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USB external hard drive???
Hard drive makes and models as well. Here's some general info: Okay, you're apparently using the hard drive detection pane, the first option is marked (Y) meaning That can only be accomplished by finding the actual model and make of the hard drive. I have a few older hard drives lists, so if necessary these

Hard Drive query:
If you have disabled it and not removed it then you must ensure that any boot (from floopy or from C:) has the EZ-Drive driver loaded, even if it's not active. Spew wrote in message <36ae6ee...@206.155.214.4>... Here's a bit of quick history before the real problems arose... I have two hard drives. Both WD Caviers.

Computer Failure
So the cpu and PSU benefit at the expense of the primary hard drive and the lower PCI expansion cards. Without a fan blowing in at the bottom front of the case - a hard thing to do right - the only other compensation for the increased case air pressure is to increase the capacity of the case exhaust fan(s) at the

Any hard drive gurus out there ?
I had thought, when I installed Vista on the new third hard drive, it would automatically give me that option during boot, but it didn't. I have three sata hard drives. Drive 1 = XP OS ( 2 partitiions) Drive 2 - XP Data and Apps ( 2 partitions) Drive 3 = Vista ( 2 partitions) Currently, I have my hard disk boot

Any hard drive gurus out there ?
Magnulus magnu...@bellsouth.net alt games video sony-playstation2 Maybe the XBox has a hard drive because the Microsoft operating system (Windows) uses virtual memory (it pretty much requires it)? I wonder if there's any way to tell if the HD in the Xbox is being used in games to swap memory?

Primary Hard Drive Replacement
I was planning to get a larger external drive since my old one is 80GB and starting to get full. So, I think the 160GB laptop hard drive will be a better investment right now, and I can always sell this off later when I get a newer laptop. I don't think you understand what I'm saying. The answer is not a new laptop

MyBook hard drive opinions
David Empson demp...@actrix.gen.nz comp sys apple2 Greg Andrzejewski <pressyourluc...@yahoo.com> wrote: I've seen a few sites mentioning the existance of smartport hard drives for the Apple IIgs. Were any ever produced? I doubt any were specifically produced for the IIgs, but they were avaialable for the IIc,

Hotfixes cause problems with IDE Hard Drives
Solution 2: If you are using Windows 98/ME, use the alternate Jumper Settings and Data Lifeguard Tools 10 to install your drive. For instructions, see Answer ID 567. Solution 3: If you had setup your drive using the Data Lifeguard Tools 11 option, Set Hard Drive Size and the system BIOS is displaying the size of

Planning to get another hard drive for my Windows XP Pro System
The computer came installed with a Western Digital WD800 hard drive (80 Gb). I purchased a Western Digital WD1200 as an additional data storage drive and have "installed" it, but the computer says it cannot install the drive. Below follows the details. The original 80Gb Western Digital hard drive is installed as

Hard Drive Temps
Scott gol...@uslink.net microsoft public win98 gen_discussion glee wrote: Yes, it could be the precursor of a dying hard drive....the end may be near. First, back up any data you do not want to lose (documents, pictures, email) to a CD or USB memory stick or another hard drive or external drive.

Newbie question about laptop hard drives
The other kicker, the pc will only book to floppy or hard drive (not CD). He had personal You don't say why CD won't boot (I did read this before the reply above) or even boot from floppy which had CD drivers and run a CD image / backup tool. info on his other hard drive he mentioned so he asked that I only take

How long can stuff stay on your HARD DRIVE?
I'd download drive diagnostics from manufacturer and run it. How old is the drive any way? Tony Ar Q wrote: In the past two months, TUSL2C stopped auto detecting and possibly destroyed my three hard drives. BIOS will report no IDE hard drive. After I moved the hard drive to another computer, the other computer also

Choosing a boot sequence depending on the hard drive of your ...
No, the answer is not a hard drive cooler. #1. The small size of hard drive cooler fans greatly restricts the air flow volume. The hard drive coolers that use centrifugal fans are even less efficient. #2. Using a hard drive cooler fan that blows air INTO the case places the heat INSIDE the case.

Missing Los Alamos Hard Drives turn up!^
Chris Whelan cawhe...@prejudicentlworld.com uk comp homebuilt naza wrote: I have brought a new Maxtor STM3160815AS 160GB hard drive to replace one that fried its head. I decided to look at the smart information for the hard drive as new, just to rule out any problems. Nothing but one thing flagged up.

:: Hard Drive failure rates
You are trying to by a retail packaged hard drive upgrade kit. Don't !!! You will pay $400 for a $100 hard drive. All that you want is a bare OEM 2.5" IDE hard drive. You know that it's a 2.5" IDE hard drive. You presumably know the size that you want (or range of sizes). The only other issue is the thickness,

extending the C: partition
I have a 60gig hard drive and it is never more than half full. I would like to know if I am using the same portion of the drive all the time or are all the items on the drive covering the whole drive. Basically, I would like to know if the unused section of the drive never get's used,is this unwise and should I

Which external hard drive?
I've got this external enclosure for my old hard-drive which plugs into a USB, assigns it E:\ and life goes on etc. Unfortunately, it was doing this thing where it looked like it was scanning the entire drive for some reason... if you right-click E:\ there was a thing saying "Autoplay"... which you could untick,

Drive Image software and external hard drives
You don't think it works if you install one hard drive as cable select and install Windows 2000 on that hard drive. After you're done, remove the hard drive, and put the second hard drive in there and install Windows XP. So, we have two different hard drives. One with Windows 2000, the other one with Windows XP.

Has anyone tried the Ultimate Hard Drive Cooler from 3DCOOL?
MS-DOS 3.3x and below used fdisk.com MS-DOS 4.x and above uses fdisk.exe Additional information on how a hard disk drives and how they work, FDISK /STATUS Shows you the current status of your hard drives. FDISK /ACTOK Makes FDISK not check the disk integrity allowing the drives to be created faster.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
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