Need Help! Satellite Laptop freezes

Need Help. My Satellite laptop keeps freezing when you try to play music or a video. It also freezes on certain websites.

should i delete the old account and start using the new one
Yes and then you can move your existing profile to the new account.
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in Windows XP
Be sure you don't delete the old account too soon. You must move the email messages and addresses separately.
-Jerry

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Need help with Laptop decision

I am sorry about the length of this post, but I really need help. I am trying to buy a laptop and what should be a really exciting prospect (buying my first laptop) is turning into a nightmare that just about had me in tears over the weekend.
My budget is not big - 600 absolute max, but would prefer to spend a bit less than this.
I do mainly office work (Word, Excel, Databases and PowerPoint) and also some Photoshop work. I also play a strategy game called Caesar 3. I very much want to load my copy of XP on the machine, either replacing Vista or as a partition.
Looking through the models available in my price range and looking up the benchmarks I have found the following:
Most have processors like the Intel T5250 or T5450 or the AMD TL 58, which are all benchmarked as ok, but not great. A few have the AMD TL 60, which is a bit better and one or two have the Intel T7200 which is even better.
On the bulk of the machines the graphics cards are either the ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 or the Intel GMA X3100. Both of these are benchmarked as not great and the review says that they cannot handle strategy games. A few of the models have the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 or HD 2400XT and one or two have the HD 2600.
The problem is that the models that have the better processor have the lower rated graphics card and those that have both don't have XP drivers, as far as I can see.
Don't mind a 15.4'' screen (although the 17.1'' would be very nice to have) and would like a reasonably big hard drive (160 +). I will be getting 2GB of RAM.
I am at my wits end. I don't want to buy a computer that will end up taking a minute or more to refresh a screen when you have more than two things open, or that you have to keep rebooting to get it to work. I want to be able to play my one and only game (Caesar III) which is a strategy game and I want to be able to work in Photoshop and perhaps have one or two other things open at the same time, like a website perhaps.
Please help me, anyone. Am I asking for the impossible? I can't get hold of an email address for Toshiba to try to get clarity from them on the issue of drivers and whether they will be made available in the future.
Then there is of course the retailer issue as each retailer only stocks a limited number of models and one has to choose between those.
I hope someone can help me!!

Hi
The problem is that you want to buy an all-round notebook but dont want to spend much money.
Additionally you want to change the OS to XP and need the XP drivers.
Well this is very hard decision buddy ;)
A notebook for gaming equipped with the power full graphic card cost a little bit more as 600
So you have to take a decision; Do you want to buy an gaming notebook and spend more as 600 or you will take an notebook which is great for a common usage like DVD watching, working with Office software, etc
The Cesar game is not known to me but I presume it doesnt need a high performance graphic card and it should run on a normal notebook too.
I think a Satellite a200 is not bad choice for you because some A200 notebooks were delivered with the Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor and a NVIDIA GeForce graphic card.
And very important is that all XP drivers were already released ;)

Need help with laptops!!!

I am starting college in about 3 months and I need help picking out a laptop. Im not very tech smart with this stuff just want a fast reliable laptop I can bring to class. One that has a nice processor like the i5. I would like it to have a webcam and a dvd/cd drive that I can burn cds with and a lot of memory for itunes. The only problem I have is it needs to be under $500!!! Please help! Anybody!?!?!

Have you tried the website wizard? Here's an i5 for just under $500.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-ideapad-15-6-34-laptop-6gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-silver-gray/46...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-34-laptop-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/8890129.p...
Note for $500.... you should also budget for....
taxes
backup plan (ie external drives)
malware protection
does a student need to print? consider a wireless printer if you want to be mobile around the house. If you print a lot, skip the inkjet and look for a wireless laser to save on ink costs.
what about software like MS-Office? Consider open source software like LibreOffice.
http://www.libreoffice.org/
do you want an extended warranty? Read the fine print.

Need help Satellite L855D-S5220 win7home prem 64bit crashed no recovery disc,no recovery partition

I bought 2 toshiba Satellite L855D-S5220 Home Premium 64 bit laptops at walmart back in july 2012,also bought extra 2 year protection from walmart.
Laptops didn't come with dvd recover disc ,but did have partition recovery.
We upgraded to windows 8 through one of the cheap $14.99 online offers
I still have bank receipts for everything.
Windows 8 was just to new and different for us, also got a fake microsoft call saying that our systems were showing several virues and corrupted files.
The guy seemed legit,I allowed him acess to my computer,after he showed me several hundred errors and ask for $250.00 I reliased that it was a scheme,and said no that I would call microsoft to inquire about this,the guy then erased almost everything in my computer,and hung up.
I didn't really like windows 8 at the time,and was nervous about someone maybe having access to my computer ,so we checked online about going back to windows 7 home premium 64 bit.
I was in a microsoft forum or at least i thought ,I asked about going back to Windows 7 home premium, and was told to simply hold 0 and restart the computer.
This worked.,but left a number string of #'s and lettere Like Ti064WOC (C) systems,and anther systems folder under that in sytem protection.
Then a couple of days ago my computer crashed
I tried the ) start recover out of the box and it ran all the way through but did not set up,it erases all my partions
I then made the mistake of trying to install a windows 7 home edition 32bit that I had just bought to upgrade my old dell windows xp.
It loaded windows 7 home premium 32,on the 64 but it will not connect to the internet it says it can;t find wireless drivers ,I tried to connect it directly to the wireless network ,no lu
It currently shows three partions New volume (A)1,46 GB capacity 1.43 free space NTFS Healthy (primary Partition),Partion # 2 is (C 581.38 GB NTFS Healthy (Boot,Pagefile,Crash Dump<Primart Partition, capacity with 562.63GB free space
Partition # 3HDDRECOVERY 13.33 GB NTFS Healthy (System,active,Primary Partion)
My question is can we use the other toshiba L855D-S5220 windows 7 home premium 64bit to burn me a cd or dvd to recover my windows operating system
I have valid product key and my toshib is registered.
I am not tech savy but I have a friend that can help me ,if I can only get pointed in the right direction as how to start.
If we can use our other computer ,what do we need to download and what do we do about the windows 7 home edition,32 bit,do we format all the partions first.also I have
an ISO and an ESD diisc that i burned when I had the window 8 home pro.
Since I have two of the same computers,can I use the one thats running at the moment to get the other one straightened back out.
I also have a windows 8 64bit repair disc that I made When I upgraded to windows 8,THe ISO ,ESD disk is from the windows 8 upgrade
but when i insert them it saws windows can no open because they are 64 bit arcitect.
Could someone Please Help Me
This is what the repair CD says when i put it in
Thank you
Tim Dugger
Repair disc windows 8 64 bit file system UDF
5 files,Boot Efi,sources,bcd, boot.sdi,boot.fix
Boot-fonts,
Fonts 16 files chs_boot,cht_boot,jpn_boot,kor_boot,malgun_boot,malgunn_boot,meiryo_boot,meiryon_
boot,msjh_bootmsjh,msjhn,msyh,msyhn,segmono,segoe,segoen,wg14 all were followed by _boot
reourses,1file sourse 1file boot.wim windows can not open files
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boot.sdi
bootfix.bin
efi 2 files,boot,microsoft
efi boot ,1 file boot x64.efi
efi microsoft, Boot ,fonts,resources1 file bootres.dll
sourse 1file
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Satellite L855D-S5220
My question is can we use the other toshiba L855D-S5220 windows 7 home premium 64bit to burn me a cd or dvd to recover my windows operating system
Sure. For instructions, see the section Creating recovery media, which begins on p. 65 of the User's Guide.
Satellite/Satellite Pro L800/S800 Series User’s Guide
Using the recovery media to restore is on p. 67.
-Jerry

Hello Apple Community. I need help with a freezing powerbook G4

Hello!
I'm new to Apple laptops. I purchased a Powerbook G4 867 MHz 640 MB used and I'm starting to have some problems with it. My powerbook freezes at random intervals and I cannot even move the mouse. I have to hold down the power button to restart it. It runs fine before every freeze and it seems like after it freezes the fan runs very fast.. it sounds like a fan at least. This Powerbook came with no CD's at all, I have been trying to download various software to fix it but that's when I run into my next issue. I receive a "mounting failed" error upon every download. When I double click on the file it says "cannot open because this file is still be downloaded."
I really like this computer and would love to get it working right. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! I don't know the most about mac os x so if you could be please be detailed as I cannot always locate programs on here.
Thank you guys!

Well... that is an older system, as long as you don't want to watch internet video's, it may work for you. First thing I would do is to reset the PMU and the PRAM. Next thing I would want to do is to run the Apple hardware test. See if the Powerbook image located here will work. If not, if you can put your hands on a copy of TechTool Deluxe (might even be on your system) that can do similar hardware testing.
It would be good if you could put your hands on at least a retail version of OS X 10.4 Tiger, as certain operations, like repairing the hard drive, require that you boot from another source. Or, if you have an external backup drive that you can use for your system, you can initialize it for Mac OS extended (journaled) format, use a program like SuperDuper to make a bootable copy of your hard drive, then boot from it. Note it can only connect via Firewire if you want to be able to boot from it.
In the meantime, you can bring up Disk Utility, in applications/utilities on your hard drive, and do a verify disk. If this notes issues, you'll either need the retail OS X mentioned above or a bootable backup to repair (or you can buy Disk Warrior which can also likely repair a hard drive problem, as long as it's not a hardware issue). Usually people try Disk Utlity repair first before investing in Disk Warrior.
One source for OS X 10.4 Tiger retail disks would be hardcoremac.com. Don't get an upgrade disk, either, as they may require you to be on the prior operating system.

Need Help uprading laptop.

Well I currently have a HP G50 104NR laptop and I am starting to notice its limits. I am looking for a reasonably priced upgrade and
am looking for recommendations. Here are my laptops current specs from HP's website.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01607613&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_US...
Keep in mind this is a family laptop so there are several users and I would like to play games on it like cod4.

I hate to say it but the only upgrade you will be able really do is a memory upgrade and that will not help you play COD4 with that Intel 4500 Graphics chip.
If you want to play COD4 then you will need to buy a laptop that is geared towards gaming.
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Need help with computer freezing up.

I seem to be having some trouble with my computer freezing up from time to time. Usually it's when I'm using the program Transmission or Toast Titanium. I can't access the applications files, the Dock icons or do any force quit on the programs. Also I can't do a restart or shut down. I have tried using the keystrokes to shut down and restart, but as well this doesn't work. Everything gets frozen. The only way I can stop the freeze is to manually turn the computer off by the on/off button in the back of the computer. I have heard it is really bad to do so. What else could I do when the computer is frozen like this to get it unstuck? Also being that this has happened a few times, how do I correct the programs so that it won't keep happening?
Thanks.

Hi,
When you run a program in Mac it loads the necessary information to the RAM and access it from there. If other programs are running in the computer along with the Toast Titanium then there is a possibility of the memory unable to address all the requirements. The best way is to keep an eye on the memory usage from Activity monitor when you start using the Toast next time.
While trying to burn the data into a CD the files are first loaded into the memory so that it will be written to the disk. So what I will suggest is to close all the applications and wait for a reasonable amount of time to see whether the computer frees up memory and starts to write onto the disk.
If not, you will also need to free up some hard drive space.
Also in the ~/Library/Logs/Crash Reporter look for crash files and see what is causing the issue.
Shutting down the computer with the Power on/off button is not that good however if nothing else is working, you have no choice other than that.
Hope that helps....
I wanted to add few more tips.

Fixing my friends ipod but need help with crashing freezing etc probs

my friend as us to fix his ipod two weeks ago as it had a sad face and was making grinding noises.
well we fix it but it is now very slow, and he says its freezing. this was after the fourth or fifth format restore as a normal itunes restore doesent work.
so afteer formating it on abuntu cus we descovered 2 partitions
it now works ... then we sync it with itunes 7.5 it crashed tried 8.0 it crashed even tried 9.25 and 10.1.
it crashed and locked the computer.
the drive is griding like mad , its slow and it wont always show up.
we think it a classic 5 g , it has a 30 gig hard drive, (post s/n later as im writing this in bed)
we got it up and running and then itunes 7.5 crashed. now it gone back to a small circle with a line which is black.
it looks like the wrong firmware keeps booting as it is suposed to be a red circle with line which is twice the size.
i know it had firmware 3.1 on it before and it eventually finds it. and works but
can someone tell me
1 where do i find the correct version of the firm ware as i think the current 1 is scrambled.
as for the hard drive it is getting hot and griding do u think i need replace it.
think s/n or model number is m????k something.
were runing out of ideas
can u help
btw my first post.

*Check your iPod with Diagnostics Mode*
It's possible that the iPod's hard drive is failing. Take the iPod and place your right thumb on the centre SELECT button and your left on the top MENU button. Press down both thumbs for about 6 seconds until your iPod reboots. Immediately move your left thumb around to the rewind button |<< on the left and hold this down together with SELECT for a further 6 seconds. The iPod should now switch into Diagnostic Boot mode. Press MENU for *Manual Test*, then select *IO > HardDrive > HDSMARTData* to reveal your stats. For comparison here are mine for my 2 year old 6th Generation Classic:
Retracts: 889
Reallocs: 12
Pending Sectors: 0
PowerOn Hours: 2202
Start/Stops: 894
Temp: Current 24c
Temp: Min 10c
Temp: Max 50c
Take a note of your results. When finished press *SELECT & MENU* for 6 seconds to reset the iPod again.
With modern disc drives sectors are no longer marked bad by a disc scan, if the SMART firmware detects a sector it has trouble accessing it will attempt to invisibly reallocate it to a spare area of the disc.
Note that I've only 12 remapped sectors and none pending. To help explain what the numbers mean here is an extract from the Wikipedia S.M.A.R.T. article:
*Reallocated Sectors Count*
Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated" and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area). This process is also known as remapping, and "reallocated" sectors are called remaps. This is why, on modern hard disks, "bad blocks" cannot be found while testing the surface – all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, as the number of reallocated sectors increases, the read/write speed tends to decrease. The raw value normally represents a count of the number of bad sectors that have been found and remapped. Thus, the higher the attribute value, the more sectors the drive has had to reallocate.
*Pending sector count*
Number of "unstable" sectors (waiting to be remapped, because of read errors). If an unstable sector is subsequently written or read successfully, this value is decreased and the sector is not remapped. Read errors on a sector will not remap the sector (since it might be readable later); instead, the drive firmware remembers that the sector needs to be remapped, and remaps it the next time it's written.
Large numbers of Reallocs or Pending Sectors would suggest the drive is failing and that you may need to repair or replace the iPod. Check the stats after another attempt to update the iPod. If the numbers increase that again points to hard drive failure. While it won't be good news at least you'll know it isn't some random software problem and you can decide what to do next, e.g. replace the hard drive or the entire unit.
tt2

Dad needs help with laptop out of hard disk space

You Ipod users willh have to excuse me but I need some help. Bought my daughter an 30gb for xmas and one by one we are getting thru the problems. She nows has 1100 songs on it but I had to send her my laptop as it would not talk to her p3. Anyway her hard disk is now full on the laptop. Question is do you have to keep all in library to keep it on the ipod cos she cant get more song on? Can she delete anything from the laptop as I think she is going for the full 7,500 songs on her IPOD Thanks people

Use the instructions in this article to set the iPod to sync manually, and then delete the songs from the iTunes library; they will not automatically be deleted from the iPod.
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URGENT- I need help: Soundtrack Pro Freezing Problem!!

I just sent my FCP project to a multitrack project in Soundtrack Pro, but when i want to work on the Soundtrack Pro project, everything keeps freezing. its dead slow!
i can barely do anything with it!
whats the problem? and how can i solve it?

Couple of possibilities. One, your media files are huge. STP reference the entire media of a clip edited in FCP . . . not just the edited portion. That can result in some large files being brought over. Also, when you send a clip over, use the base layer option if you can, or export an mp4 to bring in to STP.
If you're ready to do the post audio work on a finished FCP project, export an omf file. Close FCP, then open the omf file in STP. That can help.
Other "obvious" but still good to review considerations . . . have enough RAM? Is there enough disk space? Are you using a different media drive than where the system is located?

Need help connecting laptop via ethernet connectio...

can anyone help me connect my laptop to the bt homehub via ethernet. i have my xbox 360 in port 1 and that works flawlessly i am trying to connect my laptop to the second port but i cant connect. dont think i am using correct settings. if someone could walk me through it i would appreciate it..... thanks daniel

It is probably just that your laptop has been used with a router before and it may be set up to use a fixed IP address - one which is outside the ranfge of your current router. Follow Jarviser's excellent instructions here and you should be up and running.
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."
-- Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1559

Need help with Powerbook freeze issue

I'm having a strange problem with my PB: At seemingly random times, the system will lock up and display the spinner and the only way I know how to fix it is to pop the battery out and reboot. It doesn't respond to any input once the spinner starts.
Here's the thing: when the freeze happens, I can hear an abnormal noise from the spacebar or upper left area. It sounds like hard drive activity at short spurt intervals, with almost one-second pauses in between.
I have repaird the HD and permissions, which said it fixed some errors, but the problem is persisting. I ran a hardware scan and all is well. I took it to the Apple Store and the guy couldn't find anything physically wrong with it after running some diagnostics.
One last thing--I seem to be running Safari usually when these freezes occur. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Powerbook G4 Aluminum 15" Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.5 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM

forgot to add that i did delete and re add the Drivers thinking that might be an issue
Ran system test on everthing and it show its working just fine
but still no SPOKEN VOULUME TO SPEAK OF
the music or Sound side works fine
Paul

Need help my laptop has no sound?

HP PAVILLION DV6 NOTEBOOK PC my produce number is QG797EA#ABU
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Go to the link below.Enter your Product Number as listed on Service Tag attached to bottom of notebook (may be under battery). You can also get the Product Number by pressing Fn + Esc key. After entering PN, click Next ,then choose Software & Drivers.On the next page use the dropdown to select your OS (probably Windows 7 64bit). A list will populate with drivers. Download & Save the latest Audio driver.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/siteHome?cc=us&lc=en
Go into Control Panel,Programs & Features-uninstall IDT software.Restart the laptop and install using the downloaded file.
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If still no sound,try a hard reset, works sometimes.Disconnect all external devices first.
1-remove power cord and battery
2-press power button for 30 seconds
3-reinstall only power cord for first startup.
4-power on
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Need help: Mouse + OS freezes periodicaly every 2-3 seconds

Greetings,
my brand new MacPro arrived and I just finished installing After Effects and the Creative Suite on Friday. I left the Mac in the office, transferring my personal files from the old mac over the weekend.
Unfortunately I experience a problem today:
The Mouse and the hole System freezes for approx 0,25seconds every 3 seconds! Crazy: the pattern of stop and go is completely constant. It began with 0,25sec stop every 3 seconds and now changed into a second freeze just after the first stop, ... then 3 seconds everything seemed fine and so on ...
What I already did: I changed the USB Port of my Keyboard, changed the mouse AND keyboard, startet in SafeMode, checked whether TimeMachine is off. With no positive result.
Does anyone of you have an idea? I really need this new computing-power today for my current project.
Here a list of Sotware I installed: Adobe CS2, After Effects CS4, Firefox.
Thank YOU!

DNA. No two chips are 200% identical. When you say identical Mac, exact same process config and firmware?
When new machines ship, there may be new OS builds this week that wasn't there last week; or different firmware for EFI (or graphics cards), which can be assembled in different locations or parts.
The first thing I do after a freeze is zap pram/nvram; run an fsck or diskutil, or boot from another drive and repair. A system that has not crashed, frozen etc will have intact and the integrity of the file system. Which is why sometimes the first thing suggested is to boot from a fresh install or backup or another hard drive than the one you have.
Go to About This Mac... Command + click on "OS X version" and it will display "Build...." - in case they differ.
Changing hardware can trigger a rebuild of nvram which, just from swapping parts, can affect outcome (quantum effect of measuring (spin, charge or location), but the act itself changes what is observed).

Need help with laptop that won't start up

I have a Toshiba c655 laptop that had some viruses on it; *thought* I'd fixed it and all was well. When I turned off and re-started the computer, the screen showed "Toshiba Innovations", and at the bottom the options of pressing F2 for startup or F12 for boot manager...this screen is quickly replaced by a black screen with a white cursor in the top left hand corner. When I hit F2 or F12 and go to those screens, I'm not computer savvy enough to know what options (if any) I should choose that might help me to get this thing started....seems nothing happens with any of the buttons I push. The scenario I just described is the only thing this computer will do now. Any help? Thank you so much!

it sounds like missing system/boot files on hdd
1. try to press f2 during toshiba screen to go in bios and load default settings.
2. press f12 and select boot from cd if you have system rapair disk...or any live cd to backup your files
3. the last option ... press 0 on toshiba screen for system recovery...this will delete all information
sorry for my english

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