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Are Tivo drives different? by mike
I pulled a WD400EB 40GB hard disk from a tivo. Deleted the partitions with partmgr. Partitioned and formatted the drive during the XPSP3 install. C~10GB d~30GB Windows runs great. But when I try to back up the drive using Acronis True Image 10, it hangs on "checking drive D". Chkdsk d: runs...
November 29th 09 04:14 PM
by mike Go to last post
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ALWAYS close USB flash drive before removing? by Eddie[_3_]
Do I always need to close or stop a USB flash drive before I remove it? I'm using XP. In XP's Device Manager there is an entry for Disk Drives and when I look at the Policies tab for the flash drive, it says: "Optimized For Quick Removal. This setting enables write caching on the disk...
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November 28th 09 10:33 PM
by Jerry Peters Go to last post
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What's the best free disk defragger, not in Windows, for NTFS and FAT drives/partitions? by DevilsPGD[_3_]
In message Ant was claimed to have wrote: Hi! Are there any good free disk disk defraggers that can be run outside of Windows like with a boot disk/disc or before Windows is loaded? Sometimes, files can't be defragged...
November 26th 09 05:13 AM
by Ant[_3_] Go to last post
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Free Space/Used Space = 0 by MusicalMonkey85
Ok, I just got home from work and I am being asked to work on my moms computer. The PC starts loading windows XP and then restarting(it just gets to the windows XP screen). When i connect the drive to my PC to scan it, it says done right away. The hard drive is showing that there is 0 bytes...
November 25th 09 07:42 AM
by Horst Franke Go to last post
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Anyone hear about the exFAT file system, the successor to FAT32? by Yousuf Khan
Came across this article the other day, it's a description of Microsoft's latest FAT file system driver, meant mainly for use with the newest generation of bigger thumb drives. It's called exFAT (extended), and it's the successor to FAT32. Description of the exFAT file system driver update...
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November 24th 09 10:30 PM
by Yousuf Khan[_2_] Go to last post
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Mess up copies if use XP application? by Eddie[_3_]
I use Windows XP and I have these partitions: C contains the XP system. D contains data E is empty I usually need to copy approx 10GB from D to E. I want the data to be stored on E as unfragmented as possible. Would running an application on C at the same time somehow mess up
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November 24th 09 08:07 PM
by kony Go to last post
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seagate drrive sector issue by uche
Guys I will obtain one of these drives: http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/ds_barracuda_es.pdf The spec shuet, under organization. says it is able to run in 520B sector mode in SAS. Do you know of any controller I can buy that will run in a mode that is not 512 B sector, 520 or 520 B...
November 23rd 09 08:55 PM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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Attention Rod Speed: Your head is firmly implanted in your (well-used) rectum. Please seek medical assistance at once! by Trent[_3_]
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6668305/description.html Excerpt: "FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment for the staggered startup of HDDs 251-254 at an HDD interface. At process block 310, electrical power is received from the computer system 100 power supply (not shown) at HDDs 251-254....
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November 23rd 09 07:27 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard DriveComments? by Ant[_3_]
Hello! Does anyone here use this external HDD? If so, then do you like it? It seems overall ratings and reviews on both Amazon and NewEgg are positive/decent, but I noticed some negative ones like getting refurbished ones when RMA'ed (also a pain in the butt to do) under its five years...
November 23rd 09 07:26 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Hard Drive Geometry 101 by Al[_4_]
Hi Folks, I am hoping some kind people on this NG could help me better understand HDD Geometry. Dont get me wrong I have done some googling, and read some wiki's - but some parts are still very blurry. I have also used the man command since most of what I am doing is in linux. Most of my...
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November 23rd 09 07:25 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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What's a good external HDD to buy these days? by Ant[_3_]
Hello. What's a good external HDD to get these days for Windows (2000 SP4 (9x might be needed though) to the latest), Mac OS X (10.2+ to latest), and Linux? It will mainly be for storage/backups and carrying between places with multiple computers so I'd like it to be light and small. It doesn't...
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November 23rd 09 10:21 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Getting a hard drive for a Aptiva? by PoopskinTheLiar
So, my Personal Trainer's husband (who actually worked at IBM for about 20 years!) gave me a aptiva he owned as a birthday gift (i love retrocomputing...okay, calling '95 machines retrocomputers is kind-of pushing it), but he got rid of the hard drive a while ago. i can't seem to find out what...
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November 22nd 09 03:51 AM
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My 128 GB flash drive is not working by [email protected]
Hi, Yesterday I brought up a brand new 128 GB kingston flash drive and at the shop the shopkeeper shown me the drive working at his machine. When I came at my home, I tried this drive and after some time it created some junk folder and I was unable to open any of those folders. Now when I insert...
November 21st 09 11:42 AM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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Crashed Maxtor Drive - Ideas? by mcp6453[_2_]
The 80GB Maxtor drive on my friend's XP SP3 computer crashed. There was a power flicker, and the power to the machine was interrupted. (It was at that point he learned that his UPS had died, or either it crashed at the same time since he regularly tests it.) 1. SpinRite doesn't get past 0%. It...
November 20th 09 12:35 AM
by Franc Zabkar Go to last post
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"Parity Error Detected" message when running Intel Storage Console. by Brcobrem
Hi Forum Members, I have nine new drives to install to an Intel SC5200 server soon. In preparation for this, I manually ran a "Parity Verify" on the SQL mdb disk (actually a 4 drive + private hotspare RAID 5 "array" drive). The "Parity Verify is done via "Intel Storage Console v2.16.6". The...
November 18th 09 09:49 PM
by Brcobrem Go to last post
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How come advanced DLGDiag test passed and S.M.A.R.T. failed by chermesh
Hi, I ran DLGDiag on my internal WD2500JB hd. The result aren't learcut. My disk failed SMART but passed Advanced tests. What does it mean? Should I keep the hd or get rid of it? If keep, can anything be done about the failong smart test? Ran
November 17th 09 12:38 PM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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Enabling SATA mode on SATA drives in XP by Yousuf Khan[_2_]
Looks like I'm currently using my SATA drives in IDE emulation mode through the motherboard. The SATA drives appear under the "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" section of Device Manager. All SATA drives appear to be running in UDMA Mode 6 (ATA/133) at present. Question is will there be any noticeable...
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November 15th 09 05:30 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Rounding IDE Cables by mike
Rounding IDE cables this looks as if it could cause electrical problems on the PATA cables. Is it really as safe as he suggests it is? http://cpu-central.com/Articles.asp?article_id=7249&decor_int=27
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November 14th 09 11:48 AM
by Proteus IIV Go to last post
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Hitachi RMA response - how fast? by Andrew Hamilton
In practice, how fast does Hitachi send out a replacement for a drive returned under RMA? Their RMA status web page has this message: Please be aware that you may experience a delay in receiving your replacement disk drive based on stock availability. If product is available, your replacement...
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November 13th 09 07:49 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Jmicron eSATA controller by Al[_4_]
Hi Folks, I have a JMB36X Jmicron onboard (motherboard) eSATA controller. I am trying to use it with a Icy Dock MB881US-1S-1 SATA hard drive dock. This hard drive dock has the option to connect to my motherboard via eSATA. Kewl I thought. I firstly changed the bios options to enable eSATA...
November 9th 09 06:16 PM
by Al[_4_] Go to last post
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