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| | Hello, I just got a new hard drive. I mounted it in my computer. And connected it to the SATA ports on the motherboard to the drive with the SATA cable. When I turn my computer back on it doesn't see that something was put there. I tried connecting the … |
| | hey everyone, i'm looking for a good hard drive shredder that's free. if anyone has any advice on good software, preferrably from D.O.D., that would be ideal. the last software we had, you were able to boot off a floppy and allow it to take over and shred the drive. … |
| | I know this must be some settting that I didn't do. I got a mad dog - DVD writer drive - Installed it. Now my CD drive :rolleyes: will not read any thing - to open it you have to right click on the drive and hit edject - anyone … |
 | hi, can anyone help me out with disk cloning? i've never really used it before and i'm getting a bit lost. i have a system with an ata133 HDD. i have just installed a new scsi system. so what i want to do is copy everything from my c:\ drive … |
| | I reformatted my C drive, due to some major errors and what not. And before I did it, I was sure to save all the files I wanted on my other Hitachi HD (120 GB). After I did that, I went ahead and reformatted my C drive, to a clean … |
| | Ok, for some odd reason my secondary "slave" hard drive just messed up on me. It doesn't show up on "My Computer", "Device Manager", and BIOS. and it makes my Primary "Master" not show up on BIOS only. and before it stopped working it, windows xp said some thing like. … |
| | I brought a External usb hard drive (120 gb) a little while back. it worked fine until my computer was unplugged. when i put everything back together it didnt work anymore. it just glows blue as it did when it was brand new. now my computer just reconizes it as … |
| | I found that this actually seems to be a reoccuring problem with Dells on here... I have a Dell, it's pretty new, a little less than 4 months old, (but about 3 weeks past its warrenty expiration, go fig) it was running fine until about a week ago when I … |
| | I'm trying to install a used 40 gig HD. It is recognized in the bios but when I try to format it says Can't access hard disk, I tried to use fdisk with a startup disk and got the same result. Can I assume it is shot. |
 | OK got a 120GB hard drive, bios see's it, windows XP is installed to it all is fine. On SATA 2 is a 300GB I wanna use for storage. BIOS sees it, windows doesn't. I've installed the chipset that came with the motherboard. What am I missing???? |
| | My dvd drive, dvd-ram doesnt work for some reason. First it didnt burn dvds properly, I have a dvd camera, and then it just stopped reading dvds or cds, when you put in a disc, it just doesnt read it, even when you start up a computer, it doesnt check … |
| | Well, I've spent the last couple nights trying to install my a new 300 GB SATA on my ASUS MOBO without resolution. I've looked high and low on this forum for help, but none seems to hit my problem just right. Here's my system: MOBO: ASUS A8V Deluxe 200 GB …  |
| | First let me say I don't really understand much of these things. I have a newer PC that runs on XP, and had and old PC that run on ME. I want to use the old HD on the new computer as a slave, but they dont look the same. … |
| | I have just upgraded my PC. I have an ASUS A8V Deluxe motherboard and an AMD 64 3700+. The problem is with my hard drive (SATA2 western digital 250Gb). When I first booted up it didnt recognise the hard drive at all. I have solved that problem but now when … |
| | Having read several partitioning [URL="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1229099&page=1#"]strategies[/URL] I keep seeing different opinions on the matter of location of the [URL="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1229099&page=1#"]program[/URL] files folder and or swap files. The need and essence of proper and smart partitioning of drives is clear to me. However I can't figure out where to place the more demanding … |
| | Hi Folks, I just installed a New Western Digital 80GB HD in my Toshiba Tecra A1. To test it, I started to load up Fedora Linux as an OS. Linux saw the drive ok and everything seemed to be ok. I halted the install as I need to load it … |
 | Hi all. New to the site, and it looks grand. I ran across it searching for suggestions on clearing out the AntiSpyLab parasite/hijacker for a family member. Looks like I'm in the right place. It also seems like the first step is to post a HijackThis log. Here goes: Logfile …  |
| | i have 2 hdd on 1 pc i have installed xp on both drives i need to be able to boot up one or the other drives at start up one is for the kids and one for work i need to be able to password protect one drive is … |
| | I am using Internet Explorer until yesterday as I have decided to install Mozilla Firefox as my default web browser. Below is a list of problems I have found when I look at the even viewer utility. Michael55 Application log Event Type: Warning Event Source: EventSystem Event Category: Firing Agent … |
| | I've seen a few of these threads regarding dvd drives and the pin soldering technique. I have a new 'cable select' hard drive (used to be my secondary) that I need to use to replace a dead drive in my Toshiba laptop (Satellite 5205-S705). It seems that this type of … |
| | Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:03:42 AM, on 5/3/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5346.0005) 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:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Creative\SBAudigy\Surround Mixer\CTSysVol.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\dla\tfswctrl.exe C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\DVDLauncher.exe C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe C:\Program Files\HP\hpcoretech\hpcmpmgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb12.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Rundll32.exe C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security 12\pccguide.exe C:\WINDOWS\stsystra.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE …  |
| | I have an issue where a recently purchased Maxtor 160GB IDE hard drive is not allowing a [B][I]specific PC[/I][/B] to start. When the power wire is plugged into the Maxtor drive and the PC is started, the tower starts to power up for about 1 to 3 seconds, then the … |
| | Hi everyone, Here my problem, When I boot up computer windows starts and works for a while then I get blue screen saying a process or thread crucial to system has unexpectly exited or been terminated. Computer restarts but now bios can't find my hard drive. Primary SATA not found. … |
| | Does anybody know how you can check to see what kind of hard-drive you can get for your computer? Thanks |
 | [COLOR=DarkRed]HI ppl: Well I was trying to find an article or guide that'd show me how to Format my current Slave Hard Drive (MAXTOR 36147H8) and then Re-Install it without having any reboot or Recognizion issue but i can't see to find any... so Would u please Help me out? …  |
| | Hey all I just got the ASUS DRW-1608P2S DVD-RAM drive. The specifications for this drive state that this drive can write to CD-Rs at 40x in CAV mode and upto 32x in PCAV mode. I bought a few Moser Baer 52x CD-Rs, but nero only allows me to write at … |
| | Seems complicated, but I'll try my best to explain. I was having some overheating problems, so I opened up the PC, sucked out the dust and rearranged my SATA and Power cables. Then when I booted my PC up, my BIOS HD Detection gave me a message of "No hard … |
| | What is the best hard drive company out there? Is there really a best? |
| | I am looking for CD copier software which copies directly to CD, without first going onto hard-drive. My PC has Windows Me. Have heard good stuff about Ashampoo Burning Sutdio 6 ... anyone comment on this? At present, I have Musicmatch Jukebox installed...want to replace it, since I find it … |
| | Hey guys, I purchased a new 160GB Maxtor HDD last November. Everything was working fine and until last week, i am supposed to have 70GB of free hard disk space. However, i made a image of my primary HDD onto my 160GB HDD and accidentally deleted it soon after. Since … |
| | Hi, I used to have only one HD in my computer. It was a SATA main HD, a 250GB one, but now I set it as a secondary master because the primary master being a new 160GB one. I did not yet wipe the data on the 250GB HD because … |
| | i have tried sevel different programs to burn audio cd's or mp3's and all i end up with is a blank disc. even if i stick the disc in a dvd player it is blank. i do not know who made my cd-rw drive but will let you know who … |
| | i'm thinking of buying a dvd burner i"m looking at sony dual layer or is there something else? |
| | Ok my cd burner is giving me all kinds of problems i have a Lite- On LTR- 52246S. Ok well first when i look at it in the device manager its show up and Lite- On LTR 52246S SCSI Cd Rom Device. I dont know if a CD rom Device … |
| | hi, admittedly, i'm a only an intermediate with computers.... and i'm attempting to make my own external hard drive. i just bought a 250 gb hard drive for backup. it's a hitachi sata hdd and i have a nexstar 3 sata enclosure. with such a big hard drive, do i … |
| | I[COLOR=Navy] have a starting problem means when i changed booting preference on my pc but it doesn't happen it will boot from hard disk always so i cann't change booting options like it will not boot from floppy ,cddrive.[/COLOR] |
| | [font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]Does someone have a clue? I've tried to burn an audio cd with[b] nero[/b] and with [b]cd creator 5[/b], but neither one works. When I click burn or record I get this message saying...... [b]Nero says"Sorry, your compilation cannot be written on this kind of disc. Please insert … |
| | I recently purchased some hard drives from a site ichbanpc.com. They had pretty good prices on oem hard drives not refurbished so I was told. Anyway I bought several and have used them in computers. All but one have worked great. The one when it was cold would not get … |
| | Drive: OEM stock that came with my Compaq Presario 6330us. Failed attempts: 1. Using the 5 System Recovery CDs I cannot reformat the user partition. If I turn it on, press Esc twice I will get into the boot option menu. After I then press Ctrl + Backspace the Hard … |
 | How is hard drive installation? From some people, I hear that it's easy...and from others, it's not. I'm wanting to install a brand new hard drive. Does that mean I'd have to reinstall Windows? If so, that's no problem.. And...how to I access the BIOS information? I think it must … |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 8400 with two 250gb Maxtor hard drives in a RAID array. I will call the two hard drives in the machine 0 & 2; those were the positions given to them by the RAID application. One of the drives (0) started to fail (as confirmed … |
| | I have a sony vaio laptop and the hard drive died I want to get a new one . Do I have to buy the same harddrive or can I just get any 2.5" hard drive and pop it in. |
| | Hi, My computer recently overheated and after I rebooted it, it wouldn't load properly. So I first checked the BIOS and noticed that the Primary IDE Master, which is my Hard drive, and my Primary IDE Slave, which is my second hard drive, which is my second harddrive, is not … |
| | Everytime I try to access any disk on my floppy drive I get the same message. "A:\ is not accessible, No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk." Right clicking gives me the same message also, in fact anything that I do that concerns this drive gives me … |
| | [B]I recently formatted my hard drive and re-installed an old version of win 98se as I did not have win me which was on there. Since doing this I have managed to find some of the drivers for the hardware (graphics amongst others) but have been unable to get the …  |
| | Hey there, This is my first posting, as for once in my life I need extreme help with programming. I can work C with a little magic, just assembler is just [B]NOT [/B] my cup of tea. I was hoping that my attempts will show through, yet there are numerous … |
| | hey. i have a problem concerning windows xp service pack2. i reinstalled windows xp few months back because i had a hard disk failure. after installation, eveytime, when i plugged in my external DVD-R or external hard disk to the usb port, an error will pop up on the taskbar. … |
| | I have a problem with my Master drive, Drive0, changing the drive letter after installation. Most recent, internal Zip drive, usually B: or H:, now H: is Drive0, Boot Drive, and C: is Drive1. When Win2Kpro was installed the last time, I verified immediately following OS installation, that Drive C … |
| | I bought an external hard drive for my msntv 2. Which was no surprise to me, just a wishful thinker. But my question is i can find a way to hook-up my external hard drive to the libraries computer so I can download things for myself transfer them to a … |
| | I have been hijacked by Amaena! :evil: Can someone please review my hijack log file? I have Vundo and ccleaner ready once I determine what to delete....Thanks Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:16:41 AM, on 4/8/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) … |
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