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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives by Frustrated
Now....I just remembered something. A while ago, I had a problem with my WD hard drive. I sent in for RMA. No problem with that. Now, I have to also send in my Seagate HD as well due to many allocated bad sectors. What seems to be the common link between these two drives is that I used a...
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July 3rd 09 01:50 PM
by Jed Clampett Go to last post
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Can I setup my two 500gb HDs to become one 1000gb? by DemonTraitor
Hi I am running Windows 7 RC. I have a server which has a 70gb HD for the OS, and two 500gb disks for the server. Is it possible to configure the disks like in RAID, to work as one single 1,000gb? Thank you.
June 27th 09 12:13 PM
by Bazza Magoo Go to last post
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FTP to a Hawking Tech NAS Box by Alan Holbrook
Does anyone here have any experience connecting to a Hawking Tech HNAS1 box? Hawking Tech support tells me I can't map the box as a network drive under Vista but I should be able to connect to it via FTP. But while two FTP clients, SmartFTP and Core FTP Lite, will apparently connect, I can't...
June 26th 09 09:22 PM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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The only way to clean your HDD by GreenXenon
Hi: There are so many ads for softwares that claim to completely erase your HDD. Don't listen to them. The only way to eliminate information on your hard disc drive is the heat the platters beyond Curie point. This will ensure all data is completely and permanently lost. Don't let the Central...
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June 24th 09 01:03 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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How to secure yourself from the Central Security Service by GreenXenon
Hi: Here is how to secure yourself against the evil Central Security Service: 1. Make sure your computer does NOT have any NVRAM 2. Make sure your MAC addy is dynamic 3. Access the internet via a publicly-available wireless access point
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June 22nd 09 05:17 PM
by Ato_Zee Go to last post
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bad readable DLT tape by Magnus Warker
Hi, I have a DLT tape which is cannot be read efficiently anymore. When restoring it using tar the tape drive does not stream, i. e. it permanently spools around, forward, backward, and so on. After hours I get input/output errors. My question:
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June 22nd 09 09:18 AM
by John Turco Go to last post
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Samsung 1.5 TB drive by Daniel Prince
Does anyone have any idea when Samsung will start selling 1.5 TB drives? Thank you in advance for all replies. -- Whenever I hear or think of the song "Great green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts" I imagine my cat saying; "That sounds REALLY, REALLY good. I'll have some of that!"
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June 20th 09 07:25 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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FIX: Acquiring TEXTMODE drivers for ServerRaid 8k by WaxyBreath
Scenario: I need to boot to Ghost and make an image of the array on my IBM x3500 server with ServeRaid 8k card, but ghost does not natively support this SAS controller (I am using the Ghost 10 Recovery Boot CD, so I can press F6 during boot to load drivers) Problem:
June 18th 09 10:46 PM
by WaxyBreath Go to last post
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How long does a USB KeyFOB Last? by Justin[_8_]
For instance, if I write a bunch of junk on a USB key, and just let it sit in a box somewhere - how long will it last? A year?
June 18th 09 04:31 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Unusual drive failure - 12v line short by Mike Tomlinson
I have a PVR thingywotsit on my TV. Today it died, no power. Listen to PSU - tick, tick, tick. Ah, thought I, bad caps. But no, the cause was the hard disk - the 12v line was completely short. I've not seen this mode of failure of a hard drive before now; has anyone else? Western Digital model...
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June 17th 09 11:52 AM
by Barry OGrady Go to last post
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3M 8000 Particle Respirator N95, 30-Pack by [email protected]
Price:$15.99 Image: http:///image.php?id=B000GUP7X4 Best deal: http:///index.php?id=B000GUP7X4
June 17th 09 11:52 AM
by Barry OGrady Go to last post
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3753 RPM for old PC/AT 20MB MFM hard drive by Franc Zabkar
I was looking at the specs for the 20MB MFM hard drive in the original IBM PC/AT. The Tech Manual states that the rotational speed was 3573 RPM +/- 0.5%. The motor is a 3-phase DC type. I'm wondering why 3573 RPM and not 3600 RPM? - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when...
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June 17th 09 11:52 AM
by Barry OGrady Go to last post
14 1,166
Shredding deleted files by [email protected]
Hi, I really dont know if this is the right spot to ask this question. If not, pls address me to the right ng or discussion forum :o) I am selling my old hardware. I already shredded all recent sensitive information from my hard disk. However, in the past I used to delete files with no special...
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June 16th 09 11:37 PM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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BTC 52X CDRW Combo CD/DVD Won't Read Data from DVD by Guv Bob[_3_]
This is the first time I've tried to read a data DVD and it won't recognize the disk. Reads and writes CD's fine and will read a video DVD fine. Anyone have an idea of what to do to get it to read data DVD? Thanks in advance. Bob Info: From Device Mgr: IDE5232CO Current driver is...
June 15th 09 11:14 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Restore A Quick Formatted Drive In Windows? Also Cost Of IDE RAID by Justin Goldberg
I need a program that functions like HDD Regenerator, eg: to restore a quick formatted partition. DOS and HDD Regenerator won't work with a usb to ide disk adapter. GetDataBack and the like only want to restore data to other drives, not restore the same drive.
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June 13th 09 12:22 PM
by Ed Light Go to last post
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Problem to read data from 5.25 floppy disk. by Mew
Hi everyone, this weekend I try to plug my old 5.25 flopppy disk to read my old data that I used on my 80286 My recent PC doesn't support two floppy, so I plug it instead of the 3.5 floppy and setup in the bios to 3.5 720k because in that bios I have only choice of 1.44 or 720k under windows xp,...
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June 10th 09 06:25 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
15 1,224
Cannot access IBM 40GB hard drive - help! by Marlon Bodicker[_2_]
Hi everybody, A few days ago, I needed to take apart my computer in order to change some stuff inside the case. Both hard drives were also removed, but after reinstalling them, the second one refused to work and still refuses to do so. Having had problems with it the first time (it didn't like...
June 6th 09 01:58 AM
by CJT Go to last post
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What's a good operating temperature for hard disks? by Yousuf Khan
Well, decided to set the alert temperatures on my HD Sentinel configs. By default HDS has the green setting set to 40C or less, yellow is between 40-50C, while red is above 50. I'm thinking these are conservative. My internal drives typically operate just below or just above 40C, even while...
June 2nd 09 04:31 AM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
2 531
"Random" Spin-ups on External USB and other drives by Dave Hardenbrook[_2_]
I have a SATA DVD-RW, an ATAPI Zip drive, and a Seagate FreeAgent USB drive connected to my Windows XP Pro system, and I have a question that I have not found a satisfactory answer to. When these devices are in an inactive or power-saving mode, why do they seem to "randomly" spin up when I'm...
June 2nd 09 04:28 AM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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40pin FC-AL Fibre / Fiber Channel Hard Drive by DevilsPGD[_3_]
I've recently come into possession of some Fibre Channel 40 pin drives (ST3146807FC). These are FC-AL, unfortunately I misinterpreted the specs on a controller I was looking at before I snagged the drives. Any suggestions as to what sort of host controllers I might look at and/or suggestions for...
May 28th 09 09:31 PM
by DevilsPGD[_3_] Go to last post
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