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RIG: --- 1.15 GHz AMD -- 256 MB RAM -- 56x CD -- DVD drive -- 40GB HDD --- Hi, I'm new to this forum but relatively experienced in computers; I recently removed a *gradually* failing IDE Western Digital HDD from my computer (slave position), and the master IDE HDD …

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I have a new computer with Windows XP professional installed. The new motherboard (XFX GeForce 8200) is set up mostly for SATA drives with a connector for IDE drives. I have the computer set up so it boots up from the SATA drive. I have an older hard drive (WD1200 …

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I just bought two gigs of RAM. However, when installed, upon startup, after the windows XP loading screen, my screen just goes black. I checked online and apparently my motherboard supports a max of 2gb. I tried 1.5, using my old RAM, same result. http://www.measham.force9.co.uk/advent/pc/3316.htm my pc/motherboard. However, my video …

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Hi Everyone, I'm looking to put together a small NAS RAID, probably just as RAID 1 (maybe RAID 5...but doubtful). What I'd really like is to use hard drives with on-disk encryption, like the ones Seagate Makes. I'm not quite sure though if it's possible to use drives like this …

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I have a string as follows: 'mnp1011000jie' I want to retrieve contents of the string as follows: 1st field: mnp 2nd field: 101 (which signifies the binary representation of 5) 3rd field: 1000 (which signifies the binary representation of 8) 4th field: jie I know that binary integer requires 4 …

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Hi all, im new to this forum and i hope you can help me with my problem, i've seen this "issue" on other threads and forums but none of the solutions given have worked for me. I got a new SATA HDD for my computer and ever since I installed …

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this computer has had problems kind of coming and going and it seems fine at the moment but i'm wondering if there is any hidden problems still around. here the hijackthis log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:28:35 PM, on 12/23/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

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Hi there, The problem i have is that my laptop has two FUJITSU harddrives 250gb each it used to work properly both of them on RAID 0 configuration. But one of them gave me an error of loosing all the data on it and make a backup which i did. …

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Hi there, I have a very simple code made of a main.c and a function defined in its own .c and .h files. Now, within the function I need to increase the size of an array according to the loop index in use. The problem comes when I allocate the …

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Hey, Yesterday my 30GB iPod video stopped working. Because I hate using iTunes, i Decided to put rockbox onto it. I had rockbox installed and working properly, but all of a sudden it wont boot rockbox or the original firmware. diagnostic mode and disk mode still work, but diagnostic mode …

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Hi all, I have recently connected a second sata drive to my motherboard. It powers up and is listed as working properly in XPs "device manager" however it does not appear in the "disc management" list. As such I can not use it. I'm pretty sure it has to be …

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Recently my laptop's hard drive died. I'm not so good with computers but I've managed to connect it to my PC, with an IDE adaptor. The files I need to recover were on the desktop, but I can't access Documents and Settings\Home User - I guess because it was password …

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Hope you can help me I think I have a virus or spyware or something. I have a Dell Dimensions 9200 with Windows Vista. Last week Spyware Guard 2008 popped up saying you have 29 virus’ download Spyware Guard 2008 to delete them. So I did. When it got to …

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Hi, I am wondering if someone can help me with this issue. I had a desktop with ASUS P5GC-MX/133 motherboard installed with two physical hard drives - 1 IDE and 1 SATA2. A year ago I installed window XP SP2 on the IDE hard drive and used SATA2 as storage …

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Can you format the drives in an extended partition with 2 different file systems? One is already formatted and is not a regular system so is not seen by Vista's explorer and the other I would format as an NTFS logical partition. thank you!

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today i was trying to make an alarm for my Pocket pc so that i can select the sound of the alarm and set it as one of my mp3 files... but in vb .net for pda i realised there is no FileDialog ready to use... any ideas... i need …

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hi i have one server with windows 2003 operating system. daily i take backup on tapes(digital data storage 4) using windows ntbackup . since two days i am getting error in middle of backup process saying [COLOR="#ff0000"]Backup utility: An inconsistency was encountered on the requested media"[/COLOR] what could be the …

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I'm not very familar with this site and I was wondering where and how I can get help or support for fixing my PC. It is a CD-ROM and DVD+/RW problem on Windows XP.

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Would I be able to use this adapter to add my old ATA HDD to my new HP computer. I want to be able to transfer my files. Also, if I can use this adapter, will the computer know to boot up from the SATA HDD? [url]http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Serial-ATA-Adapter-SATA2ATA133/dp/B0001MVMPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1228285287&sr=1-1[/url] Thanks, Den

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[B]How to enable [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface"]AHCI[/URL] on Intel ICH9 under XP[/B] After some research by MSFN staff, we have a working solution to enable ACHI on the ICH9 with appropriate SATA/NCQ drive(s). For more [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface"]information about AHCI[/URL], we refer to Wikipedia.or offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers besides higher …

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Last night somehow a few Trojan Virtumonde's so I ran Malware Bytes and Spybot Search and Destroy which said I got rid of them. I also ran HJT and got rid of them on startup. Then this morning the viruses reappear after not even searching the net. So I reran …

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error: cannot converst 'std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> >' to 'std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> >*' for argument '1' to 'void(...)' Well, he cannot convert a vector to a pointer to itself, as it is passed to the void function, where I wish to manipulate it.... I wish to operate on a vector containing about 20. …

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Hey i need help with the final assignment of my Microsoft Visual C++ class and its a hard one its an online address book where it keeps a bunch of information such as name id birthday and etc. i know it looks messy but if you copy paste into the …

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Can you please help me with the source code solving this task under C++/G++ (linux) or dev C++ (windows) [img]http://mail.dir.bg/~storage/cPlus_plus111.jpg[/img] Below you can see a hint for solving Exercise P14.1 but I need to write the source for [color=red][b]Exercise P14.1 [/b] P[/color]lease help me http://www.horstmann.com/bigcpp/solutions/ch14/ExP14_1.cpp [code] #include <string> using namespace …

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Hi i need to know what type of data is typically stored in an isp's server regarding outgoing mails.If an user sends an email from one hotmail a/c to another,can anyone read the mail sitting on the isp office,or see my outgoing mails,after a month?

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hi, i need some advise regarding storage of data is it good to store data in files rather than storing into database? (eg data like comments or additional features of products that users advertise on our website.) will it help for speed optimization.

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I went over to a friends house to work on their computer for them and ended up replacing their video card. As I was working on it I was messing around with their intel raid storage and noticed that it was not working anymore and it said the driver was …

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Well, I have a Samsung 40 GB PATA HDD( I know its long time I upgraded . but i terribly need to recover this HDD). I think i disconnected this HDD before I turned off the power supply. Ever since I get an error during post : Detecting Primary master …

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when i go to burn a dvd it tells me i dont have a dvd burner. i know thats untrue cause i have burnt dvds before. it has me confused

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can any body explain how the hardisk is read by a blank OS what is the logical structure of a hardisk how a new Operating system reads the different sectors of the hardisk how the read/writer pointer moves by software

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Hi :) I have a problem with transfering larger files on my USB Drive. I'm using Toshiba Satellite L305D with Windovs Vista Home Premium (32 bit) on it, problem starts when I tried to transfer larger files to my 8 Gb USB Drive which is recognized by Vista like Sky …

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I'd like to know if an isp's server usually keeps a record of all the outgoing mails by all users. For instance, if an user sends an email from a hotmail a/c to another, would that transaction and the mail contents be stored on the server even after 1 month?

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And I am having trouble with my computer! Does anyone here know if I can completely redo a hard drive without EITHER the reformat disk OR a windows xp disk? My reformat disk was completely destroyed and I'd like to avoid paying 27 bucks for a new one if possible. …

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Hi. I want my Insertion method in my link list class not to insert repeated elements. I have tried several ways but I have seriously ugly bugs in my code: [code=cplusplus] template <typename ListElement> void List <ListElement>::Insert() { NodePtr Ptr; Ptr = new Node; bool repeated = true; if (Ptr …

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So I am looking to move my 2 SATA RAID arrays from Windows Vista into Windows Server 2008. My current configuration is 2x250(Raid0) 2x500(Raid0) both arrays need to stay in there current configuration. I have tried moving both of these arrays to the Windows Server 2008 desktop and the result …

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Using C#, how can you store an xml file in the protected storage? How can you retrieve and open that file from protected storage? Can anyone point me to a sample of code doing this? Thanks in Advance.

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Hello I am having problems with pop ups, speed, and internet explorer will not open pages. My son clicked on a virus protection pop up. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:45:51 AM, on 11/30/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

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hi, can anyone help me with my codes. I can't find the right solution for getting the average of the sum. For example, my first number is 1 and the second is 10. It will get the sum of either all the even nos there or the odd nos there. …

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Switching from Vista to XP Pro: Have a wide-screen Vaio laptop that came from the factory with Vista and Sony does not support XP on this box. I allocated next week the time to pull the drive, drop in two 500gb new SATA drives, and do a complete install of …

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I have a problem and need some ideas. I have an app that lets the user enter in weights in different units and I need a way to store the data so the total weight gets taken in the end (or at least gets close) One screen the user can …

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Guys i have transcend 2 gb pendrive and i want to make it bootable and install norton ghost 14 to recover my computer.any help please

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hi, i googled alot but couldnt find a solution, hope someone can help me^^ i had a 120gb hdd which was devided into 3 partition (20gb, 40gb and 60gb) with windows xp pro sp2. i wanted to repartition everything so i what i did was boot from the windows cd, …

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Okay, to start off my system is kind of an experiment on how well a dual hard-drive system performs differently from a single hard drive system. I have a 35 Gb drive that i placed windows vista 64bit on. Now the drive runs at 10k. Opposite that hd i have …

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In my web surfing, I often come across mention of SourceForge in the Geek Community. I am wondering: what exactly is SourceForge and why is it so popular? I back up important documents on a USB drive, and I use some online storage services (in case my computer crashes, house …

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Hi all, Just a quick question: I have my website done and the database I used is MS Access. Problem is MS Access' return of results are really really really slow. Now I want to shift to SQL server, but the web hosting site we paid does not support this …

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ok well the old HDD died and so i went over to the local computer store, bought myself a new hdd and put it in. The bios doesn't recognize it and gives me the error of no HDD being found. Thinking that it could be, because there was no partition …

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Hello...I have a Western Digital 750GB External Hard Drive which has worked for months... Than Ive tried to make a partition and install linux on it...but than after about 5% of formatting i realized i made a mistake and it was deleting my data off of it...i canceled it at …

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Very interesting bug I am noticing with my PC that's been happening since yesterday. The file iexplore.exe will start up and run for a few moments, and then shut itself down. However, when it does this, it opens no windows to Internet Explorer at all. It just spikes my processor …

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Hi, If this observation is correct: If two drives (preferably of equal size are set up as a RAID 1 configuration all data is mirrored between the two drives. If an error is detected on one drive the system keeps going with data from the mirrored good sector and the …

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I creating a file server for a client, I want to set up RAID 1. However, I'd like HD0 (aprox. 2 40-80 GB drives) for the OS. I'd like to set up another HD, HD1 (2 1TB drives for file storage) seperate of the first RAID 1. The files that …

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