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Hard Drive says its smaller then it is? by Mark
I brought a new 250GB hard drive, but its says its 128GB. Where it says: My Computer / right click on local drive C - click properties / capacity:...
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January 21st 09 10:34 PM
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Getting Compaq to Boot With 4 Gig Memory by W[_2_]
We have a Compaq W8000 workstation with 4 GB of memory installed. Unfortunately Windows can only retrieve and use about 3.61 GB of that. It looks like the...
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March 17th 10 08:21 PM
by John John - MVP Go to last post
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How bad is this SATA hard drive? by Jack
Hello, I have 500 GB Western Digital SATA drive which is about 1 year old. Recently, my Windows XP froze seveal times and finally Windows refused to...
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August 17th 09 03:23 PM
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What kind of case? by Newtechie
Hi - I have started the process of purchasing my components to build my computer. I decided to buy the Gigabyte "GA-8IPE1000 PRO-G" i865PE motherboard and...
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February 4th 05 02:49 AM
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Old Duke is a TROLL by gardenerstouch[_2_]
Don't anybody encourage him by responding to his invidious remarks.
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June 2nd 08 06:24 PM
by Bill Sharpe Go to last post
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backing up two computers by Jo-Anne[_2_]
I'm currently backing up my desktop XP SP3 computer to two external hard drives with Acronis True Image. I'm planning to buy the program for my new laptop as...
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August 17th 08 02:46 PM
by Dragomir Kollaric[_2_] Go to last post
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How do I connect up a power supply? by Frank Martin
I have had bad luck with power supplies, the first a 350W unit must have been undersized and it failed taking the HDD control board with it. The second was...
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September 9th 08 08:33 PM
by Bob I Go to last post
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Digital Camera wont connect by John Wolf
Its been a while since I used a XP PC but my folks Kodak M340 wont connect to the PC. A error message pops up saying "cant get device information." I tried...
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September 19th 09 08:14 PM
by Ken Blake, MVP Go to last post
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Q824143 -- how to get patch?!? by Susquehanna County Library
OK, this may be a dumb question--how does one email MS to get the q824143 patch without paying? I have 26 computers affected by this problem. We're a public...
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December 9th 03 02:38 PM
by Adam Field Go to last post
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Windows XP on Apple by The Undertaker
Dear All, I would like to know if there is a possibility to partition a Mac laptop and install WIndows XP on one of the local disks. Thanks. Patrick
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March 3rd 05 02:14 PM
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large external drive OK? by Jo-Anne Naples
I have a 5-year-old Dell desktop computer running Windows XP SP3. I want to buy my first external hard drive and have my eye on an Iomega 500 GB drive. One...
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June 3rd 08 03:53 AM
by Jo-Anne Naples Go to last post
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choosing a DVD burner by Jo-Anne Naples
I've decided, with help from people here, that I can install a DVD burner in my 5-year-old Dell desktop computer (with Windows XP SP3 and an IDE internal...
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June 16th 08 08:19 AM
by M.I.5¾ Go to last post
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DVD / DVD+R /DVD-R / DVDRW. Are they all really distinct media formats? by Rahul
I'm always confused by DVD terminology when buying media to write on. There's DVD / DVD+R / DVD-R / DVDRW and I'm not even sure which more! Are these all...
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July 15th 08 05:06 AM
by Bill in Co. Go to last post
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USB SD Memory Card reader by Dennis Allen
Hi. I have a Gateway 2.8Gig P4 computer, about five years old, but has XP SP3. I want to read SD memory cards, but having trouble installing a Dynex Memory...
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August 12th 09 04:13 PM
by Dennis Allen Go to last post
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hard drive replacement by Jo-Anne[_3_]
After getting the blue screen of death on my 6-year-old Dell Dimension 8250 (running WinXP SP3), I ran Checkdisk/R. It "fixed" the hard drive, at least to...
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August 24th 09 02:31 PM
by JS Go to last post
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Over/Underclocking motherboards on the fly without rebooting by Will[_6_]
I'm interested in being able to both overclock (when working with HD videos) and underclock (when I'm doing nothing special) for efficiency as I'd like to be...
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September 15th 09 02:36 PM
by JS Go to last post
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hard drive crash by Phil
HP a324x winxp I have a WD400EB hard drive that crashed. The recovery discs do not work. I downloaded data lifeguard diagnostic from WD site. I tried both...
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September 18th 09 06:37 PM
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Total memory in XP pro sp3 by granjan
My friend wants to install an additional 2 GB of memory in her Dell XPS 600 which has 2 GB already installed. The manual for her computer says it only...
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October 8th 09 12:21 PM
by dennis[_3_] Go to last post
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netbook sleeves by Jo-Anne[_3_]
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I can't think of anywhere else: If I take my netbook to the airport in a standard sleeve, rather than a...
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November 28th 09 04:48 AM
by Jo-Anne[_3_] Go to last post
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choosing an external DVD burner by Jo-Anne[_3_]
Now that I have my new netbook, running WinXP SP3, I need to buy an external DVD burner. I've read complaints from people who say the burner they bought will...
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December 13th 09 11:54 PM
by Paul Go to last post
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