I managed to backup document and settings of the xp os to a external drive. Will now try a frugal install and then try and get the proper xp cd for the laptop.

Trying to fix a friends laptop. Might need new hard drive. Currently trying to obtain win xp CDs to maybe hopefully repair windows. Tried various Diagnostic tools. Ubuntu will not load, get input output error. Puppy loads up. Was thinking of creating new partition on drive to install puppy. Would th...

Beginner i am afraid. MY wifi usb is prodid 2070; tried various pet files which sem to load but unable to scan for any networks. The usb works fine in win xp? What am i doing wrong here? Confused dmesg | tail rt28xx Initialized fail! usb 2-1: firmware file rt3070.bin request failed (-2) ERROR! NICLo...

dmesg | tail rt28xx Initialized fail! usb 2-1: firmware file rt3070.bin request failed (-2) ERROR! NICLoadFirmware failed, Status[=0x00000001] rt28xx Initialized fail! usb 2-1: firmware file rt3070.bin request failed (-2) ERROR! NICLoadFirmware failed, Status[=0x00000001] rt28xx Initialized fail! us...

Beginner i am afraid. MY wifi usb is prodid 2070; tried various pet files which sem to load but unable to scan for any networks. The usb works fine in win xp? What am i doing wrong here?