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1• Reformat and Reinstall Windows XP FAQ

By Andy Walker. This FAQ (frequently asked questions page) is for people who own a Windows XP computer and want to reinstall and reformat their hard drives.

2• How to get into your computer's BIOS

By Andy Walker. If you need to access the BIOS in your system, this will guide you through the process.

3• How to wipe an NTFS formated hard drive with Windows XP

By Andy Walker. Here's how to wipe a hard drive that uses NTFS as a file allocation system.

4• How to reformat and reinstall Windows XP - Method #2

By Andy Walker. Our Windows XP Reinstall and Reformat FAQ has two methods.

5• Reformat and Reinstall: FAQs

By Andy Walker. Reformatting and reinstalling: What? When? Why? Where? How? You're in the right place for the answers to those questions and more.

6• Record your LP records as MP3 files

By Jonathan Walker. There's no reason why you can't listen to your vinyl import of the Beatles' White Album on your iPod.

7• Wipe Vista in two steps: Part 1

By Andy Walker. This two-part process shows you how to edit your BIOS and then boot from your Vista install DVD, then wipe the Vista partition and put a fresh copy of the operating system on it.

8• FAT32 is no obstacle in going back in history

By Andy Walker. How to wipe Windows XP and revert to Windows Me/98/95 if you have FAT32.

9• Easy reinstall for Windows Vista

By Andy Walker. If you want to take advantage of Windows Vista's new reinstall option from the desktop, start with this article.

10• One Window too many?

By Andy Walker. You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you boot up.

11• How to re-install Windows ME

By Andy Walker. If you want to install Windows ME on a clean system, it's pretty easy.

12• How to downgrade Vista to XP

By Peter Ehm. It's not always nostalgia that drives us back from Vista to XP.

13• Reformat and reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop

By Andy Walker. If you need to reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop computer, there are different ways to do it depending on how your particular system is set up.

14• How to update the BIOS from a floppy

By Andy Walker. Use a floppy disk to update your BIOS on an older computer.

15• Get help with your computer problem

By Staff. Cyberwalker.

16• Your BIOS needs facelift, too

By Andy Walker. If you need to update your BIOS and you have a flash BIOS chip, no worries.

17• How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95

By Andy Walker. When you need step by step instructions on reinstalling Windows 95, we are here to help.

18• Bringing Windows 95 back to life

By Andy Walker. How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95? It sounds scary, but it doesn't have to be.

19• How to shop for a sound card for your computer

By Andy Walker. There are all types of sound cards available on the market today.

20• Dislike NTFS? Go back to FAT32

By Andy Walker. When NTFS is not working for you, this is how to get FAT32 file system on your drive.

21• How to set-up a home network

By AndyWalker. If you have more than one computer in your home, it's easy to set up a home network.

22• A radical approach to tinkering with a hard drive

By Andy Walker. If you're going to format your C: drive, be sure to do it right.

23• Lost your Windows XP password?

By Chris Ricci. New developments help ease the pain of the loss that used to be almost irreparable.

24• How to remove AOL from Windows System Tray

By Andy Walker. Removing icons from the system tray can be easy.

25• Carbonite Online Backup

By Jason Kerluck. Carbonite offers an uncomplicated way to save whatever you need to save on your computer before tragedy strikes and your hard drive goes kaput.

26• Screensavers bother you? Get rid of them!

By Andy Walker. If you want to delete a screensaver from your computer, this article will show you how to delete system screensavers as well as third-party ones.

27• Keeping your data safe

By Peter Ehm. Since the time of tapes or unending boxes of floppies all the way to storing critical data on alternate media, our lives have become safer.

28• How to remove the boot-up password in Windows

By Andy Walker. Find out about one man's dilemma with regards to the Windows password, and how to resolve it.

29• Computer myths: legends or truth?

By Peter Ehm. Some of the stories sound logical, and they might have been.

30• LabRats #098: Make Vista and XP talk to each other

By Cyberwalker staff. What if you have a set of pictures on your computer in the basement and want to show them to friends while you're sitting by your laptop by the fireplace in the living room? Simple: network 'em!.

31• How to fix Windows time problems

By Andy Walker. An incorrect clock is a serious annoyance.

32• How to protect yourself against the Love Bug

By Andy Walker. The Love Bug, a/k/a the "I Love You" virus, is one of the latest in an annoyingly persistent series of viruses with malicious payloads.

33• General Protection Fault: not a quake

By Andy Walker. Anyone who's ever got the error message, "General Protection Fault" has probably uttered a few expletives.

34• Plug-n-Play efforts

By Andy Walker. Upgrading your computer can be a serious undertaking.

35• Dealing with downloaded files

By Andy Walker. Downloading files through the Internet can be very satisfying but sometimes it can also be a hassle.

36• Laser printer ejects blank page

By Andy Walker. We've all had issues getting our printers to run properly.

37• Windows supports backward compatibility

By Andy Walker. Windows 95 provided a way for users to use DOS programs.

38• Odds and sods in helpful hints

By Andy Walker. Cyberwalker musings.

39• 911 for damaged registry

By Andy Walker. Your registry is damaged, perhaps beyond recognition.

40• Keeping up with the Vistas of this world

By Peter Ehm. For whatever reason, Windows Vista way too often isn't familiar with some rather common (but older) applications.

41• Class system fouls up fax.

By Andy Walker. Learn the difference between Class 1 and Class 2 fax machines.

42• So you want a web site of your own?

By Chris Ricci. If you think you've got something to say to the world, or something to sell to the world, doing it online might be your best bet.

43• Direct cable connection: How to link two machines

By Andy Walker. A real easy way to link two home computers together.

44• Gamers need to understand batch files

By Andy Walker. If you like computer games, perhaps you might pursue a degree in computer science.

45• Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac

By Randy Walker. Many computer users like Windows applications so much, they want to be able to run them even on Mac computers.

46• How to reclaim your Windows 95 event sounds.

By Andy Walker. If you've gotten rid of your event sounds by mistake on your Windows 95 machine, follow these easy steps to get them back.

47• Modem speed is not limited by the pace of your processor.

By Andy Walker. Getting a speedier modem won't mean needing a faster processor, but it might mean needing a faster serial port.

48• Internet socializing good and bad

By Jason Kerluck. New technology has changed the face of socializing and it's become more dangerous, especially for young people.

49• Windows shuts down fax upgrade

By Andy Walker. To get Windows 95 to work with your upgraded fax modem, you have to show the system what you've done.

50• Out with the new, in with the old

By Chris Ricci. Upgrading to Windows Vista is not as easy at it seems: the new OS has its own ticks.



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