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| | Actually I forgot , can you guys let me know what is SATA(Serial ATA)? Is it simply a data cable providing an interface between motherboard and Hard Drive that has a higher data transfer rate than other cables and is used for Server level computers. Or it is a seperate … |
| | I have a Dell Inspirion 531s desktop.I want more storage.A friend left me a Hitachi model number HTS542525K9SA00 5400 rpm 250 gig laptop hard drive.will it work on my computer.It uses SATA connections and I have empty slots on my motherboard to connect extra hardware and I have the correct …  |
| | [COLOR=Blue]I am about to order parts for building a new PC and I am a bit confused as to which set up would benefit me the most. I am looking to buy on of the following motherboards (I've not made up my mind what one yet): ASUS P5WD2/premium Skt 775 … |
| | I've got two hard drives from broken down computers and would very much like to access the files from them ( pictures mainly ). Which is the best way to go about this? is buying an external case and connecting via usb the best way? both PC's they came from … |
| | Hi, I've got a removable hard drive I loaded at of my stuff onto. And after plugging it into my TV via the usb connection to watch a film from it (which worked briefly) Then after plugging it into my computer and I seem to remember at first I could … |
| | My multi media HDD has stopped working ! i connect to the tv and it tells me no files are found , i connect to my PC and the usb makes a double ding sound and then nothing. Are all my files gone ? It is a STOREX club mpix-355 … |
| | Okay, so here's basically what happened. Most of this was fault on my part.. So I was trying to clear a virus that kept reappearing in my computer, so I deleted some system files, believing them to be malicious. What I didn't know was, I think some of them were … |
| | A while back i bought my computer with an 80 gig Hard Drive in it. I was for and is still used for Gaming. But a bunch of bad stuff happened to it, and some how after i fixed it all i was left with was One 10 gig Hard … |
| | As in my earlier threads I am trying to install a hitachi 5K250 laptop hdd into a Dell Inspirion 531S computer.All connections are SATA.There are 4 spaces to connect hardware on the motherboard. They are labeled SATA0,SATA1,SATA2,and SATA3.Sata0 and SATA1 are used for the hdd already installed(SATA0),and the cd/dvd drive … |
| | I have a Lite On sohw-1693sx DVD drive and a Sony CRX230EE/B2 CD drive. I had them both for over six months and they have been working fine. Lately they havent been able to read the disks i put in them. When i go into my computer it doesnt even … |
| | Hey guys, I need to dual boot xp and vista on 2 seperate hard disks without partitioning anything. I'll use XP as my primary OS, and Vista for media centre only. Any ideas? Thanks :D Mikey |
| | I had a previous thread and have resolved it for now but I am looking for some advice on problems with my HD. I had a dual boot system and my primary hard drive was a Wetern Digital 80 GB and my secondary was a Maxtor 80 GB. Before my … |
| | I have multiple FAT32 based flash drives (pendrive, CF). The only thing in common is that my PC reports them as "not formatted". I cannot format them in either FAT or FAT32 from this PC either, however NTFS works fine. I have run CHKDSK from my PC agsint the card …  |
| | hey can some please tell me what these people are doing with these many hard drives its really on my nerves [url]http://photos.fotki.lv/photos/4/W0001944/000194334/000019433388_%23_3_%23_asgards.jpg[/url] [url]http://images.google.com.bh/imgres?imgurl=http://photos.fotki.lv/photos/4/W0001944/000194334/000019433388_%2523_3_%2523_asgards.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php%3Fp%3D1032717375&h=768&w=576&sz=175&hl=en&start=27&usg=__yANIEmoS9DzniQ5BrFBTiSi_os8=&tbnid=7RUCYV02T_b8tM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcooler%2Bmaster%2Bgemini%2B2%26start%3D21%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN[/url] what are they running server's why do u need so many ??? thank u |
| | Some times my pc stops detecting hard_disk instantlly and asks for rebooting,even i set 1st boot priority device as hard_drive in bios setup even den prodlem often comes. Then i changed id's also and interchanged the ports of CDrom and hard_drive on mother board.even den problem is coming,iwan u to … |
| | It started suddenly and when I put the toshiba recovery disk in the dvd drive, it didnot recognize it, and when I tried to browse it win xp does not see it, strangely enough when I tried to install the software for wireless network card after a few tries it … |
| | I orignally had a dual boot system and it ran great. I no longer had a need for a dual boot system and removed my second HD. I changed my jumper setting and got it running great with the single hard drive. Now I am getting the error " primary … |
 | I want to add a second (used) HD to my WIN98 system. I'm OK with adding the second HD, swapping the cables, loading the OS, etc. My ?? are... Can I boot/run the XP HD (master) and access the W98 Hd (slave) to transfer/copy files? Ultimately, what I would like … |
| | Well, My problem is I don't know if im going to need a new hard drive or not. I've tried a restore CD but they didn't work. It says it has something to do with not finding the D Drive which is where the recovery stuff is saved. Will I … |
| | A certain multinational company (provides coverage of sporting events like olympics) has decided to acquire a system that will definitely provide big benefits to them in terms of its operations. In relation to this, other software products valuable to the business have also been procured upon the recommendation of technical … |
| | My external Western Digital Elements 500GB USB drive occasionally sets itself to "Write Protected" and I can't alter any of the files on the drive until I reboot and the write protection is reset. This usually happens after a day or so, and rebooting is the only way of unlocking … |
| | Is any one familiar with creating (from scratch) menus on a usb drive? Is it just a simple autorun or can the drive be configured like a cd rom? Can ".ini" files be used? Any help or ideas would be welcome and explored. |
| | Hello, i would be grateful if you could answer a question for me. I have the above laptop, which has an 80 gb hard drive. Is it possible to upgrade the hard drive? and how would you go about doing this? Thank you very much. |
| | I just replaced a hard drive that had gone bad (I think) as I was getting a "bad hard drive, backup and replace" message. I tried several options but decided it was best to just get a new one. The problem now is that I get a "Master Hard Disk: … |
| | Using XP I have a 6.4Gb hard disk C which is full except for 200Mb. When I sum the size of each file and folder in C they total about 4Gb. I could sure use the missing 2Gb. Can some one point to where I should be looking. I used … |
| | Hi all. I have a 500gb external freecom harddrive. This had been working fine until today. When i turn it on i get the connection beep and it shows up in Device manager as working fine. BUT it does not show up in Disk Management or My Computer. This coincides … |
| | I bought a SATA western digital caviar SE 1600AAJS.At that time I had a mobo that didn't support SATA (I was planning to change mobo so I didn't buy a PATA HDD) so I bought an usb adapter and worked fine.At that disk I had my torrent downloading folder so … |
 | I wanna use my PC's DVD Drive for an external DVD drive on my Laptop - how can I make this happen? I do not have any money right now to use conventional methods. My laptop's DVD is no longer working; that's why I need to find a CD/DVD source. … |
| | Hi all Situation is: old motherboard don't have SATA connector and had plugged on it one HD on the primary IDE and one DVD drive on secondary IDE connector. I wanted to connect new SATA HD (WD 5000 AAKS ) and bought IDE-to-SATA adapter, plugged it on the primary IDE, … |
| | I would say i'm decent at data recovery. I have recovered off many hard drives, SD cards and the likes. Sometimes with 100% recovery and other times with much lower varying results. I have Several bad 500 gb SATA Drives. 2 seagates (is the maxtor trend still there) and a … |
| | Hello. I just bought Seagate SATA 250gb. Conntected it to the computer, installed via hyperion pro latest version 5.20a but now my hdd is recognised as VIA RAID CONTROLLER not as hdd. How can I fix this problem? Click here to view a screenshot of the device manager: [img]http://prikachi.com/files/295680N.jpg[/img] |
| | A friend has a toshiba A205 S4777 and reinstalled software from manufacturer discs. Afterwards the multi disc driver will not read cds but reads DVDs with no problem. Device Manager shows everything working correctly and computer reads the drive letter. I tried to upgrade the driver and no success. Uninstalled … |
| | i've tried to install win xp to my flash disk but it was running very slow so i just quit installation and repoot. once i tried to open the flash disk it was raw and i formatted it but it's size redused to 470 mb it was 2gb can any …  |
| | Hello experts here! I got a odd problem here, and really need your kindly help... Recently I have discovered that my computer went down, I supposed my primary master hard drive may died, because I can't hear it spin when I turn on the computer... so I took the 2 … |
| | Hi, I Have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 and I recently replaced its DVD drive for a Pioneer KD-08. I received the IDE #1 ERROR from the BIOS. I've looked at loads of forum threads with the same problem and the solution every time was to solder or connect pins … |
| | I was having difficulty with an extremely low framerate on a new MMO (Age of Conan). One of the suggested fixes on the AoC forums was to download the updated nVidia drivers for my 7200 video card, then download a program called driver sweeper, run driver sweeper with a checkbox … |
| | I am having trouble getting my DVD player to burn DVDs. Prior to this issue I was not able to read DVDs. Here is the lst log that I have from NTI CD & DVD Maker ========== BEGIN OF LOG ========== NTI CD & DVD-Maker 7.0.0.37 (SKU-21710411020) Start Time: Tuesday, … |
| | I have a sony dvd drive and for 2 or 3 month it could read cd but it stopped. |
| | Hi guys. This may sound pretty dumb, but here goes. I have a Seagate 40Gb external laptop HDD. The other day I changed the name of the drive from "Removable Disc" to "SHAUN40GIG" and everytime I plug it into a computer, it lights up and the disc spins but the … |
| | my computer is a compaq presario with xpsp3 and 256 ram. i used driveimage xml to create a backup image of my hard drive C:. do i also need to make a backup of my hard drive D:? i thought the D drive was specifically to make a "one time" … |
| | This is probably going to be long but I'l try to explain as best I can. I broke my laptop about 2 months ago, and according to my friend who fixed it, my harddrive had "clusters'. my hard drive is a SATA 80gb with 2 partitions: 1 for OS and … |
| | I have a biostar MB with slot sata 1.0, up to 1.5 gb/sec transfer. I want to buy a HDD 250 GB sata 2 with transfer 3.0 g/sec. Will work this HDD on my computer? OR it must buy an HDD sata 1? Thank you |
| | In a machine I am working on neither cd burner will read anything. I have uninstalled drivers, there is no 3rd party burner installed. What could it be? |
 | I have one very dead fan in my computer, which is why I have an external one that keeps the machine cool. I also have SpeedFan, which measures the temperatures of both the harddrive and the CPU. I'm wondering if there's a magic number that the harddrive shouldn't go over … |
| | After I installed Windows service pack 3 my computer will not boot up past the screen with the little white dot moving. After it boots up I can plug in the Western Digital External HD and my PC will recognize it. I have been in touch with Microsoft support re … |
| | I own a HP system, I don't usually buy brand name systems but this system had all that I required. It came with a 500gig HD (Sata) and preinstalled Vista Premium and no backup disks. The harddrive has a factory recovery partition, unfortunately to recover my system using this partion … |
| | Hi there, I have a strange problem with my machine at work. Suddenly, it has stopped detecting all the USB storage devices attached to usb ports. As I figured it out, according to my new company policy ;-), admins blocked them from registry via group policy settings and by disabling … |
| | I am looking for an affordable, quality laptop that will last me for 4 years. Please specify the laptop you would recommend and why. Also, I'm on a budget so a laptop under $1000 would be nice. Remember, I'm also asking what websites you would recommend to buy quality laptops … |
| | Hi, I've looked at the other threads and didn't find anything that solved this problem. I can't eject the tray using right click and eject or the eject button under the tray. The only way it opens is if I press hard into the pinhole under the tray. The device … |
| | I have just purchased a 400 GB USB hard drive. I have "ghosted" my Drive E containing Vista using "Acronis True Image", and I am tring to boot from this external drive. I have reconfigured the BIOS to boot from this first, but it does not work. I get "NTLDR … |
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