Computer Help

[Square Ball]

cheers MS, gonna do it later, me a computer and a few tins of beer... hope it works 

[pintsofguinness]

cheers MS, gonna do it later, me a computer and a few tins of beer... hope it works 

What could go wrong!

[Main Street]

That would depend on his definition of a few.

[mylestheslasher]

You could also buy USB key for about €30 with 16GB space and back everything up onto it them you can reformat everything.

[Square Ball]

getting an mem stick from a mate and gonna stick them on that and do the lot.

[Square Ball]

cheers MS, gonna do it later, me a computer and a few tins of beer... hope it works 

What could go wrong!

managed to break the other one as well, the drawer wouldnt open so I deceided to give it a helping hand with a screw driver, it wont budge now  and I have only started drinking

[pintsofguinness]

cheers MS, gonna do it later, me a computer and a few tins of beer... hope it works 

What could go wrong!

managed to break the other one as well, the drawer wouldnt open so I deceided to give it a helping hand with a screw driver, it wont budge now  and I have only started drinking

The drawer on the computer? Do you mean the cd drive? and you went at it with a screwdriver?

That's frank spencer stuff.  Are you sure you just started drinking?

[Square Ball]

cheers MS, gonna do it later, me a computer and a few tins of beer... hope it works 

What could go wrong!

managed to break the other one as well, the drawer wouldnt open so I deceided to give it a helping hand with a screw driver, it wont budge now  and I have only started drinking

The drawer on the computer? Do you mean the cd drive? and you went at it with a screwdriver?

That's frank spencer stuff.  Are you sure you just started drinking?

yes it was the cd drive

yip, honestly I had only half a tin, it was only a wee screwdriver  it needed a wee bit of help to open

[Main Street]

I was tempted to make a joke about your name but I won't kick a man when he's Down
Did you try to insert the screw driver into the pin sized hole ?
It's just the right size for a  stretched out paper clip, carefully manouvered to apply pressure on the mechanical lever. The drive should simply pop open.

[gerry]

after seeing if external hard drives can bounce (which they can't) i now need to free up space on my hard drive on my pc.  is there any ways to see that is hogging all my space

[gerry]

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

top man, cheers

[Bud Wiser]

It's just the right size for a  stretched out paper clip, carefully manouvered to apply pressure on the mechanical lever. The drive should simply pop open.

The yoke he is trying to open is not a D drive, it is a paper cup holder.  I also use it for holding the plastic type that come with the water dispensers but I find the cut-out on some a bit large. You can resolve this by stuffing a sock down through the hole that is cut out for the cup and this helps to keep the coffee warm while you are typing. It also gives the added benefit of catching crumbs that may cause jamming of the mechanism as has probably happened in this case.  The paper clip idea is great if you are not using the computer and you can still have your cuppa and read the paper opened out on your desk by sticking in the old paper clip.

[Square Ball]

I was tempted to make a joke about your name but I won't kick a man when he's Down
Did you try to insert the screw driver into the pin sized hole ?
It's just the right size for a  stretched out paper clip, carefully manouvered to apply pressure on the mechanical lever. The drive should simply pop open.

the drawer would only open a wee bit no matter what I tried, it did open the full way once but closed immediately. it came out about half an inch and went back in after that, i did try the wee hole thing as well as I had to do that with a previous computer years ago. took the whole thing off to make sure there was room and put it all back in... shit happens just seems its my computer all the time

[Bacon]

How old is the computer Square Ball?

[Square Ball]

How old is the computer Square Ball?

3, which i suppose is old in computer terms