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  • Full system over upgrade?

    Hey, I have just got my copy of the Windows 7 Upgrade disc. I'm upgrading from XP 32-bit, and every time I attempt to upgrade I get an 0xC0000005 error, as I have previously posted on the Windows 7 forums. I didn't get anything that helped me, and I was wondering if it was worth it to sell it and get the entire Windows 7, or format my HDD and ...
    Posted to Windows 7 (Forum) by Nickum32 on October 26, 2009
  • Who can help noob find the right hard drive dock?

    I recently had my seagate external hard drive case break the black with (orange light) while the drive is still functional i took it out if its original enclosure so now it is just down to the bare hard drive, I wanted to get a dock or an enclosure from newegg along with the proper cables but dont know which ones. On the back of the hard drive it ...
    Posted to Cases (Forum) by egoo33 on October 20, 2009
  • PCs for Dummies

    Hello.  I have a Western Digital Caviar Blue 7200 RPM, 500GB, 16MB Cache EIDE drive.  Does anyone know if it is compatable with ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail Item #: N82E16813131406  and AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX240OCGQBOX - ...
    Posted to Computer Building & Upgrades (Forum) by milklady on September 3, 2009
  • Vista x64 blue screening during REinstall

    This sure has been the most agrivating, confusing, and worst problem I have ever encountered on one of my own computers.  Sorry about the length, I originally wrote this as comprehensive as posible in an email to a friend who agreed to help. I have repeatedly blue screened while trying to REinstall windows vista. Here is a summary of what I ...
    Posted to Windows OS (Forum) by Beachy on September 2, 2009
  • Hard Drive Replacement question

    I'm replacing a laptop HDD for a friend which will no longer boot. The drive may well be bad, or going bad, but I would like to recover the data off of the drive if at all possible. Trouble is, when I tried to plug it into my desktop, the cable does not seem to fit. The laptop drive is a Samsung MP0804H which has an Ultra-ATA 100 interface. From ...
    Posted to Storage (Forum) by Akragia on September 2, 2009
  • Compatible???

    I've got a Rosewill RX81U-ES-25B and was wondering which hdd from newegg is compatible with it. Perhaps this one?  It's going to be a gift for a friend as a back up drive since he has an older computer with a 60gb hdd
    Posted to Storage (Forum) by bigwhitebear18 on July 31, 2009
  • Which hard drive is better..?

    Seagate Barracuda 7200.12: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as… Or Western Digital Caviar Black: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as… Here is the TomsHardware Chart comparison: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-…    I think the Seagate is better but it's reviews show alot have come dead.  Anyway, any ...
    Posted to Storage (Forum) by Djuice on July 28, 2009
  • Storage Analysis - GB/$

    Found this link on Newegg's Facebook Page today --http://forre.st/storage This kind gentleman (Mark Holmquist) shared a nice pricing engine created by Forrest Voight that compares hard drive prices from Newegg and ranks them by GB/$. It makes it easy to find the best price point for a hard drive! Thanks Forrest and Mark! - Paul ...
    Posted to Storage (Forum) by wyldstallyn on July 14, 2009
  • new HD for Toshiba Satellite A25-S279

    Hi all!  I'm looking to upgrade the 60GB hard drive in my Toshiba Satellite A25-S279 laptop, and I'm getting confused...  :) Somewhere in Toshiba's specs online, I saw it mention Enhanced IDE, ATA-5, 4200 RPM.  Is that all I can use, or can I upgrade to 5400RPM or 7200RPM?  Would ATA-6 be compatible?  Any upper limit to ...
    Posted to Storage (Forum) by johntee on June 19, 2009
  • Need hard drive for Compaq Presario X1000 laptop

    I have a Compaq Presario X1000 laptop (model# DK571A) in need of a new hard drive and CD-RW/DVD drive.  (It's several years old but I'd like to get a little more life out of it if possible.  My wife uses it mainly only for surfing, e-mail and word processing.)Do I need to be concerned about hard drive compatibility?  The old one was ...
    Posted to Storage (Forum) by teedilo on June 9, 2009
  • Vista Installation Won't Identify Hard Drive

    So I just recently put together my new rig which can be sceen below. Anyway - everything checks out fine. Computer turns on, Power and HDD LED lights come on, all integrated devices check out in BIOS (including the HDD). However, during the beginning of the Vista 64bit installation, it cannot see the hard drive to install on. I've tried installing ...
    Posted to Operating Systems (Forum) by solodude23 on June 2, 2009
  • how can i retrive data off old hard drive w/pw on

    i have a working hard drive from an old computer with valuable photos and etc on it. now the hard drive has a password on it, will i still be able to get the data off on it if i put it in an enclosure and plug it into my computer? if so how can i do this and would there be any way to get the password off without losing any data? thanks in ...
    Posted to A+ Hardware Support (Forum) by HardToBeAlive on May 31, 2009
  • Trouble shooting/parts advice

    A friend has a Dell Latitude D600 laptop that wasn't reading the harddrive in it, I was wondering if the harddrive was possibly shot or maybe it was having some other problem. Also was wondering if any of these harddrives were compatible and/or possibly would it accept a SATA drive    Thank you for your ...
    Posted to System Builds (Forum) by TheJester on May 30, 2009
  • External Hard Drive compatability w/ Vista 64 bit

    Would the HITACHI H2250U 250GB 5400 RPM USB 2.0 External Hard Drive be compatabile with Windows Vista 64 bit? Any other recommendations for a 250-320gb portable using Vista 64 bit?  Thanks for any responses.
    Posted to A+ Hardware Support (Forum) by BOILEDNUTS on May 26, 2009
  • How to migrate from 2 hard drives to 1?

    I'm looking for recommendations on migrating from 2 hdds to 1 while maintaining everything I have installed on the current two drive setup. One drive is a 320 GB drive (ST3320620AS) that has two partitions. One partion has the OS (Vista) as well as other program and data files, and the other partition is for recovery. The other drive (500GB ...
    Posted to Storage (Forum) by fishpop on May 14, 2009
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