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I purchased a 1.5TB seagate drive about a month ago, this drive was placed in a USB caddie so that i could transfer data onto it from different sources before i fitted it to my computer. I have 2 other drives in the computer which are IDE, this drive i …

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Hi Just curious to find out if anyone knows how to program smart cards using a card reader/programmer connected to an RS232 port. I've downloaded software but the machine and software says it cant detect the card reader. any ideas.

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Hey guys, I am going to write a paper comparing 3 hard drives and I am looking to figure out what would be 3 good hard drives to choose for this. What 3 hard drives would you suggest to write a good 5 page paper that creates some debate and …

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I have two Hard drives in my PC, a SATA and an IDE. the IDE one can't be seen though I can see under device manager. What can I do? Thanks

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I am slowly growing out of my hard drives on my server. I am running SBS 2003 and I have 2- 160 GB hard drives running in an array. I would like to replace them but I am not sure how I should do this. If I replace one of …

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I have a HP that the hard drive quit. I have a E-machine that the hdd is good. It is formated in ntfs with XP. When I put it in the HP I get a disk read error. I put it in another E-machine and it will boot up fine. …

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I have a Compaq Presario CQ60-211DX Notebook PC and I'm unable to burn any music files to cd, and i have been using the same brand as always when burning music in the past, when I inseert a cd it states please insert a blank cd...can you please help me …

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I'm working on an old pc (actually 2 machines) that runs medical diagnostic software that uses an internal cassette drive. It's connected to an EISA card. The software requires a hardlock key (dongle) to run. The problem is, I can't get the software to recognize the cassette drive. I've changed …

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hi guys, please help me out with my SATA hard drive, i accidentally removed the case covering the pins on the hard drive and they are now exposed, am scared of forcing them back on the cover because they are so tiny and fragile. is it even possible to replace …

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after deleting oem partition on Dell computer,using Diskpart and "delete partition override handle".The space on the hard drive has now diappeared,it can't be seen by or is not seen by Diskpart,Bios or windows management consul.Any ideas how I can access this space and use it

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For some unknown reason my DVD-RW drive is now invisible in My Computer, and the Device Manager tells me that the drivers are either corrupted or damaged. I have searched for about the last 30 minutes looking for the drivers I need, but I can't frickin' find 'em! lol Here …

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Hi, I'm planning to build a file server (Linux NFS) and would be interested in some advice from anyone who has done so recently. It needs to hold 6 disks (RAID5), cost as little as possible and consume little power. I was thinking to get a Pineview Atom based mobo …

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Have an old Dell DVD drive from a laptop [Model DS-R2102] Would like to use it for a spare external drive. There is the connector port in the back that was meant to join to the circuitry in the drive bay. Is there some adapter cable that would allow power/data …

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Hello people, I'm having a problem on a optiplex gx260 It has 2 hard drives, one has windows xp one has windows 7 Neither of them matter though because they can't be seen.. I boot up and after the Dell logo, it beeps and says that either one or both …

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Hello everyone :) I have a serious problem with my SATA drive. Yesterday I changed almost everyhting in my comp: motherboard, CPU, RAM and graphic card. I only kept my 2 HDDs, one IDE 40GB (on which I have system) and one SATA 250GB (precious data). They were both working …

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I'M wanting to get a new computer, not a typical computer from Wal-Mart or BestBuy. I want to run Linux, Windows 7, and Windows 98. Since this will be a desktop I can add new hard drives as I see fit, but here's my question. What's the best way to …

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I recently purchased a used portable 500gb Buffalo Metro HDD. I attempted to access it and found it had a password on it. I contacted the seller and they don't have it on record. I was wondering if there was any way to reset the password so that I can …

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I need some help please to recover a lost wav file on a Digital Voice Recorder that doubles as a 2 Gbt USB formatted using FAT 32. I was the only one recording an important international conference at a local university. Unfortunately on the last 90 minute recording (expected 20 …

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I have a 200GB Hard Drive on my laptop. Recently, I've had lots of weird problems with BSODs (I never got them before), and restarts. Ever since then, I've been getting the "Your hard drive has a problem" dialog.So I cleaned my registry, reinstalled windows, ran chkdsk, but still the …

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My laptop will not turn on completely. It powers up but I keep getting this message. IDE #0 Error Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13(021015) PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, Check cable PXE-Mof : Exiting PXE Rom Insert System …

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I have a 360G ext hard drive which I formatted, partitioned and used to backup both my laptop and desktop aabout a week ago. Now when I plug it in to my same laptop or desktop, neither of them seem to see the drive--tho the laptop makes a sound when …

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I am currently using a 150gb hardrive i went and got a 500gb hardrive to give me more space i have plugged it in, but when i go to my computer it just isn't there.

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My Secondary hard drive has disapeared. I can see the drive on Disk Management but it isnt listed under "My Computer" so i thought i would check to see if was showing up a under Disk Management and it shows but the drive states "UNALLOCATED" it also shows up in …

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My computer has crashed again!! (for the 3rd time!!) and it says "BOOT DISK ERROR PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK" which I have done...Windows XP....Now its sayin it cant set it up,as it cant find the drivers!!!...help me PLEASE! I'm gonna throw it thru the window soon ! If anyone can …

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Juniper Networks announced general availability of Juniper Networks [URL="http://www.itvarnews.net/news/10432/Juniper-Networks-Announces-Ethernet-Switches-For-Campus-Networks.html"]EX2200 Ethernet Switches[/URL], which offers cost-effective-performance solution for supporting today's converged network access.

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I have run into a problem. I have many video files (not from DVD, so no, nothing illegal) and as you all know they take up much, much space. Plus many photos, music etc. The problem I have run into now is that I have a 2 bay enclosure that …

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Hi, My project modules are organized in such a way that I have to maintain following Database structure. I've 5 schemas, each containing 20 to 50 tables. Each schema is accosiated with one module of the project. All the tables that are used within more than one modules are kept …

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Hi, My project modules are organized in such a way that I have to maintain following Database structure. I've 5 schemas, each containing 20 to 50 tables. Each schema is accosiated with one module of the project. All the tables that are used within more than one modules are kept …

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I have a p4c800-e deluxe motherboard, I have plugged in the ribbon cable to the correct ends and attached the floppy power cable, when I turn on computer the light on the floppy does not turn on. Its not under my computer either, It also wont show up in the …

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Last week Toshiba unveiled a series of server-class hard drives that can store as much as 600GB in a 2.5-inch form factor. They're the first products to result from its acquisition of Fujitsu's hard drive business early last year. Set to begin shipping in April, the new [url=http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/EnterpriseHardDrives/MBF2600RC]MFB series[/url] of …

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DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HARD DRIVE I CAN REPLACE IN sony vaio PCG-9B3M IT ONLY HAS A 20G I NEED MORE POWER LOL

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i have a dell workstation and it will not recognize hard drive,i tried 3 and it did pick up 1. i want to have a backup hard drive just in case 1 crashes.i jumped them all the same way.dont know very much about computers.any help would be appreciated.thank you

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How long does it take to read a disk with 10,000 cylinders, each containing four tracks of 2048 sectors? First, of all the sectors of track 0 are to be read starting at sector 0, then all the sectors of track 1 starting at sector 0, and so on. The …

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[attach=right]13654[/attach]What's small and pink, incorporates a Linux kernel and an embedded ARM compatible processor, and let's you set up your own personal cloud? The answer is the latest [URL="http://www.pogoplug.com"]Pogoplug[/URL] device from Cloud Engines Inc. Combine this insanely easy to set up bit of kit with a free iPhone app and …

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the laptop i got from my friend is very slow. from the boot until i click the start button. he is using windows 7, laptop model acer 4810TZ i tried to detect any virus onboard. i have run MBAM. but sadly his laptop is clean. i suspect that there is …

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Hello Daniweb community, Recently I bought a new harddrive. Below is a link to the manufacturer's website and the model: [url]http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...D&locale=en-US[/url] I connected the drive according to the instructions and then booted up my computer. The drive got detected in the BIOS so i booted up Windows. I then went …

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When I put a disk into either one of my CD-Rom drives nothing happens...I put it in the DVD drive and try to open it and it says "please insert disc"..Any ideas what the problem could be?...When to the hardware screen and all hardware has a plus next to it... …

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Hey anyone! I was thinking about upgrading to 250GB at least, is it possible? miggy

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I have an external hard drive for my my XP based computer when I USB connect my new Win 7 computer to this drive will Picture/video/music files work? What can I do if not?

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Hi, going bananas with my new unit. I bought a SATA burner, and a SATA II HD for my dual Opteron system. I've installed W2K3 Server on it, patched it to the max, and now I want to ghost it before installing the board-specific drivers. Stumped. I can't find a …

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i replaced the sata hd in my gateway, vista laptop with a new one - all i did was install it. i need to install windows on the new hard drive, obviously. but when i start up the laptop, i get a blank black screen with the words 'operating system …

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Yes, I know, most of you have probably left floppies behind in the dust, but they're still handy for some small quickie things. Here's the question. Floppy disks have a limited lifespan, of course (though I suppose everything does), and eventually at some point as it starts to decay, it's …

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I have a Compaq Evo SSF D500 P. 4 with 1.7 mhz. I want to install a Compaq 72.8 gb 10k rpm ultra 320 scsi Hdd pn: 232431-003 model no. BD07264546. Need advise as to whether this hd can be connected to my 68 pin controller (adaptec 29160n) with a …

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Hi iv got a SATA 500GB internal HDD in my PC and when ever i start up my PC it will keep changing the storage size thats free.for example when i finish using my PC i have around 10GB left when i restart it the next day or if the …

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I had a hard drive disappear from bios and no boot. I got hold of a PClinuxOS2009 CD image and it works as an operating system from the read only CD Download and burn for free. Use a non rewritable disk!!! I booted from it and set to and had …

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in my bios, the hd is recognized but it says optical disk: none. i just installed a new hd and set my bios to load cd rom first and then hd, so i could install windows on it. but it skips the cd and goes straight to hd, which doesnt …

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can anyone tell me which sample data to use for prefetching techniques in parallel file system? also how to implement testbed for it..

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I am working on a GT5656. The system was downgraded from Vist to xp. When the tech performed th downgrade, he first deleted all partitions. Now the owner wants to restore Vista, so I ordered the disks from Gateway. During the restore I get Gateway Error 0x2001100200001005. I assume that …

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