Windows XP technical forums?

[Erdaron]

I've looked around, but can't find anything that would parallel this Ubuntu forum community for Windows XP. I have a couple XP machines (one for work, one for messing around), and wanted a place where I could get some help sometimes, or just talk about hacking them.

Official support forums are flooded. I'm more interested in a community of enthusiasts. Any recommendations?

[Shazaam]

Here is a few...
http://forums.pcper.com/
http://www.dslreports.com/forums/all
http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/
http://forums.anandtech.com/default.aspx?FTVAR_SUBCAT=57&NoCookies=y&subcatname=Software

[RAV TUX]

I've looked around, but can't find anything that would parallel this Ubuntu forum community for Windows XP. I have a couple XP machines (one for work, one for messing around), and wanted a place where I could get some help sometimes, or just talk about hacking them.

Official support forums are flooded. I'm more interested in a community of enthusiasts. Any recommendations?
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=170

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[Erdaron]

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=170
It seems this forum is oriented more toward causal talk and windows vs. linux fightin' :).

[sstusick]

You can ask in the Windows discussion forums. There's help in this community for just about everything. Just ask!

[seshomaru samma]

this (http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?) one is good

[wolfen69]

i agree with http://forums.pcper.com/ it's one of the best windows forums around. very active.

[K.Mandla]

Moved to Windows forums.

(The irony of moving a thread asking for help finding a Windows technical forum to a forum for Windows discussion is not lost on me. ;) )

[mad chey]

ive been trying to help a freind with their windows xp computer, (they would convert but atm their hardware is not workable with ubuntu, so until it is or he has the cash to upgrade hes stuck with windows.

im kinda begrudged to join a windows forum cos they chances of me visiting there very often are squat diddly,

ive googled my problem, (basically whats the windows verson of fsck that reparis anything bad it finds, and ive had no luck so if anyone has any ideas would greatly apprecieate it

[Erdaron]

Moved to Windows forums.

(The irony of moving a thread asking for help finding a Windows technical forum to a forum for Windows discussion is not lost on me. ;) )

Ha, yes :).

[Shazaam]

ive been trying to help a freind with their windows xp computer, (they would convert but atm their hardware is not workable with ubuntu, so until it is or he has the cash to upgrade hes stuck with windows.

im kinda begrudged to join a windows forum cos they chances of me visiting there very often are squat diddly,

ive googled my problem, (basically whats the windows verson of fsck that reparis anything bad it finds, and ive had no luck so if anyone has any ideas would greatly apprecieate it

WinXP (ntfs) chkdsk. (needs to run on boot)

[mad chey]

cheers for that, did it and it found naf all, but still i have this repeated error that certain things cant be found, its a small hdd and a bit old, i think i will advise maybe a new hdd of a decent size is in order

cheers anyway

[digital_exhaust]

I've looked around, but can't find anything that would parallel this Ubuntu forum community for Windows XP

Here. (http://www.hardforum.com/)

Post your questions in the Operating Systems forum and you should get an answer pretty quickly...

[b15h0p7]

I suggest JoeJoe.org, AeroXP.org, and JCXP.net :)

JoeJoe.org has a M$ MVP also.

[Cochise]

try running chkdsk /f by default chkdsk will only scan in read mode and will not fix errors