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 | Just bought a new 120gb WD hard drive. I plug it in, and Windows doesn't seem to recognise it. It pops up with "Found new Hardware", and the add hardware wizard simply says it is working properly. BIOS also shows the hard drive is there and working. Whats up? Do … |
| | Hi , I posted a message some days back that hard disk crashed ..and asking what were my options.. well finally I need to replace the disk Now iam planning t buy a new drive and i am told by Dell suppprt that I can only replace with a ATA … |
| | I'm building a new computer and was considering this hard drive... [url]http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010282&cid=HD.96[/url] I don't know what NCQ is or the benefits of it. Could anyone here explain NCQ to me :) Thanks; Dougie |
 | I have a 300GB hard drive as a 2nd drive, the OS is on the 1st HD of 120GB. The 300GB is loaded with my music, movies, and pictures. I want to get an idea of everyone elses methods of backing up????? is it once or incremential? Network Storage? Compressing … |
| | My brothers pc keeps shutingdown after we start it.he told me he open it to clean it up and after he try to start it up it keeps shutingdown...i checked pw with one that works and it did the same.Same with ram i change it and same thing happens.Also i …  |
| | If I shut my PC off, the next time I try to boot up, it freezes on the HP blue screen (does not make it to Windows XP screen). This has been going on for a couple months now. If I shut my computer off, unplug it from the wall … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]I am a HSI/DSL subscriber. My Windows XP [B]Networks Connections [/B]window says my connection speed is [I]100Mbps[/I]. Lately, 6-minute-playback-time videos that normally download quickly enough (usually less than a minute) to be viewed uninterrupted [that is the loading progression bar (that slides along the bottom of the video display window) … |
 | :) is it possible to install my new maxtor 100gb h/d in one computer & load windows xp pro, then take it out & install it into another w/out any conflics? i have a W3080 Emachine w/ a 2.167 ghz athlon processor & going to install another 512 chip & … |
| | I never thought I'd live up to my name, but here I am. :cheesy: This is the first Mac i purchased because I was tired of Windows Blue Screens of Death. This is another story. I purchased an iPod 60 G about a year ago from a guy on Ebay. … |
| | Ok. I have just recently reformatted my hard drive after a corrupted Windows file kept me from booting up the computer. Everything is going well and up to speed, but now my GPU drivers are gone. I have 2 nVidia GeForce 6600GT that my dad gave me and I'm running … |
| | I recently moved from US to Hong Kong. I thought that I read my computer correctly in that it would work in US or here. I purchase an adapter and like a dummie plug directly into the socket. I heard a sizzle then a pop and then say a little … |
| | formatted the hard drive now i noticed the computer has two hard drives and i can not restart computer in dos it says can not find file c:/win95com what does this mean and how can i fix the problem it is a dell computer. |
| | I have a Compaq Presario 6000. A friend messed up my computer and then reinstalled windows xp. Now my computer will not detect the 2nd cd drive (cdr/rw) and my hard drive which was 40 GB now only shows 1.99 GB. Reinstallation is not an option because I don’t have … |
 | i had some problems, suspected that cooling was a factor. so I got the Speedfan software, and all but one of the labels for the temperature readings were foreign to me, except the one labelled 'HD0 (250.1 GB)'. this is also the only reading I get that is consistently high …  |
| | Any significant problems with doing an upgrade from ME to XP? Can you just put the XP disk in and do an upgrade versus a fresh install? Or will I have to reinstall all my existing software once XP is loaded? Or, should I spend the additional $ and buy … |
| | I had to change the mobo in my comp...also formatted the hard drive and went back with win98 SE....and then the fun began..i had no controllers ...i still need a pci ethernet controller and pci communication device.....i got a new ethernet card and a new modem...and it still will not … |
| | I just bought a new power supply for a new computer I'm building, it's a MIOS 500 watt. The person who sold it to me said that it had several SATA power connectors ( I didn't look in the box :-( ) When I got home and opened the box … |
| | -- I'm also certain this is in the wrong forum, and I do apologize. However, I am in quite a rush, so thanks to whoever move this to the appropriate section. I'm thinking of buying either one of these two packages, so I was wondering if you could tell me … |
| | After 20 minutes of working my hard drive freezes and stops working. When I take it out, after 30 minutes, when I put it back it works again. I have an impresion that it is hot. Please help me with some advice. pxe - e61 media test failure, check cable:?: |
| | Just started using this Dell 2300 with XP & SP2 for the first time in about a year and have run into a strange problem. I can't seem to be able detach, save or view e-mail attachments. Also, can't download any update files from web sites. The system appears to … |
| | Hi all I wonder if someone can tell me if there is a simple way to transfer all my hard drive files to another computer. I`m contemplating a new computer but dont want to start reloading it all. (micro money saved downloaded programmes etc. I`ve heard about memory and flash …  |
| | Hi Hoping someone can help. I reformatted the hard drive on my Dell Latitude X1 and reinstalled everything and the only thing no longer working is the multiple monitor feature.When plugging a standalone LCD VGA screen into the VGA output it will recognise it as a monito but will ONLY …  |
| | hey all just new here, having a 'pain-in-the-ass' problem regarding my external hard drive. thing is i'm trying to connect this usb drive to my dvd recorder. therefore , it has to be formatted in fat32, and recognized by windows as a mass storage device (or removable media). that last … |
 | Hey, Now is Vista a new Operating System or is it an upgrade??? I recently just purchased a laptop and we were talking about Vista and he said the it was an upgrade disc that doesn't format your hard drive. To me it sounds like it is a Upgrade not …  |
| | I have a very annoying problem when ever i am browsing folders my pc freezes up and its very random the way it dose it sometime 3 seconds into browsing other 16 and if im lucky it wont happen but not very often (IF THIS HELPS) i have a windows … |
| | My cousin asked me to look at his 4 year old Dell Inspiron 1100 notebook, because he was frequently receiving the blue screen of death. After finally getting it to boot up in safe mode and getting his files off-loaded to my primary desktop, I decided to reformat and reinstall … |
| | alright, so just yesterday, my pc totaly screwed up, like, i didnt know what was wrong, but thats not the problem, i recently bought 2 pc3200 512 ddr ram cards to install along with my two preinstalled 256 ddr ram cards, trust me, there the same type of card, anyways, … |
| | Hi all, Just looking for some opinions. I have windows xp home, service pack 2 running on a pentium d cpu 3.20-3.20 with 896 mb of ram it is an OEM system and I have been hearing [U][COLOR=red]bad things[/COLOR][COLOR=red] about OEM[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR=red][U]systems[/U][/COLOR] although I really dont know understand it fully. …  |
| | I don’t know where to start with this problem but here goes. This problem started because I have been tying to repair a hard drive that showed 7.84 GB instead of 80GB, this I eventually did, but in the process I have mixed up all my drive letters. The drive … |
| | Hi there! I just recently had to replace my motherboard and now I have no sound. I don't even know what to look for in the device manager. There are things listed under sounds( audio codecs, legacy audio drivers, legacy video capture devices, media control devices, video codecs), but I … |
 | My older brother recently inherited an older sony laptop P3 [url]http://altura.speedera.net/ccimg.catalogcity.com/210000/213200/213210/Products/6191580.jpg[/url] Its in good running order and operates using the ME addition operating system. He uses it primarily to watch videos that I give him via our home network, but he has a huge projection TV on his side of … |
 | I have a SATA western digital 160 GB hard drive. I have formatted it in NTFS but no OS installed, I use it for storage. Recently I havent been able to access it, it doesnt show up in "my computer". The BIOS recognizes it, I even go into disk management … |
| | My cd hard drive doesnt do anything any more, i put a cd in, close it, there is a yellow light for like 5 seconds, and then all of a sudden, nothing happens, how do i get it working again?  |
| | Someone please help me! At first i was really calm but now i am about to panic. I have a VGN-S360 Vaio Laptop. I have had it for about a year and a half. The other day while it was up and running it suddenly had a message on the … |
| | Okay this is what i get when i reboot my viao: CPU = Intel (R) Pentium (R) M processor 1.70GHz 639K System RAM Passed 510M Extended RAM Passed 2048K Cache SRAM Passed System BIOS shadowed Video BIOS shadowed Fixed Disk 0: K ATAPI CD-ROM: UJDA765aDVD/CDRW Mouse initialized S/N: System Configuration … |
| | Hello everyone, I am hoping you can help me with this problem, as I am running out of ideas. I installed Linux on a hard drive in my computer, and then afterwards, I switched back to Windows XP because my girlfriend couldn't get along with Linux very well. The problem … |
| | :rolleyes:Help needed to set up a games server ie lan:eek: :!:any help ie idears would be gratefully appreciated :mrgreen: I m changing my dailup oldies stuff to broadband my computer is raid ready can install internal and external sata hard drives presently 200gb maxtor hard drive :idea:ps Iam a newbie:!:  |
 | Greetings, I have recently acquired a free Toshiba Tecra 8100 laptop. After getting a WORKING power cord for it from ebay i plugged it in. When the power button is pressed the light on the front shows that the computer is on, the power cord is plugged in, and that … |
| | hi i have SATA WD Caviar SE 16 320gb and my mainboard is KT6V-LSR i have problem that when i connect my SATA hdd WD Caviar SE 16 320gb my bios dont find hdd please help me i dont know how to make this sata hdd to work my mainboard … |
| | I have a students computer sitting on my desk with a problem that has the whole office stumped. The client has windows XP, and two days ago after updates the computer would not go past the login page in normal mode without a network connection, and would only show the … |
 | I have a maxtor 6Y120P0 IDE drive and I restarted my computer and it isnt recognized anymore. It still says it is there in the device manager but it doesnt show up in my computer. This drive has like everything on it. I need to find like a driver or … |
| | So I originally started this in the Windows XP section and was recommended here. Here's where we're at: OK. So I read all the other posts about mouse hesitation and the like. But none seem to answer my problem. Randomly, my mouse will hesitate, and if I try to play … |
| | In a vain effort to solve this problem I've signed up to this forum. We're beyond frustrated with our laptop. Acer 1680 Notebook, Windows XP SP2. Up until last monday we'd not had a problem with it (the machine was bought in Australia by a friend who sold it to … |
| | Hi there, I have some kind of virus/spyware/adware, and some problem winlogin.exe, and I can't seem to get rid of it, so I was thinking about formatting my hard drive. I was wondering how many times can you format a hard drive, and does it wear it down? Some people … |
| | I have a friend that has a laptop without firewire inputs just usb 2. His video camera has firewire outputs. How will he connect this to his laptop? Can he get an external hard drive that has usb and firewire and kind of daisy chain it? Hook the ex.hd to … |
| | I run Windows XP, Home Edition for about 4 years now. When I observe my 'C' directory using Windows Explorer I have the following directory and sub directories showing (please, see attachment, below). I assume that the directories referred to as All Users, Default Use, Local Service and Network Service … |
| | I have a powermac dual g5. After a year of working nearly flawless it crashed. I tried to boot it but got the grey screen with the spinning gears. I've been a life long Windows user and this was my first mac. The warranty had just ran out and I … |
| | I seem to be in a bind. I own a Dell computer which is a [LIST] [*]Dimension 2400 [*]Intel Peneum 4 prossessor with 2.66 GHz [*]768 Mb of RAM [*]250 Gb of hard drive[/LIST]I would like to upgrade my computer case for more of a air circulation swo all my … |
| | i recently had a computer crash and had to erase a hard drive to get it back. i'm not sure what the problem was but i think it had someting to do with a raid 0 issue. i was using the software raid in win xp. the system is a … |
| | :rolleyes: I have a compaq 1275 laptop that came with a toshiba 4.3gb hard drive I got a IBM travelstar 20gb for free model #djsa-220 would I be able to install it in my laptop and also I have the quick recovery cd's that came with the computer that puts … |
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