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Hello, I have a Custom-Made PC from DinoPC.com. It's been working fine until today, I closed it down safley as I always do and took the case off to see how many PCI slots I have. I then unplugged the Hard Drive and plugged it back in. Now the PC …

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I am trying to clean my hard drive but when I run by DBAN disk I get this message: non-fatal error /dev/sdb (process crash) P.S I have no USB devices connected.

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Hello, I want to reinstall postgreSQL. I uninstaled via control panel and then try to run the installer. I get error meesage that the service name postgresql 8.4 already exists, try diffrernt name. But I don't know how to change the name, it does not give any field to enter …

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Hi I have 2 ps3's and one of them works, the old doesn't because the game chip has melted into the motherboard and when i turn it on it doesn't go any further than the standby mode. All my game data is on the old machines hard drive. How can …

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Hello, Unforunatly had to replace my hard drive on my laptop so having to start from scratch, i already had eclipse installed, so when i went to reinstall, downloaded JRE and JDK and 32bit eclipse (my machine is 32bit vista) but i get the error message [I]"A java Runtime Environment …

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Hello people. I have my son's HP dv6 pavilion entertainment pc that does not seem to want to boot but I can access the bios. I have noticed a lot of problems with this type of computer. It has the new windows 7 and is still under warranty. I have …

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[FONT=Trebuchet MS]I'm having trouble getting a hard drive to become detected. I have an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 512 mb ddr sdram, nvidia geforce 2, and windows xp home edition. A while back (before this computer had windows xp), I was re-installing windows ME (it had gone squirrelly on me, …

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Dear all I have two hard drives on my pc Hard drive one has Windows Xp home edition Hard drive two has windows Xp professional. I want to keep windows xp professional when the computer boots up it boots up to the professional edition which is fine but i cannot …

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hey guys it is good to be here. i have this problem that always occurs. the problem is that sometimes when i connect an external hard drive or cd/dvd drive it doesnt always mount. therefore i am sometimes forced to restart my machine a few times before it mounts. can …

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When i start my laptop fedora ask me from witch os i would like to boot. Here are the options given by the system: Fedora (3.2.6-3.fc16.i686) Fedora Linux, wiht Linux 3.1.0-7,fc16.i686 Fedora Linux, wiht Linux 3.1.0-7,fc16.i686 ( recovery mode ) those are the three options it gives me. how do …

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Recently my girlfriend's laptop "died", that is, it may be only the monitor but in any case, it is no longer functional. [U] My question is this[/U]: We would like to recover all data from the laptop hard drive without having to take the laptop to a shop to have …

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[B]Someone HELP PLEASE! I sincerely hope I have a simple problem to fix. I was tryng to get my computer (an old Dell desktop running Windows XP) to recognize an external storage device. I had to buy a docking station for the device because the USB connection became damaged. So …

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Hopefully my question is pretty simple... Currently I have an ubuntu server (I am not runny server edition, simply the 32-bit desktop distro), but when I built it I was not sure what I was doing with it just yet, but decided to have it as my low-wattage home media …

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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 …

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Hello everyone, I have a 300gb Sata hard drive that I partitioned into 3 partitions: (C:(System, OS) 60gb) - (D:(Music and Videos) 100gb) - (E: (My Studio) 140gb) Something happened and D: & E: disappeared. I bought a program called "Mini-tool Power data recovery" and I was successful in recovering …

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[B]Introduction[/B] A question many Linux newbies ask is how can they install software. Nearly all Windows programs come with a nice installation program that unpacks everything on their hard drive, and then they're good to go. Well, on Linux it's not quite so easy, but it's not exactly hard. [B] …

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I have one Wifi Modem router with 4LAN ports,1 USB ports and a Wifi antenna...I run Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on one computer and Ubuntu 11.04 on the laptop..I want to use an external USB drive as my network drive.The make and model of the hard-drive is "Transcend storejet …

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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 …

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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 …

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I am about to place my order for the Dell Inspiron 14-R.[CODE] Processor 2nd generation Intel® Coreâ„¢ i5-2450M processor 2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.10 GHz Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic SP1 64bit (English) Display 14.0" HD WLED True-Life Display (1366x768) with LCD Bezel Memory3 4GB4 …

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Hi Friends, You know the problem - running out of space on hard drive - so my question is - to gain space, can i safely move my Documents and settings folder to my external drive (1TB) and will it be accessed easily by the PC from there? (PC on …

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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 …

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I am planning to purchase a laptop.I am basically want to use it for programming so I don't want a fancy graphic card or any other such extra feature. I live in India where a laptop that sells for 700 $ in US is sold for 1000 $.I want to …

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Hello all, first of all I want to let you know that I tried to find the right spot to put this topic in...Anyways, I am finishing my new computer which is nothing but a gaming machine but right now I am using my other computer which contains the program …

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Is this Toshiba Qosmio T851/D8CR laptop good? I am planning to purchase a laptop.I am basically want to use it for programming so I don't want a fancy graphic card or any other such extra feature. I live in India where a laptop that sells for 700 $ in US …

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Hi, I need some help,here is the scenario my samsung 320GB sata mobile hard drive cannot install anymore the operating system so i bought a new one which is seagate sata hdd and now my laptop is working properly,the problem is that i bought an enclosure for my samsung hdd,because …

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Hi everyone! I'm having trouble on my hp laptop. The system won't post, instead i get a blank screen and CAPS LOCK + NUM LOCK leds blinking twice, then pause, then blinking twice repeatedly. According to hp support website this indicates : BIOS CORRUPTION [URL="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=d&cc=dk&docname=c01443366"]http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=d&cc=dk&docname=c01443366[/URL] So i tried to clear …

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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 …

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hi i have Linux knoppix 5.0 on CD, but not installed on my hdd. I'm not sure how my wireless card would work with my pc, but then again, i haven't really tried. I'm running the Linux platform from the CD itself, but I don't know if removing the Linux …

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Hi everyone. I'd like to ak for your help with a messed up partition (probably corrupted table as I understand it). I don't have much experience when it comes to this. Here's my problem: I have a probably corrupted disk and I wanted to create a partition avoiding the bad …

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Short story, I use to use a 1TB drive and need to upgrade since I have many more files on 3 separate 500GB drives. So I decided to buy a 2TB to replace that drive and put the 1TB in a separate lower power pc just for downloading / seeds. …

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Hello, Recently i bought enclosure for my hard drive mobile samsung,Before i use this as my internal hard drive for my laptop but because for the circumstances my hard drive crash and then i tried to reformat and install a new copies of windows 7 but suddently it will not …

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Hey I just replaced a motherboard in a dell gx620. put all the components in and it fires up but I cannot log in. it responds to Cnt Alt DEL to accesss the login ( and will recognise cap lock on etc) but when I try to type a password …

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I have been using a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop for almost 4 years now. I purchased it to use in college and now that I am almost done my four year degree, I am wondering if it is time to move on and buy a new one. I know the …

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Hi, I need some help on my external samsung 320gb hard drive mobile...I tried to back up my file from my p.c hard drive go down to my external hard drive.I noticed that i only copied 900mb or 1GB file my copying file runs to 128minuetes and then go down …

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Hello DaniWeb, I have a new idea for an app: I have an external harddrive and I usually backup my desktop with a cleanup folder which I usually move to the external harddrive. The problem is: when I search for a file (i.e. example.mp3) I will find multiple copies which …

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Alright so all of the computers in my house are all Laptops. Well the issue is when my main laptop is with me at work no one else can print with out unpluggin the USB cable from the back of my docking station. So its kind of a pain. Now …

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I got an ubuntu cd time ago and it said it was a bootable CD so I tried it out. It ended up installing in my machine somehow and I tried to search for my pictures and other files with no result. I took the hard drive out and put …

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Hello, Hi i have problem in copying the files in PC.my files is about 20GB and i want to transfer this into external hard drive.is there a way to copy my files faster without corrupting on it.please help me thank you in advance.

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Earlier when I came here I had only a minimal set of utilities and a WinXP comp.. Now i'm here and serious, with kubuntu (and Internet!!!!) and willing to learn all of that dd, mov, eax, and bochs stuff. Here is my delemia: I have a C++ Program, have no …

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I own an i Omega 1TB Ext.HDD...the problem lies in the fact I can neither copy to or from my Ext. Hard Drive...virus scans were in-effective... almost 95% of the file gets copied and when the time remaining is 5 seconds, copying stops..copy window halts as it is... Plzzzz help!!!!!!!!

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Hi, I just want to ask some help,I already bought new HDD mobile seagate 320GB 5400rpm, when i unpacked now the plastic of my newly bought hdd seagate,...i saw my hdd mobile their is a black rubber on it,form like the hdd shape,and i was so confuse because my old …

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So my laptop is about 3 years old and getting due for replacement, its recenetly gone wonky too but i want to see if its worth taking in. So after starting up it seemed like a had a stuck key as my password field was just filled up. I shut …

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This may sound like a dumb question but I was wondering if my mouse and keyboard functions (and other built in functions like wireless) will be functional after I upgrade the hard drive without any data transfer from the old hard drive and then installing a new OS. Or would …

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Hi, I recently built a new computer and everything seems to be running smoothly; however, certain games will give me the BSoD upon startup and I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm sure it's hardware but certain games will play. For instance, I'm able to play Skyrim without any …

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Hello, im having a svchost.exe problem, performance issues and my computer revs up like its about to take off...it is older and only has 1 gb of ram and 37 gb of hard drive space, and I know it probably has to be replaced, but im trying to get some …

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guys i bought a new notebook HP probook 4430s which is loaded with free DOS. but now i want to install win XP on my notebook which is not going in right way. i inserted XP SP2 bootable CD in my notebook after loading all files instead of showing format …

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I have a friend's Toshiba Tecra M2. When it tries to boot it shows the errors: IDE #0 Error PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent. Insert system disk in drive. Press any key when ready.... The hard drive wasn't recognized in the BIOS, so I …

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I have a 1TB External drive full of movies and pictures from my mac and i need a way to see all of those files on a pc so i can watch a movie with my girlfriend

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