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Laptop problem
I have had my laptop 1 week short of a year and I'm now unable to charge the battery past 20%. It is usable if its plugged in but I now need to be more mobile with it and its becoming a problem. Ive contacted Very who i purchased it from and they say to get in contact with the manufacturer. I thought as its under 12 months…
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Restoring data to a newly reinstalled computer.
Hi all, My laptop was running stupidly slowly, so the repair man who came to fix another problem on it recommended that I save all my data to an external hard drive and then reinstall Windows, which I duly did. I am trying to restore the data to the laptop, but when I go to the 'restore files' bit, it won't let me select…
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computer not booting
went to turn my computer on this morning and received a black screen stating it had not been shut down properly, would i like to start windows normally or safemode or with networking, if i did not do nothing windows would start normally after counting down from 30 seconds, the trouble is for some unknown reason the up and…
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netbooks
Looking for a netbook for just general use up to the £200 mark as anyone got any suggestions
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Hitachi 1tb simpledrive not spinning up
The drive has always been abit funny not being recognised on certain pc's but now won't spin up when plugged into any PC. the blue light comes on the bottom of the HD but I can't feel any movement inside or hear any spinning up. Any ideas on what to try? Failing these I guess its possible to remove the HD fromits case and…
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iPod woes
I bought my son an iPod Classic last September for an Xmas present from Dixons Tax Free at Manchester Airport. It's now started playing up, so I contacted Dixons by email. They advised taking it to an Apple store; my son did so yesterday in Manchester. They said they could fix it & to bring it in. He did & they tried to…
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On line PC masters
I've just had a call from the above company claiming I have a virus on my computer called bluebird and he needed me to start up my computer. He says the company is in Luton and when I did 1471 the phone number was 020 88 195 913. Naturally, I declined his kind offer!I can't believe they're a genuine company and I'm worried…
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I POD help
can someone please explain this to me, and what I need to do to put it right. Son was given an ITUNES card we tried to use it but had to sign up with ITUNES before we could......... However everytime he thinks he is using the money on his card to buy songs etc it goes straight onto my credit card. SO What are we doing…
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USB TV & portable hard drive - playing & recording?
Hi, I've been looking to buy a portable hard drive basically to use for backups of music, docs etc. But the idea is I could also use it: (1) to plug into Android phone (to watch & download music, movies/docs on the go) (2) to plug into a TV to watch downloaded movies. Pls can anyone guide me on best drive that would suit…
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Smart television & dongles
I am very tempted by the Smart television This one in particular http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-ue37d5520-37-full-hd-led-tv-10078472-pdt.html What "dongle" do I need? Am I being tempted by Samsung's own when there is probably a far cheaper alternative out there?
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Drive assignment problem
Got a strange problem with drive assignments on my win XP PC. I have one hard disk (drive C), a CD ROM drive (drive D), and a DVD ROM drive (drive E). So when I plug in a USB memory stick or external drive it shows as drive F. So far so good. I just bought a new phone and plugged it in to a USB port, the phone asked me if…
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Dvd recorder hard drive replacement.
Hi, just wondering if anyone has replaced the hard drive on a Daewoo DH6100P, dvd recorder. I bought it second hand on ebay about 8 months ago, bit of a hum from the fan, but recently there is more of a groan from it and I suspect the hard drive. If I switch it off and back on after a while it is ok, for a while. Is it…
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wireless problem
Hello guys okay I'm normally prity good with PC's and neworks but this has got me stumped, probably something simple. I can only connect to my netgear via cable not wireless, but as soon as I connect the cable to the router....bingo.....wireless is working and I can unplug the cable. At first I thought it was my wireless…
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Ipad 2 help for complete novice! Lol
help! i want to buy my husband a 64g wifi and 3g white ipad 2 for xmas i understand this is around £660 but we will need some data too what is the best way to do this? we have free wifi at home through another deal so would this cover him for use indoors? like it does our iphones? if so, i would just need data package,…
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Website advice please!
Hi folks! I wondered if anyone advise me as to how to publish my website :o I've registered the domain name with 123reg and I want to make the website with Weebly (as it just seems the easiest program and it really only needs to be a basic website) I can't work out how to publish the website I've made with weebly? is it…
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Security Questions
Im trying to logon to my online banking - when I registered I had to enter 2 security questions, one the name of X and one the name of Y. At the moment I cannot get onto it because although I know the answer to the one of them I think its got a capital letter in a wierd place or something so I can't get it right and I dont…
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Laptop choice ??
http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-ASUS-X53E-SX399V-Laptop/734039?_$ja=tsid:8361|prd:47868&awc=157_1314400958_bab41228c742ee415d7355084c51cfc4 or http://www.johnlewis.com/Shopping/Product.aspx?Type=SKU&Id=231297501 or even…
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Thinking of buying ipad2? Any use? or just an expensive toy?
As title says, thinking of getting an ipad2 16gb 3g. We all have a laptop each in the house, so the ipad would be in addition rather than trying to replace a laptop with an ipad2. I am looking for views from people who have one, it is of any real use? I have a Samsung Galaxy phone which has unlimited internet (fair use…
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New Laptop - possible problem
My other half has bought me a new laptop - Acer Aspire 5742 from Mr Tesco. It arrived last Monday and was opened and set up late Tuesday. Not every time I use it but its getting more frequent I get five separate inch wide shaded lines from top to bottom on the acer desktop screen. It has only happened to me and I've just…
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Shortcut to backup files how to put them back
Had a virus, pcworld saved all my itunes etc to a desktop shortcut to back up file see it, it is there, how do I put it back to where it was, extract them? what do I press/do have no idea keep clicking but in vain as no clue what I am doing. All my email addresses have gone from outlook express are they in the backup file…
