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| | i have a dell 4150 inspiron lap top, i am looking to upgrade the hard drive. it now has only 30 g. i would like to put at leasdt 100g in it. noblody , but noby seems to be able to find me one that fits,(except if i took it … |
| | Hi, I'm a very, very newbie to this forum. I have a Gateway desktop running Windows ME that has started to die and I want to remove the hard drive, put it in an enclosure, and use it as an external drive for my Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop which is … |
| | Hi I have a memory USB stick which I used for a while, just now I have problem , when I connect it to my computer I couldn’t find it. I don’t have any access to it. I have my data in it and don’t want to lose them. I … |
| | If I had a problem with my main drive, and it were to crash, and I had my Program Files on a 2nd drive. Once I re-install my Wnidows is there a way to direct it to my "old" Program Files on the 2nd drive and run it from there? |
| | I have a 120Gb seagate harddisk that is bringing me problems. It started having system checking issues and it was not completing to scan it using chkdisk. When i reboot the system, it says that it cannot find the system disk and on further checking i find out that the …  |
| | i am running windows xp sp2 on my hp compaq laptop.it was attacked by a virus a few weeks ago which made it imposible for me to open my drive c or d.after i cleaned the laptop with avg antivirus i realised the virus had made folder options,run,search and other … |
 | I am pretty computer savvy and I would like to try to retrieve data from a HDD. The MB of the old system was hit by lightning. My thoughts on the recovery process are as follows: If the HDD in question is an IDE drive, I could connect it to … |
| | hi i have a new cpu, with P5E board installed and a new 500G HD. the problem is, when i try to install windows xp, it says the HD is only 137G... the bios sees it as 500g as it should. the only thing i can think of is that … |
| | Hi, I am looking for a little advice. I want to buy a NAS unit with RAID capabilities for under £350. Can anyone make any suggestions? Thanks, Kevin |
| | so i was planning on getting a small sata internal hard drive and a large external usb2 hard drive, but i was concerned about the speed of usb2. but i just heard that there are such things as external sata ports! so if i build a comp with these, i … |
 | Okay, I want to record music on cd's and play them in my car's cd player. Which format of cd should i buy, cd-r, cr+r, cd-rw, cd+rw, or something else? The car is a 2007 honda pilot. Please let me know, so I can start recording. |
| | Hello guys, I need some assistance in data recovery. My hard drives "quit" on me...okay maybe it's partly my fault... So one day I noticed my computer's Internet was connecting/disconnecting by itself a lot while I was using my XP. I have a dual boot with XP and 2k. I … |
| | I have a new Seagate 7200.11 750GB SATA drive, its spec are 3.0Gp/s my system (Hp a630n) has 1.5 Gp/s drive in it now. Should I use the jumper to limit thoroghput to 1.5 or just leave it and allow the full 3.0? Are there any problems I might run … |
| | ok this is puzzeling me,for some weird reason it takes ages to copy files to a pen drive but no such problem occures when copying files from a pen drive. and things work more than ok wiv those new phones which act like pen drives when you hook em up … |
| | my computers motherboard has the sata conectors on it but it wont read them and then i went and bought a sata controller it says it is installed corectly but still no hard drive what do i do  |
| | Hi Guys I have a Seagate HDD(not SATA) 80Gb but have major issues with it. Okay, when I am in bios I can see the HDD, it's size, everything. When in Windows(having drive as slave), it doesn't show it in 'My Computer', but shows it in 'Device Manager'. It doesn't … |
| | Hi, everybody. I am thinking about upgrading from my existing DVD player to a new Blu-ray disc player. However, I am wondering if it is as simple as just purchasing the player. I don't want to purchase the player and then find out my TV doesn't support the connections, etc. …  |
| | Hello, lately I've had a very annoying problem with my CD and DVD drives: at a random point, they just dissapear from my "My PC" flder, I can't use them. When I go to the hardware administrator, a ! sign appears next to them; I've tried updating their controlloers, but … |
| | im currently using webroot to erase m y hdd, i have started the gutmann method (35 passes) and it will take 13244 hrs and 13 mins.......................is there a quicker and easier method as im not sure i have 18months to sit by my pc, how many passes will it take … |
| | Hello guys, The problem: Windows XP won't boot up, it complains it cannot find a SYSTEM file on the HDD. So, I tried several things on this IDE Maxtor HDD: 1. Make it slave, and try to copy that missing file back to the HDD. No success since Windows won't … |
| | hello friends, my bad,i bought a new WD 160 SATA HD's and realized my Motherboard does not supp it AFTER opening the pack. so is it possible to connect the newer SATA HD's to the older mother boards? Motherboard-Intel D845GVSR OS-Windows XP PRO thank you |
| | Hello all. New to here. Used to build PC's years ago and was trying to fix my laptop. I repaired the power jack in the back that broke when the laptop was dropped. Caused it now to power up at all. Now the unit turns back on and goes through … |
| | I hope someone can help with this problem. I'll try to explain whats happening being as clear as I can! This morning my PC just hung after booting normally. I rebooted and it then kept rebooting. When I tried it in safe mode it hung at mup.sys. I've looked through … |
| | hi, i hav a problem.. last friday, i cleaned my processors fan n graphic card fan...and after putin everythin back again, i tried startin back n it couldnt detect my hardisk!! it was sayin NTLDR is missng press ctrl+alt+del... and i checked my bios and it was sayin my master … |
| | Why does my DVD burner Keep getting error's when verifying data with ISO's (image FIles)? I have a gateway 506gr computer that I reformatted and updated all the chip sets and so on.. it came with a Lite-On Dual layer dvd burner, When I would try to burn movies with … |
| | i got this new 40gig usb 2.0 portable hard disk, i mistakenly dropped it and now it make a scratching kind of sound when i plug it to my computer and other computers, the computer doesnt read it at all. what can i do to fix the hard disk and … |
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| | Got a question about multiple HDD enclosures... I have 2-3 IDE HDD from dead computers. The drives worked fine when the comps gave out due to various MB failures. I dont like getting rid of drives due to personal info being on them and the fact that they are chock … |
 | Basically I've been using my CD/DVD drive about every other week to burn a CD or two of my music. A couple of days I was going to burn another CD in Windows Media Player but it said that there was no Burning Device. I check on the "My Computer" … |
| | I am moderately computer literate..but am confused..Can one run an 8cm DVD in the 12cm CD-Rom?:-/  |
| | I have 2 hard drives in my pc. One is xp pro, the other win 98. I just switch ribbons & reboot to a HD. Both set on cable select. I would like to have them perminantly hooked up and when I start my pc, have a choice of which … |
| | I have 55.55 Gb of unallocated space that I want to 'give' to my C:/ drive which currently only has 13.97 Gb of space and which I am constantly running out of space on. How do I add the 55.55 Gb of space to my C:/ drive? It looks like … |
| | When browsing some deal sites, saw this. seems pretty decent to me. [URL="http://www.dealstudio.com/viewtopic.php?t=36977&ru=290"]Sandisk 4GB SD Card $13 after rebate[/URL] When I search at amazon, Sandisk 4GB SD Card is [URL="http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-MicroMate-SDSDRX3-4096-A21-Package/dp/B000OFWJO6"]$46.90 shipped at Amazon[/URL] I think it's a great deal, how do you think of it? |
| | I recently received an 80gig hard drive from my friend's dead dell computer and decided to see if it still worked. I dissected an external USB 250gig hard drive, found a parallel ribbon cable and cannibalized an old power supply for a parallel power cable. I connected the mess together … |
| | If I have a hard disk with more than 50% free space, will it become slower if I consume 30% more disk space? Why or why not? It never made sense to me that more free disk space would equal better performance as long as programs aren't running in the … |
| | I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 that had a hard disk failure (read: locked spindle and fried motor due to spindle locking) and am in the market for a new one. I have seen the wealth of new and refurbished hard disks out there, all the form factors needed, and … |
| | Although my problem is similar to others discussed here, it's a bit different. I have two disk drives on my Dell 8300. They play CDs and DVDs fine. But, when I put a blank CD-R or DVD+R into the drive, I get (on the E drive) E:\ is not accessible. …  |
 | I've looked at the manual and can't get a clue there. XP is not recognizing the Western Digital IDE HD. There is only one IDE connector and it connects to the DVD player which shows as a SATA drive in BIOS. There is a black (IDE looking) cable running from … |
| | Hi Im at a loss to a solution for my problem ..so here goes. Having played about with he registry entries for my drives, Ive suceeded in wipeing the registry entries for them :/ (attempting to boot quicker after pen drives being added and removed over a period) I now … |
| | Hi everyone, I have a seagate baracuda ide 120 gig HD. It was partitioned at 112 gig and 8 gig. I went to disk management to try to have all 120 on the one partition. I deleated both partitions and now I can only find, format or use the 112. … |
| | This is the first time I've had to set up a RAID... and I wanted the OS on a seperate disk, so I loaded XP onto on a 160 GB, and then rebooted and configured a RAID 0 with three 500 GB drives... and it worked fine, and even shows … |
| | my hard drive strt making unusual noise i think it is time to change i bought a new hrde drive and i have a problem to transefer whole data to the new one , is any body help with thise please thank u |
| | Well, silly as it sounds, I have to install windows 98 onto my pc because I have equipment that doesn't have a driver for XP, and I need to be able to access it, so I am now reconfiguring my pc, and a friend told me to install 98 first, … |
 | Hi, I have C: as my main drive and D: partition for backups. Whenever I double-click on either drive at My Computer, it always says Access is Denied! I found it out the day after my brother connected a USB flash drive on the computer. I scanned my PC with … |
 | I’ve got a big problem and I hope someone can help me. Several months ago I bought the Maxtor OneTouch 4 500gb. On the harddisk where some drivers I’ve installed. But yesterday, the harddisk won’t work anymore. I mean that when I plug the USB-cable in my PC, the PC … |
| | I'm having a problem with my IDE drivers. The primary/secondary IDE channels in my device manager have yellow exalamation points and the error is a code 31 "unable to load drivers". unisntalling/reinstalling/rebooting does nothing. I've tried uninstalling all of my cd/dvd burning software and that did not fix a thing. … |
| | Hi everyone, Please help me!!!! I have an external hard disk, previously i have stored my personal files and folders inside. Right now going to give it to my friend but before doing so i need to completely delete all the data inside so that no one can access to … |
| | im making a computer i have a hd with win xp but it wont boot the hd in bios, the bios is award i think it checks mem and detects ide drives an then says floppy disk failed (40) and restarts and keeps goin thru the same thing i dunno … |
| | As the title suggests, I'm replacing my mobo and my current HDD are in Raid-0. My question is when I get a new mobo can I set the bios so that it recognizes my HDD as being in raid-0 with windows etc. already installed? Never actually reused a HDD before … |
| | Hello people, I wonder why many business machines such as servers and process computer (I work in one power plant) use SCSI disks? I noticed that practically all computers that do a lot of processing use SCSI disks. These computers are rather old (4 years and older). Maybe today, situation … |
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