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Device Manager says 'the device is working properly'. In explorer I can see the Drive. If I insert a game CD for example I can run autorun.exe and I can start installing. So, within windows the DVD player works. Maybe it's the BIOS that is causing the trouble? Could that explain the random...

I tried 2 different copies of Paragon 5.0 and 1 copy of GParted. The error message I get is: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key...

Yes I can set the boot order: it first tries to boot from a CD, then from the primary HDD. I never have problems with my internet connection :O. I only recently installed Peerblock, after updating all the windows files (it said everything was up-to-date now, I will keep checking). What do you...

During the last week I tried to fix my laptop by following the rest of your guide, but at some point Windows just refused to start up... I decided to just format C:\ and install a fresh Windows version (I still have an imagine on a separate hidden drive, but I first wanted to try a clean...

I have been working hard on your proposed fixes the last few days. What I did so far: - Free up space of the drives. Fyi: Drives F, G and H are external USB HDDs, which have their own power supply. - Uninstalled Sandboxie and Teredo Tunelling Interface. - Uninstalled Rivatuner. I never used it...

Thank you for this very elaborate post usasma! I will go through all your fixes this weekend. I will get back to you with the results as soon as I can.

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, as I am looking for help. During the last 2 weeks, my laptop has been freezing at times. Sometimes it happens 5 times in an hour, sometimes it goes fine for 5 straight hours. I find that if happens more frequent when I am running Steam on the background...