You know the situation. You’re at work and you’re in the middle of a project that’s due within hours.

Your pc starts freezing, showing pop ups, or just processing every request you have slow-too slow. Or maybe you’re at home, and you need to do some research or get an email out; and your computer just won’t cooperate all of a sudden.
Frantic and blood pressure rising, you wait it out, and hope that it doesn’t take hours-or maybe even require that you begin the whole process again.

It’s a more common situation than you might think. It happens all the time, even; and most people have no idea at all why. So, they automatically turn to a tech specialist at a ridiculous per hour fee or toss the computer altogether for a new one. Should you? NO!

The first step should always be to understand what might make your computer act this way, and
second, to try basic maintenance solutions before a drastic or expensive solution.

What are common reasons, then, you may wonder?

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Even if you’re firmly based in the Microsoft or Apple camp, taking a walk on the wild side and class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-safely-dual-boot-windows-and-linux-with-wubi-installer/">installing a secondary computer operating system can still be worth the effort. After all, variety is the spice of life.

Here are just a few of the lesser-known free options that might just be worth a go, if you’re that way inclined.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.freespire.org/">Freespire

Another Linux-based operating system, Freespire uses the popular class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-1004-extremely-simple-operating-system-linux/">Ubuntu (version 7.04) at its core and stamps its own mark on the class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-beauty-of-open-source-and-free-web-apps/">open source OS. With the popular class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/accessing-kde-applications-from-your-windows/">KDE suite at hand, users of Windows and Mac OS will feel right at home finding their way around.

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Freespire adds the power of the CNR Plugin, allowing fast and easy one-click installs of popular software suites including some commercial ventures. There are enhanced “modified” versions of programs you’re probably already using (like class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-cool-firefox-tools-that-are-not-addons/">Firefox and class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-must-have-thunderbird-addons-25-more/">Thunderbird) to make life on the free side that little bit sweeter.

This freeware open source effort also comes complete with on-demand proprietary class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/an-introduction-to-codecs-converters-and-rippers/">codecs (including one for Windows Media files) and a whole host of proprietary drivers for your wireless, graphics card and more.

For a powerful, ready-to-go Linux distribution with a difference Freespire does the job quite nicely.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os">Google’s Chromium

If you only use your netbook for the net (which probably makes sense) then Google’s Chromium might be just what you need. The lightning fast startup time means you’ll be checking email, social media and wasting time online before Windows has even reached its login screen.

Best of all you can run it straight from a USB stick, making it ultra-portable between PCs. We’ve shown you how, class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-google-chrome-os-and-run-on-a-real-computer/">right here.

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The current official builds can be a bit of a hassle to get going on a lot of computers, but a nice guy by the name of class="vt-p" href="chromeos.hexxeh.net">Hexxeh has compiled his own build called Flow which adds vastly improved hardware support. Check out class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/googles-chromium-os-laptop-netbook-flow/">our how-to for a complete set of instructions.

That old laptop sitting in a cupboard might find a new lease of life with the help of Chromium and its class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/play-chrome-web-apps-stay-top-chrome-features/">web apps.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.pcbsd.org/">PC-BSD

Many of you will have heard of BSD, one of the many UNIX-based operating systems floating around the web. Often favoured for its secure and reliable nature, the team at PC-BSD have aimed high and developed a user-friendly version aimed at the “casual” user.

The idea behind PC-BSD is to provide users with a complete desktop operating system that doesn’t require resource-intensive protection against viruses and spyware. In today’s computing world, many of us dream of such a charm.

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The release runs class="vt-p" href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD at its core, and expands on this with unparalleled ease-of-use. Self-installing software packages make adding extras a breeze, and the desktop can be sexed-up with fancy 3D effects and transitions.

The team behind this OS just wants you to enjoy more of the time you spend at your PC, and less time worrying about it.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.haiku-os.org">Haiku

Inspired by BeOS (and implementing certain features and bits of code from the old operating system) Haiku is an open source operating system aimed at personal computing. This makes it extremely user-friendly, as the primary audience are average users like you or me, looking for a way to get our daily computer needs tended to.

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What makes Haiku different to other UNIX-based operating systems (specifically class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/getting-started-guide-linux">Linux) is its vision to provide a unified experience, rather than using multiple layers of software that can often over-complicate the computer operating system.

Haiku does not use the Linux class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learning-linux-lingo/">kernel but a custom-built one which has been designed for responsiveness. Couple this with a threaded design for increased performance on multi-core processors, and the whole package begins to look quite appealing.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.jolicloud.com/">Jolicloud

class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-killer-apps-to-maximize-your-netbooks-potential/">Netbook owners listen up! This might be the one you’ve been waiting for. A simple operating system, aimed at armchair surfers who live for the web.

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Incorporating a quick and easy one-click-install method for over 700 of the web’s most popular services, Jolicloud enables you to surf, chat, listen, watch and connect from a clean and attractive interface. Plus with Jolicloud’s Stream feature staying in contact and sharing fascinating finds with your class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/20-tips-to-manage-your-online-social-life-part-1/">social networks is easy.

You can synchronize your Jolicloud across as many devices as you like, and if you’ve not got your netbook with you simply log in with a HTML5-compliant browser to manage your account. Jolicloud might just be what your netbook’s been missing, check out our class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/jolicloud-operating-system-download-for-netbook/">full article here.

Conclusion

You’re not going to get the compatibility of a Windows or Mac OS install with many of the above, but if you don’t really need everything under the sun running on your machine then one of these (or even a few of these) might be for you. Even if you do use another primary OS, try partitioning or one of the many Live CD/USB releases. You might be surprised! />
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A STOP error message during the booting time primarily occurs afterwards installing an adverse accessory driver on your machine. A driver disciplinarian is a software programs that is primarily used for comminuting amid the Hardware and higher-level computer programs. In a lot of cases, unmountable harder drive and data inaccessibility are the two aloft hazards that you appointment afterwards a STOP error message comes. To successfully come out from affected these hazards, a data backup helps you to restore the lost data. But, in cases area you accept not maintained any advancement or advancement fails to restore the adapted data, an able Data Recover Tool comes to rescue.

Consider an applied scenario, area you receive accept the below error message if you are going to boot your system afterwards installing a new accessory driver:

“STOP: 0×00000042 (parameter, parameter, parameter, parameter) ATDISK_DRIVER_INTERNAL”

The four parameters in the aloft error message alter with machine configuration.

Once the aloft error message comes, all the files and folders saved in your harder drive become inaccessible. In addition, you got same STOP error message every time you attack to begin your machine.

Cause:

The aloft STOP error message primarily indicates a harder drive accessory centralized error.

Resolution:

To resolve the aloft error message and admission the data, you will charge to chase the beneath measures:

• Remove the hardware and reboot your system.
• If the problem persists, select Last Known Good Configuration option while rebooting.
• If the error message still appears, use Emergency Repair Disk.

But, if all the aloft measures fall short to boldness your issue, again you will charge to windows Xp installation. A clean reinstall of Windows will remove all the data saved on the formatted harder drive partition. To balance your data under such situations, you charge to opt for avant-garde Data Recovery Tool These data recovery tools are congenital with avant-garde techniques and are simple to accept due to their awful graphical user-interface. Such applications use top end scanning methods to browse and balance data from your harder drive.  You can also have lots of Windows Xp Tech Support.

If you are using Windows XP operating system in your PC, it is important that you use a Window XP registry cleaner to keep your PC registry free from outdated entries, adware and spyware. Since Windows 95, Microsoft adopted a new way of keeping the system information. They introduced the concept of Windows registry. Registry file is created and maintained by the Windows operating system to store information about the hardware and software configuration and other settings of your computer system. Before Windows 95 version this was done by storing the information in the INI files. These INI files were scattered through out the hard disks, making the system slower and vulnerable to frequent problems. With the introduction of registry, the process of storing the system information became much more organized and effective. It made the system more efficient and faster as it took less time to access the vital resources.

Different versions of Windows operating system have different methods of keeping the Windows registry. So, if you want to clean the registry you need specific Windows registry cleaner built for the operating system you are using. Therefore it is important to have the Window XP registry cleaner if you are running a Windows XP operating system in your computer. You can download registry cleaner from the internet, but for that you need some good research. A Microsoft registry cleaner checks the registry file of your computer and removes all the outdated entries that are stored in the registry.

A Windows registry keeps the log of all the system setting. So whenever you install or uninstall any software, make any changes to the system settings or the hardware configuration an entry is added to the Windows registry. As you keep using your computer these entries get piled up in the registry file making it unnecessarily heavier with outdated and unimportant entries. With a Window XP registry cleaner you can avoid these problems and get hassles free computing.

With a bulkier registry file with so many entries the system becomes prone to frequent failures and it takes usually more time to respond. A heavier PC registry is one of the most encountered problems for slow functioning of the computer. So, it is better to use a Window XP registry cleaner to clean the registry of your Windows XP based PC for problem free and faster computing. The registry cleaner checks the registry and removes entries that are no longer important.

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Your Windows XP supporting PC is getting slowed day by day and it is also featuring a tendency of getting crashed all of the sudden. If you have observed your PC closely, you would be finding that this problem is combined with many more issues such as blue screen errors, popping up of error messages, etc. This is convincing about some issues in your operating system. Here are few Windows XP support tips, which can help you in increasing your computer speed.

Scan your PC completely – If your PC is running slow, the first step you can do is to scan your PC thoroughly. Sometimes, slow speed of computer is reasoned by spyware infiltration in it. Such tools are very deceptive which not only reduces speed of your PC but also steals your crucial personal information.

By scanning your PC you can detect such malware and permanently delete them. This will save you from all the stealing threat and also boost speed of your PC. This step is recommended by almost every Windows XP support expert.

Disable service at Windows startup menu – Many services are run automatically when Windows XP starts up. This can eat up a big amount of system resources and considerably slows down Windows XP. If you want to accelerate Windows XP, you can utilize Windows Task Manager to put out of action the additional ones.

Fixing registry errors – Windows XP support experts also recommend registry error fixing. Fixing registry errors increase speed of PC all of the sudden. Since, registry errors leads to serious pc issues, such as, system errors, spyware and virus attack, application removal failure, its fixing up corrects computers speed with a pace.

These are some of the important Windows XP support tips that can help you in increasing speed of your operating system and enjoy a better computing experience.

After running Windows XP for so many years, I finally decided to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional 64 bit along with installing a fresh new hard drive. This is the phase of upgrading my desktop computer. The first phase was back in September when I upgraded to a new mother board and processor. Now it’s time to upgrade the rest of the machine with a new hard drive and operating system. All is working great and I’m truly happy with the results. April 19, 2010.

See our entire index of CompTIA A+ videos: www.FreeAPlus.com The operating system is the fundamental software component of any computer. In this video, youll learn the fundamentals of operating systems and the requirements for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.

If you are thinking to install Microsoft Windows Vista then you need to run setup from the current version of windows. However, if you’re planning make a clean install then you must take a back up of all the data stored on your system first and then boot from the Windows Vista disk. As the hard drive has free memory, the setup creates a 100MB boot partition for holding boot files and for preparing the system for other software.

It is recommended that you make a clean install only if you are sure that you have saved all data before you install Windows Vista. Also, you should not use this technique, if your hard disk contains recovery or diagnostic partitions that you might want to use later. However, if you want to completely erase the disk and make a clean install of Microsoft Windows Vista then you need to boot from the Vista disk and follow the steps to choose a Custom (advanced) installation. Now click ‘Next’ to get to this screen.

But, if you want to upgrade it from the current version of Windows then you can upgrade to Windows Vista. You cannot run x64 Setup on a system running an x86 build of Windows, or vice-versa. Be sure that you are upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista because migrating from Windows 2000 or 98 to Vista is not possible. In order to upgrade, you cannot make any changes to the layout of a disk; you must use existing partitions.

In addition, there’s a little but significant difference between the screens that you will see in the Windows Vista installation process, depending on how you start Microsoft Windows Vista Setup. If you launch Setup from within the Windows, you can run a compatibility check.

Select Typical Network settings when asked by the setup and then Windows setup will finish the installation. Windows Vista will detect most of your hardware but you will still need most of your hardware installation disks to make ensure a smooth install.

I’ve recently been having more problems with my OS than usual and it inspired this video.. Twitter me! twitter.com Thank you for watching over the last three years!! Music is from the Royalty-free collection at incompetech.com The track is called ‘Background vibes’.

It’s been a long time coming. Microsoft hasn’t released a new consumer operating system since Windows XP came out in October, 2001. Now, nearly six years later, Windows has once again been polished, modernized and buffed to a glossy sheen for a newer consumer era. Windows Vista is here.

Windows XP was a big deal for the Windows family. Although Microsoft continued to release consumer operating systems built upon the Windows 95 kernel (including Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me), it targeted only businesses and power users with its NT kernel offerings such as Windows NT and Windows 2000.

There was a difference. For backward compatibility to the days of MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 computing, Microsoft stuck with the 9x kernel for consumers. That kernel was an intricate meshwork of 16-bit (DOS) and 32-bit (NT) code that never truly abandoned the DOS conventions and never fully took advantage of the pure 32-bit power. The NT kernel, however, was built to be a 32-bit monster from the start, without the ambition to run 16-bit Windows 3.1 software or the thousands of games released for DOS. In 2001, Windows XP brought the parallel lines of Windows business and consumer operating systems together at last. With its Compatibility Modes, it was able to run some DOS and Windows 3.1 software, but because the computing world had started its move to 32-bit in 1995, there wasn’t as much demand for backward compatibility. Windows XP proved to be far more stable than any of the 9x flavors (especially the justifiably hated Windows Me), and it was multimedia-friendly and an excellent platform for gaming.

And aren’t multimedia and gaming what computers are all about?

Before initiating a discussion on the topic “Operating System Help and Microsoft Windows Support”, We would like to provide an overview on Operating System that will be helpful in order to understand the operating system effectively. Operating system is the most important designed software that runs on a computer.  Operating system is mainly responsible for the communication between the computer and user or it is an interface between the “Computer hardware and users”. Operating system is basically computer resources manager for example main resources is computer hardware in the form of processors, storage, input/output devices, communication devices, and data. Operating system is basically providing an essential platform on which application programs can be written.

Operating system can be classified as follows:

1. Multi-user :- It allows more than one user to run the programs simultaneously basis.

2. Multiprocessing :- It allows to run a program on the more than one CPU simultaneously.

3. Multitasking :- It allows to execute more than one task at the same time,

4. Multithreading :- It allows different parts of a single program to run concurrently.

5. Real Time :- It  has to finish the task within the deadline and responds to input instantly.

We are moving to topic ” Operating System Help and Microsoft Windows Support” now. In today modern world, we have a large number of operating systems available in the market. All the operating system have the different and unique features but windows xp operating system is much better than rest of them. Windows XP is being used on the large scale across the worldwide whether it is for the official purpose or it is home use. Winodws XP is much easier to use and understand it’s functionality.

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. Windows XP have universal hardware support and better graphics which makes it a better operating system. Winodws XP also have some other important features as security and wireless support. Windows XP new features are as following:

1. Much faster start-up and hibernation sequences

2. Fast user switching, which allows a user to save the current state and open applications of their desktop and allow another user to log on without losing that information.

3. Windows has most important feature is Remote Desktop functionality which allows the computer to connect over the network in order to access the resources of the other computers.

4. Windows XP also support for DSL modems and wireless network connections, as well as networking over FireWire, and Bluetooth

Windows XP operating system have the following minimum system requirements:-

1. Processor : 233 MHz

2. Memory : 64 MB RAM

3. Video adapter and monitor : Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution

4. Hard drive disk free space : 1.5 GB or higher

5. Sound card

6. Speakers or headphones

Microsoft inc. provides the windows xp support center in order to resolves the issue regarding all the Microsoft operating system and its product. It’s website is “http://support.microsoft.com/”. This support center provides all the important knowledge base articles regarding the issue which will effectively resolve the issue. Microsoft also provides the technical support for the different Microsoft products. We can select the different product by clicking on “Select a Product” tab. It has list of the following product:

1. Windows

2. Internet and MSN

3. Office Products

4. Servers

kb.vmware.com This video provides steps for installing Windows XP as a guest operating system in VMware products. The video was created using VMware Workstation, but the basic steps apply to VMware ESX, VMware Fusion, VMware ACE, and VMware Player. When installing Windows XP as your guest operating system in your virtual machine, you may receive the error: “Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.” This is because a compatible disk controller driver is not shipped with Windows XP.

Being a computer technician pays nice money and has for a very long time. Why?well, mainly becuase alot of new computer owners fail to learn how to use and maintain there new computer. Before purchasing my first computer back in 1998, I took an 8 hour class on the basics of operating a windows 95 system based computer. Even with the class, within the first few months, I had crashed the computer 3 times. This gives you somewhat of an idea about what we have here today. Alot of people now are getting computers becuase there friends have one, or to just get into the chat rooms, or the adult sites. point being. they dont know how to use a computer, much less maintain one.

To save yourself alot of money and unneedless trips to the computer shop for repairs, there are a series of very simple steps you can take to keep your new computer running fast and efficient. Myself, I have windows xp home edition running on my computer. I find it to be the best system out there at the moment. The choice is of course yours as to what operating system you install on your machine. When you get your new computer home and you configure an internet connection, the first thing I recommend that you do is to get to the windows update site. The site will automatically update your new operating system with files to prevent people on other computers from accessing your data. Next step is to install an anti-virus and spyware program on your computer.

If your buying a new computer from a big outlet, this is usually included with your purchase but not always. Make sure to inquire about this when purchasing your computer. Both these programs, the anti-virus and the anti-spyware are a must have in todays computer age. You can get good information from google. Just type in anti-virus in the search box. you will get choices for alot of programs. same for the anti-spyware.

Over time, you will visit alot of websites. Most of these sites has what are called “cookies.” These are little embedded packages of data(files), that the sites you have visited leave on your computer to track your browsing habits. After awhile, these files need to be purged, deleted from your computer.

Other files that need to be purged at least once a week, are your temporary internet files and your history files. Failing to do this will really slow down your computer to a crawl and possibly cause a system crash, meaning you will have to re-install your operating system.

When you open up internet explorer, at the top left of the page, you will see options. Look for the Tools option. Left click “Tools”, then left click “Internet Options.” From there it should be straight foward for you. After you have deleted your temporary internet files and history files, click “OK” I do this at least once a day, really keeps my computer running fast.

Within all windows operating systems, there is a system tool that you should use once a month to keep your computer running smoothly. During normal usage, the files on your computer become fragmented. Meaning, bits of files are scattered to different parts of your hard drive making it more difficult and time consuming for your computer to locate. If you click start, accessories, system tools, you will find disk defragmentor. Run the program. You will find if you have not done this in a long time, will make a big difference in the overall performance of your computer.

Now im going to share with you, some things you can do about whats inside of your computer “the case” or your computers “hardware.” No matter how clean the surroundings where you have your computer placed, over time, alot of dust and particles gather on the inside. your motherboard, inside the power supply, on your cpu, all your cards “video, sound, etc.” I clean the inside of my computer every 3 months and I recommend all new users do it also.

Here is how to do it: First, before you do anything, make sure the computer is unplugged from the outlet and is completely turned off! Next is to get a screwdriver for those little round screws you will need to undo to get inside your case. When both sides of the case are removed, you will need a can of compressed air. you can buy this from any computer store for under 5 dollars. You then spray all the areas inside the case. you will see the dust and dirt flyng off from the places you sprayed. Doing this 4 times a year(every 3 months)Is a great way to save alot of money and keep your computer running like its brand new.

Up gradation of Windows operating system to its upgraded version allows to use the additional benefits added into the upgraded version. A STOP error message after up gradation process occurs on a system that does not use an Intel processor. Two hazards that you encounter on a STOP error message occurrence are – uncountable hard drive and data inaccessibility. To overcome both of the above hazards, you will need to restore data from an updated backup. However, if no backup is available or backup falls short of restoring the required data, then you will need to use a powerful Partition Recovery Software to recover you lost files and folders.

Consider a practical example, where you upgrade your system (that does not use an Intel processor) to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). After the up gradation process is complete and you restart your system, you encounter the below error message:

“A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer…
Technical information:
STOP: 0×0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xFC5CCAF1, 0xFC90F8C0, 0xFC90F5C1) SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED”

The four parameters in the above error message differ due to system’s configuration.

The above STOP error message makes the data saved in the hard drive inaccessible. Moreover, the same error message reappears each time you attempt to start your computer system.

Cause:

The above STOP error message primarily occurs when a Sysprep (System Preparation) image is deployed from a system that does not use an Intel processor from a system that uses Intel processor.

Resolution:

For comprehensive solution of the above error message, you will need to make some changes in the computer’s registry. To do so, you will need to take the below steps:

• Firstly, you will need to restart your system in safe mode

• Click Start, Run, type regedit, and then click OK to open the Registry Editor window.

• Search and then click on the below registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001ServicesIntelppm

• Right-click the Start entry on the right-pane, and then click on Modify

• Type 4 in the Value data box, and then click OK.

• Lastly, exit Registry Editor and restart your system.

However, if you encounter the same error message even when you restart your system, then you will need to use advanced partition recovery software to recover your data. Such file recovery utilities employ effective scanning methods to completely scan and recover data from a storage device.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is powerful file recovery application. It ensures absolute recovery of data from corrupted, deleted, formatted or lost hard drive partitions. The non destructive utility supports185 varied file types. It is compatible with FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems. The tool is designed for Windows 7 (Currently in RC1), Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000.

This is a step by step guide on how to download Windows 7 RC for free, burn it into a DVD, partition your hard drive, install it using boot camp, and select which operating system you want to use. This tutorial is fairly simple but please be very careful installing Windows. Although this tutorial shows how to do this with Windows 7, this tutorial will work if you want to install your own version of Windows you have also. From XP to Vista. If thats the case, skip the downloading and burning part of the tutorial, and advance to the part where I talk about going to spotlight and starting up the program called bootcamp. Then just substiture your your own Windows installation disk. Windows 7 will last till March for free. After March, it will shut down your computer after 2 hours of use. If you have any problems please let me know! Comment below! Thanks for watching! UPDATE: IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS PLEASE READ THESE ARTICLS Windows through bootcamp errors www.macfixit.com www.macfixit.com SUBSCRIBER HAD A WORK AROUND ALSO triathlon4ever Hey steve just so you know my boot camp kept failing to partiton so i deleted a bunch of stuff and it still failed. i fixed by simply rebooting and not allowing any other programs to open. the only one was bootcamp and it partitoned great. so if people have that problem thats the fix that worked for me. (im running OSX version 10.5.6) From one my subscribers linkinppark hi just wanna inform that if you clone you mac hdd onto a empty ms-dos (fat) drive then you cant use boot camp later on. i did that… and that sucked really bad.. (; right now is super duper cloning my hdd agian