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| | When i try to boot up a message shows hard disk ###########595b the system primary HDD is protected by a password authentcation system. you cannot access data on this hard drive without the correct password. i dont know what the password is. then a ran a test and it says …  |
| | From about three weeks ago, on only my most heavily used email account (it has around 75,000 emails in it and gets around 200 emails each day), I was only able to download 4 emails at a time. Then it would stop. I would click "Get Mail" and it would … |
| | Power Mac G5 not booting! please help! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi, I'm new to the forum but would appreciate any insights you all can offer. I have a one month old 2.0 Dual processor G5 Power Mac, 512 MB. I use it to edit video with about 7 external hard drives attached. … |
 | Sir I want to completely format my total hard-disk drive not only C-drive to install my OS. But while I do install my Windows OS, it only gives option to format the drive, where you need to install the OS. Basically I want to Make a complete format of the … |
| | Hey guys, help me out! It's a long read, but please have patience, I really need you! I am running Windows 7 on a 500 GB SATA HDD. I have 4 partitions, and had wanted to expand the size of my 4th partition. So I burnt a [B]GParted[/B] disk (0.6.2) … |
| | Hi, Cant get my Medion laptop to boot up, i have tried the removing the battery and mains leads and holding down the power button to no avail. i bought another hard drive,still nothing. The power light comes on and the cd starts,but nothing from the hard drive light and …  |
 | I'm still here at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2010, and just had the chance to try out something cool. The Intel Atom processors are lightweight x86 processors for use in a whole range of small devices. And being x86-based, they can run modern desktop operating sytesms. At the beginning … |
| | 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 ( … |
| | I've had this computer for several years. My wife uses it and recently acquired a virus that forced me to take the hardrive out, connect it to my own PC, and run a virus scan to clean it. When I reinstalled it, the computer would no longer turn on. NOTHING … |
| | I have found tons of info on how to transfer my email messages and address book using easy transfer. My problem is that my hard drive is damaged and will not boot. But I am able to attach it to the computer using a HD enclosure and a usb connection. … |
 | [I]Summary[/I] [QUOTE] new laptop would ideally like to partition the hd and install a unix based system and xp that came with the laptop, no media backup came with laptop, looking for advice on what to go with and what to do thank you even if you just took time … |
| | I recently acquired a Toshiba Satellite M45-S355. It was actually given to my wife so I have taken on the project of trying to get it running. It also came with an external hard drive. When I originally tried to boot up the computer all I got was the Toshiba … |
| | Hello, I have an old laptop that I don't need. It has 1GB RAM ans 120GB hard drive. I have a somewhat fast internet connection... So, I want to make a "Linux Based Home Web Server". I want to host my files and my websites on it. Now, please help … |
| | 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 … |
| | I've got an older Dell Dimension 4550 (likely almost 10 years old) Without any advance warnings, computer has died. Pressing the power button results in computer starting for about 3 seconds, shutting down, then restarting on it own and continually running, no additional signs of startup. Nothing ever appears on …  |
| | for some resone my computer is running super slow it takes15 min to get in to windows and for ever for every thing else i re did windows and thr same thing i even tryed a nother hard drive same thing it takes 1 day to install windows this is … |
| | Hi Ok, so I was working on my laptop yesterday (Lenovo SL500) when suddenly it restarted. Now I have the following problem: When I restart the computer it POSTs fine (counts the memory, displays "the" table... etc). When It's about to start Windows it starts beeping - it doesn't even …  |
| | 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 … |
| | I'm having a problem with my toshiba TE 2100 laptop. The problems started with the laptop freezing (keyboard and mouse not working, screen still on). I reset the laptop by holding the power button down a couple of seconds. At boot a cmos error occured and the machine urged me … |
| | 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 … |
| | I have a HP Pavillion A6500F with a start up problem that I need some help diagnosing a problem with it or rebuilding it the cheapest way possible. Problem (1): Last time I used the computer I noticed it had a software virus on it. The Virus presented itself as … |
| | Compaq Presario V1000 (possibly bought outside US) OS Window's XP Home boot and black screen reads on top: "1720-SMART Hard Drive detects imminent failure (failing Attr: 05) Please backup contents of hd and run HDD self Test in f10 setup" f10 setup ask for admin password which user doesn't have... … |
| | This situation is a bit... Complicated. It involves a power surge. I had an old PC and a power surge virtually ruined everything in my computer except for my dvd-rom drive and, to the best of my knowledge, my processor. Allow me to elaborate: A power surge caused my power … |
| | Hi I am trying to retrieve My Documents and the .pst file from a hard drive out of a computer who's motherboard just died. I have attached the hard drive to another desktop computer using a USB -sata external drive kit. When I search the hard drive I can open … |
| | My hard drive has just started asking me to load a disk and that as far as I can get - any suggestions?? |
| | My Compaq computer with Windows Vista Home Premium crashed last week because a virus killed off my hard drive and I have had to purchase a new computer. It is the same model and includes a free "trial" McAfee antivirus program. But I've heard that two antivirus programs should not …  |
| | I am currently in the process of building a computer from scratch for two reasons. First, I intend to further my music endeavors, and secondly I intend to get back into photoshop and other visual programs. My concern is finding the proper components and or getting the right components specifically … |
| | Put simply i have two computers running the same edition of windows 7 they are connected on a network and i can access the basic users files that are shared and generally files on the hard drive that the OS is installed on but if i try and share files … |
| | Last night I was having a problem with my computer in that I was unable to type my password into the login screen. The keyboard was working fine as I was able to press ESC and go into the boot menu so this couldn't have been the problem. However, I … |
| | Hey guys, I awoke the other day to find my PC with a black screen saying "insert boot disk then press any key." I tried restarting the PC and it a attempted to do a CHDSK scan, which i allowed to scan. After the scan it gave the same error … |
| | [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 …  |
| | This situation is a bit... Complicated. It involves a power surge. I had an old PC and a power surge virtually ruined everything in my computer except for my dvd-rom drive and, to the best of my knowledge, my processor. Allow me to elaborate: A power surge came causing my … |
| | Okay, I will tell you upfront I have taken very few formal classes in terms of computer hard ware and bios settings and the like. That being said, I'm a problem solver. I love being able to tackle a problem and wrestle it down with understanding and finally beat it … |
| | My laptop overheated and shut down. Since then it does not stay on more than a few seconds sometimes it gets all the way to window's login. I opened it and replaced the heat sink and fan that had failed. Still no luck. I added some thermal paste on top … |
| | Hi guys, I am trying to figure out an unique situation that I have been suffering lately. I'll try to explain the problem the best I can. I have a vaio laptop with windows 7 Pro 64. Here's the issue: when I let the computer idle for a while (more … |
 | 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 … |
| | Hi, let's say I have a program in my external hard drive and there's a code in my app that references a picture or a file in that hard drive, how do I make it so that when I take my external hard drive to another computer, even though the … |
| | I have a year and a half old Sony Vaio notebook that just developed a problem. It boots up normally but then when you click on any app, the timer spins and spins and the program never comes up. Control-alt-delete doesn't work at that point; the hard drive LED doesn't … |
| | Hi, just got my Desktop back from the repairers due to a fault on hard drive. Everything seems ok now, but the only thing is in EXPLORER and INTERNET EXPLORER I'm missing the FILE, EDIT, VIEW, etc. toolbar. The Icons are there below but where the wording is supposed to … |
| | Hello, I have a laptop with windows xp sp3 on it. I removed a pretty big malware program with malwarebytes. It got rid of the program for the most part but there is one underlaying factor. Firefox and Internet explorer 7 both redirect to stopmalwaresite.com and other random sites anytime …  |
| | The nonprofit think tank for which I spent the last seven years working on climate and energy policy has gone bankrupt. It is no more. The server is returned to the company that rented it to us, and the offices are closed and have new tenants. As part of the … |
| | Hi, please assist; I'm trying to read a text file located on a url, and that file information is separatedby tabs, and some cases the results on it are null values, depending on the systems performance. now, I can't read it if all values are tabs, especially the last values, … |
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| | [ATTACH=RIGHT]16841[/ATTACH]The Phantom is the latest "crafted series" case from NZXT and it has a stylized, futuristic design that is the result of a collaboration with the renowned case modder, Craig Bruger (craigbru). It isn’t all about looks though. NZXT included a generous fan setup and otherwise tailored the trimmings with … |
| | I want to resurrect my old eMachines - the hard drive was bad so I dropped in a "new" one. I can boot from the restore CD to a DOS prompt. Ran FDISK on the 8 gig drive, then performed a format of the drive. No messages about bad sectors. … |
| | My 7 year old Intel 32 bit motherboard passed away. I'l like to replace it with a 64 bit motherboard, processor and memory and still run my Xp Pro hard drive and DXD/CD. Here's the big question: will Xp boot up on the 64 bit hardware? I'm assuming I'll have …  |
| | Hi - I'm trying to format and reinstall Windows XP on a Dell 4300 for a friend. When I booted the computer up - A trial version of Windows XP Pro SP2 disk was in the drive and in the middle of set up. Problem is - I don't have … |
| | Well, the back up is there on my external hard drive - check. My wife, the IT professional, wants to stay clear of any computer issues at home - cant blame her, really - so, she wants to "see" the files in the back up - now, that'd be nice. … |
| | my programs run in task manager but never actually show the application on the monitor, can you please help? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:26:06 PM, on 8/21/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe … |
| | Hello everyone, I have a problem with my dell 1501 laptop with windows vista. The laptop was in sleep mode when i opened it up it was frozen, ctl alt del did nothing so i just powered it down. Now when i try to start it up it powers on, … |
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