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Hey, Im new to the forum, so please go easy on me - i got a computer off my brother some time ago i dont know much about the spec its Windows XP. The problem is the USB ports - when i put a USB memory stick or MMC card …

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[COLOR=#ffffff]Have The Computer Then This Is For You![/COLOR][IMG]http://content3.i-am-bored.com/games/44115_harddrivebargains.jpg[/IMG]

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I have a hard drive problem with my armada 7800 6266/t/8000/d/0/1 laptop computer. (Windows 2000 will not start) I just purchased a desktop hp 1647c. I would like to connect the laptop hd to the desktop. I need to move the data. Please help!!! specify the adapter needed and possible …

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Hi guys, I converted my hard drive to a dynamic disk the other day, and I've been having horrible problems with the RAID setup ever since. For some reason every time I boot up my computer now, it doesn't seem to recognise my hard drive as a boot device, so …

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I am having trouble locating my cd and dvd rom on my computer. It is not listed in "My Computer"" file. I cannot put a cd in my computer and have it come up. I am not to comfortable with this computer thing yet. Why would it suddenly dissappear out …

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I would like to know what is a good hard drive cleaner. I want something that will clean everything so that nothing can be picked up period. Is this one a good program? [B]Active@ Kill Disk - Hard Drive Eraser[/B]

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Hi ppl. I have been struggling with this one for couple of days now. It appears that my Windows XP think that my Pioneer DVR 110 D is a CD-ROM drive. I've learned how to make windows think it is a burner, but I can't make it recognize it as …

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I have the "Critical System Error" in the task bar. I have run Hijackthis the log file will follow. Can someone please tell me what I have to do to remove this bogus alert? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:08:02 PM, on 11/17/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

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How could i make my usb thumb drive bootable: Lexar media secure jump drive 512MB with an NTFS file sys.?

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Setting a static page file is mainly a tip that should be reserved for the computer user who has forsaken friends and family for the realm of PC gaming, but anyone can do it, especially if you do video editing, or are a power user of any kind. the premise …

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Hi I am trying to help a friend of mine fix his computer. It has been running very slow. I have exhausted all resources that I know of and it is still not right. We have used system defrag & cleanup and a registry repair software. System defrag stops before …

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I'm considering buying an external hard drive. My internal HD is 160GB, should i buy a 160GB EHD or something bigger, such as a 250GB? It's going to be used as a backup to the Main HD, so i want to be able to put everything on it, i will …

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Hi guys, I just bought a Seagate 320GB Sata II hard disk drive, initial plan of it is to store all my files. I already have a 120GB Sata I drive that I am going to keep as my primary drive so that the Windows XP can run of that. …

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Hi All, Hope I don't sound like too much of a simpleton, but I'm a relative novice. I have a emachine that had the hard drive die about a year ago, I replaced the old drive and moved it to the slave. this was working fine until last month. At …

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Hello all: Im having an odd problem I can't seem to figure out. Before we get started I'm an A+ Certified technician, so my understanding of PC's is fairly good. So, I have a Toshiba satallite 2435-s255 and it's hard drive had a complete failure. I've purchased a replacement drive …

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Everyone! First, forgive me...I'm new to the forum. I've been looking around and have not found my answer and wondering if you all can help. I have a Maxtor One-Touch 250GB USB/Firewire external HD. Today...it made a bunch of weird noises when coping files to it and then it came …

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I've been asked if you can run an EIDE drive with a SCSI drive on the same machine ? The SCSI was original. He's adding the EIDE and tried chg'g Bios to boot. Now having problems booting. [COLOR=blue]"" [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]I used Norton GHOST to transfer system and everything from the …

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I'm customizing JFileChooser for application atwork. One of the thinks I want it to do is open it as default directory [B]My Computer[/B] with list of all hard drives, optical drives or nay other storage which you get once you open it. Why I want to do it? Every b***y …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:00:57 AM, on 11/10/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software\CounterSpy\Consumer\sunThreatEngine.exe C:\WINDOWS\arservice.exe C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5\guard.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\cisvc.exe C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaantmon.exe C:\Program Files\Common …

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ok so before you suggest i use any scanners i am currently using AVG MsConfig Clean-up Ad-aware Nod32 CCleaner CounterSpy Spy bot search and destroy Yes i know thats an impressive arsenary, but alas i am still infected. :sad: Some scanners find things but cannot delete them for example, my …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:39:54 AM, on 11/8/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011) Running processes: E:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe E:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\CTsvcCDA.EXE E:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe E:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe E:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe E:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaantmon.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\LxrJD31s.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe …

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[COLOR=darkgreen]:sad: XP will not recognise the new or old DVD-RW drives i have fitted....[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkgreen]BEFORE ,i had an A-Open dvd rw drive and a Sony CD-RW drive that were instantly recognised.......I now have an A-Open DVD-RW drive AND a Panasonic DVD-RW drive that if i unplug 1 of them the …

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Well, I had my first dream of DaniWeb last night\ this morning: I was walking in Manhattan with my girlfriend. We enter an office building, an arcade of businesses, most of them software\ networking\ data storage\ security type companies. We stroll through here admiring what we see. We come to …

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Hi everyone. I'm extremely new to this. It's my first programming course, period. I realize I probably needed a load of pre-reqs, but for some reason, I was advised to take Intro to C++ so... So far, I've been doing well! However, this latest project has me stumped... The jist …

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Hi all, This is my first time here (actually, my first time on any forum!) and I'm hoping that I can find a solution to this problem that's been bugging me!! (I did try and go through threads related to the query I'm about to make but nothing worked for …

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What is the easiet way to switch from IDE to SATA? My current configuration is as followed: OS: WINXP SP2 MB: MSI -cant remember the model number, about 3 years old. IDE 1 - 40 gig WD IDE 2 - 20 gig WD I would like to swap out the …

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Hello, when i boot up my computer it checks all hardware then says "disk read error occured, press cntrl-alt-delete to restart", which i've tried often. I've had this sata hardrive running for a couple of days with no problems, then i turned it on and all of a sudden there's …

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I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 and upgraded RAM to 1GB and hard drive to 80 GB. I have to use an auxilary fan or it will overheat and shut down. I've been told it's probably the HD. Should I switch back to the OEM 60 GB or what? What …

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I have a Sony DRU820A DVD-RW, and within the past day it just stopped readin any discs whatsoever. It does not recognize that I have put a disc into the drive. However, when i reboot my computer, if i leave a cd in the drive, it wont start windows until …

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Hi I'm new here.... Hi you all!! I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there's a way to clone more than 1 drive by tcp/ip using just one drive image in a server or something like that. This is my problem, I work as an IT support specialist …

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Hi all, Had asked for assistance concerning the problem am having on my pc but it seemed only one person had a similar problem. My hard disk space is just shrinking. I looked for the problem and found that in C:\WINDOWS\Temp something was just creating the following files: Acr4A, Acr4C, …

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I copied my data and programs to a 200 gig hdd and now my machine doesnt boot up I believe that it is still seeing the 137 limit. I tried to install a controller card but it appears that will only work with a freshh copy of XP. So my …

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:mad: [B]I've had lots of experience with computers with scomputers and know how to work with them well, but i never worked with SATA hard drive and SATA adapters. When i connect my new [I][U]SATA ULTRA 16 300GB 16MB CACHE 7200RMP Serial ATA/150 [/U][/I]to a [I][U]SATA to IDE Adapter[/U][/I] and …

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could u tell me the use of static storage class before a function...like static add(); could u tell me a good link to get collection of programes in c language.... Thnaku and Regards.

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My fujitsu noteboook (about 4 yrs old) has a 40gb hd with OEM software installed & WinXP home edition. There are 2 OEM partitions; C: with 29.44gb Fat32 and D: 7.81 Fat32 (which is a DISE_Backup image.). My CD/DVD is drive E: I just purchased a new Fujitsu 80gb hard …

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Hello, i was looking at two mobo's and one supports ata/133 and the other umda/33,66,100,and133. What is the difference, and which is faster? Also can i get a suggestion on which mobo is better,(possibility for upgrades, features, and overall speed)? [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1943172&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[/URL] [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1959170&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[/URL] Any help would be much appreciated:lol:

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i recently purchased a toshiba 80GB :confused: HDD with case and a USB cable and driver CD. I lost the CD and now I cannot use my new drive at home since I am using windows 98 as my OS. I have been searching the internet eversince for the driver …

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My dad was playing some games on my laptop and he got a blue screen saying "..... need to shut down to prevent more damage ..." he not entirely sure what the message was . he shut down the laptop. what he was doing was basically playing solitaire. after that …

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My cd-rom used to be able to read DVD RW's but I can't get it working again. Any Idea of a program I had or something?

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Hello, can someone tell me if these pc parts are compatible, reliable and overall worth it? CASE and PS: [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=329194&sku=B452-1018[/URL] MOBO and CPU: [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1959173&sku=MBM-6100M9-3500[/URL] MEMORY: [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=84386&sku=K24-5201[/URL] HARD DRIVE: [URL]http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101318[/URL] DVD DRIVE: [URL]http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=172470[/URL]

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Is it possible to use an originally partitioned C drive (2 80Gb "merge" together to become a 160Gb harddisk) as an external drive?

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I know this is similar to various threads already in the forum, but my issue is ever-so-slightly different. I had an old Dell desktop (bought circa 2002) with Windows XP (2005), which one day refused to start up. Dell tech support had me mess around in some DOS-looking stuff and …

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Dear Daniweb: My e-drive appears to have died. It will not play pre-recorded CDs & DVDs and will not allow me to burn CDs. A message reads "E drive not responding". When I check the properties of the DVD/CD drive it tells me that the disk is full - even …

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I NEED HELP PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE THE PROBLEM IS [B]Warning[/B]: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in [B]/mounted-storage/home23a/sub003/sc21979-KVVZ/www/ghhookup/functions.php[/B] on line [B]28[/B] [PHP]<? $conn_id; $sql_res; $sql_res2; $sql_query; $HTTP_REFERER=$_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]; $REQUEST_METHOD=$_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]; function sql_connect(){ global $conn_id,$sql_host,$sql_user,$sql_pass,$sql_db; $conn_id=mysql_connect($sql_host,$sql_user,$sql_pass); mysql_select_db($sql_db); } function sql_execute($sql_query,$wtr){ global $conn_id; $sql_res=mysql_query($sql_query,$conn_id); if($wtr=='get'){ if(mysql_num_rows($sql_res)){ return mysql_fetch_object($sql_res); } else …

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Hi, I am Mangai, I am working in VC++. When I run my code I get an error like error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*' error C2501: missing storage-class or type specifiers since I am a beginner I couldnt fix it. Can anyone help me in fixing …

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:sad: My brother "merge" two 80GB harddisk for me when he built my computer but now that the computer's dead, can I retrieve folders from each drive separately (remove the two harddisks and use them as external harddisk separately)? Or do I have to make an image of the whole …

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1. I used GoBack on my laptop, but after a crash it goes in loops, and restarts the computer without option for intervention. I have then mounted the HD in a USB enclosure, and added it to my desktop. The bios sees it, and I can boot on it, but …

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Howdy, Essentially, what I want to do is take one of my older PC boxes and convert it into a SCSI box'o'hard drives. I feel that this may be deceptively simple, but I'm just not sure. I've got the drives, plenty of'em in fact. I've got plenty of cables. I've …

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I have a HD from an old PC that has many files I would like to put on my new PC. Is there a way I can do this fairly easily?

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I've been searching for an answer, and haven't found one yet, so any help would be appreciated! Ok, I have a P4 Dell Dimension 8400 Desktop, motherboard supports up to 4 sata drives (has ide slots, but those are used for cd/dvd drives), no floppy drive. BIOS is A09. After …

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