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| | Friends 120gb hdd had 229 viruses. was running Win Xp. AVG finally removed all but left WinXP unusable. Formatted hdd. But now cannot get win Xp reinstalled. Message on several attempts was "missing or corrupt file "\windows\system32\config\system" when trying to boot on new install. Formated the c: partition after each … |
| | Hi folks! I'm a techie amatuer who needs help! :rolleyes: Upon booting, CHKDSK comes on, staing HD needs to be checked for consistency. However, CHKDSK freezes in the middle of fixing disk errors. (It finishes checking security descriptors, then states its adding "data attributes" to a number of specific files …  |
 | Hi, I have two questions 1) Why did my dvd burner burn two 8x dvds and now does not want to burn the anymore 8x dvds out of the same exact spindle? I use dvd x copy and it reads the dvd then when it goes to burn it, it … |
| | Okay, I am new to the list but I have had a problem with my IDE-CD R/RW drive ever since I installed Microsoft's service 2 update to XP. It could be a coincidence, but I could use my CD drive until then. According to my son (14) he has been …  |
| | Ok i just bought a new 200 gig maxtor hard drive ata 133 how do i get it to be recognized when i boot up my comp i want to put my operating system on there |
| | I got home from a hard days work and went to boot up the ol puter and after the XP splash screen I get an error reading "lsass.exe failed to load, could not find the fild dnsapi.dll....reinstallation of this will fix problem" What do I do? I tried a repair …  |
| | im wondering how hard it would be to do myself,i currently have 40GB of hard drive,im wanting to upgrade it to 60GB,i do still have the windows xp cd that came with my laptop so im thinking of taking out this hard drive and putting in the new one,and booting … |
| | I have a dvd/rw and a cd/rw on the same system and they cant read anything now. the OS is win 2000 pro. It just started the other day, any ideas??? |
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| | I got a new computer and I want to put a slave in it. Well.... I put a slave in it and made the jumper settings right. I turn on the computer and it boots up fine but, when I go to MY COMPUTER to see if the slave is … |
| | I had written in another post about my hard drive going bad or so I thought. This would be the 4th. I know odds are not good that's what it was but the easiest to try and solve. I installed a new hd, installed windows xp pro and after about … |
| | hi, recentley i added a pci card to my computer (belkin wireless adapter) and after that i cannot access cd's on the computer, the icon for cd-rom drive appears in my computer but clicking it does nothing, in order to install some drivers i put a dvd writerdrive in its … |
| | I am running windows 98 se on my computer and I had the FAT get corrupted on my first hard drive. So I repartioned it and formated it and reloaded Window onto it. Now I am unable to access the second hard drive through windows. The drive shows up under … |
| | All: I have a dell system running XP pro. I had moved the original maxtor 30gb hard-drive from the master to the slave position due to some issues caused by my son (still alive, for the time being!). Everything has been just fine up until about a week ago.:eek: Now, … |
| | I keep getting and error message saying unable to write to the c: drive. I have already replaced the IDE cable and it has had no effect on the problem. Is there any solution to the problem short of replacing the hard drive. |
| | We've recently developed a complicated relational MYSQL database which, on a data storage level, is working really well. Unfortunately, in terms of being able to sort and edit sometimes very large data reports, our front end interface (a custom built work in progress) often scores a relatively unimpressive "C-". Complicating … |
| | what does the Enhanced mean in EIDE and will it work with a motherboard that only has IDE interfaces.  |
 | MB: Asus A7V266-EX Master HDD: WD Caviar 200GB New HDD: Maxtor Diamond Max 10, 300GB. IDE (or PATA if you like). 6B300RO I bought the above new HDD to replace my existing slave HDD, an 80GB Maxtor. All was working well previously. BIOS set to Auto-Detect. However, BIOS was no … |
| | Anybody got a good media software for this set up -XP home (I know it is my first problem) -LAN with 1tb of storage -2.7intel -1536 mb ram -2x200 hard drives -128 mb ATI video w/s-video out, VGA, and DVI -Tv tuner ATI -15'' LCD touch screen (VGA) -20.1'' LCD … |
| | You have your primary harddrive that has the OS installed on it. You have a second hard drive. And you want to add a 3rd hard drive. How do you add the 3rd one when the cable only allows 2? |
 | hi, i just wanted to know if there was any way of undoing a FORMAT on a hard disk? doesn't sound possible...but is it?  |
 | when you slave a hard drive, i know you are talking about hooking the slave ribbon up, but that means being able to run your main harddrive but then also have a second hard drive and be able to access whats on it without actually running the OS that is … |
| | My buddies system would not boot up. No display on monitor and no motherboard beep. I checked the video card and it is good. So i am going to replace the motherboard. My question is he needs a lot of the stuff on that Hardrive. I would usually hook that … |
| | Hey i was just wondering if you could wipe a hard drive clean without clearing the OS and the other essentials. I could manually remove everything but im not well versed in what I should keep and what i shouldnt keep in the program files and such. |
 | anyone have any idea why a Dell optiplex gx1 600MHz[model year 1999] won't reconise a 48x LG burner,no matter what way I configure it .CD-RW works in other computer .thanks |
| | ok heres my delima, I currently have a 40Gb HDD ata/133 and a 160Gb ata/133 the 160Gb I only keep music and dvds on so that can stay. but I need a faster HDD to have my games and programs. so which HDD type is the fastest I can get? …  |
| | Hi all I am running windows xp and I have just bought a 'Disgo lite' storage stick which should work straight away on xp. The install wizard cannot install it (code 28) and in the device manager I have a yellow question mark with a yellow exclamation mark next to …  |
| | hi all....I need help with a pragram which i wrote .....Itz to check if a number is palindrome or not using a function...i.e. the program will ask the user to input any number....then if u reverse the number it will give u the same old number then it is a …  |
| | Is SATA and SATA150 the same thing? and if my motherbaord supports SATA will it support SATA150? I am looking at this HDD [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-353&depa=0[/url] |
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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 … |
 | 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 …  |
| | 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 |
| | 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 … |
| | So, in the last several days, my system has developed several problems. Firstly, my printer (connected through the USB) began to print only about 1 out of every 15 tries... then not at all. (Everything gets queued, as it tells me that the printer is not connected.) It's an HP … |
| | 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 … |
| | Yo guys, I am doing a function to display selections of department for the user to input and if the department is chosen, it will then match the department with the department in the database allowing only employees within that department to be displayed, but the employees can be as … |
| | All right, I have an assignment for this introductory C++ class, and I'm sorry if this sounds silly, but I really don't know where to begin. We've just now gotten through the different kinds of loops and nested loops and that sort of thing, and my assignment is to write …  |
| | 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 …  |
| | 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 … |
 | 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 … |
| | Need a bit of help formatting my output. I'm not even sure that this can be done. The output from the following code looks like this: Here is your output! ******************** rval = 0.954316 tval = 9.03351 p = 0.999997 Two tailed value = 5.716140e-006 Ok is there anyway I … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | hi below is my save function that is used to placed data from the C program to a text file for future usage. [code] [COLOR=Blue]void save() { FILE *save; int i = 0; save=fopen("employeerecord.txt", "a+"); do { if(strcmp(record[i].ID, "")!=0) { if(i!=0) fprintf(save, "\n"); fprintf(save, "%s %s %s %s %s ", … |
| | Everybody here, please download the Everest software. I dont have the link but Catweazle posted it around here somewhere. Tell us what Everest says about your PC, below is a sample setup on my PC, just get the report from the Everest program: --------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003, 2004 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | Hi, My brother's pc is recently hijacked. The error reads:- Error loading C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\bridge.dll. I've enclosed my hijackthis log as follows:- Thanks. Looking forward to ur earliest reply. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 7:43:56 PM, on 10/3/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 … |
| | 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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