Drive parameters may not be correct in bios. Check mfg. settings on drive for 30gb setting. If you change, info on drive is lost. Use fdisk default settings, i.e. all available space, etc. One...

One of these two links may help.
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-setup-install/935596.htm
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1) can you do without "iTunes"?
2) can you reload OS with preferred apps.?

Some particular reason why you're running several different OSs?

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O.K. Miss. Green. First and formost we'll need a better discription of your prob. What you have given leaves a very long hall way of open doors. Close as many as you can with next post.

J.B. About 3% or less was taken sometime AD. The rest was taken pretty much as it originally occured sometime BC or what is now considered BCE.
Unless you 2 like to burn money on a trip to modern...

J.B. You know you can order a cd with Sp3 on from microsoft right? Yea, you're right, however, patience is not my best suit. ; )

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I'm xfering a large file, xp's sp3 iso. As this is analog not broadband it's gonna take about another day or so. I was gone to food place and left the site page open cuz it takes so darn long to...

Originally Posted by ingeborgdot@yah
J.B.'s not trying to B be funny he's on 1 or more Rx's. U want someone to poke fun at try your OWN mirror. U want an Rx I'll issue U 1 that you'll like a lot...

Y R U NOT taking your Rx?

Repost under some Software heading. This is a hardware issues department only, your query is software specific.

Formatted HDs over report capacity. Appears you have same issue with your USB drive which isn't btw a real drive in the sense you may take it to be. It's really ram w/no moving parts, not to unlike...

and it said the driver was not installed. I went into bios and checked and somehow the bios was now on ide instead of raid. How the heck it got changed no one knows because they have no idea how to...

"Method of file xfer etc. is up to you."
Once you get the Operating System, (W2K, ME, XP) booted to Desktop there are several different ways to read, transfer, manipulate your files.

Wasn't sure what exactly you wanted to do.
If you can make a valid hardware connection then the BIOS on the mobo or a adapter such as or similar to a RAID will provide hardware support.
The OS...

You didn't note as to laptop or desktop to begin with?

This may not help much but I'll make a stab at it. Some time ago someone had a similar prob. with pocket/pen drives. The config. shouldn't matter but it sometimes does, at least as far as the OS is...

Yea, you could but why?
Depends on BIOS capability.

I've no idea just how you could put 2 different file systems on same partition, never heard of such a thing. If you want 2 different file systems on same drive then you'll have to make 2 different...

Pen drive is basic same as USB drive. A serial drive basically. If you can't set bios boot from it then it's a dead issue. If you can what you do next depends on OS ver. If memory serves ME will...

MS recovery has been around since at least DOS3.x. It's ability is limited on a drive that is basically sound. For a drive that has already sustained physical damage to the platter(s) it has two...

What isn't clear, did U try drive recognition in another system? If the drive has been installed for quite some time sometimes the easiest thing to do is to unplug all the drive(s) cables and...

Updating the bios may help but doubful, as long as that type of hdwr. has been out the system should be able to handle it. U didn't note the OS ver. The bios DOES need to know which is the intended...

There are a lot more features on HDs that weren't there as little as 7-8 years ago. S.M.A.R.T. is only one of them. If the onboard circuitry isn't up to snuff, naturally it becomes lame one way or...

>>>Back up files and buy a new hard drive immediately
That is VERY good advice and IS a sign of a failing drive, and, yes, SMART failure IS a warranty issue if yours is still in effect.
The BIOS...

Look at the "written" disc. If there's anything on it the reflection will be noticably darker than what you know to be a blank.

>>>accumulation of vast amounts of data
Considered highly unlikely, like, some w/in the range of impossibility.
>>>Partition Magic
A mistake with a hidden purpose. Had you used FDISK, as I...

Failing partion. Doesn't look good, maybe time to contact mfg. The curious part is that the HD works fine, or so you said, under another OS.
If the partion had took your files would already be...

>>>in Disk Management the drive is "Disk 1"
in older ver. of this OS HDs were given the first drive (folder) designations C, D, E, etc. and optical (CD) drives were given the last ones as they were...

>>>does Windows XP Pro SP2 have the ability to support these kinds of sizes
Actually I don't recall myself if it does or not, but it COULD very well be a valid issue. Would have to extensively us...

To what end?
Did you, by chance, check the OS's ability to mount that size disk?

(U posted about the same time I did.)

>>>reinstalling Windows doesn't really reveal anything about the problem

Repair installs usually DON'T work because the install puts on the original system files, drivers, etc. that DO NOT work...

Has either drive undergone a FDISK, FORMAT?

Did you enable drive in BIOS?

Did you enable the SATA port in the BIOS?
>>>second HD drive after the first: not necessarily, depends on the install protocalls that have to be observered BEFORE the system can detect the presence...

>>>a Windows issue: if a vir. was involved a system repair may or may not work as unknown damage to other files may/may not exist and could become time consuming. If the HD is basically sound and...

this was picked up at another site, it may help.

Disable NCQ on the NVIDIA nForce4 controller

In my case I never had to go past step one. Once I disabled Native Command Queuing and rebooted the...

The prob. with external devices of any type is that the connections cables tend to lose their connection, even if you are positive that the cable is is place it may not be, i.e. lack of continuity. ...

Do you have another machine to try the new HD in?