Image manager wont start up on pc. i just bought a toshiba laptop used. im not shure if im doing somthing wrong on the pc or if the c.d. is faulty. im new learing on p.c.s. its allso a new camra/corder.its a DVR 870hd. i have never used a digital cam befor ether. PLEAS HELP.

What was it working with, the software? What happens when you open the same software it was working with now?

Run a thorough virus check. If no virus found then:


Try System File Checker. It finds and replaces corrupted system files. You may need a copy of OS.


Go to Start > Search > type cmd ENTER. At command prompt type sfc / scannow ENTER.

click start control panel view devices and printers you should see your web cam from there

if you are have trouble with your web cam

click start control panel administrative tools ,computer management ,device manager scroll down

image devices you could see a yellow question mark ? right click to reinstall drivers or update driver

hope it helps

click start control panel administrive tools ,computer management ,device manager scroll down image devices you could see a yellow question mark?
right click to reinstall drivers or
update driver
also make sure the lead has as secure seating and its not bad/faulty
hope this helps

Windows 7 is still in beta testing is it not?  This means that various things are not going to work with this until they are ready to start selling to the public.  You can not expect a program in beta testing to work with all periphial devices. 

are you getting blue screen are does it shut off

its not the hard drive my frined, its the boot loader it has been deleted or it has been compressed the only way to fix this is to use the recovery cd you have, to boot from cd-rom you need to go into bios which is usualy F2 or F5 key, then under boot manager or somthing is the primary and secondary boot, change the primary to CD-ROM, then save it and restart then it should boot from cd-rom then you have do a start-up recovery.

I belive it ot be the issue with the drive as the other one is working fine.However you can check this for what else you can try...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103

well...if you are enrolled at a university you can get a student version of windows at an unbelievable discount.