The BIOS screen loads, then goes to a battery...

This site can't be reached The connection was reset Try: - Checking the connection - Checking the proxy and the firewall - Running Connectivity Diagnostics ERR_CONNECTION_RESET This is a known issue with the Natwest Online Bank, and from my experience anyway, on machines using McAffee...

I have an HP laptop here running Chrome OS v63. It is blocking access to the Natwest Online Banking website giving a firewall/proxy message. How can I fix this? I've seen this article http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-2394870/configure-firewall-settings-chromebook.html but this is for an older...

No such luck unfortunately. :(

I have in the shop with me today a Lenovo IdeaPad 100, running Windows 10. It was brought in to me as the screen is VERY Dim, not as though the brightness has been turned right down, but as if there is NO brightness at all. I have to use a bright LED torch to see what's on the screen. My first...

@Morpheas - I will try re-installing Windows now to see if that works. Sorry, it was the way I worded it. In the donor PC, it will boot to the HDD and bring up a Windows repair screen, but will then restart