I have currently 2 x 512 MB DDR RAM in my PC: 1 x 512 MB DDR PC2700 and 1 x 512 MB DDR PC3200 My mainbaord supports 400 MHz Is it recommended to...

Michael Hertz

01-19-2007 09:20 PM
Arno Wagner

I decided to take the HD out of my Acer 5672 for one reason or another and discovered the hard way that it sits on a little foam pad which site on a...

Blackman4

01-19-2007 07:58 PM
Rod Speed

I am looking to backup my computer network. I have about 7 computers running XP and a Maxtor Shared Storage Drive I used as a file server. I just...

gtslabs

01-19-2007 01:43 PM
No Spam

Seagate U6, 40GB drive jumpered to 32GB due to BIOS limitation. BIOS has been updated to support larger capacities. Can jumper now be removed...

nutso fasst

01-19-2007 01:37 PM
nutso fasst

Hi I need to get data off the floppy with dead boot sector (possibly FATs as well) now there are programs like 'resqfloppy' , 'floppy diskfix' and...

anglomont@yahoo.com

01-18-2007 10:25 PM
Arno Wagner

If I create a drive image using Ghost 10 but use Ghost 9 Recovery CD will the Restore be done properly ? Thanks.

SebastiaNot

01-18-2007 04:19 PM
John.

Probably a newb question but... I am doing a rebuild to prep for Vista. Currently I have a Raid 0 config of two 74gb raptors. I think I read...

news.qwest.net

01-18-2007 03:26 PM
Arno Wagner

http://www.royalnet.co.il/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,2/Itemid,72/lang,en/

vaditt@gmail.com

01-18-2007 02:49 PM
Odie Ferrous

Hello All. I have just recently purchased a new computer, a home-built Frankenstein (well, the dudes at the store assembled it for me). All I want to...

wltdnfaded

01-18-2007 12:34 PM
Steve Cousins

Its time to look at upgrading our tape backup system from two LTO-1 external drives. We're considering a 8 cartridge LTO-3 system which gives...

Rob Nicholson

01-18-2007 06:59 AM
Rob Nicholson

I was pondering converting my 2 internal Optical drives to SATA, using very inexpensive converters... Mainly because currently, if I'm doing writing...

markm75

01-17-2007 10:16 PM
markm75

In May of 2001 I purchased and set up a Promise fasttrak 100 controller along with 2 IBM 60gxp 40 gig HD's running raid 0, surpisingly with heavy...

Rick

01-17-2007 02:33 AM
Arno Wagner

does any body know if Symantec Ghost 10 requires Microsoft .Net Framework ? If YES, what version ? Thanks.

sebastiasebas@gmail.com

01-16-2007 02:04 PM
Rod Speed

I bought a USB thumb drive (Verbatim) with a "privacy zone", thinking it would provide some modest protection for confidential data if the device was...

feenberg@gmail.com

01-15-2007 09:15 PM
Art

Does anyone know where I can get a detailed description of how a RAID drive is built at a low-level? I mean what is the actual physical distribution...

MicroX

01-15-2007 06:14 PM
Yousuf Khan

I need a tool to read all current SMART hardware tags/values of a hard disc. Can someone give me a recommendation ? If possible this utility should...

Peter Meister

01-15-2007 12:24 PM
Arno Wagner

Hi, I have a WD Caviar IDE HD, 60G. The computer for which it was a slave drive is apparently defunct. I need to get the data off of this...

ishamid

01-14-2007 10:21 PM
Arno Wagner

My daughter needs a USB pen drive for moving stuff between home & school. I bought her a standard one, but various bits of the plastic casing (the...

Clive Backham

01-14-2007 02:36 PM
Clive Backham

Hi, I currently in the process of creating a backup solution for the company I work involve, using xxcopy as the basis for it. I am backing up to a...

andy_b

01-13-2007 06:17 PM
James Brown

I have seen write delayed error before but always on external drives, never an internal drive. Until today about 30 minutes ago... 80GB Seagate...

Impmon

01-13-2007 02:21 PM
Rod Speed

The new ROM disc released by Toshiba Corporation has a three-layer structure, with each layer storing 17GB of data. The advances capacity over...

Jenny

01-13-2007 12:00 PM
Jenny

Hi, I'm wondering what are the various makers of such chips? I know the most prevalent out there is probably JMicron, and I'm pretty sure Cypress and...

galapogos

01-13-2007 03:52 AM
galapogos

Hello, I was recently given a pack of Verbatim DataLifePlus, Inkjet Printable, 16X DVD-Rs but cannot seem to successfully burn any on my...

John

01-13-2007 02:54 AM
Groucho

I have an older computer with a promise controller card in a PCI slot that supports a max drive size of 120gb. If I connect a external hd over a...

needtoknow

01-13-2007 01:48 AM
Folkert Rienstra

Hi, I'm pretty much a newb when it comes to these things. On Windows XP or Vista OS: Would there be any advantage of placing the OS on 1 physical...

CC

01-12-2007 12:26 PM
James Brown

Hi, I know there are many not-so-expensive NAS devices out there to use at home, like f.e. the new Dlink DNS-323. The thing is --and i know...

kris.vandevijver@gmail.com

01-12-2007 08:57 AM
Arno Wagner

Tannhauser Gate wrote: Cost, basically - the yearly fees. Plus, they push you into upgrading by not supporting the previous versions. People talk...

shegeek72

01-11-2007 09:27 PM
shegeek72

OK, my Dell system crashed last week. With help from a Dell tech support guy, I did a quick format and reinstalled everything. Not doing the...

Joe

01-11-2007 04:37 PM
Rod Speed

Do 2.5" SATA drives have exactly the same connections as the 3.5" SATA drives? So no adapter is required? Unlike the 2.5" IDE drives that require...

No Spam

01-11-2007 10:02 AM
Rolf Blom G (AS/EAB)

Does anyone know if the W-D Passbook has a SATA or IDE harddrive? The Passbook is the little 2.5" HD to USB box. No external power needed.

No Spam

01-11-2007 09:39 AM
No Spam

Hey everyone, I have a copy station that we use to duplicate data from 3 pressurized "flight data storage(FDS)" SCSI hard drives to multiple sets of...

lucas.allen@gmail.com

01-11-2007 09:01 AM
Lyle Merdan

Hi, I am trying to set up a new 500 GB Western Digital external USB My Book Essential drive. At boot-up the New Hardware Wizard starts and sees...

xsrossiter

01-10-2007 05:42 PM
xsrossiter

Hi all! Just curious... On my Intel® P965 / ICH8R Chipset system, I am running 2x2HD's with RAID0 & RAID1. Because of this I can't monitor...

Evert Meulie

01-09-2007 10:52 PM
louise

On the 4th, I posted my confusing tale about how I'd trashed my store bought computer hard drive, attempting to shrink the NTFS XP partition it came...

exray

01-09-2007 05:27 PM
exray

Is it widely accepted that USB-powered hard drives are slower than AC-power hard drives? I have a Seagate 100GB External USB 2.0, USB-powered, hard...

just bob

01-09-2007 05:21 PM
Arno Wagner

Hi, A few of our Dell Latitude notebooks take almost 'forever' to boot. There are no viruses or adware involved (have tested with...

Geir Holmavatn

01-09-2007 12:10 PM
Rod Speed

I thought this might come out in late 2006, but here is the first 1TB...

Mike Redrobe

01-08-2007 03:23 PM
Mike Redrobe

I have a Compaq Presario desktop machine I bought in Jan 1999 so it must have been produced in 1998. It came with an IDE 4 GB hard drive and windows...

DJW

01-08-2007 12:16 PM
Rod Speed

Just moved a bunch of large files from my 40 GB main drive (c:) to my 250 GB secondary drive. (d:) After doing that, I went into the D: drive to...

tom.delorenzo@gmail.com

01-08-2007 03:48 AM
Aidan Karley

Hi there, I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook with bios version A11 and I'd like to install a new 160 GB hard disk instead of its original 40...

HamRadio

01-07-2007 03:12 PM
HamRadio

Hello, I have bought a HP test equipment build with a hard disk inside. The test equipment is a logic analysis system HP 16500C designed in...

astalor

01-07-2007 04:04 AM
Paul Rubin

I have a 250MB Maxtor One-Touch (250BG) and it's being repurposed. It came from the factory as FAT32 and it ws never reformatted. CHKDSK says it's...

Al Dykes

01-05-2007 07:47 PM
Arno Wagner

My old computer broke...it's well backed up, so I bought a new one with a 200G hard drive, XP preinstalled, wanting to set up its partitions in a...

exray

01-04-2007 09:44 PM
Ed Light

Jason Stacy wrote: No.

left_coast

01-04-2007 10:40 AM
Steve Cousins

Could someone please give me some advice. I have got a SATA HDD from a friends computer - a Seagate 120gig. He reports it was starting Windows XP...

BigAl.NZ@gmail.com

01-03-2007 01:25 PM
Rod Speed

Previously Tobias Weber <towb (AT) gmx (DOT) net> wrote: Yes. As FW400. No. JBOD is basically linear (append) RAID mode with support for different...

Arno Wagner

01-03-2007 01:21 PM
Rod Speed

Back when a $800 30MB RLL hard drive was the hot thing, I understood defraging. However, I was thinking recently about the difference between the...

Michael Daly

01-03-2007 12:15 PM
Arno Wagner

Previously jim evans <jimsTAKEOUTnews2 (AT) houston (DOT) rr.com> wrote: There are mainly drive types to avoid, as for example Travan. DAT is also...

Arno Wagner

01-02-2007 10:31 PM
Rod Speed

New computer arrives with a ton of S/W all neatly installed. Just needs the web connection setting up which I did easily. So then I decide to make...

CWatters

01-02-2007 10:04 AM
No Spam

Recently had a 300GB SATA drive fail on me and the drive is still within guarantee, however Maxtor wont accept the drive without a code from...

Wisp

01-02-2007 06:38 AM
Paul Rubin