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| | I’ve been experiencing a severe problem with Windows XP not loading. I found some instructions on doing a Repair / Recovery Console by using the original Win XP disk. I did a boot by cd-rom and then press F-7 to install the storage drivers. I am then taken to the … |
| | Running XP on an Intel D875PBZ mobo with 1 SATA HDD and 2 IDE HDD's. SATA is primary drive, other 2 drives are used just for storage. The LED light for the HDD is constantly on; I've ran disk check, disk defragmenter, and scanned for viruses and ad-aware. I've read … |
| | I have sitting here a compaq presario 5000 series machine (gotta love em)....one of the 2 cdroms (on is a burner) shows up in cmos. and I can boot a cd from it. However whenever your in windows (xp pro)....neither of them are there. In device manager, one of the …  |
| | Can anybody help I have a RICOH MP5240A DVD+RW that isn't burning. When I try to burn DVD's it states can't find target drive and when I try to burn CD's it states can't perform fixation does anybody have any ideas.It seems to work to begin with but stops after … |
| | i have a 160 gig drive hitachi, my drive has 4 partitions, c-d-e-f the problem i am having is that partition f does not show on some computers, and shows on other computers, partition f does have files on it |
| | ...ide as main, having trouble with sata as a slave, I am trying to do this because my sata drive which is my main drive (normally I have the sata as the main drive and the ide drive as a slave) has been hit with a virus that funnied up … |
| | I have a Iomega 2GB SCSI Jaz Drive with a Microtech HD50-USB cable. (Windows XP) I want my Jaz drive to run of the USB connection, it was working before, but due to a recent format of my system i have now lost the drivers. (Originally purchased of ebay and … |
| | Can anyone help out with how to remove the hard drive for the HP ze5730us laptop computer? I have been unable to remove the front panel, and am afraid to pull any harder for fear of breaking it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Chuck [i]email link removed. we ask that … |
| | Hello, Can someone please help me with a virus. It keeps popping up in my Task manager, taking 50% of the CPU. If I stop it, either another starts later or when I reboot it. Now something is attaching to my emails and I can't stop it. Here is the … |
 | please help me! i wish there was an easier way than posting a log... it must get boring for all you gurus. i'm not sure if this is worth noting or not... but i use firefox 99 percent of the time. thanks in advance, joe Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan …  |
 | hi. i posted this problem in another section just this morning but i thought it would be more convinient to move it here, i was burning some data and audio CD's for a friend at work then when i got back home it was dead, the driver doesn't want to … |
 | Are hp harddrives compatible with other systems, say like a system somebody built?  |
| | Hi, Inherited problem in that a programmer has left for better pastures overseas and that without trace - no source code found just a working prototype that actually needs very little modification. The application connects to our website and downloads information to the PC's SCREEN. Need however for this information … |
| | My CD/DVD Rom is continually running, and doesn't show up as a drive anymore. It's an HP running Windows XP. How can I uninstall it, and reinstall it (drivers?) I have a recovery drive only, and no recovery CD. It runs continuous, with the led light glowing orange instead of … |
| | I have installed a Gigabyte GA-7DXR motherboard and only one hard drive. On start up, I get a message that says No Array defined. In Bios, it is set to look for RAID, then ScSI. If I change that setting, will it fix the problem? Thanks. |
| | Hey all, I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA 160GB to use as a master in this new computer I'm building. The BIOS recognized it name and all, so I figured I had no problems...Well, I went to install XP, and before the partitioning/formatting tool came up in setup, … |
| | so I bought a extra Harddrive for extra storage I opened my PC (finally) found out there is NO SPACE WHATSOEVER to place an extra HDD ok screw it, I'll just lay the new HDD on the bottom & try not to shake my PC to much PLUS the original … |
| | hi all ..could really use some help im thinking of installing a single sata harddrive to replace my run of the mill hard drive but i really dont know where to start or is it a worthwhile upgrade all i do know is that i have two ports on my … |
| | my hardrive shows in post, shows in device manager, but does not show any where else. eg My Computer, Disk Defragment it does not show in all these things.  |
| | Can someone out there direct me to some good tutorials that aren't too geekish which will show me how to go about setting up my computer in a RAID configuration and also how to go about hyperthreading? Thanks. |
| | Hey, I dunno if i have the right forum but im having a problem with my monitor refreshing itself. What actually happens is the screen goes black and then reappears.. much like as if you changed the resolution in the display panel but it occurs usually only when a video … |
| | Suddenly, both my dvd player and my dvd burner will not read cds. I could see that the cd lens could go out on 1, but not both - especially since the dvd burner is only 1 month old. This presents a real problem when I want to install new … |
| | I am relatively new to Mac OS X. Help tells me I can format a CD in "standard" to store data (pictures) that can be read on all platforms. However, when I insert a blank CD, it is not intuitively obvious where I go to format. Can anyone point me … |
| | I am in need of a new hard drive for an Dell Inspiron 4100. Is it better to order it through Dell or could I go with one from somewhere like Circuit City? I know I need at least 7200 RMP's and ATA-100, but what else should I be looking … |
| | hello follows Could some of you guys please tell me if there is a diference between[B] [U]PATA [/U] [/B] on the new motherboards and IDE interface Known as the type of device ATAPI. Also if the PATA is compatible with Type of device (ATAPI) CD Rom and DVD players and … |
| | I was wondering how I could make a complete copy of my master drive to a separate drive weather it be internal or external.[preferably external] I need to know this because the drive has a special partition that I need to run my recovery CD. So if my drive fails … |
| | A while ago I installed a new hard drive and the old one became my boot disk c:, it was formally d:. I had an antivirus program called AVG6.0 free which I wasn't concerned about at the time because I wasn't on the internet , but now I am,so I … |
| | Hi I have a 40gb hard drive in my new machine that is running Win XP Pro - I have another hard drive 20gb (which was from my old PC) which I have formatted, and connected to my new PC, it is labelled: F I have changed the jumpers so … |
| | I recently added a "COMBO" PCI card to my Intel 845BG board. Card provides SATA, USB 2.0, & FIREWIRE ports. Windows XP was already installed. All drivers that came with card were loaded. I then added 120GB SAMSUNG SATA drive. Two issues: 1. Drive not recognized in BIOS set-up, but … |
| | I am operating XP Pro and recently reinstalled the system from a disk. Everything seemed fine except that the computer will not read from any of the removable storage drives, floppy, cd rom, or DVD. These drives are recognized by Windowx Explorer and My Computer, and Device Manager shows them … |
 | I have had a Dell Inspiron Laptop for over 3 years. Two months ago it fell on the floor and completely stopped working. It does not turn on period. Being an idiot, I did not save a lot of my important information on cds. Fixing the laptop will cost me … |
| | I have had a burner for a while now and i tried installing it myself and i did it wrong i guess because even witht he software installed it wasnt found. Now over about a year later i am determined to get it done right. One problem, i lost the … |
| | These have finally shown up on ebay at prices nearer the distributor cost. Was going to setup an array of 6-does anyone have enough uptime with these to comment on reliability? Also, does any1 know if these are Quantum drives with Maxtor stickers(like the 10K IV's), or are they actually … |
| | i just got my computer back from a computer repair store and they didnt install windows, i took it home and tried to install it and it says "Hard disk drive not found" so i call them back and they say i need to use the Asus A8V DDeluxe cd … |
 | On a notebook drive is Pin #1 towards the power connector (as I would expect) or is it away from the power connector.  |
| | The following works on solaris, but doesn't compile on windows visual studio 6. is there a way to do this differently so it compiles in both places? In ComandLineArg.h ------------------------- class CommandLineArg { private: ..etc.. static int longestDescr; ..etc.. }; In CommandLineArg.cpp ------------------------------- CommandLineArg::longestDescr=0; Error on visual studio: error C2501: … |
| | Everyone knows about them. People call them "Value Hard Drives". If you dont already know what i'm talking about, there the 5400RPM drives. I baught a 60 Gig Western Digital 5400RPM drive and its doing fine. Seems like a good drive to me. I also read that they were just … |
| | Please help with advice if you can. My less than 6 month old flat panel g5 running 10.3.9 won’t boot up. The chimes sound, screen goes grey, and the gear spins and spins until the screen goes black and I see Disk0s3:I/O error /etc/master.passwd: No such file or directory Disk0s3:I/O … |
| | My disk space gradually fills up during an online session. After a restart everything is back to normal. My hard disk is partitioned into two NTFS drives, C: (10GB) holds Windows and all other software, D: (30GB) holds data files. Once I've started an internet connection the C: drive gradually …  |
 | When attempting to compile PHP 5.0.4 with MySQL 4.0, I received some strange errors from attempting to use --with-mysql and --with-mysqli. After getting it to configure correctly, where it finds mysql and mysqli support, when I run make I get these odd compile errors: == /usr/src/php-5.0.4/ext/mysqli/php_mysqli.h:48: error: syntax error before … |
| | GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium. GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your … |
| | Hi guys, Today i decided to delete files i didn't need and for some reason i deleted a folder called SonyUSB which i thought was for my old digital camera but it turns out it was for my CD rom and DVD rom or some crap..I dont fully understand. I … |
| | -My PC is a HP Pavilion a510n 3000+ with a 120 GB 72000RPM Ultra DMA HD -I just bought a Western Digital 120 Hard Drive I want the new Hard Drive as a BACK UP ONLY to store extra files & whatnot thing is the manual is not very specific … |
 | Hi, just curious. By going into DOS and typing oh say: [code] Format C: [/code] and then answering yes, does that make the format ntfs or fat32? Thanks in advance, oh and whats the useable memory loss after formatting in FAT. |
| | Hello, I recently bought a 250gb hard drive to use in a disk caddy as a removable back for my other two 120gb drives. When I went to format it, I could only get 127gb. I found out that this could be due to my BIOS and unable to find … |
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| | I'm having problems with AIM ever since I got these little goodies on my computer. Here is a log from HijackThis. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:13:04 PM, on 5/15/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe … |
| | Hello I have 2 maxtor plus 9 160 gig sata drives in a raid 0. I have windowsxp pro running on it. Today my array 1 only show the one drive in it and the other not. So my raid array is not functional. Could my one drive lost the … |
| | Ummm, I dont really know whats the problem... I bought a new Bytecc Aluminum 3.5" HDD Enclosure and installed my 200gb ata100 drive in it. I plugged it in and the system recogized a USB Mass Storage. The drive is already formatted with over 100gb of stuff. I cant see … |
| | :mad: i have an asus a8v motherboard and i'm trying to set up xp on my new western digital raptor wd740 hd but xp doesnt recognise the hd. so is anyone out there who can tell me have i got the wrong parts, is there a strange install/setup prior to … |
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