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I think that the message you told us about speaks for itself [QUOTE] The first error message that appears says a hard drive failure is imminent, press F1 to continue. [/QUOTE]. Do you have any possibility to test it with another hard drive? The noise is probably caused by the …

I would try to go to Control Panel and then Sound. Check if your Realtek AC 97 is the default device there.

All security for now: Avira, AVG, Microsoft Security Essensials, Malware Bytes AntiMalware, Superantispyware.

If you do not want to reinstall both operating systems again (XP first and then Win 7) you can try using EasyBCD which will repair your boot manager. If you install and run it from XP you should also install the .net framework as it is required by EasyBCD.

The simplest way that I have found for enabling task manager, registry editor, hidden files and a lot others is Regain Power. You ca download it from Source Forge and it is completely free (I think it is open source).

On what browser are you trying this? Do you have any problems when trying to open some other pages?

Did you try to install the latest graphics driver from ATI's website? If not this is the first thing that I would try.

If your safe mode issue will not be solved after running mbam like caperjack suggested you should have a look at [URL="http://blog.didierstevens.com/2007/02/19/restoring-safe-mode-with-a-reg-file/"]this[/URL] and you could also try running [URL="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix"]combofix[/URL] as it might also be able to fix safe mode. Use the download links from bleepingcomputer only. Avoid using combofix.org.

You should use a data recovery program to get the data out of the 300 gig drive and after that delete the partition (the 170 GB one) and start fresh. I have always had success with GetDataBack.

Use system restore. If that does not work try to find a solution on the FAQ of the Task Manager (not the one included in Windows) that you had installed.

Try to disable context menu integration features of programs that you have installed. A lot of programs have options to do so. I can give you an example with Winrar which has "Add to archive", "Compress and email". Some of these context menu features may interfere with explorer so I …

What kind of software? Software in generally? Try to be more specific.

If you are trying to run program1.exe (example) located in d:\programdir you have to add d:\programdir to the path variable. You can do this by rightclicking on computer then properties -> advanced system settings -> advanced -> environment variables. Make sure that you separate it by the entry in front …

Did you try Safe Mode or Last Known good configuration? If you did not press F8 right after POST (BIOS) and select one of the options.

The first thing I usually check in these cases is the keyboard. Make sure you don't have anything on it that presses some keys.

What is the error message that the .net 3.5 displays? Have you tried to google it? Maybe someone else ran into the same issue that you have.

Is your problem related only to Windows Media Player? Do you have any issues with other problems? I would recommend VLC media player as it requires no codecs, it is very stable, it is free and it is updated frequently.

You should try this [URL="http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/17333-system-restore-tab-missing-xp-pro.html"]http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/17333-system-restore-tab-missing-xp-pro.html[/URL]. At least go to the part with sr.inf, right click on it and click on install.

Try memtest. If you have 2 memory sticks try to use one of them at a time.If you have some memory that you know for sure that it works try with that. Do a test with a new PSU. Try to get the dust away from the MB by using …

Do you use a router? Maybe it has DHCP disabled so that your Vista machine does not have where to take the IP from. If you use a router you have to be sure that DHCP is enabled from the admin interface.

You should first check that the recovery partition is not the first partition. You can do this by typing diskmgmt.msc in run or in the start menu search box. If it is not the first partition I think that you can safely delete it and reclaim the space (also by …

You probably have some rogue program or fake antivirus (something like a virus). Download and install MalwareBytes AntiMalware, update it and do a quick scan then come back with some results.

Go to the Acer website and download the latest sound drivers for Windows Vista. This seems to be driver related.

Did you try something more radical like combofix? Did you check the Event Viewer? If you did check it, did you see anything suspicious there? Did you try something else other than Spybot and MBAM? Give more details please!

How did you use the [B]chkdsk[/B] command?

I did not understand clearly if you have 3 HDDs or 3 partitions. If you have 3 partitions on a single hard disk then you can use just about any partitioning software (I would recommend Hiren's boot cd which contains some partitioning software). If you run Windows Vista or Windows …

You did not tell us what's the problem that you have encountered. I wouldn't throw it just like that. You should describe the problems and maybe someone here could help you.

Try another power supply if you have one available. If the HDD led blinks like when Windows is loading and the display has no signal then your video card is busted or the connection from the display to the video card is loose.

I prefer sleep because I always have a lot of things open and I don't have enough patience to wait until the computer hibernates. It never took more than 10-15 seconds to go to sleep mode or return and sometimes it takes less than 5. Power management is like this: …

I'm very sorry for you but the reason because of which the encrypt button is grayed out is that Bitlocker Encryption is only availiable in Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions.

They also helped me a lot of times as I called them on behalf of some of my clients as they had problems.