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  1. pcs007

    USB hard drives.

    The enclosures for 3.5 HD will need external power. But the ones for 2.5" HD(laptop HDs) do not, though there is a socket on some of them just in case you USB port is not providing enough power. I'm using a Lacie 40G USB 2 (actually it is a Toshiba MK 4024 laptop drive), pretty fast, back up...
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    Partition wrong size

    Download diagnostics from manufacturer's web site and run tests on it, if tests ok then zero fill it.
  3. pcs007

    Virus? Mobo?

    Hi WillShakespeare, The type of memory used in USB flash drives is different from the RAM used in the computer. Flash memory behaves like ROM which retains data even when no power is applied to it. But RAM will lose their data when the power is cut. So the chance of virus residing in RAM is...
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    Sudden Shut Down

    kimhoong79, When a system is not starting up. You'll need to eliminate the possibilities one by one. As usual, disconnect all drives (disconnect both power & data cables), remove all add on cards leaving only the video card & make sure it is seated securely in the slot. You mentioned you...
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    How can I determine which harddrive hold D: E: F: etc?

    Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer Management -> disk Management This will show all storage devices on the computer and their logical drives.
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    Disk Mirror running out of space! Got advice?

    I'm sorry but I don't think it's appropriate to send you the file but I think you can still buy it off symantec. Or some other people may be able to help you with the norton ghost and how it works.
  7. pcs007

    Disk Mirror running out of space! Got advice?

    Hi Beagle187, Yes, you can ghost drive to drive in which all partitions on the source drive will be copied to the target. (you can adjust the sizes of the partitions during the process) You don't have to partition or doing anything to the new drive. Just connect the drives and ghost them. I'm...
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    Disk Mirror running out of space! Got advice?

    beagle187, Sorry for the late reply, was out of town. So you have 2 physical drive mirroring each other. The physical drive has 2 partitions on it. so basically the 2 drives have identical data on them. If that's the case, I'd get 2 identical drives (whatever size you fancy) and ghost one...
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    ASUS Mobo Problem

    stevenriz, You mentioned that it worked until you install SP2. Have you tried to repair the TCP/IP? There is no harm trying winsockfix. Regards
  10. pcs007

    POST problem

    Hi qmann, Just a thought. Did the system boot up when it beeps? If it does, then it could be the alarm of the temp for the CPU or system board. Check if the BIOS has an item like PC health etc. Check if the over temp alarm is on and the trigger temp is not set to too low.
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    Am I getting a good deal??

    Hi Hypoxia, Just as Paparazi has pointed out, you can disable the integrated video & sound, but you'll need to make sure the motherboard has the AGP slot for the video card and spare PCI slot to take the sound card. Some cheap integrated motherboards have very few spare slots. so it's...
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    Disk Mirror running out of space! Got advice?

    Hi beagle187, Having been using Ghost for the past few years (6 & 7). If you do a disk to disk ghost, during ghosting you have the option of resizing the resulting partition. If you do the default then you'll end up with a big partition which equals to the size of the new hard disk.
  13. pcs007

    I Need my Hard Drive Back, help please : (

    Hi gottagetalife, It looks like you've got a dead drive. Try connecting it to the computer again and power up & see if you can hear any noise from the hard disk. If there is noise, try connect it as to another computer & run the utility as suggested. If there is no noise, then unless you get...
  14. pcs007

    Disk Mirror running out of space! Got advice?

    Hi beagle187, What about buying 2 identical BIG drives and ghost the 2 existing hard disks to the new drives? Regards
  15. pcs007

    need help

    Hi Mauromalacara, It sounds like the system could not find any bootable devices (no bootabel floppy in drive, cannot detect C drive) and it was trying to boot from the Network adapter which was not connected to a network. That's why it complained that the media test fail (i.e. media = network...
  16. pcs007

    Borther HL-2040 on Netgear PS121

    Hi duane123, The Bro HL2040 is a GDI printer which don't usually works with print servers.
  17. pcs007

    Hard disk space

    DYahoo, To see all the partitions on your harddisk. Goto Control panel - administrative tools - computer management - storage - disk management. You will see all the partitions and their usage. Should add up to about 28Gb for a 30 Gb drive. Have fun.
  18. pcs007

    Primary disk boot failure

    Hi, I would backup all the stuff needed from the hard disk and go to WD's web site, download the diagnostic software and check the hard disk out. Regards
  19. pcs007

    In Need of Faster Processor

    LeiaNichole, The min req for the game is: PC with 733 MHz equivalent or higher processor 128 MB of system RAM 1.2 GB available hard disk space however, experience with M$oft products, you probably need to triple the specs to get the game to run reasonably well & don't forget a 3D graphics card...
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    Trouble with video cards

    Hi dennis8844, My understanding is that you need a dual head video card to enable dual monitor. I would very much interested to know how your friend managed to get 2 video cards to work on a single system. Could you post back how your friend get it to work pls? Regards

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