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| | hi guys i know you have probably come accross this problem loads of times but i have installed a second hard drive on my pc as a slave it is showing up in add hardwere and is saying that the new hard drive is working but its not showing up … |
 | I'm buying a used laptop/notebook for vacation use. (Mainly checking email, 'storage' for digital photos, maybe some web surfing... ) There are 2 possibilities, Toshiba Tecra 8100 and IBM Thinkpad T21. Either will probably suffice for my needs. Do either of them have any significant advantages over the other? Thanks, … |
 | Hey, It's been a while..... Anyways...I just bought a new Hdd, 500gb, and I'm trying to install Windows XP Pro onto it, but I'm getting issues. It says that there is only 131gb on my HDD. Meanwhile in my BIOS it says my hard drive is 500Gb big. I had … |
| | I'm in the market for a new laptop... this hp pavilion seems to be on it's last leg... any advice on something portable (yes, it has to be a laptop), dependable and durable... I travel all over the world, and alot of the places aren't the most accomodating, so I … |
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| | Hello All, I have a strange problem with my external 120GB hard disk. It had 4 partitions but with this new office laptop, the 4the partition is not visible at all. I don't have access to disk manager but when I go to utility to safely remove hardware, I can … |
| | Hi, I am stucked with this error d:\Odin_1\ODIN_1\OdinRPCvalidation.h(126) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*' d:\Odin_1\ODIN_1\OdinRPCvalidation.h(126) : error C2501: 'CRPCValidation::IRPCCtl' : missing storage-class or type specifiers d:\Odin_1\ODIN_1\OdinRPCvalidation.h(126) : error C2501: 'CRPCValidation::m_pRpcControlImpl' : missing storage-class or type specifiers d:\Odin_1\ODIN_1\OdinRPCvalidation.h(127) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before … |
| | Hi!! I've spent the past several days trying to figure out my sound problem and have came to the conclusion it has something to do with the modem, it's a voice wave modem for fax machines and such, but I do not use those devices. when windows start I can …  |
| | Ok, I have an Airport extreme that I'm using as my wireless router. So far it has worked great. I have a PC and Mac and the wirelessly share files between the two without problems. I can't however get the Airport to work with my external HD. I wiped the … |
 | I'm trying to work out what the best structure is for these requirements.. will happily work on it, just wondering on the best direction to go in / if anyone knows from experience or reason what the best type of storage structure is.. - I 'generate' up to 20,000 integers, … |
| | Does the ide controller exist in the hard disk itself and only the IDE host exists in the PC mother board? If yes than how can I find out that how many IDE hosts my mother board had and how many hard disk I can connect to each ? Thanks |
| | Hello all, I am in a corporate environment and hoping that I am in the correct Forum. Our file server is running very low on space. We are at approximatly 10GB and dropping. Before the executives approve us buying a new server they want us to look into utilizing the … |
| | Im having the exact same problem... myspace wont load but facebook will. google loads and aol.com but not msn.com or download.com, also my msn messenger wont work and certain links from google searches dont load. This is my logfile from hijackthis. could anyone please let me know what I should … |
| | Heya! Hopefully you guys can save me a headache or three. I run a tower containing both a CD/RW and a DVD/RW drive. I ran a 60 GB HD for years in it without problems, then made the mistake of attempting to add more space. I purchased a 250GB drive …  |
| | I need to get a string from the console that is given in hex form like this: 3e900000. Then I need to convert it into bit so I can do bit wise thigns too it to generate the following out put: [QUOTE]3e900000 ==> 2^-2(1 + 2^-3)[/QUOTE] The above is a … |
 | CD/DVD DRIVE READ/WRITE ERRORS If your drive is still under warranty, STOP here. Protect yourself. Contact mfg. for tech support, replacement, or warranty service. If your drive isn't covered by warranty but you would like to keep it running if possible and don't feel comfortable with a do-it-yourself project, take … |
 | Hi, there, how are you all? I am experiencing a problem with this SATA nonsense. I have an IDE harddrive as my main HDD, I wish to keep it this way as I don't want to re-install windows, I basically don't have the time to go about fiddling with all … |
| | Hi, My Acer laptop can read CD's and burn them but can't read or burn DVD's. At first it was able to read DVD's but could not burn them now it can't read them also. It's a year and half old. What is the problem and what would be the … |
 | aright I'm gonna resurrect an old problem, but add a twist: i can see my second SATA drive in device manager, but cannot see it in My Computer, ive already checked out the thread based on this problem but hasnt fixed it for me yet. K my twist is this: … |
 | A week gone last Friday at work a tester PC's outer casing came into contact with a bare 240Volt live wire (The less said about the events leading up to that situation the better!!). Needless to say the PC got very unhappy and refused to work for the company any … |
| | oh wow i see this is going around i have the exact same problem here is my logfile if theres anything you can help me with it would be GREATLY appreciated :) Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:58:36 AM, on 1/19/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …  |
 | Ok, currently I do not have this problem but I would like to know how to solve it should(when) it happens. I realize recovering data is a specialized field in some cases but for a small job....is it possible to clone a HD that is not responding using any available … |
| | I'm looking to develop a new strategy to provide both an on-site and off-site backup of my computer, which runs Windows XP. The good news is I have shell access to a Solaris machine through my university, and my storage allocation on this server more than sufficient to back up … |
| | Many people have thought, especially when they experience a catastrophic data loss that a hard disk drive failure can’t happen to something that hasn’t last for 15 years or so. They believe that hard disk drives are impossible to break down, thus the physical hard drive crash problem is not …  |
| | I am trying to fix a friend's computer and problems abound. About 7 weeks ago a friend's computer wouldn't start anymore, i found out the graphics card was dead and replaced it, their machine was also running really slow so i reformatted the hard drive and put on a fresh … |
| | I'm working on an E Machines (not mine, I wouldn't own one), that I think has a hard drive issue. The drive is readable, but the MBR and boot sector are either bad or corrupt. What I want to know is, is there any way to pull the info in … |
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| | I have a Dell Dimension 4600 for about five years now. For the last 18 months or so whenever we booted up the computer, it would give the error message Primary Drive not found Press F1 to continue. We have just been pressing F1 and that has worked until now. … |
| | Hi guys, Somehow my PC seems to be infected with this W32.Mumawow.F!inf. My Norton IS stopped and removed it but it always creeps back. Have you guys heard about this? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:20:56 PM, on 1/10/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: … |
| | Hey everyone, I have customer that I just replaced a DVD-Rom with. When we check the old one, it would freeze up when you would try to play any disc in it, I tried re-installing drivers and all that jazz, nothing worked and the computer just went into a hard … |
| | Hi! I had my USB external HD 200GB for about over 1 year. It was working fine until 2 day ago my town got thunder storm, my house electronic was out and got back in a sec. My computer was restarted, I could see my USB HD in window explorer … |
| | Wiped HDD are doa I received several Maxtor 40 gb hard drives that were “wiped” by the donor. So far, I have not been able to get past “operating system not found” or “hard disk not found” on any of them. Using three different computers and trying all the variations … |
| | I just want to make sure I got rid of all the spy-ware. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:30:25 PM, on 1/11/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16574) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe … |
| | Wiped HDD are doa I received several Maxtor 40 gb hard drives that were “wiped” by the donor. So far, I have not been able to get past “operating system not found” or “hard disk not found” on any of them. Using three different computers and trying all the variations …  |
| | :eek: I had been cloning my C Dr to an identical internal backup drive using Norton Ghost's Clone routine. When the C Dr failed, I wasn't sure of the cause and was afraid virus infection(s) might have been cloned to the backup. Therefore, I replaced the C Dr with a …  |
| | good day, i am using windows xp sp2 (home edition), i had this virus ntde1ect.com and a trojan (dont remember the name) they were detected and deleted by kaspersky antivirus... after that whenever i tried to access my C drive by double clicking it, i got this "open with" menue, … |
| | Hi All, I'm thinking about starting my own website, but I would like some recommendations as to where to host it. I'm want a host that supports ASP.NET but also PHP (attempting to learn both, so need somewhere to test). I want a reasonable amount of storage / banwidth as … |
| | Hello all. Here we go.... I used partition magic to partition a 20gig 2.5" drive installed in one of my desktop systems with an IDE adapter. Windows will not recognize the drive after using PM, before all was fine. I have tried booting with several boot cd's/floppys. The best I … |
| | Hi! I have an external hard drive and I was converting the file system from FAT32 to NTFS on it. That operation completed, sort of, but it came up with some odd message I cannot recollect, at the end of the process and now I cannot see the files on … |
| | Ok chaps, here's the setup, and I'd like your advice how to make it go as painlessly as possible, please ;) I currently have a Foxconn 760GXK8MC motherboard, running a 40Gb Master and an 80Gb Slave drive on an IDE channel. I've purchased a 320Gb Western Digital SATA drive to … |
| | The power supply reads proper voltage (voltmeter), however no lights come on for this 750gb Maxtor HD One Touch IV. I know that I can get a warranty one, however I had literally finished, one day before, organizing every single music, video, footage, file, and harddrive backup into something clear … |
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| | Ok new problem. I took the old hard drive out of my Compaq lappy and have managed to connect it to my dest top as a secondary drive. I can read and copy most of the files on it but all my music and photos in MY DOCUMENTS cannot be … |
| | Hey guys, I was trying to boot up my old computer to transfer some files to a new one and it wasn't working. It's a Dell Dimension, and when i turn it on it just freezes up after the screen asking for boot menu/setup. Also at times, the screen will … |
| | Hi I recently upgraded to windows vista and decided that its not for me so i want to downgrade... When i tried to set the system to boot from the XP CD i noticed that the IDE optical drives arent showing in BIOS... the wierd thing is their both present … |
| | Hi all, I am reaching out for a bit of assistance. I hope to get some before I go all nuts... I have an Asus A8V Deluxe motherboard, to which one 200 GB SATA HDD is installed as the main drive. Then I have one small 20 GB IDE HDD … |
| | :confused: I OWN A CTX EZBOOK 800 SERIES LAPTOP WITH AN AMD-K6 333MHZ PROCESSER, 160MB RAM, 4 GB FUJITSU MHC2040AT HARD DRIVE, EXTERNAL PCMCIA 8GB IBM TRAVELSTAR E HARD DRIVE, 1.44 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE, 56K MODEM, AND A Q-LITY 4X4X6 CDRW (MODEL: ECW-043). PROBLEM: A FEW DAYS AGO, I DELETED … |
 | Somewhere along the line, my E: drive where I keep all my game/non-system stuff got replicated to F: Now when I boot, chkdsk comes up and says all these sectors are unreadable for both E&F drives. F: should not exist how do I rescue my system? I would at least … |
| | I have two hard drives, one is sata. I want the one that is sata to be the default one my computer starts up on. How do I change my other hard drive being default? |
| | how to solve the problem of dumping of physical memory in disk.......if this problem is occuring frequently |
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