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  1. TroKnight

    CHAOS - PartitionMagic 7.0 Destroyed My HARD DISK.......HELP ME

    Help Me... This is my PC spec for your refference: P4 384MB RAM Windows 98SE 2 HDD (30GB & 120GB) - OS was installed on 30GB HDD and data was stored on the 120GB HDD. PartitionMagic 7.0 (PM7)was installed together with the OS drive. PROBLEMS: >>> I try to make new primary partition on the 2nd...
  2. TroKnight

    PCI-based IDE/ATA Add-In Controller Card........WHAT..??? HOW...????

    Yes, I'm thinking of using external HDD too but it's still kinda expensive stuff here. If I use it, nothing to worry about power supply anymore since it uses an ac adaptor itself..??? Any difference performance between external 7200rpm(2 MB buffer) USB 2.0 and 7200rpm(8 MB buffer) internal...
  3. TroKnight

    PCI-based IDE/ATA Add-In Controller Card........WHAT..??? HOW...????

    Thanks, but how to exactly know my system got sufficient power to run more than 4 devices....??? I'm running machine with XP pro...and also how can I change the BIOS setting to support the add-in card...?? isn't it a plug-n-play device...??? These are something about my system that give you a...
  4. TroKnight

    PCI-based IDE/ATA Add-In Controller Card........WHAT..??? HOW...????

    Thanks....now, I'm more confident and will looking for one. Buy adding the card, is it possible let say to use up to 8 devices (4 via motherboard & 4 via add-in card)...since there are 8 channel now ?? I don't quite understand about jumper setting. Like mine, the system will not boot up if I...
  5. TroKnight

    PCI-based IDE/ATA Add-In Controller Card........WHAT..??? HOW...????

    Hi, My IDE/ATA channel was fully occupied with 2 hard disks, CD-RW and DVD-ROM. Because I'm doing a lot of video editing works, now I'm running out of disk space. I plan to buy an additional new hard disk for storage, but now no more channel left. I don't want to get rid one of my available...
  6. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    Scandisk ran smoothly and shows no data in bad sector but now it failed all the test in the diagnosis test. ...my hdd is dying....?????
  7. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    Thanks pals....I'll consider your suggestions above later. But in case of the problem happen again that need to be low level formatted again which mean losing all the data, is there any more convenient way other than reinstalling OS and all the applications...? It took me almost 5 hours to...
  8. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    My HDD failed all the test provided by Maxtor available via PowerMax.exe. But after running low level format and running the test again, it's pass all of it. Why..???? I thought something was wrong/damaged with my HDD physically, maybe caused by uncertain factors that can't be repaired again...
  9. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    Thanks, I'll try your suggestion later and will be back here again to tell you the result.
  10. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    Thanks for your responses....I rechecked my HDD again and this is what I did: I convert the XP partition to FAT32 with Partition Magic 6(PM) so I can check the partition using Norton Disk Doctor(NDD) through Windows ME. It takes 6 hours to finished 1% of 15GB but from the diagram shown, there...
  11. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    Hi lewat...I'm not quite understand what are you trying to tell me, but one thing is sure...From my 3 partitions on HDD, I installed XP on the second(primary) partition. I did that because BootMagic can't produce boot menu if i put XP on primary partition. Instead the boot menu will be produced...
  12. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    Thanks for your advice. Now I'm looking for that utility and will be back again later. Hopefully my HDD still can be used.......
  13. TroKnight

    What's wrong with my HDD....?????

    I defragmented my 30GB HDD which contain 3 partition Windows ME, Windows XP and Data with defragment option from Windows XP and leave it until finished. When I restart my pc, XP takes almost 30 minutes to completely load up and became unstable. I try many ways for days to solve the problem but...

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