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| | I hope someone can help me because I this is driving me crazy, I have an HP Slimline s7220n running vista home premium, i bought it and installed it when it came out in early February and hap no problems at all and about a week ago out of no … |
| | hey my system has a slave and a master hdd. the slave is about 5 yrs old. i got the master last yr cus sector 0 on the slave is corrupted. latley whenever i turn on the pc, a clicking sound comes from the slave and then i get a … |
| | Last a buy a dvd/cd-rw from one people to replacing with my defect dvd drive. So, when I replacing and start my laptop. It meet a error like this; IDE #1 Error How can a solve this problem. Who can help me I need to quikle work with my computer … |
| | Hi, I have an older dell (the [URL="http://www3.shopping.com/xPF-Dell-DELL-DIMENSION-4500S-COMPUTER-CELERON-1-7GHZ-256MB-40GB-HARD-DISK-CDRW-Dell-Computer"]dimension 4500S[/URL]) and have been wanting to upgrade to a DVD/RW for some time now. I would really like to upgrade to an internal burner and take out my CD Drive, but I do not know if this is possible due to the … |
| | I have a 2.5'' SATA hard drive in a notebook but it has failed in some way. I need to get my files off it. So Im wondering can I just use regular SATA cables (power and serial) to hook it up to my desktop computer to start transfering files? … |
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| | Hi, I just had the motherboard fry in my other computer, which has a 160GB SATA HDD. I need the data on that drive, so I connected it as a secondary storage device on the computer I'm using now. The drive shows up in "My Computer" and I can access … |
| | greetings everybody here i am a newbie, and a silversurfer at that, now the problem is that i have a toshiba 320gig ext hdd but it only shows 2.71gigs,i have tried to format it but its just the same, and the smallest of files or photos nearly fills it up.any … |
| | Hi, The primary HDD on here is an IDE, which comes with the computer, and is not removable as the computer is configured to boot only that HDD (for some reason). I'm trying to get this computer to read a SATA HDD (160GB). I want it to be a secondary … |
| | A friend gave me his PC to look at, so I downloaded a program called FreshDiagnose ([url]http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdiag.html)[/url]. Using this program I did the hard disk benchmark test and the results seem a little odd to me. The average write speed was pretty low at 3.86 MB/s, while the average read … |
| | Hi I have a broken HP Laptop. I took it a part and I want to use the DVD+RW drive for my Mac Mini. I want to know How I can hook it up to my computer, Where I can get a enclosure for the drive, and If need any … |
| | hi, i had a similar problem to this user: [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread70304.html[/URL] I had installed a MAxtor 'DiamondMax 10' 160GB HDD as a slave to another 120GB HDD set as the Master running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and 1GB of Ram. I have all the IDE cables and jumpers set correctly … |
| | Here's the deal. I have a 350 GB SATA that acts as my OS drive, XP. I added an 80 GB IDE drive (from my old PC) on the secondary IDE port on my ASUS M2N4-SLI mother board. When I cold boot neither the BIOS not XP recognize that the … |
| | Hello everyone. Power was coming on and off our building so my friend decided to remove the secondary hard disk. When I came home, and tried to plug in the secondary hard disk, there was a low bleeping sound, then it stopped right after being told to press f1 or … |
| | I just purchased a verbatim 1 GB (red) jump drive. I used it a few times to transfer music between my old pc(running xp) and my new imac. Now it is saying that the drive is full with only 11MB of free space, even though i have erased everything off … |
| | Hi everyone! This is my first post here. I came across this site in a google search, and it seems like you guys really know what you are doing, so I hope you can help. I'm having a huge problem trying to get my new hard drive installed into my …  |
| | I think my ext hard drive is toast. First it worked fine. Then, it worked sometimes. Now, when I plug it in, it makes an "ih, ih, ih, ih, ih ..." and so on sound. Is this thing toast? Can it be fixed? Can the data be saved? Thanks. |
| | Hello, I am new to the forum, hope you guys can help. I know a decent amount about computers but have been stumped on this problem for about a week. I also couldn't find any info on past threads anyway my previous computer died (the motherboard did) and so I … |
| | Hi, i have dell dimension 3000 [URL]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q47/funkinrussell/IMG_6637.jpg[/URL] i had a LaCie 160 gb external hd [URL]http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10058[/URL] it stopped working [ even when the power was on] so i opened it and found that the hard drive was a [IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q47/funkinrussell/IMG_6639.jpg[/IMG] Western Digital WD Caviar SE Enhanced IDE Hard Drive WD1600 [IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q47/funkinrussell/IMG_6635.jpg[/IMG] … |
| | How do i configure RAID 1 on 2 identical HDD's which are SATA. 1 HDD has windows XP while the other HDD is to be mirrored. The 2 hard disks are identical in the sense that they are of samecapacity. I would like to know the requirements of the 2 … |
| | Hi, I have a Dell dimension 3000 from 2005. I bought a 200gb maxtor ultra series drive to complement my 80gb samsung one. I have the maxtor set up as the slave drive and I have the jumpers in the right positions, but when I watch movies off my maxtor …  |
| | Whenever I restart I'm told the comp needs to run the [B]Chkdsk. But it freezes at 16% of stage two every time. I can restart and skip the scan, and I don't receive any other error messages while using the pc. This only happens if I want to reboot.[/B] [B]I … |
| | All of a sudden my external HD does not show in My Computer. Some strange thing happened after I did a clean install of XP Pro. I did a clean install on my C drive. (Partition 1) D drive holds all my files and downloads. (Partition 2) E is my … |
| | Hi. I've just installed a new liteon dvd writer. I can't get any sound on any dvd weather I use Nero or windows media. Sound works fine when playing mp3 music in win media. Nothing is muted and the volume is set high. When I go to play a dvd … |
| | I have a problem with my cdrom. i deleted a user account and created a new user account, and my cdrom doesn't work any more. it doesn't show in the windows explorer. even i scanned for hardware change in device management console, the system seemed not detect the cdrom. i … |
| | I bought the Dell E521 (AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 dual-core, XP Prof sp2) system recently and it's capable with Sata hd. I added the Maxtor Sata drive and I could see it in the Device Manager but dont' see it in Windows Explorer. What did I do wrong? Thanks, |
| | Hey all, I'm new to the site and am having a problem I was hoping someone could help me with. I just got a new system and it came with a via mobo and a maxtor hdd with the regular old ide ribbon cable style. I bought a new samsung …  |
| | I currently have a Dell XPS Gen 3 that didn't come with SATA capability so I needed to add a SATA PCI card. I chose a SIIG 4 port SATA controller that is working fine. I am using my original hard drive still as my main "c" drive. When I … |
 | My Grandkids Bought Me A Flexible Keyboard For Xmas & Did'nt Have A Usb To Ps/2 Adaptor In The Box. Installed It & It Showed In The System Tray That It Had Sucessfully Installed The Drivers. Tried Using It & Did Not Work. No Lights On. Do I Need The … |
| | My Hdd is running flat out even when im not using computer |
| | I just picked up a 1GB USB Flash drive. It has this U3 crap on it and I was wondering if I could just format the drive without making the drive useless. It is partitioned into two separate drives, one for the U3 files and one for data storage. I … |
 | Hey there, Im building a computer that i can chuck every dvd i have on it so i am expecting many many gigs are needed but what i am wondering is - is there a type of device where i can store them all as my motherboard only accepts around … |
| | Can anyone tell me what error 57 is. I am using Bootit NG to resize my partition C and make it larger. The problem is when I go to resize it says error 57 found on file system. Use scandisk or chkdsk/f. I google but can't find anything to really … |
| | Installed a second hard drive, computer works as normal, however, it doesn't show up in My Computer and I can't open it, for example, to save a file in. It only shows up when i go into "Device Manager" under "Disk Drives" How can I get it into My Computer? … |
| | Here is the setup. XP MCE 2-320gb hdd set up in raid 1 with the os on one partition along with apps the other partition has the videos and pics etc. If I want to upgrade the os to vista what will I need to do? Am I going to … |
 | Hey, I have a Maxtor III One touch External HDD. Its works.....100%, but it makes like a vibrating noise.....I went to Maxtor.com and went through the diagnostics tests and told me that there was nothing wrong with the HDD. Personally, I agree with them, but I don't think a External … |
| | can anyone help me , i had my mate on the phone last night with a number of problems , i sorted them all out (which was no easy task over the phone to someone that doesnt know their around a pc ) apart from one problem and that was … |
| | [COLOR=#555555]Hello,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I do not know whether or not to buy two 8MB ATA 133 Hard Drives or a single 16MB cache SATA Hard Drive. I would extremely appreciate any help.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]If I buy the two ATA 133 Hard Drives then I would put it on my motherboards integrated raid (0). … |
| | [COLOR=Black]Hello. I'm a newbie so if I am repeating an old posted question, sorry! I'm adding a RAID1 SATA pair of drives to my machine. My hope is to copy everything from my existing IDE boot drive (currently C: ) and running Windows and evrything else from the new set. … |
| | I recently bought a Seagate ATA 250 GB HD (internal) set the jumpers to master and installed it in a Comp USA enclosure to be used as a backup. HD uses USB connectivity. When plugged in the LED in the enclosure has a constant red on top and a slow … |
| | Hi everyone. A professor of mine suggested I try to do an IST project so I can pick up a credit to keep me at full time student status. One he suggested is building a server. I thought maybe I could build a file server. But I do not know … |
| | I have been given a new system which is running windows ME and want to use my current hard drive which has xp as master and the existing h/d as slave. The problem is that I know the previous owner of the ME system used it on the web with …  |
 | I have an old laptop which does not boot from the hard although you can actually access the hard after booting from the floppy. the funny thing does not also have a boot sequence setup option and after transffering the system to the hard it now doesn't boot at all … |
| | When setting up raid 1 do can you use sata drives? |
| | I have installed a 2nd hdd(D) reinstalled winxp in C drive, but xp home installation disk only recognizes diskC, disk manager recognise D(2nd hdd) as does device manager, no reference to a 2nd drive in the bios I am computer literate, but not too much in the technical know! Many … |
| | have got xp pro sp2 on h/d, i was formatting a floppy when something happened everything went off , all i was left with was the desktop screen with no icons, the only way to shut down was switchoff by the button on front, since then it will not bootup … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Vista Vista !!! I don’t know how many people are facing problems during upgrading there system with Vista. But I should not have upgraded my system with that. I’ve had my karma about 6 months, initially I had a few problems with it freezing etc but nothing major. Then last … |
| | I installed a hard drive to use for a slave but it is locked. I have a program to unlock it but the computer do not show the slave hard drive any where. Every thing is pluged in good I am aelectrician so I know how to hook every thing … |
| | I'm building a new computer with a SATA hard drive and want to transfer about 2 1/2 Gb of files from my old machine which has an IDE hard drive to the new one and was wondering if anyone has ideas on the best way to do this. I was … |
| | I recently had 2 samsung 60 gb hdd replaced in my alienware m7700 system. Originally they sat in a raid 0 config until 1 went defective, and I had both replaced by samsung under their 3 year warranty. I recently received both drives back, model number MP0603H, and thats when … |
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