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lost USB drive by Seamus J. Wilson
I have a Seagate USB drive that ran with no errors. I tried to clean it up to make big backup. I deleted the partition and now it does not appear in My Computer. The hardware manager says it is there and enabled. How do I get it back to format and use? Thank you, Seamus J. Wilson
April 24th 10 05:36 AM
by Yousuf Khan[_2_] Go to last post
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BIOS not detecting hard drive by M.L.[_2_]
I'm trying to swap a SATA hard drive from a defunct desktop into a working desktop (Sony VAIO VGC-RA840G) that has no hard drive. The defunct computer and its hard drive have been sitting in a basement for about 2 years collecting dust. After installing the drive according to instructions from the...
April 24th 10 03:43 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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What would cause an internal HD to simply disappear in Windows? by Yousuf Khan
Something strange just happened recently, under Windows 7, although I have seen it happen under Windows XP before too. A hard drive that's internal (i.e. always there, not physically removable), just disappeared from Windows sight. No longer accessible, HD Sentinel didn't see it either....
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April 19th 10 06:00 AM
by Mike Tomlinson Go to last post
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Is it possible to boot from external USB drive by [email protected]
I do have my comp bios set to boot from a CD before the C: drive, if necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have my comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not bootable?
April 17th 10 02:01 AM
by Barry OGrady Go to last post
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Problem with Promise PCI SATA controller by Daniel Prince
I bought a 2 tb SATA hard drive and a Promise FastTrack 376 (tm) PCI controller card. The card detects the drive but the drive does not show up in Windows XP's disk manager. The card came with no printed instructions. I found a test file on the CD with installation instructions but the files and...
April 16th 10 08:40 AM
by larry moe 'n curly Go to last post
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Thoughts on using a USB disk on a cheapo UPS? by Al Dykes
I don't have a high opinion of an external USB disk powered by a wall-wart as industrial-strength kit. Having the PC powered on a UPS and the Wall wart on house power has potential problems, IMO. What are the thoughts of putting retail external USB disks on entry-level UPS systems? These systems...
April 16th 10 05:30 AM
by William R. Walsh Go to last post
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750GB limit? Why? by larry moe 'n curly
Why do some older hard drive controller BIOSes have problems with drives larger than about 750GB or 1TB? IOW why are there limits at 750GB and 1TB, as there are at 8.4GB and 137GB? Some affected controllers use the VIA 6420, 6421, and 8237x SATA chips or Silicon Image 680 PATA chip. Silicon...
April 15th 10 06:19 PM
by Mark F[_2_] Go to last post
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Difference between Micro SD and SD cards? by sauro
I want to get some SD memory cards for my point and shoot camera, for when my other SD cards got full when I was away from home. Additionally, I want a spare *Micro* SD card for my phone. Are Micro SD and SD cards identical except for size or are there significant differences? Am I more...
April 9th 10 06:53 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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SMART attribute #203 -- Run Out Cancel by Franc Zabkar
All the sources I can find suggest that the meaning of the Run Out Cancel SMART attribute (#203) is "Number of ECC errors". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes This makes no sense to me. Runout is a measure of eccentricity. Therefore I would think that run out...
April 8th 10 02:28 PM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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Need to make a single 3TB partition by Yousuf Khan[_2_]
Bought a dual-disk USB enclosure and a couple of 1.5TB drives to put into it. First of all, the enclosure has a built in concatenation feature. When using that, Windows and Linux both see it as an 800 GB drive, rather than a 3000 GB drive! So I put it back to regular mode, and we see two...
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April 8th 10 01:06 AM
by Yousuf Khan Go to last post
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ST3500418AS: Anyone else with problems? by Arno[_3_]
Hi, I have had a 500GB ST3500418AS for 5 months now. The drive looks good on the surface, fast and quiet. Unfortunately mine has seek problems that are not due to any external problems. These are now bad enough that I get frequent command timeouts, about one per hour. SMART is below. Does...
April 7th 10 12:28 AM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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SATA ports on the ASUS M4N78 PRO motherboard? by Daniel Prince
I am thinking of buying an ASUS M4N78 PRO motherboard. It has six SATA ports. The manual says that ports five and six must be used in RAID or AHCI mode. What types of drives can be used in AHCI mode? What types of drives can NOT be used in AHCI mode? Are there any Windows XP AHCI drivers? The...
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April 6th 10 11:05 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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FA: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Socket 939 by Mike Tomlinson
A chance to get hold of one of these rare CPUs for a Socket 939 board upgrade. Ebay # 110514005631 starting at 99p. -- (\__/) (='.'=) Bunny says Windows 7 is Vi$ta reloaded.
March 31st 10 11:34 PM
by Mike Tomlinson Go to last post
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Seagate 300 gig IDE drive seen as unformatted by Daniel Prince
I have a Seagate 300 gig IDE drive (not SATA) that I have been using as a data drive. Windows XP Home SP3 now says that the drive is unformatted. When I run the Seagate DiscWizard program it says that sector 92 is unreadable. I have a lot of data on the drive that I have not backed up. ...
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March 31st 10 12:33 AM
by William R. Walsh Go to last post
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Housing two 2.5-inch hard disks in one 3.5-inch drive bay? by Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps)
Found such a toy in local computer shopping arcade. Is it gonna kill both hard disks by heat? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.32.8 ^ ^ 19:57:01 up 3 days 3:26 0 users...
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March 29th 10 07:42 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Harddrive positioning by Finn Stampe Mikkelsen
Hi I have a situation, where i have two Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB drives. They are about 1½ years old and have run in an external HDD box. Here they have been mounted vertically and run as a FTP drive.. Now, they need to be moved to another box, where they will be mounted...
March 29th 10 02:17 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Healthcare Business Analysis by Murthy
TITLE: Healthcare Business Analysis Duration: 6 Months Recent exp Health care
March 23rd 10 08:31 PM
by Murthy Go to last post
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Why 2 different WD models? 300GB 10k RPM SATA by willbill[_2_]
Why 2 different WD models? 300GB 10k RPM SATA I just spent 40 minutes on USA 800 275-4932 with Western Digital Support, and then transferred to sales (LOL!) Still don't have an answer. :( Newegg shows 2 different 300GB 10k SATA VelociRaptor drives: 1) WD3000HLFS $200 see:...
March 22nd 10 12:15 PM
by willbill[_2_] Go to last post
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2.5 hdd 300gb form factor compatibility lists...? by Randall[_3_]
The newer hard drives from WD and Hitachi are using a non-standard drive height form factor. So I was wondering if there is a compatibility list available for laptops. 300gb form factor compatibility lists...?
March 22nd 10 11:58 AM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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PCI SATA controller cards by Daniel Prince
I want to buy a PCI SATA controller card so that I can use a 2 tb SATA hard drive in my old computer. Are there any brands I should seek out or avoid? Are there any chipsets I should seek out or avoid? I have noticed that the least expensive ones on eBay have a VIA chipset. Is the VIA chipset...
March 22nd 10 10:00 AM
by Daniel Prince Go to last post
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