XP cannot find any hard drive connected to my computer

My computer was really sluggish. I thought it was time for the good old wipe. I loaded up my XP CD and each time it went into Windows Setup it gave me a BOSD 0×0000007B. My HD works. So I booted into Knoppix (CD) and wiped my HD clean. Tried to go into XP, but [...]

My laptop used to do everything at super speed and now it works very slow

I have a 3 year old Toshiba Satellite (bought new) series P15-S420. It used to do everything at super speed. Now it is very, very slow! I’ve uninstalled all my heavy programs that I added on (like Photoshop, games, etc…) and there has been no change! My husbands HP has an accelerator control. Does Toshiba [...]