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virtual memory & disk space
What exactly is virtual memory and disk space ? Sometimes Outlook Express says that it cannot display my e mail because I am low on virtual memory and disk space. I have 512 ram and about 40 GB harddrive space still available but somehow I thin...
What exactly is virtual memory and disk space ? Sometimes Outlook Express says that it cannot display my e mail because I am low on virtual memory and disk space. I have 512 ram and about 40 GB harddrive space still available but somehow I thin...
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Hard Drive Interfaces (SCSI, SATA, Etc)
I'm looking at hard drives for my new build, and I'm starting to get a little bit confused with the different interfaces available, and what my motherboard will support. Components:Asus Maximus Formula Fujitsu 73GB @ 15,000RPM Serial Attache...
I'm looking at hard drives for my new build, and I'm starting to get a little bit confused with the different interfaces available, and what my motherboard will support. Components:Asus Maximus Formula Fujitsu 73GB @ 15,000RPM Serial Attache...
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Laptop HD
I have a compaq v6210us laptop. I need to disable and delete all shadow copies including the c: system parts. The thing keeps hogging up space even after it is disabled. I need to delete ALL c: shadow copies and stop it from coming back. ---wha...
I have a compaq v6210us laptop. I need to disable and delete all shadow copies including the c: system parts. The thing keeps hogging up space even after it is disabled. I need to delete ALL c: shadow copies and stop it from coming back. ---wha...
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Should I format my new HD
I just got Seagate FreeAgent Pro external hd and wanted to know if it's smart to format it again first before I start transfering over all my data. Also, what allocation size whould I use (512b, 1kb, 2kb, or 4kb)? I am using it to store more l...
I just got Seagate FreeAgent Pro external hd and wanted to know if it's smart to format it again first before I start transfering over all my data. Also, what allocation size whould I use (512b, 1kb, 2kb, or 4kb)? I am using it to store more l...
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One More HDD question...
Ok sorry to keep asking about this hard drive but this is the last question about it. The hard drive is the Iomega Minimax which was designed to be used with the minimac computer. The mac-mini sits on top of the hdd which I assume is failry hea...
Ok sorry to keep asking about this hard drive but this is the last question about it. The hard drive is the Iomega Minimax which was designed to be used with the minimac computer. The mac-mini sits on top of the hdd which I assume is failry hea...
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ok...what the heck?
So I got my new hard drive (Iomega Minimax 500) formatted and ready to go. Its plugged in via firewire and went to transfer a movie to it and noticed it said it was going to take 25 minutes. I waited to see if it would change and sure enough, i...
So I got my new hard drive (Iomega Minimax 500) formatted and ready to go. Its plugged in via firewire and went to transfer a movie to it and noticed it said it was going to take 25 minutes. I waited to see if it would change and sure enough, i...
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Will Ram work with this motherboard
Hey, Will this motherboard work with 1066Mhz or 1142Mhz ram?? I was hoping to get higher then 800mhz but i don't know if these will work?? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...261&CatId=1533 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...So...
Hey, Will this motherboard work with 1066Mhz or 1142Mhz ram?? I was hoping to get higher then 800mhz but i don't know if these will work?? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...261&CatId=1533 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...So...
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Is my hard drive toast?
I bought an OEM hard drive link off Newegg... I'm thinking it's faulty. I just finished putting together a new comp, with almost all new parts. I don't have an OS yet, so I downloaded Ubuntu, put it on a live CD, and booted into that. It loade...
I bought an OEM hard drive link off Newegg... I'm thinking it's faulty. I just finished putting together a new comp, with almost all new parts. I don't have an OS yet, so I downloaded Ubuntu, put it on a live CD, and booted into that. It loade...
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Hard Drive Password Problem.
i just got a gateway solo 9300 off of ebay. it has a 10gb hard drive that needs a password and i dont have one. the guy who sold it to me does not know it. what can i do to fix this?
i just got a gateway solo 9300 off of ebay. it has a 10gb hard drive that needs a password and i dont have one. the guy who sold it to me does not know it. what can i do to fix this?
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My CPU can't run dual channel.
On my build my CPU doesn't support dual channel ( E6550), does that mean my RAM will not work? does that mean i have to have a single ram chip instead of 2? I got that from the RAM 101, but because the thread is closed is that up to date inform...
On my build my CPU doesn't support dual channel ( E6550), does that mean my RAM will not work? does that mean i have to have a single ram chip instead of 2? I got that from the RAM 101, but because the thread is closed is that up to date inform...
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Where's my memory?
I just bought a new laptop with vista. It has a 140 gb HDD, and only 99gb available. If I go to my C: drive and highlight all the folders, it says there are only 20 gb taken. What happened to the other 20 gigs?
I just bought a new laptop with vista. It has a 140 gb HDD, and only 99gb available. If I go to my C: drive and highlight all the folders, it says there are only 20 gb taken. What happened to the other 20 gigs?
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5 Phsical drives but 1 Partition???
I was wondering if I could fool windows, or use windows to create 1 partition out of 5 drives? I am turning an old PC into a media server, and have a bunch (5) of old hard drives ranging in size and manufacturer. Instead of having 5 partiti...
I was wondering if I could fool windows, or use windows to create 1 partition out of 5 drives? I am turning an old PC into a media server, and have a bunch (5) of old hard drives ranging in size and manufacturer. Instead of having 5 partiti...
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I need a zero utility
I need to zero out my hard drive. Anybody know a good program that can do that? MaxBlast won't do it I guess.
I need to zero out my hard drive. Anybody know a good program that can do that? MaxBlast won't do it I guess.
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RAM Mhz drop after upgrade....Please HELP!!!
HI! I'm new to this forum, and this is my 1st post. I have a P4 3.4 Mhz computer with an Asus p5p800 Motherboard, with 1 Gb Ram (2x 512 MB Samsung Dual-Channel). About 9 months ago, I purchased another 2x512 MB.'s of ram Dual Channel f...
HI! I'm new to this forum, and this is my 1st post. I have a P4 3.4 Mhz computer with an Asus p5p800 Motherboard, with 1 Gb Ram (2x 512 MB Samsung Dual-Channel). About 9 months ago, I purchased another 2x512 MB.'s of ram Dual Channel f...
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Ubuntu won't recognize my SATA Hard Drive
I'm trying to install Ubuntu using a Live CD. However, when I get to the step about partitioning, nothing shows up except my external hard drive. I'm pretty sure it is connected correctly... it is vibrating when I touch it. It is a seagate 250G...
I'm trying to install Ubuntu using a Live CD. However, when I get to the step about partitioning, nothing shows up except my external hard drive. I'm pretty sure it is connected correctly... it is vibrating when I touch it. It is a seagate 250G...
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Looking for USB 2.0 Flash Memory External Hard Drive? Anyone know about this?
Anyone know if any manufacturer makes a USB 2.0 Flash Memory External Hard Drive? I am not looking for the USB small flash drives, I am looking for a large external hard drive that uses flash memory, not a hard disk. I would like something th...
Anyone know if any manufacturer makes a USB 2.0 Flash Memory External Hard Drive? I am not looking for the USB small flash drives, I am looking for a large external hard drive that uses flash memory, not a hard disk. I would like something th...
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Placing a hard drive on its side
I just bought this external hard drive ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136022 ) and am wondering if it is okay to lay it down on its side while I'm using it. Some people have told me that I shouldn't do this, but I have no ide...
I just bought this external hard drive ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136022 ) and am wondering if it is okay to lay it down on its side while I'm using it. Some people have told me that I shouldn't do this, but I have no ide...
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Which would be the best choice for ram?
If i have these in a computer: 512MB DDR400 512MB DDR266 And i'm planning to buy a 2x1GB DDR400 dual-channel kit If you are planning to get 2x1GB DDR400 modules, would you add it with the 2x512? IF that's the case, you'll have 3GB ram runnin...
If i have these in a computer: 512MB DDR400 512MB DDR266 And i'm planning to buy a 2x1GB DDR400 dual-channel kit If you are planning to get 2x1GB DDR400 modules, would you add it with the 2x512? IF that's the case, you'll have 3GB ram runnin...
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How do you set up Dual Channel?
I have the parts in my signature, and I've placed the RAM in the slots according to the mobo manual. Will dual channel automatically work? Or is there settings that need to be messed with?
I have the parts in my signature, and I've placed the RAM in the slots according to the mobo manual. Will dual channel automatically work? Or is there settings that need to be messed with?
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Partition Security
Is there any way to hide or password protect a partition on a hard drive in XP home? I have my daughters hard drive divided into two partitions and would like to keep her from being able to access one of them. Thanks
Is there any way to hide or password protect a partition on a hard drive in XP home? I have my daughters hard drive divided into two partitions and would like to keep her from being able to access one of them. Thanks
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Does more partition of HDD slows down the system?
I got new 250GB HDD and divided in to 40X6 partitions. I want to know that more partitioning of a HDD slows down the system/XP?
I got new 250GB HDD and divided in to 40X6 partitions. I want to know that more partitioning of a HDD slows down the system/XP?
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Ide, Eide, Ata, Sata, ??????
Hello, and thanks in advance for any help. I've got a Compaq Presario 2500 that had the HD just craped out. I know it's an IDE 2.5 40 gig hard drive. I've got to replace this and all I can find are ATA, EIDE, and SATA drives. I'd like...
Hello, and thanks in advance for any help. I've got a Compaq Presario 2500 that had the HD just craped out. I know it's an IDE 2.5 40 gig hard drive. I've got to replace this and all I can find are ATA, EIDE, and SATA drives. I'd like...
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Laptop Hard drive - urgh
okay. I have a compaq v6210us laptop with 80gb hard drive space. 74 total gb's for the c:. Ever since a week ago, I had about 20gb's of free space on the c:. Now, after cleaning and program deletion, I had 30 gigs. But ever since I created my r...
okay. I have a compaq v6210us laptop with 80gb hard drive space. 74 total gb's for the c:. Ever since a week ago, I had about 20gb's of free space on the c:. Now, after cleaning and program deletion, I had 30 gigs. But ever since I created my r...
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Ram speeds and latency
hi im looking to buying my new rig, and since my budget went up a little im looking to pretty much max out my useable ram, (vista 32 bit) and get 3GB. all four sticks of ram are ddr2 800, but the two 1GB sticks have much better timings then ...
hi im looking to buying my new rig, and since my budget went up a little im looking to pretty much max out my useable ram, (vista 32 bit) and get 3GB. all four sticks of ram are ddr2 800, but the two 1GB sticks have much better timings then ...
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Backup Software
Im just wondering what procedure you use to back up your data? Can you recommend any nice software that can be used to automate the process and keep a regular backup of selected files to an external hard drive.
Im just wondering what procedure you use to back up your data? Can you recommend any nice software that can be used to automate the process and keep a regular backup of selected files to an external hard drive.
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easy HDD question
hey simple question here. i just got a new system and want to connect my old hard drive as well. the old one is a SATA, so should i be able to simply connect it to the second SATA input on the mobo and boot up the system and view the old harddr...
hey simple question here. i just got a new system and want to connect my old hard drive as well. the old one is a SATA, so should i be able to simply connect it to the second SATA input on the mobo and boot up the system and view the old harddr...
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recover data from a crashed system?
Morning all, happy black friday. Anyways I have a pc that is unbootable, and connecting it as a slave drive to one of my pc's when I try to open it, it just says would you like to format the drive? How do I get data from it without using wind...
Morning all, happy black friday. Anyways I have a pc that is unbootable, and connecting it as a slave drive to one of my pc's when I try to open it, it just says would you like to format the drive? How do I get data from it without using wind...
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Creating a new partition in vista
So I want to clear up some space for a ubuntu install on my HDD but when I use the Vista partition tool to 'shrink' my current partition, it will only let me use 260Mb when there is 70gigs still free. It says if I have snapshots or pagefiles th...
So I want to clear up some space for a ubuntu install on my HDD but when I use the Vista partition tool to 'shrink' my current partition, it will only let me use 260Mb when there is 70gigs still free. It says if I have snapshots or pagefiles th...
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RAM issues
i have the same sticks, they both work seperately, but when theyre in together, the computer wont post. whats up with that??! i tried putting them together in the A1-B1 slots, A1-A2 slots, same issue, anyone have issues like this...?
i have the same sticks, they both work seperately, but when theyre in together, the computer wont post. whats up with that??! i tried putting them together in the A1-B1 slots, A1-A2 slots, same issue, anyone have issues like this...?
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Slow file transfer from hard drive to hard drive
Alright, I reformatted my HD and now I'm having difficulty transferring files from one hard drive to the next. Before I reformatted I wasn't having any problems but now it's taking roughly one minute per every MB. I searched on here and found t...
Alright, I reformatted my HD and now I'm having difficulty transferring files from one hard drive to the next. Before I reformatted I wasn't having any problems but now it's taking roughly one minute per every MB. I searched on here and found t...
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