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I have a 160Gb Hitachi hard disk. I have tried formatting it from both MyComputer and Device Manager. In both the cases, it goes till 99% and throws error saying that "Windows was unable to complete the format". Can any1 help me with the problem?

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I have a very simple question. Can you run games off of an external hard drive. I play World of Warcraft and many other games. My computer, which is a laptop, only has 40gb of space. I don't have anymore room for patches or anything else. So I was wondering …

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Hello everyone. I would like to know if there is a factory default configuration for the WD My book world NAS. I am helping a friend that has one of those in their office and the web interface states that the capacity is 1TB but nowhere in the gui did …

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Hi, I'm using an ESX Virtual Drive and basically I want to allocate data to a VM Drive from unallocated space within the VM Drive due to lack of space. I've done some research and found this great software: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnpOhiywWJw#at=65 . What do you think? Is there a better and …

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hi everyone. i've used the following way to store the uploaded files into D: drive of my windows machine from Tomcat server and it works pretty goood. private final String directoryPath="D:\\uploadedFiles\\"; File f=new File("D:\\uploadedFiles\\"+fileName); InputStream in=file.getInputStream(); OutputStream out=new FileOutputStream(directoryPath+fileName); byte[] buff=new byte[4096]; int count=0; while((count=in.read(buff))!=-1) { out.write(buff, 0, count); } …

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I had an iso image of a game on my computer, but I deleted it like a month or two ago. Ive been trying to recover it, because the backup I made was somehow corrupt. Ive tried several recovery programs, but I have not been able to find the file. …

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I had purchased a Netgear Stora for back up and after a year the fan went out so now the device won't start. I took out the HDD (Seagate 1TB 3") and purchased a Dynex enclosure so that I am able to access the disk. Win7 installs the driver and …

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my 500gb local disk C can't boot to the desktop, it only boot to starting windows and it can not move further again, i have a very important document i have to copy from it. i slave it to anothe computer to copy my stoff but it ask me to …

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Hi, I would like to merge two partition C:\ and D:\ , in drive C:\ there is the OS and drive D:\ is empty. Is it saves to merge those two partition without reinstalling the OS? Thanks, Davy

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I have about 700-800 gb of data and i seem to acquire more every day. I currently use a solution of 2 external hard drives which each hold a complete copy of my data. I use one, regularly accessing the data (playing mp3s and videos mostly) and the other sits …

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I had a massive folder of about 500GB of data that I was organizing and copying over to my NAS for backup. Upon deleting a subfolder, somehow the entire root directory was deleted. Obviously at that size it was not in the recycle bin (I'm using Win7). I used a …

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Hi everyone, I've a big problem. My external storage drive (Maxtor OneTouch II 100GB) is lost. I can't access it anymore. Windows Explorer reports the drive as: "O:\ is not accessible The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." I've used a disk recovery software called R-Studio and it does …

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good day! i am creating dll for burning cds using visual studio 2010 .. i already did it but, i am not suppose to allow to prompt any form creating discname.. the dll should also automatically setting the discname and it will just display a messagebox informing that the cd …

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The disk in my laptop has become inaccessible after I changed the cluster size. *The problem* When I try to boot up, I get the laptop's proprietary screen as normal followed by a few seconds of the Windows XP start up screen followed by a brief flash of a blue …

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Hello, I made an arbitrary precision integer library a few weeks ago. It works well, but is bounded by `256^(8*sizeof(size_t))` because it uses a simple dynamically allocated array to do its work. I want some way to have theoretically unbounded storage. I think that file io is probably best, but …

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Hello guys, I need to find out what is my drive's serial number under win XP. I know that there are one serial number from manufacturer (real hard drive) and serial numbers generated by windows. I know that if disk is partitioned into more partitions that each partition will have …

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The other day I installed a second internal hard drive so that I can put ubuntu on it. The primary hd has windows 7. Using the Ubuntu windows installer everything installed without a problem. When I rebooted I got a lot of error messages during bootup and finally the boot …

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I'm using [filtrify plugin](http://luis-almeida.github.io/filtrify/) on my website and I needed a way to save filter settings when user reloads page or pareses browsers back for forward buttons. After searching for a while I found html local storage solution. I have somewhat implemented in in my website, but I can't get …

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Hey guys i really want to start playing wow and we are getting internet again soon. I already bought the game and expansions but my computer doesn't have enoughspace so im going to download the game on a usb or external hard drive and idk what to get...does anyone know …

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Hi there, I have a compaq presario CQ43 laptop whoes HDD just crashed giving the blue screen error (system couldn't read drive at all). I replaced its original HDD (a 320GB Seagate SATA HDD) with a 250GB Hitachi SATA HDD. But when I tried to install WINXP OS, it still …

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I currently have a harddrive for my PC with runs windows 7. I am going to buy a whole new system though, including mobo, cpu, gpu, ssd, and everything but a case, Hard Drive, and DVD Drive. I was wondering... Is it possible for me to instal windows 7 on …

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I have an Acer 1ghz computer. I installed a new 160 gig hard drive and the computer says that there is no hard drive in system. Please help

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Disk is part of Raid 5 set. Message is Controller ID: 0 Unrecoverable medium error during recovery: PD 0:3 Location 0xc23a3e. Severity: Fatal How do I block access to the location?

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windows boots normally.. but when i ran system utility(f2) it shows short dst failed in hard drive tests.. but windows boots normally all the times.. will i get any problem in future??? i have a hp pavilion m6 notebook pc

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Chaps, just bought a Hard drive docking station for my 3.5" Hard Drive. This can be used for all sort of things, 3.5, 2.5, SD, USB etc etc, you can see it in the first picture ![6d7dc6ccb7cbf1014d447a842a474237](/attachments/large/2/6d7dc6ccb7cbf1014d447a842a474237.jpg "6d7dc6ccb7cbf1014d447a842a474237") At the bottom there is a button that has allegedly something to …

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Hi, I am afraid somebody somehow broke the usb connector of my Lacie 1TB hard drive (Starck), so I can't connect it ot the laptop anymore. I have removed it from the case and noticed that the plug is actually gone completely and the filaments that used to connect it …

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Hi I meet a problem I bought a **WD HDD** (WD2500AAKX) with **SATA3** connection but my **motherboard chipset** only supports **SATA1**. The question is: how to set **jumpers** and to slow down speed at 1.5 Gbps? On the HDD is saying that Jumper on Pin 5-6 slow down to 3 …

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Hello, I've finally gotten around to setting up my backup and file server, inside it has a set of hard drives which I've recovered from various computers. The drives are all in good condition, and are sized as: * SDA - 320.1 GB * SDB - 250.1 GB * SDC …

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my computer says that i have low disc space by only having 11 mb available and need at least 200. i looked in my installed programs and i only have 3 programs that are 3-4 mb i clear some windows temporary files and more and no change! how do i …

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Hi I an using lenovo thinkpad edge 15.The oprating system is windows 7.When I insert data cd in the drive,it doesnot show the files wich are present in the cd.It shows options which are: * burn files to disk * use cd like a usb It shows an empty cd.What …

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My pc has two hard disk drives. The primary hard disk has become corrupted(or it has got some virus so that pc turns off abruptly). I have win 98 installed in the slave hard disk so i can run win 98 when i disconnect the primary HD. Is there a …

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l have a crushed laptop drive that is partitioned into two. The C drive is completely unreadable while the secondary drive l can open and read the files but l cant move them from the drive even if l try open and save as for some of them. Any ideas?

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Hi. I had 2 HDD in my pc. Today I installed a new HDD in my pc with other two HDD connected. I booted with my default HDD in order to format the new HDD with Win XP format utility. XP isn't showing the actual size of the new drive …

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hello iam haveing a very serious problem i have windows 7 in which i waz not able to boot i reinstalled the winess dedows 7 but my other partations are not able to open its shows access denied both partation have same problem d and e please help me

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Hi I have a bad sector and cannot log in to the netbook I have a zoostorm freedom netbook and when I start the netbook it always goes to repair and then restart and repair so I did a disk check on advanced options none of the advanced recovery methods …

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I have an external HDD that works on any other machine I test it on, except mine. It was previously working and recently I needed to use it and it didn't work. It appears in device manager, not in disk management. A drive letter might not be assigned to it, …

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My usb key is not being recognized by my laptop. When I plug it in it says insert disk - also it is indicating that there are 0 bytes. Can anyone give me a solution for retreiving my data?

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Hi, I have a 1 TB external harddisk. I guess I have virus on it. The files are being shown as .exe files, none of them are opening. I tried scanning the HD, it had no effect what-so-ever. Is there anyway in which i could retrieve the data. Please help. …

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Hi there, i am having a problem with my 1tb seagate goflex. it can't be detected on any computer. moreover, i can hear a ticking sound inside it. is it safe if i open it? if not what should i do to fix it (if it can be fixed)?

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Someone borrowed my Seagate 500mb Portable HDD and then suddenly the only thing I can see in it is a shortcut of itself. My portable hdd is divided into 200mb and 300mb, both is the same. I tried to show all hidden and system files and here is what i …

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was seeing some movie sunddenly there was a power cut and after turning it on ......in the bios...HDD is dectected bt not the size...as there was data in the HDD...didnt do anything...so got a HDD (older one) installed XP.....installed getdataback....icare recovery.....diskgenius....n some more....the 500GB HD just shows as 8GB HDD …

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What is this "write protect" and "card present" on the SD card? Are these pins on the SD-card or are they some feature of the SD-card?

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[ATTACH=right]16975[/ATTACH]Lately, we've been feeling rather sorry for Dell's media relations people - they keep having to put out [URL="http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2010-08-26-response.aspx"]press releases[/URL] about how their employer has purchased data storage company 3Par, only to learn later that it hasn't actually happened. Dell first announced its acquisition of 3Par [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story304779.html"]a couple weeks ago[/URL], …

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D-Link announced some exciting new SAN Storage Array equipment, and DaniWeb managed to get an exclusive interview with Chris Gruber, director of product marketing, storage solutions at D-Link to chat about the new DSN-4000 series, and the recently announced ShareCenter Pro Unified Storage Solutions product line. [B]DSN-4000 Series[/B] Aimed at …

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error was reported from the transport layer and the error description could not be retrived If any one has had the above message upon startup it 's raid card driver related Hi, I have just started to use the harddrive which had the problem, it's still there. The problem is …

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Hi, I am currently using 1TB HDD. But I have another 1TB HDD that I want to use now and as far as I know setting up RAID 0 can increase my performance. So, I am thinking about doing it. I have a few questions: My current HDD is almost …

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I am creating a web page where the user and select an item by clicking on the button. The details of the item selected will be displayed in a dropbox. At the moment I can get it to update the quantity if the user selects it again. The problem which …

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Hi all, A friend brought me this computer, it's a gateway NV53 with windows 7. The problem was that the HDD was locked. Everytime the computer is turned on, the message "Ennter HDD User Password" appears. For that, we got a new hard drive for it and a windows 7 …

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