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| hdd password | 9/2/2009 | Will |
Q: i have dell d600 laptop bought as refurbished second hand. i took out hdd (hitachi 40 GB) to inspect ...
A: I have a d600 I bought refurbished as well. You will need to unplug the machine, remove the battery ...
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| Harddrive recognition issues | 8/29/2009 | Will |
Q: Recently, my computer stopped recognizing my old harddrive, which was a samsung SATA 250gb. i was ...
A: Chances are no, your new drive is working fine. What have you done? Is your OS on another drive, and ...
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| Raw partition issues | 8/28/2009 | Will |
Q: I am facing multiple issues with my OS, Windows XP. My UPS was gone all in a sudden and the power ...
A: You might be able to restore the drives without data loss, however it is a small chance. Normally, ...
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| computer keeps shutting down | 8/25/2009 | Will |
Q: i dont know if i have the right section, i was on facebook last night and my computer shut itself ...
A: You probably have one of two things. First is a thermal fault, this is when the computer is not ...
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| cant use my external hard drive | 8/24/2009 | Will |
Q: when i use my old 3.5ich hard disk to use as external hdd, i cant use it. when i plug on my laptop, ...
A: How are you using the hard drive on the computer? I assume through an external enclosure. You will ...
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| retrieving data from old hard drive | 8/23/2009 | Will |
Q: We have the old hard drive from one of our computers. It was run on windows ME. We tried to put it ...
A: You can place the drive in another computer, and run it as slave. This will allow you to pull that ...
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| harddrive | 8/21/2009 | Will |
Q: This is a very important question regarding privacy issues: what exactly is stored on the computer's ...
A: How long they will be store varies on your Internet usage, and how much you use the computer. ...
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| hdd, virus, trojans | 8/21/2009 | Will |
Q: my hdd or pc was infected with keyloggers, trojans, virus when i was surfing the net and clicked on ...
A: When you formatted that drive, you deleted the virus. However they could be in your BIOS, but the ...
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| hardware malnutrition | 8/21/2009 | Will |
Q: hey there my problem is that my hard disk has been formatted somehow and now i am not able to ...
A: Which the drive has been formatted, the only way to recover data is through software programs, which ...
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| installing microsoft XP hard drive error | 8/19/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a HP 540 notebook preinstalled with windows vista. I wanted to changed the operating system ...
A: You could be encountering an error, however the chances are it would not happen again. You can try ...
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| harddrive | 8/18/2009 | Will |
Q: This is a very important question regarding privacy issues: what exactly is stored on the computer's ...
A: The hard drive contains all the information the computer uses and you have saved. Your computer does ...
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| Yellow "grounding" Mat | 8/17/2009 | Will |
Q: What is this yellow mat, which was mentioned by my computer troubleshooter? He recently replaced my ...
A: ESD is simply the discharge of built up static electricity. Electrostatic discharge harms computer ...
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| Can't format harddisk Ntfs nor fat32 | 7/30/2009 | Will |
Q: ive a laptop Hp Nx9010, 2.8 Ghz, 256Mb ram, 60 Gb Hdd, Xp Sp2 with 4 partitions of 14GB.. its only ...
A: I suggest you FDISK the drive, and just dump all the partitions. Then use the XP setup in partition, ...
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| Montier wont come on computer problems | 7/24/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a moniter comes on with laptop and a diffrent tower to so its not the moniter...... I ...
A: You need to reset the BIOS. This will help to remove any chance the settings are bad. Otherwise, ...
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| CPU wont boot | 7/21/2009 | Will |
Q: this morning i went through my usual routine of turning on my gateway computer and signing in to one ...
A: You might have one of a few things wrong. Easiest fix first. Turn on the computer, and press F8 ...
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| partition problem | 7/21/2009 | Will |
Q: Actually, the problem is that one of the partition i have created shows more capacity than my entire ...
A: There is probably a conflict between what the computer actually sees, but the software is reporting. ...
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| Laptop Issus | 7/17/2009 | Will |
Q: My acer laptop was working fine. It shut down for no reason (it wasnt over heating). I noticed a ...
A: What you probably experienced was a thermal fault, meaning the computer was hot, and shutting down ...
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| computer not showing some things | 7/17/2009 | Will |
Q: I am not sure what area this problem may apply so I thought I would start with the hard drive area. ...
A: Sounds like either a virus/asware/malware or a problem with an update. You need to run a virus scan ...
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| Laptop/Desktop | 7/15/2009 | Will |
Q: I want to back up individual information from both my laptop and desktop. Does the Maxtor one touch ...
A: I am not sure if the Maxtor can do this, as I am not familiar with the specifics of all the drives ...
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| 500g Hitachi Easy Drive | 7/15/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a 500 gig Hitachi Easy Drive. It would run fine, up until I did a back up of all my files ...
A: First off, try the link I provided below to access some file recovery software. You might be able to ...
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| 70GB SATA hard drive quit | 7/13/2009 | Will |
Q: A couple of months ago my hard drive with Windows XP crashed. In an attempt to repair it, I ...
A: Swapping the video card could work, especially if you are hearing no beep codes. Also make sure the ...
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| NO SIGNAL | 7/13/2009 | Will |
Q: Will I have two computers. On one, I suddenly got NO SIGNAL on the monitor. Thinking it was the ...
A: Is anything beeping? The reason I ask, is this is common when there is a error in a computer. If the ...
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| Dvd rom upgrade | 7/12/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a Gateway 300L??? it has Windows XP pro 2002 service pack 2 and Intel (R) Celeron and 2x128 ...
A: As long as the DVD-ROM drives your brother has are for desktop computers, they should work in your ...
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| 70GB SATA hard drive quit | 7/12/2009 | Will |
Q: A couple of months ago my hard drive with Windows XP crashed. In an attempt to repair it, I ...
A: The BIOS should be able to be accessed no matter what. When you first turn on the computer you must ...
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| WD Hard Disk Failiur | 7/10/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a critical problem with my WD 250 GB Sata Hard Drive I was using it with two operating ...
A: Did you fully replace XP, installing Win7 on top of it? If you didn't, and just deleted Xp, the boot ...
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| i cannot transfer file that are greater than 4GB | 7/10/2009 | Will |
Q: i cannot transfer files that are greater than 4GB from the computer to the external 500gb hd .it ...
A: You can use disk cleanup. You will need to also delete the system restore files. This frees up alot ...
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| computer running slow. | 7/9/2009 | Will |
Q: I have dsl service, and my friend told me that the fastest way to speed up my computer is to have ...
A: The DSL service might be causing it, but it is probably related to temp files on your computer. You ...
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| Unusually quiet | 7/9/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a Simple Tech, 120GB Simple Drive Deluxe (approx. 3 years old). It has only a few GB unused ...
A: The drive is probably failing. You need to pull your data. I have included a link to some great ...
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| external hard drive problem | 7/9/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a Cavalry 250GB external hard drive. When I plugged it in my Windows Xp it recognized it and ...
A: If the drive does not show up in disk management, then you have a bigger problem then needing to ...
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| Running slow | 7/5/2009 | Will |
Q: My computer was running slow.I couldn't even do a disk config on it. I had a Maxtor external hard ...
A: You can not format the hard drive without losing the programs on the drive. You need to run a virus ...
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| Seagate problem | 7/5/2009 | Will |
Q: I have a seagate desktop internal hard disk(500gb) and i was using it as an external and it was ...
A: What are you using to make it into an external hard drive? What was beeping? Was it the computer? If ...
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| SSD | 7/4/2009 | Will |
Q: is SSD stand for Soly Stick Drive ( a kind of harddisk). is it stable and what are the good things ? ...
A: SSD stand for solid state drive. These are new hard drives that do not have to moving parts, ...
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| inadvertent shutdown and reboot | 7/4/2009 | Will |
Q: When I am at my PC the screen will suddenly go black, and then a small white panel appears, with a ...
A: The screen you are seeing is the monitor telling you that the monitor is not receiving video input ...
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| Wireless accessibility | 7/3/2009 | Will |
Q: We were given a HP compaq computer with windows 95 for our kids by our parents. I am wondering how ...
A: You will need to add a wireless adapter to the computer. Assuming it is a desktop, this come in many ...
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| hard drive problems | 7/3/2009 | Will |
Q: MY EXTERNAL HD WILL NOT SHOW UP ANY MORE. I PLUG IT IN THE USB PORT AND NOTHING HAPPENS. NO PROBLEMS ...
A: You will need to check disk management. (Right click My computer, chose Manage, In the left pain ...
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| disk read error | 7/2/2009 | Will |
Q: from time to time my computer freezes and after pushing the reset button I'm getting "A disk read ...
A: This is addressed on IDE ATA drives, not SATA drives. For those of you having this problem, Here's ...
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| Problem with portable harddrive not in my computer | 7/1/2009 | Will |
Q: I've searched countless threads and found numerous people with this problem with slight differences. ...
A: Because the drive can be seen you are in luck. You probably need to assign it a driver letter. This ...
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| A535 winxp re-instal | 6/30/2009 | Will |
Q: I have notebook model A535 from www.ecs.com.tw with WINXP SP1 installed. I need re-instal ...
A: You will need to check the BIOS to make sure the notebook is set to boot off of the USB device, ...
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| Windows Vista Drivers | 6/29/2009 | Will |
Q: I am having trouble connecting to the interent and was told by this tech support that I need to ...
A: As long as the computer you have came with vista, and you have a vista COA sticker on your machine, ...
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| How do partition? | 6/29/2009 | Will |
Q: I have new Hard Drive but i don't know how do partition. So pls., help I need 4 part in Hard Drive. ...
A: If you plan on installing XP, Vista and most linux installations, the setup software will partition ...
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