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Giving out an IP address
Except if it is a public IP given to him by his ISP and more than one node has it, there will be a conflict." Well if that is the case and it is broadband cable, all he has to do from the "Dos command prompt" is ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew and he should get another IP addy unless... -
Hard Drive error help at recovering data
Well thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate it. I ended up purchasing GetBackData for NTFS and it was well worth the effort!!!! Even though I could not see the files in the preview phase of GetBackData, once I purchased it and did an image of the file first (which worked much better than...- charlie28
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Hard Drive error help at recovering data
Well I used Getdataback to see if I could recover anything without purchasing it first. Most of what I have on there is NOT recoverable I suppose. I used the F3 key to view and can only see a few .doc files. Most of what I want to get back are family photos and such, which are .jpg and .jpeg...- charlie28
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Hard Drive error help at recovering data
Does anyone know what these clicking noises are? Cheryl- charlie28
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Hard Drive error help at recovering data
Yes, the drive was making clicking noises when it was still in the computer as an E: drive (secondary). I chalked that up to possibly be because my running processes (ie Zone Alarm and McAfee) were trying to access it because I had loaded them there. What can be another cause of the clicking...- charlie28
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Hard Drive error help at recovering data
Oh, forgot something important. I also ran Recovery Console on this drive before I realized it had bad sectors on it. Cheryl- charlie28
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Hard Drive error help at recovering data
Hi, I'm new to this site/forum and am having a problem with a hard drive. I had two drives installed in this computer. My C drive had the OS Windows XP Pro on it and the other my E drive had most of my data and some of my programs on it. After some serious slowness in my system, I checked for...- charlie28
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