2,219 Topics

Member Avatar for
Member Avatar for happygeek

Twenty years ago the hard drives I recall using might not have been fast in the data transfer stakes, they were certainly not lithe and sexy pieces of hardware and I prefer not to think how much I actually paid for a large and clunky bit of kit to store …

Member Avatar for WangVS
0
237
Member Avatar for happygeek

I have been a supporter of RAID for the longest time; after all it would be crazy not to like something that brings efficiency and protection to the data storage process. RAID has certainly provided both, but that was then and this is now, and it is time for RAID …

Member Avatar for egadfly
0
573
Member Avatar for John A

Starting May 2007, Yahoo is going to offer unlimited inbox storage. That's right, to celebrate their 10th anniversary, [URL="http://yodel.yahoo.com/2007/03/27/yahoo-mail-goes-to-infinity-and-beyond"]there will be absolutely no limit on the number of messages you can hold in your mailbox[/URL]. This is obviously to compete with Google's Gmail and other similar providers, which are offering …

Member Avatar for RTC
0
234
Member Avatar for happygeek

Well, not quite. However, Panasonic are claiming to have developed a tellurium suboxide palladium-doped phase-change recording film with a very high transmittance and crystallization rate. Or put another way, this Te-O-Pd process enables four 25Gb layers to be used without any loss of data quality and Panasonic reckons that will …

Member Avatar for happygeek
0
170
Member Avatar for happygeek

In just a few hours time, Sony Pictures will point to the future by releasing the new Adam Sandler movie, Click, in 50Gb Blu-ray format. To put that in a little context, it means that the one disc will feature the high-definition movie, plus uncompressed Pulse Code Modulation audio, and …

Member Avatar for Toulinwoek
0
196
Member Avatar for Catweazle

Are you running out of room on that notebook's hard drive? Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have released an 'upgrade kit' that just might be the answer you're looking for. It wouldn't surprise me to see other manufacturer's offer similar kits in future. [img]http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.ContentDeliveryServlet/hgst/products/Retail%2520Products/images/ts_uk_contents_230x160.jpg[/img] The [url=http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/menuitem.6e185ca3ee5b04d2fce80bd5eac4f0a0/]Notebook PC Upgrade Kit[/url] includes a …

Member Avatar for william_stam
0
246
Member Avatar for kc0arf

Toshiba announced last week that they are producing a 1.8" hard drive using perpendicular recording to allow hard drive storage capabilities to 40 GB on a single platter. These types of drives are found in small hand-held devices such as Apple's iPod MP3 player. Computers typically use 2.5" hard drives. …

Member Avatar for mag1956
0
219
Member Avatar for stevenf12801

After formatting four times, a Maxtor diamondmax 9 6Y080MO using MSI-PM8M2-V motherboard with a celeron D 2.93, the hard drive is not recgonized to reinstall XP home. What can be done for Windows to see the HD. Here's another problem: I have two 6Y080MO HD's. I have one running on …

Member Avatar for hughv
0
79
Member Avatar for milliner_1986

Ok so what ive done was back up all my files that i want to keep on a second hard drive so i could install another windows. all worked fine, installed windows everything working fine until i go to put the other hard drive in thats got all my stuff …

Member Avatar for Rik_
0
129
Member Avatar for Cardboard Box

Hi A couple of days ago, my hard drive completely died. I didn't back up my work files, and would like to get them back. Is there any way I can get them back? The hard drive is absoluetely unrecognized. The SATA cables are in perfectly but the hard drive …

Member Avatar for Rik_
0
113
Member Avatar for infomax467

I installed MOZY FREE Backup software on my computer by following their instructions. After installation, my computer kept freezing and then I got the Windows Blue Screen of Death! Basically, MOZY FREE Backup CRASHED my computer. I could not even do a system restore. I had to restore my computer …

0
63
Member Avatar for fenix88

greetings! i just bought a new samsung 320gb 3.0gb/s HDD. unfortunately, i didn't know that my MB only supported SATA-I. i connected the HDD to 2nd sata(primary) slot, turned on my computer, but when i checked my bios it said that it didn't detect any hard drive. so i placed …

Member Avatar for fenix88
0
579
Member Avatar for compdoc

[url]http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=k8vga-m[/url] The details to the motherboard are listed in the link above. ok the issue is that the 500GB SATA hard drive is not listed in the bios. I have verified that the drive is in fact a good drive by installing it into a different computer. now according to …

Member Avatar for compdoc
0
168
Member Avatar for firoz.raj

Can anybody tell me .How should i come to know that My computer is uses 32 bit means 2^32 virtual Addressspace.or 64 bits means 2^64 bit virtual Address Space.and this virtual space where exits RAM/Microprocessor.Kindly let me know the idea.

0
60
Member Avatar for jimlaver

Hello everyone. I'm having trouble with a TS-L632D DVD+-RW drive installed on a Dell XPS M1210 notebook with Windows XP Media Center Edition. The drive reads CDs and DVDs, but cannot write/burn on any blank disk... nor a data CD with free space available. Whenever I try to burn data …

Member Avatar for Chaky
0
465
Member Avatar for dereks812

I recently started using my old hard drive as a slave and would like to get all the data off so i can format it. The user data and compaq owner data folders give me access denied even though i am logged in as system administrator. Any suggestions how to …

Member Avatar for Rik_
0
99
Member Avatar for ingeborgdot@yah

I was working with a computer that is rarely used but for a type of server. I use it as part of my whole house audio and to store some videos and music plus some other things. I was working with it a little when it just slowed down to …

Member Avatar for Chaky
0
128
Member Avatar for Pim

Hello, I'm looking to buy a new harddrive. I was considering [URL="http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?type=61&subtype=63&model_cd=249"]this[/URL] one. What do you think of it, or do you have any other reccomendations for a fast, silent 1TB drive? Pim

Member Avatar for ajit1984
0
156
Member Avatar for nmaillet

Hi all, Does anybody know any good websites for finding benchmarks on a variety of storage devices (i.e. HDD, Flash drives, SSD, etc.)? Preferably where different types of connections, such as SATA, ATA and USB, are compared separately. Thanks in advance.

0
88
Member Avatar for Kurtismonger

We have a HP ML350 G4 (actually 2) with a Smart Array 641 controller and drive bay which currently has 2 72GB drives configured as 1 logical drive under the HP Array Config Utility. There are 4 slots still open in the drive bay and I need to add more …

Member Avatar for gbarnas
0
599
Member Avatar for blade_costic

I am a proud owner of a hp laptop for the last 9 months. It has 160gb hard drive. Unfortunately, it's storage capacity is coming to an end. What external hard-drive should I get? I prefer non AC power ones, but I also like 1 TB ones. Which should I …

Member Avatar for dadrian
0
199
Member Avatar for GrahamW2

I have had a PC fail to boot with some pretty scary messages. Apparently (I didn't see it) there was a BSOD with the classic DOS type messages in a white courier typeface. I'm told that there was mention of missing or corrupt system files. Then it refused to boot …

Member Avatar for hughv
0
152
Member Avatar for Magicianer

I bought 2 drives, both the same, both from ncix.com, both 1 terabyte WDs. I've tried them in 2 computers with known working sata hard drives. I can't believe that I would've received 2 faulty Western Digital drives. All the settings are correct in the bios as far as I …

Member Avatar for Magicianer
0
211
Member Avatar for edward.chidi

I need to build an application/database server that will cater for about 250 members of staff.This server will have HumanManager(HumanManager is a full web based solution) running on it.I would love to know the hardware/ software specification for this server: Server Specification: Processor Memory(RAM) Disk Space Software Specifications: Server OS …

Member Avatar for jbburayag
0
66
Member Avatar for luismidife

I have one HD of data with 120GB and I have another HD thats completely clean with 20GB. I want to merge both of them into one single Unit. Can Windows do it? How? I want to do this the easiest way. Thanks in advance.

Member Avatar for kaninelupus
0
95
Member Avatar for Khamosh-Saya

i have seagate Sata External Harddisk 160GB. last day i have take somebackup from that harddisk coz that was getting some problem. i detect for a while and after that it goes dead and again detect it. Today i have try to connect the hard but its detect only for …

Member Avatar for Xlphos
0
61
Member Avatar for througheye

Hello, everyone. Recently i am facing a serious problem about hard disk. I Have two seagate SATA hard disk. it's my fault cause i didn't regularly backup to the second(120GB-made in china) hard disk. Recently this happened when i tried to pull out the first(80 GB) hard disk from the …

Member Avatar for Chaky
0
95
Member Avatar for Tumbleweedracef

Hello Family ! I have a Dell Dimension E310, with an 80GB Samsung hard drive in it. It had/has Windows Media Center on it. The hard drive went bad and gave me the error that said.... Loading PBR for descriptor 2.....Done Bad PBR. I replaced the hard drive with an …

Member Avatar for Rik_
0
156
Member Avatar for Lowfront

So my girlfriends dell is falling apart. First her screen is dead (figuring that one out) Then she had this screaming noise going on (figuring that one out) But while trying to figure that out I took her harddrive out and put it into an external casing to isolate it …

Member Avatar for hughv
0
158
Member Avatar for Hillrock

I have about 50 old JVS tapes that I want to copy to DVD's.. then make extra copies of the DVD's for relatives. I purchased a Toshiba DVD recorder and a package of DVD-R . One JVS tape was successfully copied to a DVD-R. The DVD-R played on the Toshiba …

Member Avatar for Hillrock
0
147

The End.