Forum: Storage (alternative)
September 2nd 06, 08:46 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 337
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
September 2nd 06, 08:45 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 298
Hard drive partitioning
On 2 Sep 2006 08:04:15 -0700, "Peeeb" :
She has deleted the blank partition and our question is, how do you
make that remaining, unpartitioned drive part of the 'c' drive?
I...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 31st 06, 10:43 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 797
HELP REQ: Hardisk Issues
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:40:04 +0200, "Folkert Rienstra" wrote
(something)
You'll understand when you get older.
Now, it's past your bedtime, so off you go!
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 31st 06, 08:32 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 797
HELP REQ: Hardisk Issues
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:47:43 +0100, Tilly :
Basically, two HD's. Using HD Tach, they are reporting the following
average reads
Western Digital WD1200PB - 3.91mbs
Maxtor...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 31st 06, 05:33 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 19
Views: 560
Inferior drives?
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:32:48 +0200, Fabien LE LEZ
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I have two PATA 7200 rpm (one 300-GB and one 320-GB) that work
perfectly (24/7).
Maybe not clear enough... I was talking...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 31st 06, 05:32 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 19
Views: 560
Inferior drives?
On 31 Aug 2006 16:07:35 GMT, Arno Wagner :
It seems some pople are very happy with WD
I am. The only recent disks I had problems with were Maxtor and
Seagate.
I have two PATA 7200...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 30th 06, 08:06 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 28
Views: 749
Is SATA faster than IDE?
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:49:59 +0100, Odie Ferrous
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In general, under Windows 2000/XP, if you have a bit of money to
spend, the first thing to do is make sure that you...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 30th 06, 05:21 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 495
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 30th 06, 05:18 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 495
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 30th 06, 05:06 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 17
Views: 535
Yet another Disk Boot Failure debacle
On 29 Aug 2006 10:54:25 -0700, "dbubd" :
When
I start it up... Disk Boot Failure (DBF)...
It might be a software problem (Windows improperly installed), or...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 30th 06, 04:58 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 28
Views: 749
Is SATA faster than IDE?
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:18:31 +0100, Odie Ferrous
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What takes 3 minutes to display on one of my lesser machines takes less
than 10 seconds on the above.
Are you sure the...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 30th 06, 04:53 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 28
Views: 749
Is SATA faster than IDE?
On 29 Aug 2006 04:03:27 -0700, :
Yup. It's xp. The drive has been defragmented and all that. But is
real slow.
BTW, I hope your disk is formatted in NTFS?
NTFS is bad...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 30th 06, 04:43 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 19
Views: 560
Inferior drives?
On 29 Aug 2006 10:33:36 GMT, Arno Wagner :
Western Digital did manufacture SCSI hard disks, once upon a time.
Ha! I wonder why they do not anymore.
I don't know the official...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 29th 06, 08:41 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 28
Views: 749
Is SATA faster than IDE?
On 28 Aug 2006 23:27:22 -0700, :
Is SATA faster than IDE?
No.
I am so tired of
waiting on large directories to display all the files in Explorer.
Bad filesystem. And...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 29th 06, 12:48 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 440
Hitachi Deathstar
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:16:33 GMT, (Neill
Massello):
Every manufacturer has shipped lemon drives at some time.
Yep. That's why I don't bother with expensives drives, at...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 28th 06, 03:53 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 172
Inferior drives?
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:10:25 +1000, "Rod Speed"
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Are WD drives ok? Have at least 4 of those.
I avoid them myself, partly because the reliability isnt
great, and...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 28th 06, 03:51 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 0
Views: 186
Inferior drives?
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:02:31 -0500, Andrew J. Rozsa
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I was reading a reply to an article here in which the writer mentioned
"inferior" drives. Well, looks like I have a bunch...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 28th 06, 03:35 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 181
Can my PC have 4 IDE hard-drives?
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:49:04 -0500, Andrew J. Rozsa
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I have 2 IDE hard-drives drives already connected to one of the IDE
sockets. A floppy and a DVD-ROM drive on the...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 27th 06, 01:33 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 440
Hitachi Deathstar
Hello,
I just saw that Hitachi still sells 80 GB "Deskstar" hard drives.
Is it the same line of products that was nicknamed "Deathstar"?
[The question is not so important, since the WD is at the...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 25th 06, 02:50 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 356
Any news on SATA-III
On 25 Aug 2006 12:40:20 GMT, Arno Wagner :
Indeed. No reason at all to replace wrking and adequete IDE
storeage. For new disks, SATA can be an option.
And a recommended option,...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 25th 06, 02:07 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 0
Views: 389
About long-term archiving...
Restoring old archives can be pretty tricky...
Cf the italic text in http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/Orig-Smiley.htm.
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 23rd 06, 12:25 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 582
Need help with a failed hard drive please.
On 22 Aug 2006 23:16:14 -0700, :
The computer reboots everytime when those
programs try to scan the drive.
Maybe there's something wrong with either your PC or your...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 22nd 06, 08:23 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 582
Need help with a failed hard drive please.
On 22 Aug 2006 11:15:18 -0700, :
I have a hard drive that is not recognized by windows. I see the drive
in the bios and disk management in computer management. However,...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 22nd 06, 02:15 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 6
Views: 393
Multiple problems with Harddisks
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:01:19 +0200, (Stefan
Malte Schumacher):
The only cause of all this malfunctions I can currently think of would
be a defect motherboard controller,...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
August 21st 06, 11:38 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 9
Views: 337
Lacie - whose drives do they use ?
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:54:54 +0100, "sunday" :
Would you guys use a Lacie
I wouldn't buy any Lacie products, but for reasons that are kinda
off-topic he
In December 2004, I wanted to...
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