| Subject | Date Asked |
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| hard drive help | 8/22/2008 |
Q: i want to reinstall my computer. it has windows xp. the problem is i lost my operating system cd. ...
A: There is absolutely no way you can install an operating system without a copy of its setup. You must ...
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| Hard drive | 8/21/2008 |
Q: I have a 2650 inspiron dell laptop, it wasworking fine and all of the suden, I turn it on and the ...
A: As a preliminary check can you make sure all connections to your disk are firmly secured. I mean ...
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| Upgrading | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I have a Dell Deminsion desktop with XP Pro that is about 4 years old. It still runs great. But, ...
A: You haven't mentioned your current configuration. I suggest upgrading your RAM. Upgrade your RAM to ...
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| Drive capacity issue | 8/14/2008 |
Q: C drive of my pc having 20 gb capacity. Now it gives an error of low disk space.I checked my all ...
A: In addition to DISK CLEANUP, CHECK DISK and DISK DEFRAGMENT, I suggest JDiskReport available from ...
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| Hard Drive Configuration for a Web Server | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I know your expertise is more in the area of data recovery. I am hoping you can give me some advice ...
A: I'll be answering your question in two parts. (1) Am I better off buying two drives and mirroring ...
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| Disk Boot Failure | 8/8/2008 |
Q: Howdie, I recently replaced the HDD in my desktop. The one I had before has been giving me trouble ...
A: Any new hard drive must be checked for formatting and file system integrity before being put to use. ...
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| maxtor external hard drive | 8/3/2008 |
Q: I bought the above today but when I installed it on my imac G5 desktop it said it would have to be ...
A: When you XSAN file system is corrupted cvfsck will give you an alert which is something like "... ...
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| External HDD Failure | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I recently bought a 2 1/2 inch 250 MB external hdd that worked fine until this morning.When i plug ...
A: Yes, Windows does recognise your device but just as an external USB device, one without any storage ...
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| External HDD Failure | 7/26/2008 |
Q: I recently bought a 2 1/2 inch 250 MB external hdd that worked fine until this morning.When i plug ...
A: Smith, I would need some more information before I can suggest a solution. Have you tried (1) ...
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| Hard Disk Drive | 7/16/2008 |
Q: When starting my home system an error message shows that the Hard Drive is not correctly configured, ...
A: Need a bit more information from you. Do you get that "..not correctly configured..." screen before ...
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| windows was unable to complete the format | 7/4/2008 |
Q: Sir, I have a problum about seget harddisk the problum is when i put new winxp cd in cd-rom and ...
A: Obviously the setup detects errors on your disk which need to be addressed before a clean install ...
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| TOSHIBA SATELLITE 300CDS | 3/27/2008 |
Q: last night we shut the computer down as normal and then i unplugged it from the mains. later on we ...
A: Yes, its usual for notebooks with low battery to die down after a couple of seconds. However so long ...
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| mouse problem | 3/26/2008 |
Q: a couple months ago i moved and i tried to get my computer hooked up and everything, and i was able ...
A: Before I can fully answer your question can you do this for me: Right Click MY COMPUTER Click on ...
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| External drive Issues | 3/25/2008 |
Q: I have an external drive 235Gb or something close, which i use for my back - up . I work on a Mac ...
A: Accessing an external drive from both a MAC and a PC is not a good idea. Should you need to copy ...
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| Can't read files in external HD | 3/14/2008 |
Q: Good day. I would like to ask how will I recover my files on my external HD. Accidentally, I plugged ...
A: Could you tell me what error messages do you get when you plug your external disk to your notebook. ...
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| External HDD suddenly not being detected. | 3/8/2008 |
Q: i have had my samsung 100gb external HDD for about 8 months now. It has been working fine apart from ...
A: Here's a step by step recovery plan for you: (1) Take a deep breath and don't panic :) (2) The disk ...
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| Harddrive | 3/7/2008 |
Q: I have a Maxtor external harddrive that I cannot access. It sounds and feels like it is spinning, ...
A: If you don't mind experimenting, Directory Snoop 5.0 is worth a try. I haven't used it but I've ...
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| Old XP HD in New Vista PC - Can't Access Files | 3/5/2008 |
Q: I have a lot of files on an HD that I took out of my dead XP PC. I put the HD into my new computer ...
A: Vista as a security measure requires you to authenticate access to certain resources. I can think of ...
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| hdd image into dvd | 3/4/2008 |
Q: sir, sony visio provided two cds as disaster recovery, when ever laptop is not working or bad, with ...
A: Yes, restoring a PC's configuration to factory defaults is possible. Manufacturers usually provide ...
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| Hard drive installation problem | 12/25/2007 |
Q: "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer." "Make sure any hard disk ...
A: To check if the disk is connected correct, have a look into the BIOS page for installed disks. If ...
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| Boot Sector | 12/23/2007 |
Q: I have a 45 gb western digital hard drive that I once used as a drive C for win2000. I left about 10 ...
A: Its a very common issue on dual boot systems with Linux as one of the operating systems. A very ...
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| raw partition | 12/19/2007 |
Q: , i have a problem with my harddisk(wd400eb-11cpfo). my wd has 3 partition. when i want to reinstall ...
A: Every time you change partitions on your disk, you must format each partition separately. So if you ...
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| Problem recording CDs or DVDs | 12/16/2007 |
Q: As I read your profile, I am not sure you are the expert person whose help I need, but your field of ...
A: The TRF issue you've mentioned in your question is a 'reported issue' with Nero version 6.6.1.4. The ...
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| hard drive not recognized | 12/11/2007 |
Q: Can you help me please as i've messed up my PC a bit! Basically...I turned my PC off when it was ...
A: Turning off your computer whilst magnetic storage is being accessed is something which is best ...
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| unable to access hdd | 11/29/2007 |
Q: I have 2 hdd (C: 80gb master & D: 20gb slave). C: - has the OS and most of the files in it D: - ...
A: Recovering data from your 80Gig drive should be easy so long as you haven't changed its file ...
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| hard disk problem | 11/18/2007 |
Q: i have samsung sv2042H hard disk.when i start pc after 5-7minutes it find pri.master from ide ...
A: It seems that either your connections to the disks are loose (power or data). It could also be a ...
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| long hang time | 11/15/2007 |
Q: when i turn it on it goes to the dell logo where it stays for hours then i get a message... a ...
A: There isn't enough information in your question for me to suggest a solution, but I can tell you two ...
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| advice sought | 11/6/2007 |
Q: I have been using 80GB removable hard disk [Enter] which had three partitions named Pocket1, Pocket2 ...
A: I would recommend the use of eData Unerase Personal 3 to recover the data first and then attempt to ...
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| hard drive | 11/5/2007 |
Q: internal or external hard drive?? i have a 60 GB hard drive and i wanna make my computer faster..
A: As a rule, internal hard drives deliver better performance than external ones. And external hard ...
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| Bad HD in Gateway laptop (80 GB) | 10/28/2007 |
Q: "I have two nearly identical laptops. both gateways, One works fine; but the other had a HD ...
A: I would strongly recommend you to leave the "good laptop" as it is. As they say, don't fix it until ...
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| Hard Drive Backup | 10/27/2007 |
Q: Ashit, I am wanting to backup my entire hard drive onto an external hard drive in case my old drive ...
A: All you need is DriveImage XML available free from (http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm) The utility ...
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| hard drive problem(fat32, Ntfs)? | 8/11/2007 |
Q: I hope that you can help me, I bought a 80gig harddrive and tranfered all my information from the 20 ...
A: Hey Marcia, Your description has led me to believe that the new drive was unformatted and when you ...
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| hard drive size smaller than 320gb | 8/1/2007 |
Q: ive just got a new hard drive for a old, pentium 4 2.8 computer, has a gig of ram in there, and a ...
A: The total space available on a hard drive is stored in a file called the FILE ALLOCATION TABLE, ...
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| External Harddrive not working | 7/30/2007 |
Q: I recently purchased a Cavalry per-formatted external hard drive. But as of tonight it has stopped ...
A: Hey Chris, As I understand, you would like to recover files from the drive. Well, there're a lot of ...
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| Quick Question | 7/28/2007 |
Q: I have a computer that has a "Vista" op sys. I would like to remove this hard drive, what I believe ...
A: Hey Skyler, Most motherboards are reverse compatible with disk technologies, meaning thereby they ...
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| Swapping HDD | 7/27/2007 |
Q: I recently just purchased a Dell E1405 w/T2400 Processor and 60GB 5400RPM HDD. My question is that ...
A: Hey Wind, Yes, most hard disks are perfectly swappable. However you must understand that you have a ...
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| child emptied drive out | 7/20/2007 |
Q: On a Dell laptop that gets used primarily for work, a small child got his hands on the keypad while ...
A: The data can still be recovered as long as its not overwritten yet. I suggest you go ahead and ...
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| Maxtor on iMac | 7/19/2007 |
Q: I have bought a Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200, I plugged it in and it appeared on my desktop ...
A: Hey Angela, You'll find the Apple disk utility here: 1. Insert your Mac OS X Install CD into your ...
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| Maxtor External Hard Drive | 7/18/2007 |
Q: I have an external HD attached to my PC. One day my PC doesn't recognize the HD. When I power on the ...
A: The fact that you heard noise coming out from the HDD means that there was something physically ...
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| LOST DATA | 7/17/2007 |
Q: Please help! I purchased a WD 500Gb external hard drive to store music and photos. The device self ...
A: From your description I am not entirely sure of the cause of the problem, however I am going to go ...
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| Computer Not Booting Up | 7/16/2007 |
Q: I am trying to install a second HD into my pc. Both HD had windows installed on them due to buying ...
A: Hey Stacey, When installing a preowned hard drive its always a good idea to perform a full wipe to ...
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| Hard drive not found by computer and makes strange beeping noises upon startup | 7/15/2007 |
Q: When i turn on my computer it first makes a beeping sound that it didnt used to, and then comes up ...
A: The revert "disk boot failure, insert system disk..." would mean the computer does not recognise the ...
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| external hard disk not working | 7/11/2007 |
Q: I couldnt see the drive.I went to the device manager and it showed the disk but after a minute or ...
A: Before attempting to repair the disk let's first find out if its broken at all. What I want you to ...
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| Maxtor external hard disk is burnt because of higer voltage | 6/25/2007 |
Q: Because of higher voltage(16V) instead of 12V my external hard disk(Maxtor) got burnt releasing some ...
A: It would all depend on how bad it all is. A physical examination of the drive is required to ...
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| Maxtor One Touch External Drive | 6/23/2007 |
Q: I went to plug in my external hard drive and it didn't come on so I went to unplug it from behind ...
A: A hard disk essentially consist of three parts, the magnetic storage, the mechanical access arms and ...
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| Laptop HDD | 6/22/2007 |
Q: I have recently purchased a used laptop with no hard drive. The hard drive from another laptop fits ...
A: The fact that you've purchased a used laptop makes me doubt if your notebook's motherboard supports ...
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| External Hard Drive Problem | 6/20/2007 |
Q: Am having problems with my 250 GB external hard drive. I cant access one of the folders on it ...
A: The fact that you dropped your hard disk might lead me to believe that you might have a bad sector ...
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| transfering files to new pc | 6/19/2007 |
Q: I have recently bought a new pc (intel pentium 4) and would like to transfer some old files (mainly ...
A: You've got three options here. (1) Upload your files to a free file server from your old computer ...
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| Hard Drive Displays Less memory | 6/18/2007 |
Q: I recently reformatted my hard drive, i deleted the partition and created a new one my hard drive ...
A: What's happened here is that you had a partition table, you deleted a partition and created a new ...
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| hard disk or power supply problem | 5/22/2007 |
Q: until yesterday everything was fine with my pc (very stable). today pc won`t start. the problem: the ...
A: James, Try removing all jumpers and then booting your computer. You could try running your hard ...
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| External Hard Drive - Fan Not Spinning | 5/21/2007 |
Q: I have a Samsung 80GB MP0804H external hard drive (USB 2.0) which a friend bought for me in February ...
A: Its too early to declare the drive dead. I recommend you download and install Esma Disk Check ...
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| on and off | 5/20/2007 |
Q: I've recently been experiencing problems with my computer not booting up correctly. it often says ...
A: From your description it seems like a Windows XP issues. Here's something that you can try: (1) ...
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| Hard Drive Backup | 5/19/2007 |
Q: Ashit, I am not a computer expert by any means, but I know a little bit (which is a lot more than my ...
A: Chris, Considering your situation and the expertise of final users, I don't think RAID is a good ...
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| recovery system | 5/18/2007 |
Q: last night i performed a recovery system on my computer(compaq 7500 windows xp) and it performed the ...
A: Landa, Don't worry, all your files and music are safe at the moment. A corrupt operating system ...
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| Invisible Drive Followup | 5/3/2007 |
Q: Just a follow up to let you know what happened.. DBAN was the program I used in the first place to ...
A: Given that your drive can be accessed via a USB case and that seems to work just fine, I am ...
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| problem with pc | 5/2/2007 |
Q: after downloading a tv series off isohunt my computer turns its self off every 20 mins or so ...
A: Content that you download via torrents is never guaranteed to be virus free. Its a good idea to scan ...
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| external usb drive disappears then reappears | 5/1/2007 |
Q: I have fitted a Western Digital gigabyte usb drive to my computer. The drive randomly disappears ...
A: It doesn't seem to be a device conflict however, just to be sure, when in DEVICE MANAGER delete ...
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| Invisible Drive | 4/29/2007 |
Q: I upgraded my laptop drive and then was preparing the old one to sell. I used a program to wipe it ...
A: Sorry for the delayed response, I am undergoing assessments at the university. We need to wipe your ...
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| Hard disk missing | 4/28/2007 |
Q: I disconnected my obsolete zip drive and connected a small HD in its place for storage and it worked ...
A: I can't say much without actually testing the drive, but you could try running the drive on ...
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| salvaging an external drive | 4/26/2007 |
Q: I have an external iogear triselect hard drive which I use to store pics and music. Something has ...
A: The best way around jumpers is to get rid of them all. You haven't mentioned if your iogear ...
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| Hard Disc Problem | 4/22/2007 |
Q: Till the previous day the hard disc was functional.But today it started giving error.What I found on ...
A: There aren't enough details for me to suggest something to you, however, why don't you boot your ...
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| portable | 4/21/2007 |
Q: I have a simpletech, external USB2 ( flash memory) harddrive that I use to store personal data. I ...
A: I am afraid there's not much you can do about a flash drive. Its not actually a spindle of disks, ...
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| HDD problem | 4/19/2007 |
Q: My WD 250GB Hdd has crashed and is making a weird noise inside, i took it to a repair shop and they ...
A: The fact that something's wrong with your disk's head controller nulls "your" chances of recovering ...
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| External hard drive not working | 4/17/2007 |
Q: I bought an Internal Hard Drive about a year back. It was a Seagate 400 GB hard drive. I wanted to ...
A: The fact that your hard drive switches itself off, for no reason at all, makes me believe that there ...
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| Power Problem or Dead Hard Drive? | 4/16/2007 |
Q: Three years ago I built my own PC. No problems for 3 years. MB: Asus A7N8X-E, AMD Athlon 2600+ ...
A: I am guessing the disk might have developed an internal short which prevents it and the system its ...
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