Bloody hell, 5 years later and this thread is still getting hits!

There's a new application undergoing development at the moment called PerfectCompress, which combines PAQ and 7z to create UCA...

Unfortunately that's the 830 model, and as I understand it the 831 [might not] include the bracket. I'm not 100% sure on that particular issue and was hoping for clarification.

Thanks for your...

I'm not sure if this sort of thread is appropriate here, and if it isn't I apologise in advance :)

I'm hoping someone can advise me about this case before I buy it, because I can't find adequate...

You can just pop the keys off and clean under them, then pop them back on again when you're done. Just make sure you know where each key belongs when it comes time to put them back on again! I...

Thanks for your time on this mate!

Unfortunately the SSL settings only seem to be accessible after you're able to connect to the POP server, which is the problem we're having. Ahhh it's...

Thanks for the thorough reply! I tried the details you gave me but they didn't work, sadly.

The iPhone gives an error about the username and/or password being incorrect, but we've checked it...

Dear awesome IT chaps/chappettes,

My brother has an iPhone (of the 3G variety, if that matters) and is currently having trouble accessing his Windows Live Hotmail account in the same manner as he...

Somehow the fonts for my system have been changed. Everything looks either bold or italic, and the font itself looks like it's a different font family altogether. I'm not sure how this happened,...

Thanks for the reply mate!

The weird thing is, from about 2 or 3 weeks after I posted this thread the problem just seemed to stop, and I haven't experienced it since. I'm not sure what happened...

So the hex editor would at best allow me to input my own dates, as opposed to allow me to see the original date the file was in fact created? If that's the case, it would be much easier to use a...

The dates were more for historical purposes, as opposed to actually serving a particular function. That said, if it's impossible to get the original dates (someone suggested using a hex editor, but...

Is it possible to retrieve the original "File Created" date from a file when the date has been changed due to copying from one system to another? I understand there are ways of preserving the dates...

I think I've found a workaround for this problem. I say "workaround" because it basically involves changing a few things from their default settings, which doesn't really solve the problem so much...

I've read that the problem may be caused by the fact that I'm using a hard drive that was formatted in XP with Vista. If this is the case, is there any way to correct this problem without actually...

I'm an idiot...here's why:

I found a tool called "Thumbscrew (http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/thumbscrew-software-usb-write-blocker)" that switches storage devices' write protection on...

Hello again,

I've read through the Western Digital website's support pages (nothing relevant was there) and I also contacted them through their website about the problem. So, let's see what they...

Update: The drive now remains write protected even after several reboots, and even when I boot into Safe Mode.

Please tell me this isn't a hardware fault haha, I already had to get my last drive...

Following the instructions given in the URL you provided didn't help the problem when it arose again.

Any other ideas? haha

I have a few other bits of info that might help identify the problem:...

I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64, and I'm currently using the latest display drivers for my nVidia 8800GTX.

Playing games is now impossible. Every game I play causes my monitor to switch...

Interesting! I haven't had the problem since I posted here (it happened several times over the course of a week prior to my original post), but I'll bookmark your URL and check to see if the...

My external Western Digital Elements 500GB USB drive occasionally sets itself to "Write Protected" and I can't alter any of the files on the drive until I reboot and the write protection is reset. ...

Another update: the problem only occurs when the disc image is on the Windows desktop. This is getting weirder and weirder!

Dear awesome IT blokes/blokettes,

Today a rather curious problem has started occurring on my Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 system; when I right-click on any disc image (be it .ISO, .NRG, etc)...

A small update: if I end the "explorer.exe" task via the Task Manager, then restart it manually, the files can be deleted thereafter. This is a lot better than rebooting into Safe Mode each time,...

I just started using this operating system, and I've found that certain files (seemingly only exe files) cannot be deleted from the Desktop. I get the following error:

"The action can't be...

I figured it out! And here's the solution:

1. Make sure all of the files you want to extract are in the same folder
2. Go to your WinRAR install directory, and copy the "UnRAR.exe" file into...

Yeah, they are all separate files, not parts of one big file, so unfortunately that won't work for me.

I understand that WinRAR can be run from the command line. Does anyone know how to use it in...

Hello :)

I have several hundred RAR archives that I want to extract, but they each have a password which means I can't just select all of them and extract them at the same time, because it will...

My replacement came last week, and I managed to copy across most of my files from the old drive (I had to do it file by file, which took some time...very frustrating). I'm currently wiping the old...

Guess what? *rolls eyes* It's sort of working, but it's still very temperamental. For instance, installations of software from the drive will stop half way and ask to be directed to the...

You're not going to believe this...I think I nailed the problem, and it's so stupid that I feel like crying. I first had the idea of unplugging my printer from the USB, because I got my printer a...

I tried partitioning the hard drive, but it failed at around 30 seconds into it. The drive wouldn't show up after that, so I went to the Disk Management options and had to reassign a drive letter.
...

I decided to check the Event Viewer to see if anything shows up, and I get hundreds of errors relating to my USB drive (I'm assuming it's this drive - in Disk Management the drive is "Disk 1", and...

A quick update. I upgraded my BIOS to the latest version, hoping that maybe this would correct the issue, but it did not.

I'm stumped!

The problem is the same as before, in that the drive disappears then reappears as an "unformatted" drive. I can't even scan it with chkdsk when it's in this state.

The drive is 500GB, and I...

False alarm - the problem came back :(

God dammit.

I'm not sure what the problem was exactly, but a reinstall of Windows solved it. I tried a repair install first, and like you predicted mechbas it didn't suffice (and in fact seemed to cripple my...

Haha you have no idea how tempted I am to do that, but unfortunately this is a family PC and I can't be bothered teaching my folks how to use a new operating system when they can barely use Windows!...

This gives me hope for my little HD; if it works in Ubuntu then surely it's a Windows issue. I wonder has something become corrupted in our systems...I got a Trojan recently (successfully eradicated...

My external hard drive has been acting very strangely for the past few days, and I can't figure out what the problem is. The drive disappears intermittently from my system, then reappears as an...