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| | I know, a pretty regularly posted problem online and one I've fixed on computers in the past. The issue this time is I've tried every fix I can find in forums and nothing is working so I figured I'd see if anyone had any tricks I haven't tried. Situation: Attempted … |
| | I am selling this 5 year old Mac through online. But before that, I am looking to wipe all its data to an extent where it is unrecoverable. The only question is how should I make sure if my Mac is wiped beyond recovery. |
 | Can anyone help me out with abit of code that will detect the location of any exe file on a hard drive / cd? am trying to build a simple exe launcher thanks. |
| | I just purchased a Seagate 750 gig external hard drive. My computer (running Windows XP home edition) will not boot past the screen where the devices are recognized as long as the Seagate is physically connected. I have to disconnect either the power cord or USB cord to the Seagate … |
 | How can i active the second hard disk. I have windows 7 in the firsy one.  |
| | I have 5 year old 'off the shelf' HP Pavilion 8695 -specs: AMD Athlon 750, AMD 751 Chipset, 20.4gb ultra DMA Hard drive, CD-WR drive, DVD-Rom Drive, Floppy disk drive. came preinstalled with Windows 98se. I had many problems with viruses and such - the hp recovery cd disk would … |
 | Hi I have a Raid 1 setup which had two drives a 250GB and a 500GB. I have replaced the 250GB drive (which had not failed) with a 500GB drive. The Raid now shows just a 250GB. What do I have to do to make use of the 500GB? The … |
 | Hi,Guys I want to install android with my windows 7 laptop,So the question is how can i give 100 Gb to linux and 800 Gb to windows. I have unsorted the 100 gb place for linux from windows.Plz tell me what to do next....? Thanks,uxama |
| | Product Name G71-329WM - System Recovery does not work, using Discs or Hard drive. Product Name and Operating System - G71-329WM; originally came with Windows Vista and was then upgraded to Windows 7 Home The note book was acting funney like it had a virus so I wanted to use … |
 | I have a 320GB SATA drive that I was using as an external drive when, rather suddenly, the drive stopped functioning. Windows XP (which is what I was running on my old PC) didn't even recognize that I'd attached the drive. Well, I held onto the drive (it was actually … |
| | A friend of mine said this would be the place to get some answers that there was a bunch of smart people at this site. I can usually dig till I figure things out but this time it’s a no go. I bought a Toshiba satellite P105-S6177 with no hard …  |
| | I have 1 TB Toshiba hard drive which wouldn't mount. My Mac gives an error message that the drive is unreadable and need to be initialized. First I tried to repair using Disk Utility but that option won't work for me at all. I also tried safe boot and I … |
| | Windows is good, I will grant you that. At least you can say that about a few versions out there. But at some point, an OS is just an OS, and it is the applications that become predominant. That is something that Microsoft would rather we not understand. You shift … |
| | i had a 8 port (Ethernet) router, 2tb usb external hdd, and 5 desktops,1 laptop (wifi embedded) and a epson printer. i need to use that 2tb usb external hdd as centralized storage and as well as epson printer too. First of all i get internet from dsl modem which …  |
| | Can you copy and paste game files onto your external hard drive and would it still work when you copy and paste it. |
| | Hi DaniWeb Family ! I have a Toshiba Satellite L455D-S5976, laptop with Windows 7, 32bit system on it. The hard drive went bad and so I ordered another on, exactly like the original. Then I had to cantact Toshiba and order the system installation disc for that computer. I got … |
| | Okay, so here's the problem: I have an HP dv6000 series/ model dv6910us laptop. I hadn't used the notbook in about 2 weeks because I was moving to college so it was in my car for a day. When I decided to boot it up everything worked fine...except the internet. … |
| | Hi Everyone, i asked about maximuim internal size can my computer handle in this Topic : https://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/pc-hardware/threads/480225/the-maximuim-internal-size-can-my-computer-handle- the guys said it's 2tb/4tb . looks like when testing it in real Life , this pc can't handle more than 1TB i tested 2 HArd drive , each one 2 Tera Byte … |
| | Hi everybody, I have a sony vaio VGN-NW 130D and it turns off by itself, it does one of two things every time I move it even a slight little bit; - It completely turns off (no warning, no proper shut down) and the power to it goes, after about … |
| | Hi; I ve a MacBook with 256 Go SSD, i want to replace it with a 1 To HDD, Is it possible and what's the part number is?  |
| | Hello, I backed up 2 computers onto a simplesave HP md1000h. After 2 years i have re-connected the hard drive and nothing happens - no light, no running sound. I dismantled the unit and removed the circuit board from the hard drive. Using a USB to SATA? cable I connected … |
 | hi guys, I have a dell xps 17 and I am thinking to purchase an extra Hard Drive - as I have an extra slot available. Ideally I don't want less than 1TB, maybe even more (probably not solid state as they are still too expensive) so I was wondering: … |
 | Hello, I installed 'Marvel Ultimate Alliance' game on my PC. Every function and graphics display well except for the characters, mine and the villains alike. They seem to look like silhouettes or stick men with weapons. I asked someone else about it and he said the problem could be in … |
 | Lenovo Y480, Win 8.1. Last month a Malware Bytes update started cannibalizing my system, quarantining over 600 driver files, .dlls and assorted stuff. (Earlier part of that story [here](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/481460/mbam-blocked-and-cant-scan-cant-upate-cant-install-it-again#). I tried to undo everything, and in the process uninstalled MBAM, thereby deleting the quarantined files. My system is full of … |
 | 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 …  |
| | Hi, My Acer Aspire One mini laptop gives me a black screen after powering on. Power light on, battery light on, NO hard drive light on and never shows anything but black. I have tried a lot of the strategies I've read here (remove battery, replace, unplug, etc., pressing various …  |
| | I joined this forum recently and found everyone so helpful that I thought I would return as I now have another problem and want to learn more. I have jsut assembled a new system, I have it set up with a small c: drive (20gb) that has windows xp installed … |
| | I have kept the old hard drive and wonder how I can retrieve my photos. I did buy a SATA cable but not quite sure how to use it. Any Ideas ?  |
 | Recently my secondary hard drive has "disappeared" from My Computer. I can see it in BIOS and Device Manager, but I cannot see it in the Disk Management Program. Any adivce would be welcomed. Thank You. |
| | Hello, i am presently trying to network my local hard drive c over my home network i enabled sharing, gave full control to everbody however if i try to access the hard drive from another location this comes up  any ideas?  |
| | Can anyone help me? I have a 2 TB Western Digital hard drive that my laptop no longer recognizes. I've tested it on two working computers and it hasn't been recognized by either one. It appears to have power and is connected properly. It does not make the grinding noises …  |
| | I have an old Maxtor hard drive that when I plug it in, makes 2 short beeping noises, and doesn't get recognized by my computer(Used an IDE to USB converter that I know works). I don't have any files or anything else I need on it, but I was just …  |
| | Hello, I am running windows 8.1 with Anus A55NM-A motherboard, 8 gig memory,400 gig harddrive. I am replacing a second harddrive since my other second drive crashed. CMO see the harddrive,device Manager. But will not show up in Explorer. I am wondering what is causing this problem? Thanks For the … |
| | So, this description may be a long one... First, the HDD info: Brand: Seagate Model: ST2000DM001 Controller Board: 100664987 Rev A Capacity: 2TB A family member (who is an author) recently had their HDD fail with many chapters of their book stored within the drive. Since I'm a EE, they …  |
| | My pc freezes on the windows start up page, I am running XP Pro, I have tried re-installing windows on another hard drive but when it gets to the first restart my pc does not restart. I have tried installing both XP Pro and 2000 pro, pc fails to restart …  |
| | I have a new windows 7 64bit machine. OS and all software already installed, running swell. But my old 32 bit xp machine has my big, monster file drive with all my music, pix etc. Can I just pop that file drive into the new box? thanks!  |
| | Where is MiniTool Drive Wipe used? |
 | Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 501758 573366271 286432257 5 Extended /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 501760 573366271 286432256 83 Linux Okay, we are building a new data server that has 6 disks - we partitioned the first 4 as a RAID 1 and the …  |
| | Hello, My old motherboard died without my having the ability to delete the old drivers off of the hard drive. I have installed a new motherboard and am attempting to boot into the old hard drive, however, Windows 7 will simply start up, try to load the files, and then … |
| | What is disk partitioning?? can anyone tell me?  |
 | i have two hard drive both have windows 7...is it possible to put it in 1 computer?please help  |
| | Why is there a tip saying “file is too large” when we save a file into FAT32 partition which has enough space? I use the software -MiniTool Partition Wizard. |
| | My Compaq 2500 (2538CL) laptop will not boot. The first error message that appears says a hard drive failure is imminent, press F1 to continue. I press F1 and then a message appears saying media test failure, then operating system not found. I have tried wiping the hard drive using … |
| | After I switched the power off from the back of PC to force shutdown the PC due to it freeze, the PC could not bootup again. When I powered it on, the fans runnng, all of the lits on, the CD lit on, the CPU heats up, and Hard Drive … |
| | i mistakenly formatted my hard drive partition and for that matter lost all of my very important data. could there be any way i can recover these data from the formatted hard drive. please help.thank u |
 | How to wipe hard disk? I suggested to ask for some 3rd party software and someone recommended Partition Star to me. Is that okay?  |
| | I have 1 TB Hard disk, i want to install ubuntu but ubuntu taking the whole Drive but i want to make partion like windows, i tried partion on ubuntu but the only ubuntu partion can see the rest of my partion is not visible So please tell or tutorial … |
| | Guys After a bit of help please. I have a toshiba laptop running windows 7 that wont let me log in. What I have done in the past with other laptops is to remove the hard drive, set the switches on it as a slave drive and install it into … |
| | I recently created a computer from spare parts that I found in my garage, cleaned them out, and through out the damged ones that would not work. So, once I was complete, I started the computer, I heard about 5 beeps, and then nothing, the fan was on, I could … |
| | I had a interal disk that wouldn't show in the finder at all but was showing as mounted on disk utility. I could get to the disk through a file alias so I know the disk was there and working. I tried numious posts including this one (http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/apple/mac-os-x/threads/94420/hard-drive-not-visible-mac-osx) with not … |
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