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RAID with power management?
Posted on April 13th, 2004 | 5 Comments

All: I'm running a Highpoint SATA RAID card under Windows XP Pro, and it works well enough I suppose (although the support is abysmal and the driver updates nearly undocumented). But it doesn't...

Hitachi 200GB HD Making very strange noises.
Posted on April 13th, 2004 | 3 Comments

My Dad and I bought identical Hitachi 200GB HDs four months ago, and mine periodically makes a strange 1 to 2 second noise that sounds sort of like a baby's cry. It's pretty loud. It happens about...

HDD (?)
Posted on April 13th, 2004 | 1 Comments

In my BIOS I have these options: HDD (0) HDD (1) HDD (2) HDD (3) What is the significance of the # in the (?). ! am trying to disable “boot from USB drive” option, but it is not listed in my system...

XP problems with new Drive
Posted on April 13th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I am working on a friends computer who recently had her hard drive crash. A friend of hers recently added memory from another PC and after that she started getting errors every now and then. About...

Re: SATA, Ghost & DOS..
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 5 Comments

<puss@purrpurr.com> wrote in message news:dh9k70df9k0abo83fc2bsu7bkf61l3bdng@4ax.com... Thats nothing like a cockup, only fools use dos anymore.

Re: SATA, Ghost & DOS..
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 0 Comments

<puss@purrpurr.com> wrote in message news:dh9k70df9k0abo83fc2bsu7bkf61l3bdng@4ax.com... The latest version of Ghost 2003, Build 793 and available in LiveUpdate, solved the problem for me. I no...

Raid 5 problem
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 1 Comments

hi After a power failure my Netfinity 5500 (EXP15-8x4,3 Seagate) doesn't work.It seems that 7 of 8 disks are defunct and 1 is online. Is it possible that 7 of 8 disks can be dead..?? Or is it a...

re:password
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I havent stolen it. I bought it second-hand. And I dont know if the guy I bought it from, has stolen it. But I start to wonder. He doesnt answer any of my mails ...........

Harddisk disapearred
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Dear All, Need assistance !!!! I am using Win XP (prof) TW Chinese edition on a Celeron 1.7 256mb system desktop pc. I am using a Western 60 G harddisk for windows installation and store my data on...

IRQ sharing, conflict, frozen after POST, SIL3112 SATA
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 5 Comments

Hi, I have added a brand new SATA controler (based on sil 3112 chip) to my mainboard (NF7S). FYI, NF7S has already built in sata support by onboard sil 3112. Each controller now has 2 SATA...

Re: Cheapest USB-attached memory sticks?
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I think the "cheapest" solution might cost a bit more up-front, but doesn't become obsolete so quick. My complaint with all the USB flash devices out there is that they are all sealed and not...

Two HDD's
Posted on April 12th, 2004 | 8 Comments

I know this is a silly question, but apart from the obvious (more memory), Is there an advantage to having 2 HDD's?

Hot-running Maxtor DiamondMax+9 200GB (6Y200M0)
Posted on April 11th, 2004 | 4 Comments

I have the 3-platter version of this drive (ones made in the last couple months should be 2-platter), and it runs about 10C hotter than a 2-platter 160GB drive of the same model in the same system...

Smart Failure
Posted on April 11th, 2004 | 9 Comments

Hello everyone I have just bought a computer second hand and am getting the following message. I do not know exactly what it means or how to fix it so any help would be greatly appreciated. The...

Re: Cheapest USB-attached memory sticks?
Posted on April 11th, 2004 | 5 Comments

Hi, I asked the same question about two months ago, and someone here recommended me the CRUCIAL range. I bought a 128MB GIZMO! and it works very well, just USBv1.1 but its fine. If you want to get...

Harddisks hookup question
Posted on April 10th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I have 4 identical 80G WD drives and 2 DVD drives. Currently, I have 2 80G on two RAID ports as master to form a RAID 1 mirror. The other 2 80G data drives are on one IDE channel as master and...

Harddisks hookup question
Posted on April 10th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I have 4 identical 80G WD drives and 2 DVD drives. Currently, I have 2 80G on two RAID ports as master to form a RAID 1 mirror. The other 2 80G data drives are on one IDE channel as master and...

Whats a few good sites that do reviews of HardDisks ??
Posted on April 10th, 2004 | 3 Comments

"We Live For The One We Die For The One" wrote Why not a Raptor? I just bought a pair and they FLY! What you been reading? -- Wayne ][ <Intel® Pentium® 4 - Online! :P>

Ghost timing
Posted on April 10th, 2004 | 29 Comments

I can't believe it, ran timing twice, got pretty much same results. Running Ghost 2004, DOS that came w/Win98SE, everything FAT32, source: 80 GB IBM drive udma100, 2 mb cache, 7200 rpm,...

Hot plugin ide harddisk
Posted on April 10th, 2004 | 7 Comments

"Thorsten Walenzyk" wrote Hi, I think an easy set-up for you would be to buy a single 2.5" IDE drive, like what they use in a laptop and install it in a portable USB2.0 caddie. You could...