I've tried researching this but cannot find a definite answer. I'm currently on Virgin's 10Mb BB service with one of their superhubs. I've put this into modem mode and connected it with cat 5 cable to...
Anyone remember a little program someone devised to mark bad sectors using a bitmap file of a specific size - the program basically copied and pasted the bitmap until the drive was full, then by...
Has anyone ever known a TomTom sat nav unit switch itself on? Mine lives on a shelf a couple of feet above my PC. I went to the loo and when I came back downstairs it was switched on. Totally...
Briefly, I bought a new toilet online which the plumber fitted then spotted was faulty (leaking under the rim when flushed, due to a hairline crack). It wasn't practical to wait for a replacement (10...
Has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with the above organisation and their "freecover"? (which is free, up to ?100,000 motor legal expenses cover).
I'm installing a new bathroom and I want to connect all the new taps using flexible hoses with built in valves to make future maintenance easier. The bath taps are no problem (I think) - I presume a...
I'm building a new PC which will have 4 SATA ports on the mobo but only 1 IDE port, which I will use for the DVD Writer. I want to salvage 2 of the hard drives off my old system so I've looked at IDE...
The BIOS on my mobo only supports up to Atlon XP 2000+ (no later BIOS version available) but I want to install an XP 2400+ cpu. Can I safely install this and should I increase the FSB or the...
My son was involved in a road accident which was the other driver's fault. The other driver offered a 50/50 settlement which my son rejected outright. The other driver has now changed his story so the...
Is he entertaining? Did he deserve his recent awards? Or is he:- 1) Banal, puerile, patronising and irritating? 2) Is his "wacky & zany" style just half a step up from Timmy Mallet? "What do you think...
I have 3 HD's, 80Gb, 160Gb and 40Gb. I upgraded Win ME to XP then added SP2 but my system will still only see 128Gb/137Gb of the 160Gb drive. I tried formatting and removing the drive but it seems to...
When I go to a topic on answerbank I notice that some questioners names are green and some are black. I'm sure the answer is very simple, but what is it?
I bought a computer through a company (Palicomp) on e-bay about 3 weeks ago. It turned up a week later but it was dead on arrival. I arranged to return it (it was collected Tuesday 12th) but despite...
I fitted one of those taps where you screw the fiiting into the cold water pipe and connect via a flexible hose through the wall to an outside tap. It also comprises an internal tap. But after 4-5...
