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Strange laptop hard drive behavior - Anyone seen this?
Have one in my shop that I have never seen before -- Compaq Presario V4000 laptop - locks up intermittently - I have used all the usual (Hijackthis, Spybot, Adaware, Trendmicro Housecall) to clean and discovered that, if I "rock" the laptop by lifting and releasing its right, front corner,...
Tags: Notebooks, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, helmofs@..., hard drive, hard-drive activity, laptop computer, cable connection
Discussion threads 2007-08-22

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DKHardDrive-Light (zip)
DKHardDrive-Light monitors the computer's hard drive and reflects activity by blinking a Red Light on the desktop. Uses: Monitor hard drive activity right from your desktop. This is helpful when the computer's hard drive light is not within view. Have you ever wanted to know if the computer has locked...
Tags: Desktop, Hard Drive, Monitor, DKpcCODE
Software downloads 2008-02-19
Si Meter (exe)
If you're a geek who really likes to know what's going on behind the scenes of your computer, you're going to love Si Meter, a simple, real-time system-resources monitor. Keep track of things like CPU activity, network activity and speed, hard-drive activity, hard-drive space, system memory, running processes, or just...
Tags: Hard Drive, Monster, Activity, Monitors & Displays, Networking, Hardware, Components
Software downloads 2003-12-20
New Hard Drive Installation
I am installing a new hard drive in my PC. The old hard drive is partitioned, with "C:" being the Primary and "D" being Secondary. If I setup the old hard drive as the "Slave" can I just transfer the files from the old hard drive to the...
Tags: new Hard Drive, old hard drive, hard drive, gbalonek@..., hardware, Serial ATA
Q&A 2006-03-13
Hard Drive detection in System bios Dell Inspiron 8600
I was getting an error message on start up saying my hard drive was not detected. I bought a new hard, same manufacturer, Hitachi. Larger size, 160 GB VS 80 GB. I replaced the hard drive and nowo the systen bios does not see the new Hard...
Tags: leebarroll@..., hard drive
Discussion threads 2007-06-30
External Hard Drive Problems (Maxtor 3200) 100G
Last night I wanted to use my external hard drive for something and when I powered it up, the light on the hard drive just blinks and i don't hear the hard drive spinning. And of course it doesn't show on the laptop. Someone PLEASE HELP!!! I have vital information...
Tags: cummingseric79@..., hard drive, Maxtor Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-05-26
Hard drive locked
Hi,I have a Wester Digital hard drive that has a hardware lock on it. Most data recovery programs do not even recognize the hard drive but some of them do and request a password to unlock it.Note: The hard drive is not broken and I am not talki
Tags: security, hardware, password protected hard drive, hard drive, support@...
Discussion threads 2007-03-10
Formatting a Hard Drive and Hard Drive Basics
The hard drive is the workhorse of the computer, but how does it actually work and how does a person maintain it so it will last as long as possible and perform to its peak. This paper presents a basic description of how the hard drive works, and what one...
Tags: Hard Drive
White papers
The Disk in Drive F is not formmated
i just installed Windows Xp Professional onto a brand new hard drive and after i got it all setup and everything, i turned off the computer to add my Other hard drive i use for storage ONLY [drive f]. it has never had a operating system installed...
Tags: disk, Chkdsk, t.wilford@..., hard drive, extra hard drive
Discussion threads 2007-08-14
backing up a hard drive with a virus
My computer notebook pc has been infected with a virus that wont allow me to boot up. I would like to save at least some if not all of my files stored on my hard drive before reinstalling windows xp. How can i go about doing this?The "best"...
Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Notebooks, ahwc@..., hard drive, computer, virus
Discussion threads 2007-04-16
Toshiba 2.5 hard drive question
I have a Compaq Presario that has an issue with the power connector and need to send it in for repairs. But first, I want to back the hard drive up.The hard drive is a Toshiba 60g Model #MK6025GAS. I looked at an external hard drive enclosure thinking I...
Tags: alsmith@..., hard drive, Toshiba Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-08-25
formating
I have an old Sony Vaio (PCG-SR17K) with no cd-rom. The hard drive went bad and I need to install a new OS Windows XPon a new hard drive. Can I intall the OS on a hard drive using a hard drive enclosure? If so can someone explain the procedure....
Tags: Santos_Gonzalez@..., hard drive
Discussion threads 2007-05-29
How do I... Build and configure an external hard drive enclosure?
Do you have an old hard drive, which still works, lying around and gathering dust that you'd like to put to good use? If you answered yes, then chances are good that you've thought about using your old drive as an external hard drive. Fortunately, building an external hard drive...
Tags: Hard Drive
Download resources 2008-01-18
Hard Drive Upgrader (exe)
Hard Drive Upgrader simplifies the process of upgrading to a new hard drive by duplicating the entire contents of your existing drive to the new one. The program does not require you to fdisk or format the new hard drive. Instead, it creates partitions as necessary and moves your OS...
Tags: Hard Drive, Hard Drive Upgrader
Software downloads 1999-01-15
Booting a newly installed hard drive on my Dell Latitude C400
I have just installed a new 60 GB hard drive certified for my Latitude C400. Are there any programs that I would need to boot/run this new hard drive? What should I do?P.S. I have already backed up my old hard drive on an external hard drive.New HDGenerally all that...
Tags: Notebooks, c_man125@..., Dell Computer Corp., hard drive, Dell Latitude
Discussion threads 2007-08-13
Dell dimension 2400 doesnt recognise the hard drive
This computer never used to start at all and recently it will start but keeps saying it cant detect the hard drive in the bios,changed the ide cables many times and tried different hard drives with operating systems but still tells me no primay master detected.tried plugging my hard drive...
Tags: BIOS, ompza@..., Dell Computer Corp., Dell Dimension, hard drive
Discussion threads 2007-08-11
External hard drive problem ( Maxtor 3200)
Last night I wanted to use my external hard drive for something and when I powered it up, the light on the hard drive just blinks and i don't hear the hard drive spinning. And of course it doesn't show on the laptop. Someone PLEASE HELP!!! I have vital information...
Tags: cummingseric79@..., hard drive, Maxtor Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-05-26
New Laptop Hard Drive and DVD drive
Both my hard drive and dvd drive have recently stopped working so I purchased replacements. I assumed they would plug and play where I could install windows XP from the new DVD drive, but they computer doesnt recognize either. "Primay hard disk d
Tags: hardware, windows, new harddrive, BIOS, mr_jonbag@..., DVD-drive, hard drive, laptop computer
Discussion threads 2006-12-26
Virtual Hard Drive Pro (exe)
Virtual Hard Drive Pro takes a portion of your system memory and creates a RAM drive, which functions like a physical hard drive, only with much better access rates. A RAM drive bypasses the system hard drive, which is the slowest part of a computer, to give your system an...
Tags: Hard Drive, Farstone Technology Inc., RAM, Virtual Hard Drive Pro, Performance Management, Memory, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
Software downloads 2007-12-05
Windows Vista Issue
I bought a new system that already had Windows Vista Premium Home edition installed. It has a 32GB SATA hard drive. I need to have this system run XP because of some industry specific software. I cannot reformat the hard drive. I bought a new SATA...
Tags: Serial ATA, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), phocal, hard drive, SATA Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
Discussion threads 2007-08-28
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