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I had an ancient 386 computer that I wanted to salvage data from. So I took out the drive, put it into an external drive enclosure, and plugged the USB cable into my XP machine. XP recognized the enclosure, assigned the drive a letter, but refuses to open the drive. …

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I am receiving the error message: "SYSTEM ERROR! your computer was infected by unknown trojan. it's dangerous for your system (critical files can be lost)! click OK to download the antispyware program to clean your system! (Recommended)" It pops up almost every time I go into windows explorer. I am …

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I recently installed a second internal hard drive for extra storage space and tried to move files from c:drive to new d:drive. now i can no longer download from limewire, and get this message; shellmanager database is corrupt or missing. how much bad did i do?

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Comp Spec: HPm7470n AMD 64x2 4200+ 2GB of Ram ATI XTX 1900 Pro Windows XP Media Center Edition Have all windows updates even the optional / hardware ones Ok so here’s the problem: My computer has been working fine until yesterday when it just locked up and froze I tried …

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Hi folks, Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 apache2-2.2.3 postfix-2.3.8 mysql Ver 14.12 SquirrelMail version 1.4.11 I have a running Mail Server. I need to make it as a file server, in addition, allowing users who have accounts (Linux/shell) on the Mail Server to upload/download their files via browser on the Mail …

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I have a Dell PowerEdge 600SC running Win 2000 Server. Currently there are two hard drives controlled by an ATA-100 Host bus Raid adaptor for Poweredge SC. (#9K646) in a Raid 1 (Mirroring) configuration. I want to leave the raid configuration intact but add a third hard drive as backup …

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This notebook is going back to HP for repairs, under warranty. The problem is I have importaint info on the HD, I was going to ship it without the HD to protect the info, HP won't accept the notebook without the HD....even though the problem is in the MB. Does …

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So I got a new computer recently (posted below) and I decided that instead of taking out the extra 80gig i ordered with it and replacing it with my 300gig hard drive, that i'd just put the 300gig in there. Now, I didn't have any more IDE slots so I …

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Hi all, We recently purchased a new Toshiba Satellite X205-S7483 with Windows Vista Home Premium already installed. The *only* problem to date is the fact that it refuses to read my older Sony memory sticks, the bluish ones about 1-1/2" long, not the tiny xD or Duo sticks. I have …

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Hello, I backup my files on the external harddisk before I reformatted my PC. Then I installed the OS. At first, PC can read external HD with drive letter, space usage and free space percentage, can read folders but it says all folders are empty! I tried to reformat my …

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Greetings, I'm a software person but a total noob when it comes to hardware and getting things to work within the spatial dimensions of our universe. That being said, I've had a HP Pavilion notebook computer for about a year and a half now. It has two internal harddrives at …

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If you help me solve my problem, I'll make sure you go to heaven : ) I've scoured the net looking for a solution. I know nothing about computers, and desperate for an answer. My Maxtor DV3000 Ext. Hard Drive is flashing a green light and the icon won't who …

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So I just got my new computer, everything works great, it sounds great, however when I went to check the C drive under my computer I found a problem. The C drive read 74gigs free out of 79 gigs. Now, that wouldn't normally be a problem except its reading the …

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This is a two-parter post; hope it's ok to stick it in one thread... a) I would like to change my system drive, which is currently only 40 GB, to a larger one (120 GB). So I'm wondering how to clone what I currently have on my system drive to …

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What type of server would I need to allow video storage from many subscribers' video cameras? I would need a way for customers to log on and watch their videos from other pc's and download those videos if needed. Videos would be stored for up to 30 days for as …

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hi, I have a problem with my external HDD: when i try to acces the drive it says i need to format it. There's 300gigs of data on the drive so i don't really want to do that. Anyway to fix this? thnx

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[COLOR=#000000]My folks had a HP from the turn of the century that was dieing and they wanted me to gut... well, I wanted to gut it so I got them a new machine and have been trying to salvage what I can from their old beast. Now they tell me …

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Hi all, this is my first post and I have just built my first computer (but please treat me like a beginner as building a PC isnt really that hard, and I'm far from fluent in computer). The reason I think there is a problem with my hard-drives is that …

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Okay I'm trying to get this computer to run, but it is eating the floppy discs I'm putting into it. I make an MS-DOS startup disk in this machine, it works fine, I restarted with it in to make sure it works, and it worked fine. I put the disk …

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Hi , [code=C] /* Inputs a list of strings from the keyboard, sorts them */ /* in ascending or descending order, and then displays them */ /* on the screen. */ #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #define MAXLINES 25 int get_lines(char *lines[]); void sort(char *p[], int n, int sort_type); …

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I am helping my brother in law out trying to do a non destructive repair using the installation disc. When we went through all the steps and got to the section that shows the hard drives it does not recognize the hard drive and won't let us do a repair. …

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I'm trying to make a script to run via cron to backup my moodle database in mysql. However, I'm unable to get it to accept the password on the command line. (?) I'm trying to run the following command: #!/bin/sh date=`date '+%y-%m-%d'` mysqldump -u root -pmy_pwd -p -C -Q -e …

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Hi, I have 2 Hard Drives in my computer. My main one is a Maxtor 250GB SATAII 16Mb Buffer HDD. My second is a Maxtor 120GB ATA HDD (I think 4Mb Buffer). I currently have Win XP installed and all my programs on my 250GB SATAII HDD. My other drive …

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I have a eMachines computer, quite new (Vista new), and i am attempting to put in a Western Digital Caviar SE16 hard drive as a secondary. the only problem is when i put it in, my computer doesnt recognize that it is a hard drive. it detects that something is …

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i have a maxtor hdd and it gives a double beep when i try installing it also it doesn't detect in the bios. can any one help???

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i not sure how to solve the problem. Pls help me. Thanks. asg.cpp [CODE=cpp] #include<iostream> #include<ctype.h> #include"Stack.h" using namespace std; main(){ char ch; nodeIntType operand1,operand2,result; StackInt S; InitializeStack(&S); cout<<"Enter postfix expression"; cin.get(ch); while (ch!='\n') { if (isdigit(ch)) { Push ((nodeIntType)((char)ch-(char)'0'),&S); } else { Pop (&S,&operand2); Pop (&S,&operand1); switch (ch) { …

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why is sata hard disks have better data transfer over ide in spite of having less number of data lines than that of ide hard disk?

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Hi friends, I am sita I want to know more about storage class in C language.I think you can help me for finding out the answers. First of all Can you please tell about Local and Global variables? Or What are Local and Global variables? Can you please show some …

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Hi, I've had my <BASE GK858> mp3 player for about 6 months and haven't encountered any problems until now. Recently I found that I could only fit 7 songs onto it, as opposed to the usual 50 or so. (NB. it holds 508 MB). When I connect the player to …

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Hi I cannot access my hard drive on my hp nx6310 laptop. The DVD rom will also not read any discs. Please help

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Hi, I've had my <BASE GK858> mp3 player for about 6 months and haven't encountered any problems until now. Recently I found that I could only fit 7 songs onto it, as opposed to the usual 50 or so. (NB. it holds 508 MB). When I connect the player to …

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I'm not a programmer but I'm hoping some talent is lurking out there that's interested in this: Last night I was formatting some spare external drives. In a moment of total brain cramp I accidentally said "yes" to formatting my 500gb live storage drive! The drive I was formatting failed …

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Hi guys, I'm having a strange problem with my SATA drive and I am totally at a loss at what to do. 2 days ago I had been using 2 hard drives, 1 80GB IDE Seagate hd with Windows XP and my games & programs on it, the other was …

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I'm going crazy and hope someone could assist. I recently bought a barebones to upgrade my existing system. My challange is to keep my main IDE as primary/boot with the existing O/S (XP Pro) and add on 3 additional IDE drives using SATA coverters. The other 3 drives have data …

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I am having trouble installing a second hard drive as a slave. They are IDE, originally there were two hard drives, however i have purchased a new hard drive to replace the old slave hard drive. I set the new hard drive jumper setting to slave, however when i do …

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Alright so my sound card was going to that evil place down under (yes, australia ;) ) So i booted down my comp and unplugged EVERYTHING and proceeded to take it out. I went to boot the system again but this time i got the error of Boot disc failure. …

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Please help, I can compile this program as long as I don't put in a wrong number. The numbers are supposed to be between 100-999. If I type in anything else, it lets me input the information but I can't access anything after that. Ex: i type in info for …

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Hi all I'm a musician/sound designer and need more clout than most from my PC. So, I've decided to bulid a new system with the following specs: Antec p182 Case ASUS P5K Premium Motherboard Geforce 8800 GT Crucial ddr2 pc6400 ram Intel core 2 Q6600 Sound ok? First thing to …

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· The complete arithmetic expression will be read from a input file. An equation will not cover more than one line and may be assumed to be entirely valid. The input file will contain a single equation For example the file might contain the following: 56 – 12/3 + 1 …

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hey guys i have a problem with my computer. random ads pop up when i am surfing the net. And when i try to delete it off with Adaware SE my computer turns off. here is my hijack this logfile. thank you for the help. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …

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guys i have vista on a small hard drive i just want to clone it onto a larger drive whilst still making it bootable, then i can format the smaller drive and use it for media storage. can anyone suggest a suitable, idiot proof cloning software i could use? many …

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I am new to this PHP thing. I have programmed in VS 2003 and VB and C# for web site. I am working for this new company and all their forms are sent via send mail. My problem is that i am trying to send multiple variables to send mail …

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[COLOR=#000000]I need help recovering a few days worth of photos in Barcelona off my 20 GB flashtrax, it is essentially a 20gb portable usb2.0 hard drive with a CF card reader, it acts as a portable hard drive, so I imagine any data recovery tools that would work for portable …

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Hello. I had a user bring their external USB HD to my office. He used it on his Mac for a backup with the Time Machine software. He accidently pulled his HD from the USB before unmounting it, and most likely when it was being accessed by Time Machine. When …

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I am up against a wall on a Proliant with a 3300 es raid card and seven 18.2 drives configured as a raid level 5. we had a drive fail in the array and replaced the drive, by accident we installed a 9.1 gig drive instead of the correct 18.2, …

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*Problem: Brand new hard drive (properly installed) isn't being detected by the installation software (or by windows). It is properly installed... It is confirmed as working... It is meant for my computer (computer stats below)... The 8-pin jumper slot has no master or slave modes. *Component: Western Digital SATA 300, …

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Hi, I am trying to add 3rd hard drive (500 GB) to my computer. I added IDE PCI card and installed software but, it is not detecting my 3rd hard drive. Is there any thing I have to do with jumper settings? or am I missing any procedures....? Help would …

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I'm trying to copy a home DVD to my hard drive and I'm having a tough time. It's just a home movie so there aren't any copyright laws being infringed. When I open the DVD drive there's a file that reads VIDEO_TS. I've tried just hitting "copy" and that doesn't …

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Grateful for any help and apologies if this newbie has not found a relevant existing thread, despite having hunted for one! Symptoms CD drive worked fine when installing broadband some months ago. Unaware of likely software interference subsequently. Only major instal has been Norton. I have XP SP2, a Dan …

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