tman

I would like to do a backup for a recently purchased netbook that does not have CD drive, nor do I have external CD drive. I do have external hard drive but because it is not NTFS Windows says I would need to format which I don't want to do as it has important data on it. Unofortunately the Windows 7 backup utility for some reason does not allow backup from a USB. Would you know of some other way, perhaps using 3rd party, ideally free or inexpensive, software? Is it possible to do image backup to another hard drive partion (not ideal but a temporary measure)?

I am trying to edit a document but some of my drawings and imported pictures do not show in MS Word. Why does it happen? Can I stop it? Could it be due to having quite a slow running computer and the document being a large file?

I am writing quite a technical document in MS Word and rather annoyingly things like special co-ordinates, e.g. (1-1-1) will automatically go onto a new line. I know in HTML there are ways to ensure that sections of text stays on one line, is it possible to do the same in Word?

A couple of coleagues, one who runs a business, have identified products from China that could be sold in the UK but we are not sure how much the transport would cost and which would be the best company to contact for this. In the begining we are looking at a small number of goods, perhaps weighing around 50Kg perhaps around a few m2. In future it could grow. Any advice much appreciated.

I can not understand why when I try Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera none of them will display a web page and get the standard error message when there is no connection, although I have established a wireless connection, yet when I open Real Player it works fine. Also I tried Ubuntu and Firefox and I can also get internet this way. How might I get internet through other browsers in Windows?

I have both Windows xp and Ubuntu (Grisly Gibbon for AMD64 I believe) installed on the same laptop. I would like to uninstall ubuntu, have been having problems with the installing programs, and perhaps try another OS.

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In the catalogue I see reactapur, normapur, reagent grade, hplc grade, spectroscopic grade, semiconductor grade, histological grade... which of these is good for purity?

I am in uk and need to phone someone who has uk mobile but has gone to Saudi Arabia for a job. To phone should i dial ordinary mobile number or add international code for KSA or code for UK?

After answering someone elses question they requested I do this, but how?

There is a special offer on but only on the above phones (Nokia 6120, INQ1 or Skypephone S2). I have not got experience of the phones so could you recommend one over the others?

To do an EELS calibration substances with iron in different oxidation states, each with different structures is needed. Similarly for cobalt. So a total of 8 materials, i.e. ones with 2+, 3+ states for both octahedral and tetrahedral structures of both iorn and cobalt. I would be very happy if someone could recommend materials that satisfy any of these.

I think it is Cells. something = colour. As a follow on question I could alternatively draw boxes in different positions for my purposes do you know how to do this in VBA? Also, am i the only one who finds the help in VBA useless and you can rarely find what you are looking for?

my colleague and i have more of a materials/ physics background as this is our main area of research but have a more elementary grounding in applied electronics. As part of a new research project we need to apply our background to devices.

i just know the topic as it got into trouble for being politically incorrect when aired on tv.

My computer has been going extremely slow on Windows and so I have been using Ubuntu but a lot of programs don't work. I checked the hard drive settings and from what I hear they have reset to the slowest possible setting (SB0 or something like that). Is it possible to reset this value to one more optimised for speed? I think I should probably install the driver files again but they are part of Windows and my computer had it pre-installed and gave no disk. Should i try and get a disk or someone else or is there another reliable secure source?