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I'm trying to install a new hd but i can't because one ide ribbon is hooked to my cdrw and the dvd-rom.an the other is hooked to my hd and my dvdrw and the third on is hooked stright to the floppy.and all the ribbons are token up.how can i …

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I want to reformat my harddrive (actually a raid array 0), but i want to backup basic settings and all the drivers that i have. I have customized values in the registry quite a bit, along with all of the services that start in in windows. Is there a program …

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Ok, I am planning on buying a new 160GB hard drive to add to my computer which has a 40GB hard drive. 1) does a slave drive mean secondary drive? 2) If I install the hard drive has a slave drive can I run programs like Word, Adobe Programs, or …

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Hey guys, moron here. sorry to bother you. heres the question. with Arcserve version 7 build 218 and netware 5 or 6 would a sony scsi aiti90 tape drive be compatable. thanks very much for any help! Paul Annap, MD

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One day in the distant past (2 days ago) I turned off my computer. All was fine. When I went to turn it back on, and after seeing "verifying dmi addresses....." I get the message "Error loading OS" . I have important data on the hard drive and hope there …

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I have a Graphite mac OS 10.1.5, G# 600Mhz, 256MB RAM, Matshita CW-7121 CDROM: Anytime I enter an audio CD, CDR/CD-RW or any type of burned CD it gets taken in, some grinding sounds emit and the disk is then ejected. It has worked before, and at one point there …

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There is this HDD that was working fine and one time it frooze and shut itself off and upon restarting it showed that there is no fixed disk present. I did start the computer with a start up disk and then the startup disk showed that there is no fixed …

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Hi All I burn a lot of DVD’s on my PC. At the monment I have a 1 burner. I am planning on installing 3 burners altogether. So that I can burn disks at the same time. Please could you tell me if this is possible. The spec of my …

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My hard disc is slowing a little bit ... I reinstalled windows on an ntfs file system ... but it didnt matter .. now if I format all my hard drive ... will it restore its speed or there are other factors that affect the speed of the hard drive …

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Hey All, I stumbled across this forum while trying to find a solution to this problem. Hopefully some one can help me out! I have a Toshiba satellite 2805-s201 notebook and i just replaced factory DVD-Rom drive Toshiba SD-C2402 8x DVD-ROM Drive. After installing the new drive I get a …

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I just purchased a new emachine and tried to put my old hard drive in the new machine as a slave. I left the jumper setting alone on the new drive and eliminated the jumpers on the slave. When the pc finished boot up I did not see a new …

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hi well il start from the begining,i brought a cd burner about 1 month ago since i got that put in i couldnt use the dvd rom i had to use the cd burner for everything since then i can't watch dvd's on my comp but could copy and burn …

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I have 2 x IBM T/Pad i-1200 laptops. One has a DVD rom the other has a CD-Rom. I wanted to put a DVD-Rom in the 2nd machine and purchased a Toshiba SD-C2502 (ver. 1011) which I understood to be compatible with the CD-C2402 DVD in the other machine. I …

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Hi, I have a compaq presario 5000 and I recently discovered that I am unable to see either the DVD-rom or the CDR-rw drives any longer. They were working not that long ago. Now, they don't even show up in any hardware lists. I load a cd into the DVD …

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I thought you guys may be able to answer something for me: What is the best home remedy for repairing damaged compact disks? And do cd labels help in the prevention of the top metal reflective 'stuff' from flaking off or becoming scratched...I don't want to go byt any cd …

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It started 2-3 weeks ago. my hard drive began glitching and the computer crashed with a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME BLUE SCREEN. I took out the HD and replaced with a brand new one. SAME THING HAPPENED! I then REPLACED THAT ONE with a NEW HD of the same exact brand and its …

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I just bought a new CD-ROM/DVD/CD-R/CD-RW drive and put it in my computer. And the drive opens up and when I put a CD in of some sort...it doesn't read the disc!? And in My Computer....there is no picture of the D:/ drive ..where all the other drives are. I …

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I am getting a message when turning on my computer that says IDE Error #1. I can bypass it by pressing F1. How do I fix this without having to reboot my computer, I don't want to lose everything. Someone please help me...... :?:

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Maybe someone can help with this. I’m trying to fix my friend’s laptop. When she starts it up, there is an error message that says Error Code 02b2 the Floppy drive is not configured properly. Run Setup. When I go to Setup, the bios does not give a choice for …

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Hello all; I have a problem with my hard disk , I format my hard disk completely ,Then I boot it from CDRom I want to install win98 on my PC , during installation when the computer is restarted to save some changes,next time it should boot from hard disk …

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I have been using my CD Writer with no problem but today when I put in my disc, it does not read. When I scan the D drive, it gave me a message as "The drive is not accessible. The drive is locked by a disk utility. Scan aggain when …

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what does atapi mean ? ? and if its a hardware .. what is its function ?

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Hi, I had put my office 2003 cd in my dvd drive to install it, and my then I took it out, when I closed my dvd drive the read light stayed on and my drive started making a funny noise, so I restarted my pc and tried it no …

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hi @ll, can anyone tell me why when i try and install a cdwriter and dvdwriter in the same pc on the same ribbon cable they are not recongnized properly?Yet if i use a cdrom and dvd writer everythings ok!

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Could anyone please tell me what a card reader is please? Thanks Wil

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Hi. There is this computer that can't read from drive C after the person who had it last switched off through the power button and not letting windows to shut down and now the problem is that Iam trying to run scandisk and when its checking the directory structure it …

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My computer uses the AMD 756 PCI bus master dual IDE controller. I really don't know much about it, but my device manager is saying that the primary & secondary controllers aren't working properly. It says for both: "This device is either not present, not working properly, or does not …

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I have a home built pc with an 80 gig drive. It started making a noise similar to the noise it makes when powering down and the hard drive clicks off. After a couple of days of the random click every hour or so it then started to click repetedly …

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After installing a new motherboard and case in my system it seems that my 2 cd drives don't want to work properly. Heres what happens. I try to re-install a game and i put it in the top cd drive but when I got into my computer, there is only …

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Halloo. There is this computer I came across in my work place that had the floppy drive right but it can't be seen in the computer i.e when you open mycomputer there is nothing like 31/2 floppydrive.I even checked the device manager and its not there too.I haven't opened the …

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