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- Where To Find Specific Hard Drive
- Hi, I hope someone here can point me in the right direction to find what I need.I suffered a WD hard drive crash. I sent the drive to a company recommended by Western Digital -- they have a "clean room," etc. They said the scratch in the hard drive made...
- Tags: TR@..., MBD, platter, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Admin
- im a limited userhow do i change my account type to admin without using safe modelogon as an admin and set the permissionsfor your account that you want to have admin permissions. If you are just looking for cracking the admin PW please see my next postCrack Windows 2k/XP...
- Tags: Keyboards, Semiconductors, a_do98@..., hard drive, administrator, keyboard, platter
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
- Don't leave information on old hard drives
- Don't leave information on old hard drivesarticle rootLow LevelA utility I like to use is the Maxtor Low Level Format. It writes Zero's for every bit on the drive. It takes a while, but the drive is completely clean.and ...In Linux you can just copy zeroes or random numbers directly...
- Tags: disk, hard drive, low level format, platter, security, wwood@...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
- Windows Crashed - won't reboot
- Windows XP SP 1 crashed on a computer. Rebooting the computer reports that there is a problem with the registry. Microsoft suggests rebooting with the install CD and copying a previous registry to replace the current registry. All registry files fail to permit booting the system. ...
- Tags: registry, Roger, windows, Microsoft Windows
- Q&A 2006-01-24
- Swapping Platters
- Hello everyone, I'm new to the site and apologize for any mistakes I may have made with this post.My notebook HD has just failed. I do not have a backup interesting story on that if anyone is interested later. From the sound of the HD when I boot up...
- Tags: clean room, data recovery, digitaldudex@..., hardware, HD, hd failure, opening hard drive, platter, platters
- Discussion threads 2005-10-05
- Pls Help! Crashed Ext. HDD
- Hi, I'd much appreciate any help with my problem:I live in the UK.I've tried to be clear but I am no expert.CAUSE:I have a 250Gb Lacie Ext. USB HDD, whilst it was on - connected to my win-xp laptop - it fell half a metre on to my carpetted floor....
- Tags: hard drive, platter
- Q&A 2005-04-23
- Hard Drive Failure-Can I Swap Platters?
- My Toshiba MK4019GAX hard drive is toast. I opened it and found one of the heads is broken off. Can I simply put the platters in another Toshiba hard drive and retrieve my data? I know this sounds desperate, but that's exactly what I am right now. I'd appreciate any...
- Tags: hard drive, hardware, micron, particle, platter, wjmcmanus@...
- Q&A 2005-02-26
- File recovery
- Could any please tell me:On what conditions are files not recoverable by using a file recovery software?Thanks a lot.ConditionsCould be several. Platter is too severly damaged is the usual cause.conditions:I think if you delete a file, it only deletes the entries in the file allocation table - the file still...
- Tags: Hex, ngntechpro@..., recovery software, tool, windows
- Discussion threads 2004-12-28
- TechRepublic members know hard drives
- More than 1,850 TechRepublic members demonstrated their knowledge of platters, tracks, and partitions in our Hard Drive Pop Quiz. Find out just how well they did and how well you would have done.For this pop quiz, I decided to test our members' knowledge of a component no modern PC could...
- Tags: Bill Detwiler, platter, hard drive, quiz, cylinder
- Technical articles 2002-07-29
- Hard drives: The forgotten components
- Why is the hard drive taken for granted? Is it so advanced that we no longer need to consider the ramifications of different hard drive specifications? In this Daily Feature, James McPherson explains how the hard drive does more than just take orders.There are a handful of components that every...
- Tags: James McPherson, hard drive, platter
- Technical articles 2001-07-11
Additional Resources
- The Need for Temperature-Aware Storage Systems
- Over the past two decades, users have been enjoying a 40 percent annual growth in the data rate of disks, due to innovations in the recording technology coupled with a scaling up of the drive RPM. Since raising the RPM increases the heat that is generated due to viscous dissipation...
- Tags: Aware, University Of Virginia, Storage System, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-02-28
- Hitachi launches 500 GB laptop hard disk
- Hitachi has announced a new whopping 500 GB 2.5-inch hard disk drive intended for gaming consoles and laptops. The Travelstar 5K500 model is available in either 400 GB or 500 GB capacity and runs off a 3.0 Gbps SATA interface. It is the world's highest capacity mobile internal hard drive...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Hitachi Ltd., Laptop Computer, Travelstar 5K500, Storage, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- MR1200 MP3 Player For DJs (zip)
- MR1200 is an MP3 player designed specifically for DJing with. Rather than use a PC to replace an entire two-decks-and-a-mixer rig, it replaces only the decks, so you can continue to use your own separate mixer. This allows full use of mixer and headphones for prefading, meaning tracks can be...
- Tags: Deck, PC, MP3 Player, MP3, MR1200, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Desktops, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware
- Software downloads 2005-02-16
- Podcast: Fujitsu thinks solid-state drive benefits are more hype than reality (for now)
- Solid-state drives are all the rage, but are they worth the significant premium (sometimes $1,000) over machines with convention drives? Current solid-state drives use either NAND Flash memory or SDRAM and contain no moving parts. Proponents tout several benefits of solid-state drives over conventional platter drives--faster startup, shorter seek times,...
- Tags: Fujitsu Ltd., Bill Detwiler, Podcasts, Benefits, Internet, Human Resources
- Download resources 2008-06-18
- Head stack transfer of Hard Disk
- Hello,I just found this forum from a link and I must say it is really great and fully packed with valuable information. I have been DR enthusiast for about a year now. Most of the things I learned by trial and error. I am having a problem with a Western...
- Tags: logan_657@..., hardware, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- frequent REFORMAT
- DOES FREQUENT REFORMAT CAN DAMAGE MY HDD PARTICULAR THE PLATTER?turn off the caps pleaseAnd considering I defrag almost every night and I have drives that have lasted over 10 years. And I personally think windows partitions should be reformatted at least once a year, which I do. Hasn't...
- Tags: dirkumian@..., REFORMAT
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- CHKDSK will not complete.
- One of my users has an IBM ThinkPad A31p running Windows XP Pro. The computer has frozen no BSOD twice in the last week while working in different programs. Nothing shows up in the Event Viewer at the time of the freeze. When I try to run CHKDSK, the computer...
- Tags: Chkdsk
- Q&A 2005-08-11
- WTF if wrong with my new computer
- Well i just recently bought a new computer and finished installing all the parts, it was working great for about 1 week then i hear ticking noises coming from my hhd and then it breaks down. After that i wouldnt let windows load up so i reinstalled windows and it...
- Tags: Dsl54, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-05-05
- DJ Surface (zip)
- DJ Surface is a powerfull, lightweight, audio mixing software application for Windows. It has a working area, a surface, where you can work with different MP3 and WMA audio tracks. It uses Dolby 5.1 / 7.1 to separate audio channels in order to monitor decks out of the main mix....
- Tags: Track, DJ Surface, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- Password Hacking
- I want to know how to hack others password.Another one?Where do all of these dumbf*ck freaks come from these days. Breaking someones PW is wrong! If you have a legit need, then please take it to a repair shop, call MS, or contact the manufacturer. Please note,...
- Tags: luvfren@..., password, Generation Gimme
- Discussion threads 2007-11-24
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