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what are some reasons why the operating system might require accurate information on how blocks are stored on a disk? How could the operating system improve file system performance with this knowledge?

i has 500gb hitachi external drive...i have divide to 4 partition...Whenever i plug in my external hard drive in computer, it detect but when i open "my computer", the window explorer just freezes and the green ribbon shows up, moves very slowly, and eventually stops at some point. i can …

Hi I have, almost in a panic, realised that I have some hard drives that need to be replaced as they are 6 years old. Although I have had no issues with them I thought replace them before they fail. It still seems a shame that a working hard drive …

Hi I have set up a RAID 1 and want to move my data to the RAID and leave applications and the operating system on the non raid drive. I just copied My Documents to the RAID and did a backup before deleting My Documents from the non raid disk. …

How dows a CPU know what to run at startup? Like running the boot in the first sector? It must be programmed but in what language and where are the programs data held then?

Hello everyone ! My problem is that the onboard LAN (marvel jukon) stopped working suddenly when I turned on the PC. The LAN has only an orange led on, and the green led is off... the cable is ok. I open the case and looked inside but everything is okey... …

Hello! My issue is that I have to disc readers. One DVD RW and the other a CD RW. I have to slots for them, I plugged them both in, power cables and connector cables. Howeverm the computer only reads that there is a CD RW drive in it. I …

Hi, I have just bought a sandisk memory stick - 16gb - and I noticed that there is sth installed on it, clucbsandisk or something like that. I wonder, what is it, do I have to keep it, can I get rid of it without compromising my memory stick? thanks

im not sure if this is the right place to ask but since i dont know any person who is expert on computers personally, i went here. My mom bought me an ideapad LENOVO laptop with Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU m 370 @4.20GHz and ram= 2.00GB i didnt ask for …

Hey, I'm just wondering as to what everyones avg battery life is for their notebooks, and what their specs are. Personally, my battery life sucks...I unplug it and walk upstairs, and its down about 3-4%...its almost pointless as a notebook...so is there any way to improve battery life? Any tips/suggestions …

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67MA-D2H. Processor: intel Core i5 2.8GHz Power supply: Maximum 400Watt. no external graphics card. my pc hangs after 10-15 mins after boot up. after i cut down power i touched the north bridge and it's too hot. i have no experience with hardware, so i dont know what …

Hi there, sometime ago I enquired about hdmi cable, but never got around buying it. The moment has come now, but I have realized that the HDMI port on my laptop and on the TV are the same, in that it looks like I need a hdmi cable with 2 …

Hi there, I was wondering if you can give me an advice at all. I need to get a HDMI cable to connect my laptop to my LED tv, mainly to watch movies. Now, I don't know much about hdmi cables so I wonder if there is anything you can …

Hello Everyone- My question is about my laptop that I use with a wireless router. The laptop has Vista 32 and service pack 1--I am currently still trying to get service pack 2 to download but that is a work in progress. The problem is any music that i download, …

OK, so I've got a Gateway FX P-7805u laptop with power up issues. Here's the whole story: One day, even though the laptop itself was plugged into the wall, when I hovered on the battery indicator, the windows 7 notification said "plugged in, not charging" and the battery was stuck …

ok problem has been started 2 days ago first pc restarted for several times than it showed blue screen showing hardware issues than i tried to start pc through Linux live cd pc started i take all the backup form my hard drive to another portable hardisk than i tried …

Hello there, so this is my question about an upgrade I'm going to do. Will I get a bottleneck issue with the video card im about to buy with the motherboard and processor im using right now? motherboard - http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2471 (Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H) processor - AMD Phenom II X2 545 (3GHZ) …

Hello, anyone can suggest a free software (or paid) which could help me monitor the power usage on my computer system, like how much power is being used by the CPU, GPU, motherboard etc?

I recently formatted my PC, loaded Windows 98SE and now the pc is so slow that it is virtually unuasable. If I click on START, for instance, it takes about 30 seconds for the PC to act on the click. I have to assume it is a hardware problem. The …

do we need to insert a SIM(cellular/GSM) to a vehicle GPS if we want to track the location from the distance? (over the internet)

My friend's computer was doing updates and it froze. He left it for 24 hours and it was frozen on a windows update. He finally killed the power and turned the computer back on, and nothing. The power light comes on, but no beeping, no fan, no monitor. I loaned …

ok so here is the skinny. i had this computer for some time. i got a new case and moved everything to the new case now i cannot get any beeps, no post and the mobo has the power light on it. this was working fine in the old cae. …

Hi every body, I have a dell laptop inspiron N4030 with these information : Intel core i3 M380 2.5GHZ Originally in my pc manufacture put a 2 GB ram , yesterday i bought 4GB ram and hooked it in my laptop so now my pc detect 6GB ram in system …

I recently got a hp Pavilion g6. It already had Window 7 installed and Direct X 11 installed. However when I try to play Warcraft in it I get the error message Direct X is not supported. And when I did some searching it says that Pavilion g6 doesn't support …

Windows XP - Computer 1 & 2 - IBM Netvista ThinkCentre's P4; 2.8 GHz Problem: Computer 1 (Windows XP Home) copied photo's from 2gb SD card using Lexmark Pro200 printer with SD card reader to Easygo 4 GB flash drive (verified that the photo's were there.) Computer 2 (Windows XP …

Which is the best mainboard for core i7 processor system?

HI there, I have 2 spare sticks of RAM of 2 gb each that I would like to put in a dell studio 1535. Now the problem is that according to the crucial website [url]http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=1F7BCCE4A5CA7304[/url] this dell laptop takes this memory: Part Number: CT867777 Module Size: 4GB kit (2GBx2) Package: …

Hello, I had all my work on my USB stick, however I lost it and someone else found it. The thing is that I think that this particular person has transfered my work onto his laptop. Is it possible to check if any file were transfered from my flash?

I'm curious because I'm new to the world of buying computer parts and such. I've installed an Asus model of the Nvidia 550ti and I was wondering if I should use the Nvidia drivers or the Asus drivers. both drivers seem to work with only slight differences in the multiple …

Hey Guys... I have some problem with my external HD when I copied some files.. After It almost 65% I see in tera copy status : Error I/O Port, and copying stop.. Did the problem occured in usb cable..??, or in the hardisk..?? PS : Sorry if my English is …

I have a Gateway MX7340 laptop that is two years old. Windows XP SP2. When I power it up all I get is a black screen and I do not hear any processes running, only the fan. Nothing happens at all. The computer did not come with a start up …

cant get a reponce from toshiba c660 at all

I had a noisy computer and i traced it to dirt and dust in psu. i took out psu opened it up and cleaned it. After replacing it in computer i bootup but i know its booting but the monitor says no signsl, the led blue light just flashes. I …

can I strip the WD Elements Desktop external hdd and use the hdd inside to fit to other NAS drive ???

I ave a Toshiba laptop, and when I tried turning it on this morning it wouldn't turn on. First there was just a black screen, so I removed all power sources, and held down the power button to reset everything, then I plugged the power back in, and I managed …

I have an intel pentium(R) dual core t4200 and I am wondering what processor could replace this one? My laptop is 3 years old for extra information. Also, I know this is not the appropriate section for this question, but I I upgrade from 4 to 8 gigs of ram …

I want to know in simple terms the meaning of hyperthreading in processors tech. and what is is the difference btn the i3, i5 n i7 core processors?

Hello everyone, First of all you need to know that my computer has two physical hard drives set up in RAID 0. The day before the problem started, there was a short power blackout, during which the computer was working (playing a movie), and I didn't have a UPS for …

I want to install a WD 7200 eide hard drive as a slave (2nd hard drive) on a asus p4p800 motherboard. The master hard drive is a seagate sata hard drive. My problem is the WD instructions only show you how to install a 2nd hard drive as if the …

Can someone explain to me what Starvation free means compared to deadlocks? I need to modify this deadlock answer so that is starvation free.... A mutex semaphore is all that will be needed to solve this problem. When a driver comes to the bridge they will reserve or request the …

My computer, Compaq Presario, keeps shutting part way off like it does when you put in standby but then it won't wake up. I had the same problem about about a week and a half ago and it wouldn't stay on long enough to boot up. I finally took the …

I'll keep this one short, My girlfriend is on her second laptop were as i'm still on my first. She has an ASUS (i'm not sure of the model) and she's always leaving it on the floor next to the bed and falling asleep with it on her knee so …

Hi all, I had some bad sectors on my Dell Inspiron 9400 which uses a Samsung 100GB HDD. I purchased a WD 250GB HDD and used the cloning program EZ Gig IV to transfer my data from one to the other. It worked but it has made the 250GB drive …

I know DEC VAX has a single instruction that is used for loading ans storing all programs that are visible registers/ to memory, but the thing i dont understand is there really a reason to have an instruction pair for it? what are some pros and cons for it?

Hey, I have been doing research on Endianness. I know that little Endian means that the least significant byte of any multibyte data field is stored at the lowest memory address, which is also the address of the larger field. And Big Endian means that the most significant byte of …

My 10 yr old Emachines T1100 will not print. The usb link to the printer is ok as I can scan from the Epson cx5200, but not print to it. Message after print attempt says drivers not installed. When I click to install, message says print spooler missing. mcAfee virus …

I'm using P5GC-MX 1333 Asus motherboard. The place where i purchased it, they told me highest capacity of RAM can be used is 3 GB. Now i want to upgrade the RAM and bit fear to buy a new 2 GB RAM (Current i have 2GB RAM). Is it true …

Hi, my mom has a Dell Dimension 4550 that has been running fairly smooth for several years. Recently she tried to install some new DDR ram in to the mobo, and VERY incorrectly seated it. She asked me to look at it (after the fact) cause her computer would power …

Daughter's been off to college, and trying to use her old Thinkpad R31, but it asks for her user name and password, and she can't remember it. Any way to work around this?

Hi all, Is there any chance to shut down a pc automatically only because of loose connection of processor fan ?. -vinod