[drive] Forum Topics

I am having my friend USB, which contains the error while Formatting, copying, deleting, renaming, moving files from it. The error is `"The Disk is Write Protected"`, I don't Know why this all happens? I try to repair it with the google help and find some common solution and tried …

The portable version of Python (versions 2.7 and 3.2 are available) can be run from your hard drive or a flash drive. In many ways this makes your live easier, since a lot of libraries are included already. Also, you can take your code to a friend on a flash …

Hello everyone I am facing a problem that I have never encountered before and googling around just isn't helping. I was assigned to migrate a pmWiki server to a new MediaWiki server which was supposed to run as a virtual machine on a Red Hat Cluster Suite. My coworker and …

The DVD-drive is not showing in my computer What's the solution ?

Hello. I have just purchased a Lexar JumpDrive S50 32 gigs and I am having trouble accessing the USB. The USB shows up in the my computer window with a grayed out icon and when I double click it it states "Please insert a drive". The same statement is displayed …

hello , i have facility to connect map drive in windows in my collage . but now when switched to linux(FEDORA) i can not found the option for map network drive ? can yo pls tell me how to connect map drive in linux(fedor and ubantu - specifically).?

Hi I meet a problem I bought a **WD HDD** (WD2500AAKX) with **SATA3** connection but my **motherboard chipset** only supports **SATA1**. The question is: how to set **jumpers** and to slow down speed at 1.5 Gbps? On the HDD is saying that Jumper on Pin 5-6 slow down to 3 …

My programs objective is to mkdir and ope dir. if I ever get it jarred up I would like to run it from a jump drive. [code] public static final String USERHOMEDIR = System.getProperty("user.home", "."); [/code] clearly this code will not be valid any more. Could this USERHOMEDIR be replaced …

hi, I made a new partition to install vista because i wanted to make sure i would have all the files i needed before i normally would've cleaned the original partition and installed it there. I plan to keep the second partition and i would like to move memory from …

I'm working on an application that runs off of a thumb drive. The very first step in the application is to select the drive letter of the thumb drive. That populates a variable which is used throughout the program to note various paths on the thumb drive. Is there a …

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 …

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 …

I took the hdd out of my external computer to transfer a large # of files (over 1TB worth) and to use the full 3tb I made it a GPT Partition. Now since I want it back in the normal enclosure the computer "sees" it, in the device manager or …

I'm having problems reading or writing files in my C++ program. I'm using Fedora 16 on a USB stick and Eclipse for C/C++ developers. Here's snippet of code from my program. fp is always 0. I've also got other code that is loading files (which always fail). I've tried running …

hi there, I've looked at other responses but I'm not sure they help me, I'm hoping you can. I have a Seagate desk external hard drive which I store in my safe as it holds all my photos of my kids. I took it out today to put more files …

My cousin wants me to repair her original fat XBox 360. It will play DVDs fine, but when trying to load a game just completely locks up. I've determined that the disk drive is failing, and that it is a Philips Lite-On DG-16D2S. I have an old busted 360 and, …

This may be a PC 101 question, but I'm in the process of adding a second internal hard drive to my new XPS 8300, WIN 7 Pro x-64 pc. I have an external 2 TB HD that I use for backups. I do a lot of digital photography with Photoshop …

I am a Mac 10.6 user. One of my friends suggested me to defrag my drive in order to optimize mac performance. My friend who is at Mac 9.2 suggested me from his own experience. But when I went through Mac support , it says that there is no need …

Hey guys, I have a problem: My USB flash drive is not seen on windows 7 ultimate. i have just reinstalled the windows 7, it still won't fix. Was working about a month ago and it just stopped working 3 days ago. Please help, thanks!

I got me a new used computer from a neighbor in trade, I formatted and put win xp home on it. After getting all my basic setup done, I went in to bios and set all my security like I always do with any of my CPU's. After doing the …

I've started a [URL="http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20110127025920867&board_id=1&model=P5N7A-VM&page=1&SLanguage=en-us"]thread[/URL] on the Asus forums, but thought that maybe this community could be helpful as well. First, my machine: ------------------ [INDENT][B]Motherboard:[/B] Asus P5N7A-VM [B]BIOS version:[/B] 0519 4/29/2010 [B]CPU:[/B] Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W [B]Memory installed:[/B] 4096 MB [B]Memory type:[/B] OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 …

I'm sure threads don't have to be all about problems so, I was wondering when I delete my files, where does it go? How does the hard drive regain its space? I read somewhere that the OS just ignores it but I wanted to make sure and if we used …

Hi, I have been advised by an HP chat technician that My laptop (Vista, 32 bit, < 1year old) a. will not access more than 320Gb via USB b. will not accommodate more than 320Gb internally Both he attributes to mother board limitations. Now (b) I'm willing to accept, althought …

Hi, I've looked all over the web for several days and seem to find no answer to this issue. I would appreciate any leads. Thanks in advance for your time! I need to find the underlying disk capacity (total size) of an unmapped network share in windows (Win7, XP, Server …

Hi, I am working on a project, I need to control a CD Drive via the IDE/ATA Interface using a C/C++ program. My goal is to control the Speed of the Drive, and hopefully the radial position of the optical pickup head. I am still fairly new to this field, …

Hi guys! I have a 32Gb corsair SSD which i use for only a few programs and windows. I try to keep it as empty as possible but its gone a bit strange since yesterday. When i highlight all the folders and files (with hidden files showing)and look at the …

Hi im a first time user of this forum and i have a problem with my drive D it has a red X next to it i used advanced system care pro, un-hack me and hitman pro but none of them got rid of my problem. i can go into …

That should be: "[B]Unable[/B] to modify shared files and folders." I am running Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 Standard (SP2) machine. I added an external hard drive to hold shared files. I didn't have an problem moving the files from their original location on the server's internal HDD. …

As stated in the title, my laptop, upon powering on, loads the bios and takes me to a screen saying: "No bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility--Press F5 to run onboard diagnostics." Naturally, I press F5. CPU Time Stamp Calibration Test Passes PM Timer 1 Passes …