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| | Okay I've lost everything due to data lost from power outage. My now pc is dead and cannot even restart. It isn't hooked up I need to know how to get my data from the hard drive, is there an easy way? Pc is Dell and this one I'm using … |
| | :cry: Hi I am a new member and hoping desperately someone can help me, as I have tried all I know. I had to reformat my hard drive and when I went into windows update to try and download sp2 again. AVG started popping up saying that msdirectx.sys had a …  |
| | My one hard drive got messed up and so I got a new one that has 160 GB on it. Problem is, it is not supported by Windows 98 so I got a burned copy of Windows 2000 Professional given to me by my company. So I hooked up the … |
| | Hi I have a Compaq Presario 1700 Pentium 3 the problem is when I start the laptop a White screen appears and after 10-15sec it shuts of. I can't do anything (I think) but I can hear the hard drive working for a few seconds. Any suggestions on what I …  |
| | Ok, so here is my problem. I'm re-building an old computer, probably an early P2, not too sure, and when I boot it up the CPU fan turns on, but the hard drive doesn't boot. However if I unplug the hard drive's IDE cable, then it starts to spin. I … |
| | I can't run my Task Manager and I dont know why. I have several theories, but I won't preted I know much about what I'm talking about. I recently got a new computer, installed limewire and now I dont have a task manager. The reason I think this is relevant … |
| | Hi, I need some help with a computer my friend let me have. They had lightning strike and the only thing they noticed was the power buttons led wasnt working, but after a while the whole thing went dead. They took it to a company that charged them $80 to … |
| | Ok, here is a strange problem for you guys. I just reformatted my C drive and reinstalled windows. Everything went fine. No problems there. The problem I am having is that my other drive, drive D:, is not showing up in windows now. Before the reformat it detected fine. I …  |
| | I am building a new computer and have never made more than the one partition. I would like to partition into two partitions. One strictly for the os and the other for all else. Does that seem like the correct thing to do? Where is the best place to go …  |
| | My computer has gone beserk, its really screwed up by some virus, can anybody help me? My McAfee virusscanner identifies a virus called New Poly Win32, I've tried [URL=http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread30127.html ]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread30127.html [/URL] and tried formatting the hard drive (I did not come further then 53% then he terminated the Formatting). So …  |
| | Hi everyone, hope you can help solve a perplexing problem with my new machine. Last night I experienced a series of no doubt related problems that have left me unable to power up. Machine is XP Home, Pentium IV 3.2, 1024MB DDR Ram, 200G HD, 256MB Geforce FX6200 graphics, Soundblaster … |
| | Hello, Thank you for answering my message in advance. I am having a terrible time with a new laptop I have gotten. Even from the beginning (Opening it up from the box) it has had this problem where it will open up numerous explorer windows(or firefox ... or will actually … |
| | I had this question before and I didn't really have good results. I have three hard drives installed on my Dell Dimension XPS Gen4. Two of them mirror each other on a Raid 0 setup, so windows sees the three hard drives as two. Now the mirrored hard drives are … |
| | Hi there, My brother got a eMachines T1862 but altho it seems he had droped it. so there was a part broken from the motherboard so im going to look for a new motherboard and just put that in there. Now this is the Computer how it was [IMG]http://www.emachines.com/products/images/emachines_t1862_main.jpg[/IMG] Specifications … |
| | Hi, I need some help with a computer my friend let me have. They had lightning strike and the only thing they noticed was the power buttons led wasnt working, but after a while the whole thing went dead. They took it to a company that charged them $80 to … |
| | I'm not a hardware oriented guy. My PC was working fine and then suddenly it wont reboot. I turn my PC on, but no sounds, no error messages, nothing. WD, 80 Gb, Hard drive does not make a sound. I don't recall installing anything new. My dumb mistake is that … |
| | This is more like a survey but still is a question. What do you say the best temps for keeping components are? This is for a temp/fan controller I have and would just like to get the experts input on this. Example- the hard drive, I don't want it to … |
| | i put a new operating system on a new hard drive, setup went smoothly, after doing some settings, i noticed when i had a window up and moved it- it dragged. in other words it would move very slowly across the screen. i figure it has nothing to do with …  |
| | Hello everyone got a small problem with xp pro s2 maybe? Ok I built this pc about year and half ago and loaded it with Windows xp pro s1. The other day the lady gives me a call and says aol want connect it goes so far and stops. When … |
| | I've been having lots of problems getting my iPod to connect to my eMac, and while trying to fix the problem, I've screwed up iTunes. I've been asking for help on IGN Boards. Here's the transcript. ___________________________ ______________________________________ Topic: My eMac isn't detecting my new iPod! PLEASE HELP! ____________________________ _____________________________________ … |
| | hey there My AVG keeps popping up with msdirectx.sys virus on my c:/ and it won't remove it. So I have tried AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot, Ewido & Counterspy - all updated, to try and find it and remove it, but to no avail. I have searched the internet for instructions …  |
| | I have a Dell5150 and I'm running XP. I bought a IOGear 250GB hdd. I put all sorts of files on it. Then one day I try and use it, it tells me that the drive is not formatted and asks to reformat now. I've not yet reformatted it. Upon … |
| | Hello, I just took the hard drive out of my daughter's computer and installed a new hard drive.... Turned the thing on and it says: "No Operating system found". So, I tried to reload the disks that came with her computer (HP) But, it didn't work... I go into "Set …  |
| | I have a sony 19 inch lcd. My machine is built by myself and was running fine untill 3 days ago i was viewing a video on media player and the picture froze up on me. i tried to reboot the machine and nothing came up on the screen but …  |
| | After a conversation with my very knowledgable local supplier.. I walked out with a vague impression that you could for instance, hook up a v fast dual proccessor pc to a G4 via a high speed network connection .. and, while working in OSX on the G4, use the pc … |
| | My computer will not get past detecting my hard drive for some reason. It just freezes. It says detecting primary master ... IDE Hard Drive then it freezes. I'm confused... |
| | I put in the CPU , and the computer powered up but the monitor we nt into sleep mode right away.Fans work, cdrom light comes on , no hard drive light , no floppy light. ( BEEPS ) Beep- beep,beep,beep. BEEP all sound alike , short beeps. so i guess … |
| | Hi everyone, I am trying to perform an Apache (2.0.54) and PHP installation under Win XP. Having greatly messed up Apache's httpd.conf file, I decided to uninstall Apache (using Window's Control Panel) and then re-install it. But the problem is that whenever I re-install Apache, the httpd.conf file is not … |
| | Am new to inside computer works. know all there is to know about software, but hardware is another story. I recently purchased a Serial ATA hard drive, and went to install it, but the cable inside the computer had a different connector on it. From reading on different sites, I … |
| | Did you know smoking near your hard drive will reduce your hard drives life by 25% no joke a proven fact. :-X :-/ :o :( |
| | I have Asus motherboard P4s8x, and one hard drive.This is what happens when I try to reinstall winxp .The windows setup screen appears and loads files. The next screen says welcome to setup and offers three options . 1-to setup XP press enter. 2 To repair XP press R 3 … |
| | Hi everyone. Ok, I know how to reformat a computer, but I have a question. My computer has two hard drives, well actually three because two of them mirror each other on a RAID 0 configuration. Anyways, Windows is installed on my RAID 0 configured hard drive, which in total … |
| | Hi ya all. I've been asking around about this for months all sorts of different place and no one seems to have a good answer, I really hope you can help. Is there a way to connect a laptop hard drive while still in the laptop to be used by … |
| | Next day after the lighting i turned my computer on and it didn't work. I knew the grafic on the motherboard was gone (burned by lighting). I though to by a new computer but all my important information were still on hard disk. So I got a new parts: Motherboard-Chaintech … |
| | New to this forum - curious to see that someone else is having the same unusual problem on almost the same day! Just installed new 120GB HD in original iMac. Formatted disk as specified for OS X (first partition 7.45 GB). Verified disk etc. using disk utility; no problems. However: … |
| | in the middle of my online Call of duty Game, my computer hangs up on me and i had to re-start it. however, when i press restart it just sits there with no hard drive/fan/mechanical activity and i only get the Lan card and the power light from it It … |
| | I recently installed Windows 2000 and now my Hard Drive light stays on all the time and the system does not recognize my second hard drive. No physical changes were made to the computer only installed Windows 2000. Whats up? Thanks |
| | Please help!!! I am running a home built 1.8 gig, 512 ram P4 XP machine that has worked fine for two years. Now it started restarting itself after only two minutes. Not enough time to get to system restore. But wait it gets better. Now it won't even get that … |
| | My computer - Windows XP Pro - Athlon 64 3400 - 1GB RAM - Maxtor Serial ATA 80GB - Radeon 9800 The last time i remember using my computer i shut it down properly and all was working well. When i came to turn my computer on again it reached … |
| | Weird! Yesterday, my computer crashed, showing a blue screen with some techinal jargon, saying something about an NTFS.sys file. Now every time I turn it on I am presented with the screen which asks me to choose from the following options if I want to load windows: safe mode safe … |
| | Im not sure if this is the place to post. I had knoppix 3.8 live cd and was trying to install it onto my hard drive. I made a linux-swap partition using the qtparted v0.4.4. The linux-swap partition is about 500mb and the rest is windows NTFS partition. Theres no …  |
| | Hi Great site, new member here and first post! Gericom Overd.2 PIII 800mhz laptop came to me with a loose power supply pin connector, so no power, battery dead too. De-soldiered connector then re-soldierd connector back onto mainboard. Laptop powers up fine now, only to develop what seems to be … |
| | Help! Tried loading Windows XP on Dell Dimension 4400. Loaded first time fine, did updates, and other software. System crashed. Boot up on recovering CD gave this error: ntfs.sys - address f96c33411. Unable to get to recovery console or windows setup screen. Tested the hard drive and it passed. :confused: |
| | I have an AMD64 set up with an ASUS MB. My 15 year old son was playing Diablo II and he said weird noises came out of the speakers, and then the PC crashed. It will not boot up now. The CPU fan and video card and Hard Drive all …  |
| | Hi all...I had to reformat my computer last week and have just about everything back on line as it should be, but I'm being inundated by pop-up messages telling me that it's urgent that I use their product to repair everything from the registry to my hard drive. If you're … |
| | Ok, I had to get a new harddrive for my comp, last one got fried...anywho, when I installed windows xp on it, everything went fine...except one thing...noticed there wasn't any sound. I checked alot of forums for the problem, but i couldn't find any useful information regarding my computer model.....Here … |
| | I recantly had some problems and wound up reformating, and afterwards the POST would stop and give me the following message: Pri Master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD, Backup and replace. I'm using the computer now, and haven't had a hickup since I reformated, does this message mean that I … |
| | We recently bought a new computer and have put our old one in our childs room. The computer is dreadfully slow, how can we remedy it. It is an HP Pavillion, we had replaced the hard drive after a crash. It has WinMe on it along with tons of programs. … |
 | I have a networked attached hard drive that I share through my Windows and Mac computers. It makes sharing files really handy. It uses SMB/Samba. On the Windows computer I can click "Reconnect at login" and my drive share always comes back. But on the Mac I have to remount … |
| | Many computer users are worried about their computer's performance. After spending lot of bucks, still they cannot have that charm of using PC as they had expected. Here I am going to explain some major tricks which are used by many computer users which help them to take efficient use … |
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