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| | I needed to update my firmware to my dvd rw because of issues that were said to be causing problems with my computer. There was a firmware for a benq 1620 which is what my model was so I thought. I installed and now it screwed everthing up. My computer … |
| | How can I dual boot from 2 hard drives? One will run Xp Pro and the other Linux(Fedora). I want the XP one to auto load after like 10 secondsbut have the option to load Linux instead. How can i do this? I have a 70Gb Seagate and a 250Gb …  |
| | Have 2 HDD's in my computer One is 100GB with all data. other is 30 gGB with NO data. It is a formatted but empty drive. When I attempt to remove the drive my computer will not go thru the Drive detection stage in the BIOS. If it does get … |
| | What are ALL the parameters considered for measuring the "QUALITY OF CD-ROM"? Is it only the speed by which you can write on it, and other parameters expiriencable during the CD writting itself (like failing to write it correct) or is there something more? (What I have in mind? Well: … |
| | I just put in a hard drive,set it up as a slave,bios and device manager recognize it but can't access it thru MY COMPUTER. my cd rom. has become my E drive,still have C: no D: My jumper settings are correct. I don't get it. |
| | HI! I've had a friend ask for my help, but not sure what's wrong; *OH bought an external hardrive, he formatted it, the pc is recognising it ok but the thing is it's supposed to have 160GB on it and it's only showing up as 1.99GB, anyone know what the … |
| | I want to make my older 1999-era hard drive a slave to a newer 2003-era hard drive, as a secondary drive. The older hard drive has 8 jumper pins, while the newer hard drive has 10 jumper pins. If I follow the instructions to make the older hard drive a …  |
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| | I need help with reformatting an old computer. I don't know how. It is a windows 98 2nd edition boot, but I try to install and it say scan disk found data that might be lost and kicks me out of win setup. HELP ME |
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| | I don't know a thing about what those pins at the back of CD-ROM drive do. Just out of curiosity: Is there some combination of pins that gives (for example) "PLAY" function or "EJECT", etc. In other words: if you would have an autonomus power suplly exact to requirements for … |
| | Hi, I was hoping maybe someone can help me out. Without even knowing how, I think I disabled my secondary hard drive and can't seem to get it back. It doesn't appear in "My Computer" anymore. I attempted a system restore, but a notification popped up saying "changes made to …  |
| | I came across this article recently: [URL=http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Disk-Based-Backup.html]Disk Backups[/URL] I've never had to extensive backing up myself. I've never used magnetic tape for storage. The stuff I've had to backup has always been small enough to fit on a Cd/DVD. For those of you who have used different mediums, what do … |
| | I am taking a little survey about the type of dvd media you use. I know that it all depends on what your dvd player will use etc. but I am just curious what you use. Is dvd-r or dvd+r best? Also, what format do you think will win out …  |
| | A couple of weeks ago I was copying cds, and noticed that the entire copying process was only taking 3-4 minutes per cd. Now, after reformatting my computer, my burner still shows that it is writing at 48x, however it is taking atleast 10 minutes to copy a single cd? … |
| | I have removed the secondary hard disc from my computer because it was faulty. At the present I do not wish to replace it as I have sufficient storage on my primary C drive. However when I start up I get the message "Secondary Master Hard Disc Fail" and the … |
| | Bit of an odd one this. Running Windows XP Pro on a single workstation. My MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8584A was working fine the other day, but now it is convinced it is only a CD ROM. The diagnostic tools I've run also seem to insist it is a cd-rom. I haven't … |
| | Help Please help. I have 2 hard drives installed one is a 80GB, and the other is a 250GB. My son built this computer. Here's the problem I am running out of space on the 80GB hard drive and I want to transfer all of the data from the 80 … |
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| | hello i am new to this forum and i have a problem: My cd drive and dvd drive do not apppear under my computer, and in device manager both drives have exclamation marks in yellow circles... I installed a new cd drive to see if this fxed anything, it did …  |
| | This has happened before, but was easily fixed. When I turn my computer on everything boots nicely (after a full nights rest) After Windows XP fully boots, it locks up tight (no mouse movements or anything) for about 10-20 seconds and then when I open My Computer, my CD-Rom drives … |
| | hi my hard drive has stopped working! i think there was a powersurge and ther is serious data corruption. what can i do to get my work off my hard drive. Please reply Andy |
| | One quick question - Will a UATA133 drive work with a SATA motherboard? |
 | I've got TEAC 4163 (DVD-RW) via SATA. When I play MP3s from a CD all's OK. But as soon as I insert audio CDs my CD players freeze (when starting the CD up) - all of them (including axialis). And through Winamp I can hear kinda brattling or clacking as … |
| | I have a WD 160 GB 7200 rpm hd on primary IDE channel set as master, its the only thing on that channel. an optical disk is on secondary ide channel. looking in device manager, under ide ata/atpi controllers under primary ide channel advanced properties the transfer mode for both … |
 | Hi I have a couple of harddrives (same model) that I have put in a striping array. In Nero you can go to File->Preferences->Cache, about the middle of the dialogue there is a way to test drive speed. When I look at the drive speeds like this in Nero the … |
| | Hi everyone; I am soon to do a complete upgrade on my computer system except my monitor which is a 19" NOKIA 46XPro that I'm happy with. My question, is it worth to switch to one of the new serial ATA HDD's now. I hear that the present transfer rates … |
 | Hey, im looking at buyings a new dvd burner, but I also want it to burn cd's as well. Can someone tell me if this one [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-151-054&depa=1[/url] burns cd's? I think it does but I just want to make sure. Also, is there anything im leaving out, like compatability issues, …  |
| | I have an asus mobo with athalon 1.4ghz thunderbird. i'm running a maxtor 200gb sata hd with sata card and another maxtor 80gb ide hard drive. both drives work fine, but the sata runs extremely slow. booting up on the sata takes about 15 minutes. what's going on? |
| | In 1999, I bought a computer from a company called Midwest Micro. When I bought the computer, it had Windows 98 installed and came with a 200 GB hard drive. I never had any trouble with it until last year. Something caused the hard drive to shrink from a 200 …  |
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