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Norton Ghost 9 - How does it work?
Posted on May 6th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I'm just curious on how Norton Ghost 9 can do a clone of a Windows operating system partition that it is currently running off. Previous version of Ghost would insist on booting into DOS. Norton...

Compare Motherboards
Posted on May 6th, 2005 | 4 Comments

How can compare the motherbords before using them? What indicators is there?

SATA and ATA
Posted on May 6th, 2005 | 66 Comments

What technical differences are between SATA and ATA?

error when formatting - invalid media reading drive C
Posted on May 5th, 2005 | 5 Comments

was playing with a sector editor, figured i can't do permanent damage. was experimenting. none of the datda on the hdd is important. I thought that fdisk and with its mbr switch, and format, would...

Netfinity IDE cable clips
Posted on May 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have a curious problem. Having decided to install an IDE drive in Netfinity 7100, I am unable to disconnect the IDE cable at the backplane. The cable socket is held in place by what seem to be...

IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.03 crashes; DFT 3.73 works fine
Posted on May 5th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Hitachi seems to have broken IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (DFT) 4.03 (dft32_v403_b00.exe). DFT 3.73 (dft32_v373_b25.exe, circa 8-24-2004) worked fine for me. But version 4.03 crashes while...

FS: 30 x LTO-1 Tapes (lightly used)
Posted on May 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

30 x LTO-1 Tapes (most used once, a few 2 or 3 times) $200 (inc shipping via Ground in US) Email me at: kjtreier@cinci.rr.com

Dell Desktop
Posted on May 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Check out this great site that is giving away totally FREE Desktop PCs! I have joined and I think you should too. It is a completely legitimate offer, and this company has already given away $8...

Question for old timer gurus only (ESDI anyone?)
Posted on May 5th, 2005 | 2 Comments

At work we have a very old HP Vectra (Pentium I) server (running a critical app) that uses internal ESDI HDD. We have to clone the internal drive and bought an exact replacement drive. When booting...

MAKE THOUSANDS FROM $6!
Posted on May 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

MAKE MONEY!!!MAKE MONEY!!! MAKE THOUSANDS!!! I found this on a bulletin board and decided to try it: I don't care about the useless pre-fabricated crap this message usually says. All I say is, it...

Need help regarding manipulating of windows installations
Posted on May 4th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have a laptop containing a very well working Windows XP installation, installed on a partition using the entire disk. But now I have to install a company spesific XP installation on the...

External hard drive occasional "clicking"
Posted on May 4th, 2005 | 109 Comments

"John L @yahoo.com>" <john_stlmo<removethis> wrote in message news:BUb9e.3571$f6.80@fe04.lga... John: Any "noise" (such as a clicking sound) that's out of the ordinary emanating from a HD is...

FS: Silicon Graphic 18GB FC Disk Module
Posted on May 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

18 GB 7200 rpm, 520 Sector Format for FC Raid. $ 10.00 each, I have 6 of them.

RAID-5 of 4x IBM IC35L073UCDY10 incompatible with SEAGATE ST373207LC
Posted on May 4th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Victor Mataré wrote: Some RAID controllers simply refuse to work unless all drives are identical brand and model. I don't think it's a compatability issue with the IBM drives so much as it's an...

Something deleted the contents of the files in at least one directory
Posted on May 4th, 2005 | 8 Comments

I have two Sata Seagate drives in a RAID Mirror configuration. In one directory in which I store all of my Microsoft Word files and older WordPerfect files, the file names are intact, but the files...

El Torito DVD-RAM?
Posted on May 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Is bootable DVD-RAM possible on a PC? Anyone know MS software that can do this? I have a Panasonic SW-9572. Unfortunately the SW-9572 did not come with any DOS Drivers. I have enquired with...

IBM Deskstar dead (no spinning) What should my plan be?
Posted on May 3rd, 2005 | 37 Comments

I have read the similar posts that I could find regarding this subject. The most applicable to my situation that I could find was the following...

Get Rid of Spyware and Adware!
Posted on May 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

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SATA on ICH5R and Nforce4
Posted on May 3rd, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hi, My understanding is that the SATA ports on a motherboard equipped with the Intel ICH5R chipset are faster because they are not limited by the PCI bus. Do the SATA ports on an Nforce4 motherboard...

IBM 3581-L28 with MTX
Posted on May 3rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I was wondering if anyone has been able to get the IBM 3581-L28 Autochanger working with the mxt command? I try: mtx -f /dev/st0 inquiry but it fails. After reading the man page for mtx it says...