XP/Vista/Windows 7 problems

luckycat99

I had considered that and had my eye on a couple, but the final sale prices were in the region of £80 and given the time it would take to deliver it might make more sense to try and work with what we've got, although I'm not ruling it out.

Toxteth_OGrady

Do you have XP installation discs and a license key?

stilltheone

luckycat99 wrote: »

Could this fault be related to the battery then? Not very tech aware.

It's a Packard Bell Ixtreme 6052 (model: VOL-CO2)

Did you ever upgrade the RAM in this machine? Does it still only have a single RAM module of 256MB?

If and when faulty RAM is ruled out, here is an alternative graphics card and output. Another here. The £3.49 price is ok.

luckycat99

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

Do you have XP installation discs and a license key?

No don't have the discs anymore.

luckycat99

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped me out with this. Through using a card reader I was able to get the files read and transcribed. My dissertation has now been submitted (fingers crossed I'll do well).

I couldn't have done it without your help, you certainly all averted a crisis.

I'm eternally grateful.

RussJK

luckycat99 wrote: »

My dissertation has now been submitted (fingers crossed I'll do well).

Congrats! Thanks for letting everyone know, always good to hear a good result.

santer_2

Which version of XP is it, if you have the license key, are you likely to re-install or repair it if you have the windows software?

Do you know which service pack the XP installation had?