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OT But need to know how to stop Windows Media Player From Loading onStartup
Posted on September 22nd, 2005 | 1 Comments

I need to know how to stop Windows Media Player From Loading on Startup to the Desktop. I am used to Win98SE but I was gven this DELL with Windows ME on it but want to stop Windows Media Player...

Almost dead Hard Drive.
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 7 Comments

Have a laptop that was dropped from several feet. No backups are available. So far was able to transfer portion of the data. But now looks like things are downhill When using BartPE trying to run...

Loss of Sound-Recording Capability
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 6 Comments

To All Cognoscenti, Greetings! The motherboard of my computer has been changed to a K7S741MG/K7S741GXMG. As a result (I suspect) the sound-recording capability has been lost. The microphone produces...

Re: box killing drives?
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 0 Comments

alfredeneumann@madnet.org wrote: Yeah, 98 is pretty primitive in that area. It isnt directly related. Yes.

Onstream 30GB USB drive
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 3 Comments

I upgraded my comp from Win 98 to Win 2000. The Onstream 30GB drive that I have is not compatabale with Win 2000. Does anyone know where I can get drivers and software for this device for...

How to make Windows quit detecting a nonexistent RAID card?
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 9 Comments

I have a mobo based on the VIA KT-400 chipset, and every time I boot into Win98SE it sees a PCI RAID controller card and tries to install it. The only problem is that the only HD controller ever...

Re: box killing drives?
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 0 Comments

Where are you finding "new" 8GB drives? --Dan <alfredeneumann@madnet.org> wrote in message news:CJPWCCX038614.6266087963@anonymous.poster...

ata interface newer drive voltages
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 2 Comments

Are newer ATA 6 compatible hard drives running their interface at 5v or 3.3v. I'm working on a mircocontroller interface and I think that older hard drives 5v lines caused damage to my not 5v...

DVD+RW: "incorrect function" & solution
Posted on September 21st, 2005 | 0 Comments

I am posting this in case anyone has a similar problem in the future. After burning DVD's (DVD+RW discs) with Nero Express (OEM) Windows 2000 would not display the disc contents in Windows Explorer....

Re: box killing drives?
Posted on September 20th, 2005 | 0 Comments

alfredeneumann@madnet.org wrote: That would be unusual. Yes, that is why I broke your sentence there, it isnt for ATA33. Yes, if the connectors arent biting the cable solidly, rearranging them...

FA (ebay) - American Megatrends StorTrends 1108P
Posted on September 20th, 2005 | 0 Comments

1U Storage Solution with Eight Ultra160 SCSI Hot Swappable Drive Bays, AMI’s Indium Embedded Motherboard and StorTrends NAS Software...

Pentium III, which HD?
Posted on September 20th, 2005 | 19 Comments

I have a PentiumIII with 256 MB RAM. I would like to change the HD. I remember that some mother board doesn't support some HDs. Which are the rules? Can I buy a 200GB HD or the motherBoard won't...

Re: EZbios writes to drive it was not installed on.
Posted on September 19th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote: Just wipe the drive with something like clearhdd, that will get rid of ezbios and any other bios overlay. The values are irrelevant, just wipe the drive and...

Can Norton Ghost read raw format image files ?
Posted on September 19th, 2005 | 15 Comments

I have an image of a hard disc in raw format (1:1 copy of all sectors in a single file, created with /bin/dd, no header, no compression). Does Ghost support image files like this ? What about...

help please - True Image - creating DVD image
Posted on September 19th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Can someone please tell me how to make an image (for disaster recovery purposes) on DVDs (not on CDs) using Acronis True Image 8?. I have studied the user's guide and researched on the web, but I...

IBM HDD Problem
Posted on September 19th, 2005 | 7 Comments

I have a IBM Travelstar that quit. Drive clicks when I try to access it. I was able to see it once on the Laptop when I used HDDREG 1.41. It showed that the first block was bad and sat there for...

Best HD setup for High Definition Video encoding >>????
Posted on September 19th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I asume some sort of raid. Dont want to go overboard just want to use the 2 drives and maybe 80 gigs each. 2 7200 Sata 2 drives would be nice. What sort of encrease in encoding speed should i expect...

Accessing HD by bypassing BIOS?
Posted on September 18th, 2005 | 15 Comments

My mom's Seagate ST38421A died after my sister's kids installed a game on her computer (I do not think the kids caused the problem, however.) The HD was factory installed into a Compaq 5441, and my...

Hard Drive Partitioning
Posted on September 17th, 2005 | 29 Comments

I just purchased a new computer running XP that came with a 160GB HD, and picked up a 2nd 160GB HD as it was only $39 (after rebates). I have a few questions re partitioning - I plan on dividing the...

New Free Downloads
Posted on September 17th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hello everyone! After few months of hard work, my site with free downloads is finally up and running. I have tried to create a site that goes right to the point and cuts through all of the software...