Hard Disk Drives

Go to www.download.com and type in Glary Utilities. Do the 1-Click Maintenance with this software. This is a spam free program...

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Reformatting Windows XP ProOne Way 1. BACK UP ANYTHING IMPORTANT!!! eg. Documents, Music, Saved Games, etc. 2. Insert your...

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Yes it is possible to repair windows XP: follow this step: Set your first boot device in the Bios to CD-Rom. Insert your...

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There are several things SMART can detect, but from my understanding it's pretty reliable. I'd back up your critical data and...

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Power down PC, unplug power. Open the PC, determine type of hard drive connection, most likely IDE. Buy similar drive. If...

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Zero Filling Zero filling is a way to overwrite all data on a hard drive. An analogy would be putting new asphalt over an old...

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RW stands for ReWritable. With a CD-R you can't put anything on it more than once. You add songs to it once and that's it. It is...

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There are several ways to set-up a system for dual boot. The best or preferred method is dependent on the operating systems...

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AnswerUsually you do not have to wipe the hard drive. Most operating systems will let you boot up from a hard drive regardless of...

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Yes, it is possible to protect your hard drive using the lock command. E.g. Lock sys: on - this will lock your partition Lock...

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Low-Level FormattingLow-level formatting is the process of outlining the positions of the tracks and sectors on the hard disk,...

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Hi. Go to this URL address, it's the HP support and there are explanations with pictures and more. If you need more you can...

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AnswerWell if you use internet explorer then you can go to the tools menu click delete browsing history then click delete all....

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Within Windows XP And Windows Vista Open the Control Panel. Open Administrative Tools. Open Computer Management. In the left...

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Answeri had this problem with a toshibalaptop i just got but has no workingcdrom or floppy pretty much i justtook the drive out...

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AnswerDo you mean like a floppy disk, a CD, or a ZIP disk?You should be able to access them unless the files are protected in...

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Buy a internal SATA hard drive and an external enclosure like an Antec. Makre sure your motherboard has eSATA capability. This...

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I would not recommend doing this if you're wanting to copy Operating system and all over to another computer. No. 1 it probably...

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oh sure,deffanetly connected both oh HDD in same pc, still configure function are different. first time formated the SCSI hard...

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AnswerLook at the front of the machine beside the activity LEDs. You'll see a panel. Turn the machine over and unscrew the panel,...

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itll most likely get soft.

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Yes, but you will have to reformat it to FAT32 with the "Iomega FAT32 formatter"

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No, a legal copy of the game cannot be copied to a external HDD and be played. Many of the games files are spread across the...

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Desktop HDD size is 3.5 inches (3.5*1)

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1. Redundency of data means some information may be duplicated in several places in file processing s/y .this can also be refined...

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Just put the hard drive in another computer as a secondary drive, and all the information should be visible. There are many...

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ATA-33/66/100/133 are speeds at witch the hard drives pass information to each other and other drives CD/zip/ect. 33 denotes a...

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AnswerYeah, just plug it in.  AnswerI am assuming that you are asking . Can i set up an operating system on an usb external...

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yes we can change

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A "Full Backup".

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well...the answer lies in whether or not they are convenient to move from point a to point b. Literally speaking, ALL storage...

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Improved AnswerActually index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer to keep your history and other information organized....

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Put both on the first IDE and set the HD with windows as master and the second one as slave. To do this you have to look on the...

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Yes they are.

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Comp/Control Panel/System- then look at ram.

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When you browse the internet the web browser stores or remembers where you have been in the history part of the web browser. That...

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A blisterlike bulging or protrusion of the contents of the disk out through the fibers that normally hold them in place

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No

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it is highly unlikely that a hard disk is write protected. secondly it is possible for an administrator to block users to access...

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Well, during normal circumstances it should not. Hard drive is a magnetic media that stores pieces of information. If there is...

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The most common range is 5400-7200 rpm. There are also 10000 and 15000 rpm drives. Solid state drives do not operate on the same...

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As someone who used to service computers for a long time, I can confidently say Seagate is the most reliable hard drive brand for...

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The largest one I've ever seen was 4 tb. I'm sure there are bigger ones though. They're always making bigger ones.

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AnswerInstall you new drive (set as master) and install your OS (operating system) by setting your BIOS to Boot from CD and...

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people are buying laptops because laptops hard drives have maximum capacity they can easily upgraded . and specially they are...

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because in the IBM PC drives a and b were dedicated to floppy drives.

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CPU board Main board

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i do not no, that's why im asking.

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The letter IDE in an IDE hard drive stand for Integrated Drive Electronics. Most computers today have an EIDE hard drive, which...

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You will need a firewire cable. A firewire cable is hardware that allows a user to transfer data, run analysis or run software on...

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Yes walmart should carry them. If not it is best to check with best buy or any electronics store. But most walmarts do and can be...

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AnswerYou cant read the old files because ME and XP are two different operating systems. An operating system is the system a...

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If you mean "completely erase" it, the term is "Format" and you can perform it from DOS using the command "Format c:". I think...

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One example might be, using a fraudulent modem to access cable or satellite TV.

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if you want to fromat a hard drive for windowsXP then read this... /a< you will need your winXP cd This a fast trick to...

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slave it in another computer that has winXP open the computer management option in the control panel and unlock it there the...

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go to the computer folder. right click on the drive then click format. should still be the same

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Western Digital makes some really good external hard drives. They are fairly inexpensive. Another great company is Toshiba. There...

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All data is stored in the same memory locations being it permanent or temporary memory, programs and data are essentially the...

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Unplug all cables, pull the retaining screws, remove the old hard drive, match the jumper settings to a new drive and put the new...

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AnswerFirst of all, I'm assuming that your hard drives are listed in My Computer as Drive C: and perhaps Drive E:, respectively....

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There are two basic parts to a modem: the datapump and the controller. The datapump regulates the transforming of digital signals...

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Shut down the laptop. Turn over the laptop and you will find a small panel with a Hard drive sign with 2 screws on the panel...

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YES data can be recovered from a zerofilled hard drive but it is extremely difficult and costly process. To recover data from it...

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HP Cloud Drive is a feature offered on several HP computers. It allows you to save your data and media on an online server, or...

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"the easiest way is with a startup disk made from a windows earlier,switch from a:/ to c:/ than type c:/format c/q.this will do a...

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Important drive information (servo, sector layout, and defect management, etc.) is stored in the low-level format at the factory....

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well they both save your work and are basically the samething exept, one lets you choose where you save it (save as) and the...

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By implementing charged points on the magnetized layer, so a charged area (tens of nanometres a "dot") consists of being a 1 and...

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Yes, although that's a terribly expensive and inefficient way of doing so.

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Well you buy a computer its internal memory is count as its one and only hard drive. So in order for you to have more than one...

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You often need an actual product designed to delete your data. I was giving an old computer to a friend, and I was worried about...

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As data in binary format of 0 & 1 on hard drive sectors.

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yes if are of same value but maybe if there close

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YES. When you first push the power button your PC runs a electric diagnosis every time. If it finds even the slightest error it...

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During startup, you'd get the option to load either operating system. You could use one for everyday activities, including online...

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Power cable is a thick cable connecting your computer to an electrical wall outlet. It can also be a thin wire connecting your...

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Philosophically, yes. They are both represented at the hardware abstraction layer as hard disks, and they both have file systems...

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A floppy disk is a rapidly aging -- if not already obsolete -- form of portable storing and transferring data. A floppy disk is...

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789.4 Petabytes1 petabyes = 1 million gigabites

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Yes. Assuming that your mobo has at least 2 SATA ports, 1 IDE port, and appropriate power cables are available from the power...

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You do it by creating partitions on your hard drives. Partitions are typically created before the hard drive is formatted. ...

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boot from a cd (slackware has live boot added by defult on cd2 .. there are fdisk and cfdisk on it)

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You could set them up as a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives). So data would be distributed between the two drives,...

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Use a startup dish from windows 98 or ME and once loaded type in Fdisk, this will show the partations on the drive, remove...

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On a Windows 98 system, there is very likely to only be one partition on the disk. The difference between formatting the disk and...

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This may be because the file is corruptedAlso make sure you have the right input format selected and make sure there is a check...

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Yes

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You cannot hook up a hard drive directly to a cable box.

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Right click on them and select Delete from the menu. The same works for png and gif files, mind you.

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One possible solution might be using an external USB Hard Disk, however it would require a bit of Outlook configuration on your...

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1.8" ? 2.5" or...?

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htmThis website is fairly accurate and has pictures, if you need/like pictures.

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Nacl forms ionic bond.So the attraction between Na &cl is very strong.so it is non volatile.But Hcl ic covalent compound.Itis...

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The only way you can do that is to buy any external HD case that has either a firewire or USB interface on the back. Install the...

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It is possible with recovery software.Get this programs and install them on another hard drive with windows and then attach your...

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You don't install external HDD's, you just plug them in. Usually they are USB now days which is plug and play. If this is not the...

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find it in the book that your suppose to be using. =P

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