Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: dirty7 on May 27, 2006, 12:28:05 AM
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Gidday,
I've come across a problem with saving files to my hard drive. No matter what program I use, when I open up the 'save' dialogue box and select ‘my computer’ I can’t see my hard drive’s, I can see my CD drive etc. and can save to my hard drive in a roundabout way using a shortcut on the desktop but the whole business is really bugging me.
I have tried to system restore but it won’t complete no matter what date I take it back to.
I have an Acer TravelMate 260 Laptop running Windows XP service pack one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks very much
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You need to have service pack 2 and all updates. What are you using for virus/spyware protection? Has it always been this way? If not, what happened prior to this? Do you have a real Windows CD if you need to reinstall?
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Thanks for your reply.
I will install service pack 2 this afternoon to see if that helps.
I am using Spyware Doctor, Zone Alarm, Ad-Aware, AVG Free edition and some other free spyware programmes.
I recently uninstalled Secretmaker (Popup/spyware program)
I have had all this gear on my system for a while and don't think I added one just before the problem showed up.
I'm sure I will be able to find the Windows CD around here somewhere, how much of a drama is reinstalling windows? Might be a good idea to refresh my system.
Thanks again
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To reinnstall, back up all your data files, then insert the Windows CD and restart the machine. When you see "Press any key to boot from CD" press a key. The rest is easy. Be sure and reformat the drive when given the option! ;)
If you don't have drivers for your video, audio, etc. you may want to write down what they are from Control Panel/System.