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Someone asked me to remedy a problem on a laptop running XP Media Center SP3...has a Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive, but Seagate Manager isn't recognizing the drive. When I plug the drive in, Windows recognizes and reads from the drive. I cannot uninstall the Seagate utility to reinstall it …

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I have a 20 GB Quantum Fireball HD that I tested not to long ago(a month?). I told my friend he could have it for a bit of extra space, and that I would put a couple of things on it for him. So, I plugged it into my free …

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My desktop computer will not detect the harddrive that inside. I do not hear any annoying clicking noise from it. When I try to install the windows operation system it tells me it does not detect the hard drive. I checked all the connections. They were intact. Any thoughtful suggestions?

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The raid 1 on my friends machine does not appear to be working correctly. When it starts up it looks for the raid and then when it finds it there is a message that says degraded on one and error on another. What does a person do to get this …

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My ENTER key came off from my keyboard and the one on the left sidee its not broken, i tired to put it back on and its still really loose. Any1 know how to put it on correctly?

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I was hoping someone could guide me in the right direction. I need to image 1000 notebooks but I'm not sure how I should go by doing so(fastest and most efficient way). How much should I charge per image? What kind equipment will I need to use and so on. …

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Hey guys, I am having some issues with my PC. My main drive with my OS is SATA, as well as my DVD-RW. As of this morning, I received a "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" message when trying to turn on my computer. I checked my …

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I'm interested in selling quality memory stick brand. Anybody here could tell me some brands. Thank you

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I'll start by saying I haven't had to work with SCSI in a good 15 years... But, I'm trying to set up a new-ish server for a non-profit client. Hardware is a HP DL-140 (G1) server with an ATTO UL4D SCSI adapter attached to a Rorke Data RS-0800 LVD JBOD. …

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Hi, not sure where best to post this, since it concerns both a mobo & HDD I would like to know if this HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1Tb [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148433[/url] [url]http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=7227b5b72fbce110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD[/url] will work on my Biostar P4M80-M4 motherboard. [url]http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/content.php?S_ID=246[/url] I know it has 2 SATA ports, but to be on the …

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I hear you all here talk about a lot of "partitions" when talking about hard drives, backing up data, and reinstalling windows. What is that, exactly, and what does it do?

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I got 2 new hard drives for my pc which is alreay setup in a raid configuration. since i installed the new drives my system now hangs on boot for about 2 mins. This is the first time i have had a problem like this, but have no idea how …

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Dear friends ! I have a HP Compaq nx6110 Notebook PC. It comes with IDE Hard Disk. There is a problem in the PC that it is not detecting both the Hard Disk and CD-ROM. (I checked in BIOS setup and also when I want to install new XP, it …

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Hi everyone. I have my recitation in one my subject in school. One of my topic is about flash drive. Why does Flash Drive Size is not exact? example. i have 1GB,and it should be 1024MB but the stated size in the properties is 982MB. I am confused how does …

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Never thought this will happen to me, but, guess what, IT DID!!! I have accidentally let my drive slip from my hands yesterday with almost a terrabyte size of data on there. Obviously after re-inserting the drive into my hard drive dock, all the funny noises started and my system …

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when i wanted to start my external disk, it did not show up at my pc, it did start but it did not show, so i did go to hardware to see what was wrong, than i saw the code 10 so my external disk can't run, how can this …

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Lately I have been getting JRAID errors when using both of my DVD rom drives, an LG and a Plextor PX-870A. They will usually play normal audio CD's but sometimes when I rip from them I will get many errors. When I play a DVD movie I sometimes have to …

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Hello, I have just bought a new NAS ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-RND2110-ReadyNAS-Duo-1000GB/dp/B0016KVW96[/url]) and set up two drives in it in RAID1. I connected the NAS via a gigabit connection but the transfer rate won't seem to budge over 30mb/s when reading and tends to get stuck at around 15mb/s when writing. The primary …

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I want to adapt a newer .5Tb SATA 2.5" drive to my older HP laptop with Ultra ATA100 interface-- do-able? is there a super-compact adapter out there somewhere?

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Hello all. I have accidently dropped my 500 GB Western Digital SATA hard drive when moving it to other computer. I used that hard drive as secondary hard drive. After reconnect the hard drive to my pc it's still look normal. I can access the file. But some files appears …

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I am attempting to fix a computer that was attacked by a nasty virus. I have recently zeroed the drive to wipe it clean. I am now trying a fresh reinstall of windows XP and the computer will not recognize my hard drive. It also will not recognize my second …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16858[/ATTACH]You may have noticed that solid-state drives (SSDs), those flash memory-based drives that were touted as an alternative to hard disks, have remained stuck in the 80GB to 160GB size range and the prices are not coming down. There's a good reason for that. Starting in early 2009, the price …

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Hi guys! How is it going? Hope fine!! Am a student currently studying undergrad BSC computing and my computer is giving a problem i can't solve. My hard disk space keeps reducing. I use Norton Antivirus and have scanned my computer several times with the result that my computer is …

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Hello, I am facing a strange problem. One of my friend's machine was not working fine. I went to his place to check the error, but the Win XP in his system was just not ready to startup. So I decided to Repair / Format his HDD. The machine was …

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[B]hi guys i need a case study on any device which have all the required things in it.. its very urgent i have to submit dis on monday.. pls guys help me.. pls anyone of u send me the case study document on SNIP

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Ok, so I did the clumsy thing and knocked my Seagate 1.5 TB External HD 10cm to the ground. It made some funny sounds and stopped functioning. After waiting some time, I reattached it. It made the funny noise for 5 minutes then the noise stopped. The computer said usb …

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At just 25, [URL="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/aaron-levie"]Aaron Levie[/URL] is a youthful CEO. His company, [URL="http://box.net/"]Box.net[/URL], is a cloud-based storage and collaboration solution. He originally conceived and developed Box in his dorm room with a friend when he was just 19 years old because he was simply looking for a way to solve a …

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Hi All, I am having a very bad weekend. I am having problems with a HDD, so on Thursday I when out a bought a new HDD to go in the bank of 4 HDD's. To add this new drive to the computer system I also got a 7 port …

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old pc died, using windows xp pro, purchased lenovo with sata hd, using windows 7 pro how can i retrieve the data from my windows xp hd. can i use a usb?

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Our old PC finally died a slow, agonizing death. So we replaced it with a new PC, which has an S-ATA hard drive. We need to retrieve the data from the old IDE drive in the dead PC (I'm hoping that the reason it died was not due to a …

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Hi guys I need help with downloading mpg movies. I use mozilla and internet explorer on a windows xp pc. In mozilla the file 'pretends' to open, but it happens so fast and I end up with zero bites. In IE the "server returns an invalid or unrecognised response". I …

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Hi there to everyone. I have a big problem with my pc and I need HELP!!!!!!!!!. I have an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard with two HD S-ATA raid 0 configuration. My mobo faulted today, so I've replaced with another identical motherboard which just have an usb port faulty. Now I …

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few days ago my brother-in-law brought me his computer with problems. It is an hp pavilion a6519fh running Vista with a 500 MB seagate 7200 rpm hard drive. When I powered up the computer it would take me to a screen with the option to do a bios setup ( …

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This is about a C++ problem.[CODE][/CODE] I have an object tracking program that takes images from 0,...,n in a loop. At current frame the computations are based on previous frames, therefor I need to hold those variables, matrices, etc for later use. This program has to be integrated now into …

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I'm attempting to install a SATA HDD into my system, but no success. The system consists of: MoBo: ECS PM800-M2 CPU: Intel P4 2.4G Mem: 2 Gb OS: Win XP Home, SP3, all updates, still fairly fresh and clean, runs well Security: MSE Primary HDD: 160 Gb WD1600AAJB, 95Gb free …

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Hi there, this is DJ Eris, from Belize... Maybe someone out there can help me understand what is my problem... I have a Seagate 160 Gig (Baracuda 7200.7) Harddrive. It has some bad sectors on it but I ghosted a 40 gig (w/ windows 7) to it and i manage …

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In an old thread, someone posted advice to try mounting a disk with a bad $mft onto a different computer. (See [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post171363.html#post171363[/url]) This worked for me. (That is, on one computer a particular removable USB Sata drive wasn't readable, even after reboot. On a second computer, the same drive is …

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Hopefully someone can help me with my CD drive. It's not reading some of the CDs I put into it. My CD writer / DVD ROM combo drive is reading and running CD-RW disks but not reading normal CD-R disks. It also varies with programs & games. My drive will …

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Hi, i am using a compaq laptop. It is a core2duo with 2gb ram. 2ghz. Now my problem is that sometime ago my hard disk stopped detecting. I was out of my warranty and also out of cash so didn't know wat to do. I knew about the ubuntu live …

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Hi all, Our small business is currently using an online file server for our file sharing needs. Recently, there have been complaints around the office about the server. In particular, the problem people have the biggest issue with is file linking. MS Excel links don't work for files on the …

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I inherited an old 1U Dell Server. It has 2 hard drive bays. The 2 drives that came with the server have failed, so I'm trying to install a new drive. The drives that were in the server originally were 250GB ATA/100 drives. I bought a 500GB PATA drive and …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16999[/ATTACH]Seagate made the switch to serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drives a few years ago, but have only upgraded to the 6 Gb/s standard (SAS 2.0) within the last year. SAS drives require special controllers that are occasionally built into motherboards, but more often, come in the form of a PCI-Express card …

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When it comes to data storage and retrieval the current buzz is undoubtedly cloud-shaped, so why would anyone want to invest in Network Attached Storage? Two words: cost and capacity. Cloud services are great, but as far as storing and accessing large amounts of data is concerned things can get …

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Hi guys, Am in a big problem, I have a 120 GB external HD which I use to store and move my most important files. Yesterday I have attached it to my relative's laptop and since then the nightmare started. When I connected th HD to my laptop it didn't …

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my cd drive is showing in the my computer,but its not reading any kinda disc... not even able to boot.....help nilesh

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READ IT ALL BEFORE YOU START ************************** A possible workaround for the IDE #1 ERROR when using a Cable select (CS) drive in a Toshiba laptop. Once this modification is carried out the drive is accessable for flashing as a master/slave or region free (RPC1) subject to the F/W being …

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Foreword: As the first manufacturer of HD data recovery tool aimed at firmware repair, so far ACE lab already released 3 versions: PC3000ISA, PC3000PCI and PC3000UDMA. ACE Lab has a large number of clients since its first PCI version till latest UDMA. However, to thousands people, the product called PC3000 …

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[URL="http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2010-08-16-ir-release.aspx"]Dell announced today[/URL] that it has reached an agreement with the California based data storage company [URL="http://www.3par.com/index.html"]3PAR[/URL], to purchase the company for a total price tag of $1.15 Billion.[ATTACH=RIGHT]16668[/ATTACH] Dell hopes that this move will help the computer giant cut its own data storage costs by as much as 50%. …

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"the device is not ready" Any Ideas Appreciated Unstalling and reinstalling in System Devices didnt help.

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