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    - EHD not given Drive letter but shows in Disk Management My Maxtor EHD Personal Storage 3200 is not given a drive letter and I can't access it, though it is shown as Disk 1 in Drive Management. (right clicking to allocate a drive letter not an option, it's not there). It worked finer a couple of weeks ago on an XP machine in England (I'm in France). Then I got a new Vistas PC and it wouldn't work with that, but would still work with the XP Pro machine. Now I'm here it doesn't work in either a desktop or laptop both running XP Home edition. I started to run Seagates File Recovery programme. After 24 hours it had only scanned 20%. It's unlikely to go for 5 days without needing booting as I need it for work. Disk Management is showing Disk 1 unknown 279.47 Gb Not initialised. Unallocated. How can I get to my data.? Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329519
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    - Retrieving Documents and Settings data when XP/NTFS denies access. A Western Digital SATA (system)drive suddenly failed SMART and I replaced it and re-installed everything. Chkdsk attempts to fix it but always gets stuck at a certain point. When attached as another internal drive or hooked up via USB I can see and managed to retrieve everything else I needed on the drive. However, my (admin) account, within Documents and Settings, is reported as not accessible - access denied. I have a lot of pictures etc on there and was hoping there was some way I can bypass this and retrieve them. I've tried everything I can think of and believe it's a Windows XP / NTFS thing. Can I convert it to FAT and then get these files? Any help greatly appreciated, Tony Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329517
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    - HP Pavilion 524w's hang ups/lock ups. =A0 Will be much indebted if a good techie/soul could give me useful insights as to these endless hang ups/lock ups from my HP Pavilion 524w ... because I just can't function; PC is my CentCom.=A0 Believe or not, have been putting up with this crap for nearly three (3) months now.=A0 Argh!=A0 =A0 =A0 SYMPTOMS=A0 =BB The first sign of future hang ups --though these may still be hours ahead-- is that after each boot up, the mouse pointer is jerky the very first time one moves it.=A0 It jumps anywhere from 1/4" to 2" or so from its initial position (from wherever it landed after boot up) to whatever direction I'm pointing it to.=A0 Note it only does this one time initially at the beginning of the session until the next boot up.=A0 From then onwards during any given session, the mouse is as smooth as expected at all times.=A0 This behavior occurs regardless of the mouse used, either a Microsoft PS3 or a Microsoft wireless USB.=A0 =BB Freezings occur when using any software that needs to scan.=A0 The worst are antivirus online scanning but lock ups also ocurr when copying large files say, above, 50 MBs.=A0 =BB Just as successful in freezing the machine is any software that gets in the registry, such as various either online or installed cleaning utilities.=A0 Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool sure does it, for example.=A0 =BB Anything that uses ActiveX and/or web-rize bloated sites with Flash this, Schockwave that, etc., like Huffington Post or eBay, for example, can easily cause lock ups.=A0 =BB When lock ups get bad enough, sometimes there are checksum errors on boot up in which case the default BIOS configuration is reloaded.=A0 =BB After repeated and increasing crashes, the behavior of disk scanning when rebooting changes even in this semi-DOS environment.=A0 This is when running disk scanning from Start -> Run -> chkdsk c: /f -- the bootup drive on the primary master, and chkdsk e: /f --a logical drive on the same HD.=A0 First one gets the standard full 10 seconds to escape if one wants, then suddenly it starts giving me only 5 sec., then ... no option to escape no matter how much the [Esc] key is tapped on.=A0 The text allowing the user to escape is dropped altogether, gone, and repeatedly pressing the [Esc] key doesn't abort it.=A0 =BB After repeated and increasing crashes, another example of changes of behaviors is the sequencing of these check disks pass the BIOS screen and about the time Windows itself begins to load.=A0 =BB The only way out from these hang ups is to turn the machine off, patiently wait for a minute, then restart it.=A0 After repeated and increasing crashes, another example of changing processes is that the machine restarting by itself, anywhere from a couple to 10 secs, to 30 to 40 secs later than powering it off.=A0 When it happens repeatedly, the only way to stop it from restarting all alone is power it off after the lock up, then quickly unplug the power cord from the surge protector.=A0 My new power supply doesn't have an on/off button.=A0 =BB For short periods of time, PROBLEMS SEEM NON-EXISTENT (i.e., machine seemingly works regularly, even flies) after re-installing XP Pro, which I have done twice already.=A0 Soon enough, anywhere from 5 hrs to as much as 30 hrs later, freezings begin to ocurr and, from that point onwards, things get worse at an increasing rate.=A0 It is not only the frequency of lock ups, but also how bad the machine crashes.=A0 =BB ONE THING MAYBE POINTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IS FOOLING AROUND WITH THE MEMORY MODULES though, by now, don't think it's got anything to do w/ the modules themselves.=A0 About 3 1/2 yrs ago replaced the original 256 MB single module with 2 x 1 GB modules, also PC2100 ... and this puppy took off, literally, right there and then.=A0 Modules worked fine ever since.=A0 =BB THE LAST OTHER THING MAYBE ... is fresh Win XP reinstalls.=A0 See also possible solutions below.=A0 =BB But the one telling bitty, every time around, is that jerky mouse only at the beginning of each session until, in time, hang ups begin all over again.=A0 =A0 =A0 BIT OF HARDWARE BACKGROUND=A0 =BB For reference, about a couple of months problems started, successfully changed the power supply from the original paltry 200 watts to some 350 W, may a tad more, and the heatsink/fan cooler assembly.=A0 =BB Moreover, when the lock ups first began, the original 57 GB Samsung SV0602H hard disk drive was only reading and writing at half its specs but, even then, appreciated HP putting in there.=A0 It would simply not quit, allowing more than enough time to research and get a replacement. Equally importantly, it also allowed me to save all my data intact on a logical drive on my current HD, a 115 GB Maxtor 6L120P0.=A0 Is it possible that not replacing it right away could have caused these lock ups (or spoiled something at a very low level or upstream, if you will)?=A0 Because the state of the old hard disk was so bad, at the time I blamed it all to the drive.=A0 It never occurred to me that, simultaneously, the lock ups were due to something else.=A0 =A0 =A0 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS?/Other already tried ...=A0 The following 2 bullet points should narrow down whereabouts the problem is but I'm unable to pin it down myself since I'm no techie;=A0 =BB First, whenever re-installing Win XP anew, things go very smoothly for a a while.=A0 =BB Second, fooling around with the memory modules is another that seems to take good care of things.=A0 For a while, PC can't run any better.=A0 From about 2 1/2 months ago trying to narrow down these hang ups, lately I pulled out the modules and then put them back in place.=A0 Also tried swapping them around, or taking of one or another and leaving the other memory bank empty.=A0 Just to make sure these two (2) 1 GB PC2100 were not the problem, replaced them both with the one original HP 256 MB module.=A0 Every time I fooled around with the memory, the machine behaved as if there no problems at all, again even flies, but only holds anywhere from 5 hrs to as much as 30 hrs.=A0 All three (3) modules passed Microsoft's Windows Memory Diagnostic test tool with flying colors.=A0 In the off the wall case problesh have anything to do with memory timming specs differences, this week changed to a new pair of 1 GB PC 3200 Samsung modules.=A0 OTHER SOFTWARE;=A0 =BB Already tried Microsoft's Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset.=A0 Problem is it relies on dump files it needs for analysis ... but my system hasn't got any!=A0 This is, when the machine hang ups, it just hangs up, right there and then.=A0 Have yet to see a single blue screen of death.=A0 Wish that was on the way down so, maybe, there'd be dump archives around.=A0 =BB Independently, Dr. Watson informs me all is swimmingly well whenever I run it.=A0 =A0 Machine was working fine indeed with old software when the lock ups began.=A0 Still, in the search for solutions updated some HP and VIA software as follows (not being all inclusive here; there's a lot more I have done);=A0 =BB The old BIOS was Phoenix Technologies version AM37307 but was replaced with the package from HP and now is the AM37320 (08-01-23) Phoenix Technologies.=A0 When booting up it reads BIOS core revision V6.0, BIOS revision 3.20 08/01/2003, system BIOS supplier: Award.=A0 The update no difference at all, not an iota, as to the freezings and was sorry to run it because functionality to end users is even more constrained than the old one.=A0 For example, cannot turn off the video shadowing.=A0 =BB Installed and run a couple of times the IDE Tool VIA_IDE_MPD_V320b.zip found at;=A0 http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=3D420&OSID=3D1&CatID=3D1180&SubC= atID=3D115=A0 and apparently the same package posted at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/hardware/chipset_via.html=A0 leading to actual download page at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/download?file=3Dmbd_via_ide_3.20b.zip=A0 Not sure why they call it the VIA IDE Miniport Driver but in any event this IDE Tool allowed me to run the primary and secondary drives on the max PIO modes my hardware allows.=A0 When doing so, the drives would be listed as SCSI in the Device Manager.=A0 Other than running perceptibly slower, it made no difference again so, presently, I'm back on the max DMA modes my drives are capable of.=A0 By the way, the front side bus jumper on the motherboard is properly placed at FSB 133.=A0 =BB Installed the Retro Chipset VIA 4in1 drivers VIA_4in1_443v.zip package found at;=A0 http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=3D420&OSID=3D1&CatID=3D1070=A0 Turns out that "retro" bit on the title is no mis-name.=A0 Drivers were older than a good many already in my system!=A0 I guess it served to prove that none of the newer drives I happen to have in my system -- via Microsoft updates beginning with XP SP2, I suppose-- were causing the hang ups because ... they continued unabated.=A0 Aargh!=A0 Same package can also be downloaded at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/hardware/chipset_via.html=A0 leading to actual download page at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/download?file=3Dmbd_via_4in1_4.43v.zip=A0 the version recommended for my PC.=A0 There is also a newer version named mbd_via_4in1_4.55vp1.zip=A0 =BB Though my old Iomega ZIP 250 drive (still there for legacy compatibility) has been disconnected for a good many months given all these problems, I installed the VIA Latency Patch mbd_via_ide_3.20b.zip listed at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/hardware/chipset_via.html=A0 leading to actual download page at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/download?file=3Dmbd_via_ide_3.20b.zip=A0 You know the drill by now.=A0 Made no difference ...=A0 =BB The last update package to be installed was the VIA Hyperion Pro Driver Package via_hyperionpro_v515a.zip downloaded from;=A0 http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=3D420&OSID=3D1&CatID=3D1070=A0 Somehow, even intuitively, it seemed to have the machine running smoothly but, all previous, ...=A0 Grrr!, short of voodoo, don't know what else to resort to, honest.=A0 =A0 =A0 MACHINE SPECS=A0 =46rom the back sticker;=A0 HP Pavillion 500=A0 HW BOM 05+1211=A0 SW BOM NA92=A0 System number: DB280A=A0 Serial # MX25026882=A0 windows XP Home Ed. (currently XP Pro SP2, build 2600)=A0 Product Key: HCTVC-2HFXF-PBQGP-FPJV3-G2G6M=A0 System Info=A0 Model: HP/Compaq Pavilion 524w=A0 Chassis Type: Desktop=A0 Processor=A0 Number Of Processors: 1=A0 Type: AMD Athlon XP 2100+=A0 Processors Bus Speed: 267 MHz=A0 Package: Socket A (AMD A/462 the same as Athlon 64?)=A0 Manufacturer Codename: Palomino=A0 Clock Speed: 1732 MHz=A0 Clock Multiplier: 13.0=A0 Front Side Bus (FSB) Speed: 267 MHz=A0 L2 Cache Size: 256 KBytes Stepping : A5=A0 Trace Width: 0.18=A0 Microcode: Not Available=A0 Instruction Sets: MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE=A0 Motherboard=A0 Motherboard reads VIA AM37=A0 HP/Compaq name: Salsa=A0 Motherboard Supplier: FIC (me: VIA Arena ... Albatron?)=A0 Motherboard Name: AM37=A0 Form Factor: uATX Processor Brand: AMD Processor Socket Type: socket-A (PGA462) ---------=A0 Chipset Name: VIA KM266, or VIA P4M266/KM266 (North Bridge: VT8375), rev. 00=A0 Chipset North Bridge: VT8375, Revision/stepping A1=A0 Chipset South Bridge: VT8235 Super I/O: ITE-IT8705F=A0 OLD BIOS manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD=A0 Bios Version : AM37307=A0 Flash BIOS Device: Xbus 2 Mbit=A0 ---------=A0 NEW, UPDATED version: AM37320 (08-01-23) Phoenix Technologies, LTD=A0 or another way to state it, apparently, when booting up;=A0 BIOS core rev. V6.0=A0 BIOS revision: 3.20 08/01/2003=A0 System BIOS Supplier: Award =A0 Memory=A0 Total RAM Installed : 2048 MB=A0 Type : DDR DIMM PC2100=A0 Used RAM Slots: 2 of 2=A0 Memory Bus Frequency: 133 MHz=A0 Memory Timings: 2.5-2-2-6=A0 Memory Speed: PC2100/PC1600=A0 Memory Sockets: 2 DIMM Maximum Memory: 2 GB Ethernet 10/100 LAN, supplier: Realtek RTL8100L Ethernet Configuration: PCI, Down IDE UDMA Modes: ATA-100/66/33=A0 Expansion Slots (AGP/PCI/Exten): AGP, 3 PCI USB Ports: 6 USB 2.0=A0 USB Front/Back Options: 2F+4B=A0 =A0 Peripherals=A0 USB Version : 2.0=A0 =A0 Graphics=A0 Model: S3 AGP S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR=A0 AGP Speed: Not Available=A0 Brand: 1509=A0 Slot: AGP=A0 GPU Core: Not Available=A0 GPU Speed: Not Available=A0 Video Ram Size: 29 MB=A0 Video Ram Type: Not Available=A0 Video Ram Speed: Not Available=A0 Driver Version: 6.14.10.25=A0 DirectX Installed: Version 9.0c=A0 Available Slot: AGP 2.0=A0 ---------=A0 Graphics Supplier: VIA=A0 Graphics Configuration: Down, In Chipset Onboard Graphics Memory: UMA 64 MB=A0 Graphics Connector (AGP): AGP 4X (1.5V only)=A0 TV-Out Device: No=A0 TV-Out Configuration: N/A=A0 Audio: AC'97 Down=A0 AC'97 CODEC Device: Realtek ALC201=A0 Audio Jacks (Mic,Line-In,Line-Out,Spkr,MIDI/Game): M,LI,LO,SO=A0 M: Microphone LI: Line In LO: Line out=A0 SO: Speaker=A0 M/G: Midi/Game=A0 ---------=A0 See more specs from HP at;=A0 http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=3Dbph07941&lc=3Den&cc=3D= us&lang=3Den&product=3D296667&dlc=3Den=A0 including picture and map from the motherboard, and more.=A0 =A0 If you kept reading this far down, bless your patience.=A0 =A0 =A0 H.=A0 =A0 Amsterdam=A0 Netherlands=A0 =A0 Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329515
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    - Movie DVD not seen. Hi, I have the following problem, when i want to play an orignal/bought movie on my Laptop nothing happends. The DVD is not seen by explorer and not by any of my DVD programs, not even by Nero or AnyDvd. The DVD plays ok in a standard DVD player... and the Laptop player/burner can read other DVD's. What's going on? protection? regio code? TIA S. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329510
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    - CD intermitent on new XP Pro install I posted a similar question several weeks ago but at that time it appeared that the issue was a faulty system disk. I have replaced the drive and reinstalled XP again for the umpteenth time and the issue is back. Details follow: I have a LiteOn CD writter (IDE 1, master) and a Memorex DVD writter (IDE 1, slave) on the computer. Both drives worked properly before I started having system disk issues. Both drives also show up as working properly in the device manager and I've "uninstalled" the LiteOn and let windows reinstall it using the MS drivers. Prior to the uninstall/reinstall it worked one or two times reading a CD for use in installing a program. I've run CDCHECK on both drives and gotten back an error 21 (not ready) for both. I suspected NIS 2008 might be an issue but I get the same results in safe mode. Any thoughts on how to get either drive working would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Zoltan Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329505
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    - Monotor won't display 16:9 (only 4:3) I have the following Video card ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE IIC AGP and a BlueH H19W (16:9) monitor. The monitor only displays as a 4:3. There are black vertical lines to the left and right of the screen. The driver I have installed is a Microsoft 5.1.2535.0 for the video card, and the driver that came with the monitor. I cannot locate a driver for the video card on any web site to see if that rectifies the problem. I don't know if it would. Note I can only manage to set the screen resolution to a maximum of 1024 by 768. Anything higher and I get a message saying input signal out of range Don't know if this is relevant. Can you provide me with assistance. Thanks in advance. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329488
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    - FLASH DRIVE FREEZES MY PC I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even show. I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine. This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for????? NO SILLY ANSWERS PLEASE Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329487
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    - PLEASE Help. HARDDRIVE GONE. Hey everyone -- trying not to panic here. I have windows XP. I have 2 harddrives -- the C drive, which is the original drive that came with my computer, and the F drive, a 250 gig internal drive I installed a while back. I turned on my computer today and the F drive is gone. It's not showing up in explorer, in disk manager, and any files I try to find on it are gone. This drive had everything on it...I have no clue why it's not showing up. I restarted my computer 3 times. I don't know what else to do. Thank you so much. -Jordan Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329454
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    - "USB Device Not Recognized" in USB2 ports but is recognized on USB1 I bought a new USB2 PCI card and am having some problems using it. I've plugged it in alright and I'm able to successfully plug in a USB optical mouse into each external USB port on the PCI card and it works in each and every one of them. Same thing with a 128MB USB stick. Both of these also work in the USB1 ports I have on the front of the computer. The problem I'm experiencing occurs when I try to plug a USB HDD enclosure into the USB2 ports. It works just fine in the USB1 ones (the computer reacts much as it would when a USB stick is inserted into it). When I plug it into the USB2 ports, I get the following error: ---------------------------- USB Device Not Recognized One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message. I click on it and get a useless "Try reconnecting the device. If Windows still does not recognize it, replace the device." ---------------------------- My question is... why? Why would something be recognized by USB1 ports but not by USB2 ports added by a PCI card? I'm running Windows XP SP2. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329452
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    - Graphics Card problem I've just bought and installed a new graphics card (XFX GeForce 5200). I got it from Dell, so it's a 'good' card (not a dodgy second-hand one !). I recognise it's not the 'best and latest' card available, but it is new and it should work (someone on here told me to dump it and just get a newer card - but you don't need a Ferrari necessarily to get from A to B !). I'm running XP SP2, plenty of RAM etc, no other problems. I want to attach a second monitor to my PC - an new flat panel LCD TV screen which says it can be used as a PC monitor. The TV monitor is in a room next to my office - I want to run a cable from my PC to the TV monitor so I can watch DVDs, and other stuff I've downloaded in that room. I therefore need to be able to run both monitors AT THE SAME TIME in 'clone' mode. I found out that many graphics cards have two ports (DVI and VGA) but will only support one or the other, not both at once. My new card claims it will support two together. I've connected everything, downloaded latest driver from website, set up 'clone' mode etc. Problem - the TV monitor shows all the startup screens exactly as on my PC monitor when I'm booting up, but as soon as Windows startup is finished I just get 'no signal'. I've tried changing screen resolutions - no joy. I've sent emails off to XFX and to LG (the TV manufacturer) but I guess I won't get a reply till next week because of Easter. I've spent 3 days so far fiddling with it - driving me nuts.........can any of you clever guys suggest anything please ? Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329447
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    - Graphics Card problem I've just bought and installed a new graphics card (XFX GeForce 5200). I got it from Dell, so it's a 'good' card (not a dodgy second-hand one !). I recognise it's not the 'best and newest' graphics card on the marketplace - but that doesn't mean it doesn't work of course. (someone on here suggested it was ancient and I should just replace it with a top-of-the-range card. Hey - you don't need a Ferrari to get from A to B !!) So.....I want to attach a second monitor to my PC - an new flat panel LCD TV screen which says it can be used as a PC monitor. The TV monitor is in a room next to my office - I want to run a cable from my PC to the TV monitor so I can watch DVDs, and other stuff I've downloaded in that room. I therefore need to be able to run both monitors AT THE SAME TIME in 'clone' mode. I found out that many graphics cards have two ports (DVI and VGA) but will only support one or the other at one time, not both at once. My new card claims it will support two together. I've connected everything, downloaded latest driver from website, set up 'clone' mode etc. Problem - the TV monitor shows all the startup screens exactly as on my PC monitor when I'm booting up, but as soon as Windows startup is finished I just get 'no signal'. I've tried changing screen resolutions - no joy. I've sent emails off to XFX and to LG (the TV manufacturer) but I guess I won't get a reply till next week because of Easter. I've spent 3 days so far fiddling with it - driving me nuts.........can any of you clever guys suggest anything please ? Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329445
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    - Flash drive freezes my computer I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even show. I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine. This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for????? Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329443
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    - Hard drive confusion This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C88B51.E7073440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Guys - I'm kinda confused about something. I have a 320gb SATA drive but when = I look in the BIOS it shows up as IDE. Is it suppose to be this way? = See pic in the link. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg Thanks, Wy ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C88B51.E7073440 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Guys=20 -</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm = kinda confused=20 about something.  I have a 320gb SATA drive but when I look in the = BIOS it=20 shows up as IDE.  Is it suppose to be this way?  See pic = in the=20 link.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg">h= ttp://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg</A></FONT><= /SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><BR></DIV></FONT></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Wy</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C88B51.E7073440-- Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329431
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    - Hard confusion This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C88B51.A8AAB230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Guys - I'm kinda confused about something. I have a 320gb SATA drive but when = I look in the BIOS it shows up as IDE. Is it suppose to be this way? = See pic in the link. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg Thanks, Wy ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C88B51.A8AAB230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT>=20 <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Guys=20 -</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm = kinda confused=20 about something.  I have a 320gb SATA drive but when I look in the = BIOS it=20 shows up as IDE.  Is it suppose to be this way?  See pic = in the=20 link.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg">h= ttp://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg</A><BR></FO= NT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Wy</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C88B51.A8AAB230-- Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329430
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    - Pentium 2 upgrade to AMD Athlon 3000 processor (Socket 754) I have one Dell Precision 410 (Pentium 2 @ 400MHz) (http:// support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/deqkmt/specs.htm) I want to install this http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221373&&source=14&doy=21m3 in the casing. Is it possible to do the upgrade? 3000 Athlon Processor and Motherboard Bundle * AMD Athlon(tm) 3000 processor * Socket 754 processor * ECS GS7610 motherboard * Includes heatsink and fan * Onboard integrated graphics supporting up to 128MB * AMD64 Hypertransport technology * Supports dual-channel DDR 266/333/400 up to 2GB * 6-channel audio * 10/100 LAN for for ultra-fast networking and broadband * Expansion slots: 1 x PCI-E X 16, 2 x PCI slots * 2 x SATA ports, RAID 0 and RAID 1 * 2x IDE port for 4 x Ultra DMA133 devices * 4 x USB 2.0 ports I have 2 Hard drives both IDE & one DVD. Would it fit into the casing. I can buy a new memory for this. Just thinking any way I can upgrade this. At the moment I use this for windows server 2003 for my test/ learning purposes. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329425
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    - Printers keep going offline for no reason All 4 of the printers in our offline on the network keep going offline. Sometimes if we delete all items in the queue and recycle the power they come back online. It is a completely random occurrence, I have checked the network cables, I can ping the printers, but sometimes they bring themselves back online, other times they don't! They are all different brands or models but it happens to any of them. Three are over five years old and never had this problem until recently. What else can I check? Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329424
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    - Anyone got any ideas how to troubleshoot a STOP 0x1000007e code I am getting daily (sometimes 2 or 3 times daily) random reboots on my system and it is getting really frustrating. I used DUMPCHK.EXE to expand the minidump file produced but can't work out how to stop the problem. I have reproduced the output below. The things I have tried so far are: * Looked up the STOP code on MSKB and there are two entries both related to resuming from hibernation. I do not use hibernation so that can't be the problem. * The output below suggests that the sound system may be involved in the problem as KMIXER, DRMKAUD, SPLITTER and DMUSIC are all part of the MS Kernel for the audio system. I have uninstalled all my audio drivers and reinstalled from scratch - they are Audigy ZS2 Platinum Pro drivers. I also have a Hauppauge TV tuner installed which has audio drivers. Finally I have SoundTaxi which converts ausdio files (but uses some driver technology to do its job). * Unlocker is part of a utility that allows files in use to be unlocked when required (it is a user action so no automated unlocking of files). I have uninstalled this and left it off my system for a while but it didn't make any difference so I have now reinstalled it as i find it very useful. * I have uninstalled and reinstalled all my motherboard and graphics card drivers. * I have removed a second USB disc drive (mentioned in another thread) and that has removed the probelms with drive page errors appearing in my system logs. * I have run stress tests on my system which worked flawlessly for hours at a time (I used nVidia's system stability test and while it was running I used 4 different AV packages to play DVDs, Video and multiple audio files, surfed the internet, scanned, printed images etc) * I have run DOS based utilites to test memory and other onboard hardwear - no problems were shown up. Note apart from the SaveDump entry and other entires during recovery from the STOP condition there are no other errors appearing my system logs. All my hardware/software seems to work normally and 95% of the time I can do anything I want with the system without problems. Any help would be really appreciated TIA Carol Haynes DumpChk output follows: ----- 32 bit Kernel Mini Dump Analysis DUMP_HEADER32: MajorVersion 0000000f MinorVersion 00000a28 DirectoryTableBase 0b410020 PfnDataBase 82000000 PsLoadedModuleList 8055c700 PsActiveProcessHead 80562818 MachineImageType 0000014c NumberProcessors 00000002 BugCheckCode 1000007e BugCheckParameter1 c0000005 BugCheckParameter2 b92a9a1a BugCheckParameter3 bad0f528 BugCheckParameter4 bad0f224 PaeEnabled 00000001 KdDebuggerDataBlock 8054c2e0 MiniDumpFields 00000dff TRIAGE_DUMP32: ServicePackBuild 00000200 SizeOfDump 00010000 ValidOffset 0000fffc ContextOffset 00000320 ExceptionOffset 000007d0 MmOffset 00001068 UnloadedDriversOffset 000010a0 PrcbOffset 00001878 ProcessOffset 000024c8 ThreadOffset 00002728 CallStackOffset 00002980 SizeOfCallStack 00000a74 DriverListOffset 00003688 DriverCount 000000b6 StringPoolOffset 00006c90 StringPoolSize 000019b0 BrokenDriverOffset 00000000 TriageOptions 00000141 TopOfStack bad0f58c DebuggerDataOffset 000033f8 DebuggerDataSize 00000290 DataBlocksOffset 00008640 DataBlocksCount 00000006 Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055c700 Debug session time: Fri Mar 21 15:13:23 2008 System Uptime: 0 days 5:49:26 start end module name 804d7000 806e2000 nt Checksum: 001FB950 Timestamp: Wed Feb 28 09:15:54 2007 (45E5484A) Unloaded modules: a90d6000 a9101000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a90d6000 a9101000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) bac60000 bac66000 UnlockerDriv Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a91a1000 a91cc000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a92e1000 a930c000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a934c000 a9352000 UnlockerDriv Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) ad71f000 ad74a000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b066c000 b0697000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b06bf000 b06ea000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b25ce000 b25f9000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) baf3b000 baf3c000 drmkaud.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b2699000 b26bc000 aec.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) ba0f5000 ba102000 DMusic.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b2f5f000 b2f6d000 swmidi.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) bae24000 bae26000 splitter.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) baae8000 baaf1000 processr.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b91c7000 b91cb000 kbdhid.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) bac08000 bac0d000 Cdaudio.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b91cb000 b91ce000 Sfloppy.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) Finished dump check Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329417
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    - PC shuts down authomatically. My PC stopped working some time ago. I have been trying ever since to reinstall Win XP (SP2). It starts but does not finish loading the files then the PC shuts down. What then is the problem and how can I fix it. Note that I didn't get virus before the problem started . Thank you. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329408
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    - Wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo not recognized when booting up Hi, I thought plug-n-play meant just that, but I am having some issues. I have Windows XP Pro, Office 2003 and I have a Compaq computer but it has some updated hardware I have added so it's only partly Compaq today LOL I had installed a Sabrent PCI USB 2.0 card and a hub. I got this new MS Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard/Mouse 7000 combo. I installed the drivers the first time and the keyboard showed up in Keyboard and mouse showed up in Mouse in the Device Manager. But anytime I reboot or start up the computer it says to connect a kekyboard and restart. Today I decided maybe it was something wrong with my OS so I reinstalled windows on the C: Drive. This time when I reinstalled the Wireless drivers I noticed it also placed something in the HID list. I have been reading different sites and understand I might have to change something in the BIOS, but I have no clue how to get there and what to change and what to change it to. I do not understand why I even have to go to the BIOS if this is supposed to be plug-n-play. But alas, maybe this is what I have to do? I went to F10 thinking this was it, but I guess not? Do I need to go to F1 when I start up? And what exactly am I looking for/setting in there? The only way I can start/restart is by having the PS2 kb and mouse on here unfortunately which totally defeats the reason for getting the wireless combo. I am exhausted, I have been spending countless hours on this project for a week inbetween everything else! I was on Tech Rep. but they only said my USB was pulling too much power and not able to run the combo but after MUCH work-INCL. reinstalling Win and all the updates and programs...I know this is BS. I just hope someone can be straight forward and help me navigate and change things rather than talking circles or telling me totally wrong information...I am worn out! lol Thanks in advance :-) Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329407
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    - COMPUTER SHUTS DOWN My PC stopped working some time ago. I have been trying ever since to reinstall Win XP (SP2). It starts but does not finish loading the files then the PC shuts down. What then is the problem and how can I fix it. Note that I didn't get virus before the problem started . Thank you. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329406
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    - DVD Hi we had to reformat my son's pc. we reloaded everything and all is well except he can't play any DVD's. Error message about not having a decoder. J Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329405
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    - recovery files we are using files from shared folder on the network in our company. Sometimes any file does been deleted by users. But we could not recovery this file. How can we recover? Is there any options or settings? Or this is a bug? NOTE: XP pro Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329404
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    - hardwarespec error checking local disk c or d or e ( properties/ tool/ check now ) hardwarespec8@gmail.com or see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329396
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    - hardwarespec error checking local disk c or d or e ( properties/ tool/ check now ) hardwarespec8@gmail.com or see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329395
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    - hardwarespec Next generation hardware and spec see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329394
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    - hardwarespec Next generation hardware and spec see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329393
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    - hardwarespec Next generation hardware and spec see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329392
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    - new (or old) cd drive doesn't recoginize cd's I tried to install a replacement cd burner (Liteon LH-20A1P) in my older AMD Athlon XP 1700+ computer. The installation and auto driver install seemed to go OK, but it would not recoginize a cd (audio ar data) when it is put in. If the cd was already in the drive when the computer is re-booted it seems to read or play just fine. When that cd is ejected and another put in it won't see it without another shutdown/restart. I re-installed the original drive and now it has the same problem. I tried: deleting and re-loading drivers; attaching both drives at the same time (switching between master and slave); put new drive in another computer(seemed to work OK); went back to a couple of older system "restore" dates. The "Liteon" tech support dropped me like a hot potato when the drive worked in another computer. Now I'm looking for help/suggestions. Thanks, tomc Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329373
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    - Hard drive error What signifies this SCANDISK messge ? (in Phase 1, I think, no later than Phase 2) "Windows was unable to complete the task" This is on a Dell-built WinXP(2SP) PC, running as slow as molasses -- that did not get up to normal speed when I removed several boot loads, e.g. Norton and Dell Help Systems -- so I cleared off junk files with a view to defragging. Then SCANDISK would not complete. DOS CHKDSK /F reports 1. Fixed 2 corrupt attribute records. 2. Cannot continue in read-only mode. What does this mean? Is the OS stuck in what Win98 would have called DOS compatibility mode? I should be grateful for advice for 1. diagnosis 2. cure. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329370
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    - IDE ATAPI missing I am missing the IDE ATAPI heading from my device manager My primary IDE is listed under "unknown" My secondary IDE is missing Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329369
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    - error code During the boot-up sequence, I receive the error message Unable to initialize 2000017 (I may not have the exact number of zeros...) When I click ok on the message, the boot process continues and everything appears to work fine. Any hints about this appreciated. T. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329368
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    - xp crashes every time I insert a dvd or cd Every time I insert a DVD or CD my computer srashes to blue screen. I have recorded the error codes and they vary every time it crashes. Anyone got any ideas what going on? This happened out of the blue without any new software installation. Outside of this the computer runs perfectly. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329367
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    - One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned I just purchased a Magellan 4250 GPS, when I connected it to my systems I get a "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned" or something like that. I get this on my Avertec 2370 laptop both when I connect it to one of the USB port on the laptop and to a powered USB hub. I then went downstairs to my Dell Precision 390 and connect it to the USB port (actually to both) and get the same error. Both system are running XP Pro. I assumed that I had a defective GPS. Took it to work where I have a HP Kayak running Windows 2000 where I have installed a USB 2.0 / Firewire PCI card (since computer only had USB 1.1 support). Plugged the GPS into one of the USB ports, came up like a champ. Now I am confused, what should be my next step. I could always do my custom POI update here at work, It is just unsettling to have two very diverse systems (ok, they have same OS) have the same error. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329366
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    - Indian SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/4.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/1.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/3.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/5.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/6.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/7.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/8.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/9.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/10.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/11.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/12.jpg http://warnet.ws/img2/183/dom/13.jpg Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329364
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    - Laptop FN keys Hi, I've just done a reinstall on a laptop. How can I assign the function keys for Brightness etc ? Do I need the drivers ? It's a Tiny N18and I might struggle to get the correct drivers. Any advice. Thanks Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329352
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    - How hard to run BOINC? Are there any guidelines about how hard a CPU can be run and for how long and/or how to tell if a CPU is overheating? The other day, I downloaded BOINC to run on an old laptop that I mostly use for testing shareware. It's an HP Omnibook 6000. BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is the software that allows various compute-intensive projects such as SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) to ships small pieces of the computations out to PCs around the world to sop up their idle cycles. (Probably everyone already knew that.) BOINC allows me to set various parameters that control how much of my PCs resources it will use. One parameter controls the percentage of the processor. I can set it from 10% to 100% in 10% increments. It looks like BOINC achieves the throttling back by starting and stopping the calculations. The Task Manager Performence graph is kinda fun to watch. Each little grid on the graph appears to be about 5 seconds wide. BOINC completes about two cycles each grid. I have done a little testing at various settings. At 100%, the fan comes on tight away and runs continuously. The bottom of the laptop gets fairly hot to the touch -- not so hot that I can't stand it, but close. At 90% & 80%, the fan comes on and runs continuously, but the laptop doesn't feel quire as hot. At 70%, the fan is on almost all the time. It occasionally shuts off for a few seconds. I just tested it and it did not shut off at all for 10 minutes. At 60%, the fan is on about 90% of the time. At 50%, the fan is on about 65% of the time and the laptop is cooler to the touch. At 40%, the fan is on about 30% of the time. At 30%, the fan comes on occasionally for a few seconds. At 20% and 10%, the fan never comes on. Is it safe to run BOINC continuously (24/7) at 100%? If not, what is the highest level that can I run it continuously without damaging the processor? Would it be better to measure the actual processor temperature? If so, what is the best way to do that? My hand is not a reliable thermometer. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329348
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    - Hard Drive does not get an assigned letter???? I have noticed that this question has been asked a few times, but I can't find a solution that works. I had two hard drives in my computer that functioned properly before my master drive (C:) became corrupted and I needed to format and reinstall the OS (Win XP Home). I saved everything I needed to my slave drive (D:). I have since reinstalled everything onto my master drive (with the slave still installed, this may have been a no-no) and now 'My Computer', or 'Explorer' will not recognize the drive nor assign it a drive letter. Disk Manager sees the drive just fine but will not allow me to change the drive letter (change drive letter is grayed out). Device manager also recognizes the drive and both utilities say everything is fine. Now........originally the master drive had Norton Go Back running, and it probably left some traces of itself on the secondary drive. Problem is I cannot remove anything from the secondary drive now because I can't see it. I did not uninstall Go Back before I formatted the master drive because I did not realize that it was a problem and I have not reinstalled Go Back on my reformatted master drive. The main drive is a Maxtor PATA 40GB drive and the slave drive is a Western Digital PATA 40GB drive Are there any solutions I haven't seen?? Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329332
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    - Sony DRX-840U DVD/CD rewritable drive problems When using DLA to write DVDs, the computer crashes when either the "Make compatible" option is chosen, the "Eject" option is chosen or the eject button is touched. Any fixes? The files are actually written and can be read in other drives. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329325
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    - Odd error generated by external USB drives (Warning 51) I have two external USB drives. Both are Seagate drives and both are regularly generating warnings in my System Event Log similar to: Event Type: Warning Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 51 Date: 19/03/2008 Time: 08:40:13 User: N/A Computer: LAIRDSWOOD Description: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk7\D during a paging operation. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶. 0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..? 0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -....... 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 0020: 00 6e bd 3a 3a 00 00 00 .n½::... 0028: d1 9b 1f 00 00 00 00 00 Ñ?...... 0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ.... 0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @..?.... 0040: 00 20 0a 12 80 01 20 40 . ..?. @ 0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........ 0050: 00 f0 fc 87 48 7d 70 88 .ðü?H}p? 0058: 00 00 00 00 e0 6d 1f 88 ....àm.? 0060: 00 00 00 00 b7 5e 1d 1d ....·^.. 0068: 2a 00 1d 1d 5e b7 00 00 *...^·.. 0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 0078: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0a p....... 0080: 00 00 00 00 04 02 00 00 ........ 0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ The strange thing is that this event (and two similar ones) were generated overnight while the drive was not used at all. It was plugged in and switched on and there was an Explorer window open on the root folder but the disc was not being used for any reading or writing at all. Neither drive have a windows page file - so it must be ordinaryaccess to the drives causing the warnings to pop up. I have looked at the MSKB article relating to this warning and have even taken the time to decode the error blocks (establishing that both drives generate the warning for read and write actions a number of times a day, the situation is resolved with a retry - only one retry seems to be required). The block above (first byte Ox04) is about writing to the disk - why would Windows be writing to a disk when none of the files on the disk were in use - and certainly not for writing? Could this be to do with the drives automatically going in to powersaving mode and taking a while to wake up when a request is sent? Any suggestions gratefully recieved as these warnings are really irritating. Thanks Carol Haynes Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329314
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    - XP Home cannot find cd Drive I have XP Home Evesham Laptop and i believe a Sony cd drive ( i can no longer find any reference to it in my laptop). This drive is not being recognised and thus cannot use any cd/dvd. I used the fix for cd drive when cd burning is removed as I had recently uninstalled Itunes and although this worked for 2 days it has now disappeared again and the fix is no longer working when i try it again. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329311
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    - Right-clicking several songs to play, freezes system Whe I right-click one song to play it takes about six seconds to start Player 11. On more selected songs right-clicking takes much longer to show dropdown menu to the point where the command just freezes the system. But, selecting many songs with the mouse and then pressing ENTER on keyboard opens Player and plays them right away. Tried different mice, re-installed drivers but no change. HELP!!!! -- Steve Makris Tech Journalist Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329307
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    - Create unallocated space Hi, I've reformatted my system and all is fine. After installing XP Home, applications and drivers I installed Xpress Recovery 2 from the gigabyte chipset disk. I then tried to back-up my system using XR2 which notified me of insufficient HD space. I've since learnt that I must have appx 4gb of unallocated space to use XR2. How can I release 4gb from my system HD to unallocated space or should have this been done when creating my C: partition. M Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329299
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    - Help Needed for CD Burner Hi all. I'm running into problems with my CD-RW. Here's my specs: Athlon 900 MHZ 512M Ram Voodoo3 2k Sound Blaster Live!Value FIC mobo IBM 20 gig HDD (Primary C:) Maxtor 2gig HDD (Slave D:) Sony CD-ROM (Primary Secondary E:) Samsung SW-408B v.BS02 (F:) Windows XP Home SP2 I know it's an old system but it's all I got. The problem I'm having is with the Samsung. Everytime I try to burn a disc in the middle of writing it reboots the system. Also in the middle of xfering files from the Samsung to the hard drive it reboots. I don't think the CD-RW is faulty because I recently reformatted and put Windows 98 (using EZ CD Creator 4) and it works flawlessly. Is there a way (updated driver perhaps?) that I can fix this? I really don't want to use Win98 as it's very flaky for me. Would appreciate any help anyone can provide as I've been trying to find a solution to this problem for awhile now! Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329297
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    - Need updated driver for CD drive... Hope this is the right place for help with this problem. I have a Dell 620 Latitude laptop. It came with Vista Ultimate. Several work related programs weren't Vista compatible so I pulled the original hard drive with the Vista install intact and I replaced it with a new hard drive on to which I installed WinXP Pro. Recently I've been trying to get Magic Jack to work with the laptop. If I plug the Vista hard drive back in MJ works fine. With the WinXP install...no joy. The MJ adapter won't talk nicely to any of the USB ports. In doing some research I read a post that mentioned the MJ adapter uses the same driver as the CD/RW drive. I plugged the Vista hard drive back in and sure enough, with MJ mounted the driver is the very same as the driver for the Sony DWQ-58A DVD-CD drive. In my WinXP installation the driver for the CD drive is dated mid 2001. I'm trying to find an updated version but have so far struck out. Can anyone point me in the right direction? tia --jeff Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329281
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    - What hardware do I need for this network? Hi, First of all, if you think this post belongs in another group then please let me know, I really need help with this! We will have 10 XP Home PCs and a network printer at work. Currently, we just have a 6 port switch where 5 PCs connect to one that acts as the gateway for the internet and the printer. The broadband is BT Business ADSL. What I want to do is have a wireless router so our 2 laptops can connect as well. Am I right to assume that if I buy an ADSL Wireless 4 port Router, I can connect 3 PCs directly to the router and the other port can be connected to the 6 port switch? I am a bit of a novice when it comes to switches and routers. If you can recommend a plan then that would be fantastic. We want to keep costs down as well which is why we are sticking with XP Home and not getting a server. Thanks for your attention and any advice you can give me. Kindest regards, David Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329271
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    - Laptop won't boot. I have a Tiny N18 laptop that won't boot from the hard drive. The bios messages appear, drive light flickers then black screen and NO activity. The bios recognizes the drive OK. I can boot from CD and I've run chkdsk on the drive and it appears to be OK, also run fixboot and fixmbr with no difference. I then did repair using XP CD reinstalling windows with no joy. Booted using Ultimate Boot CD for Windows and everything works fine. Checked drive and no viruses. It just refuses to boot. Anyone any ideas ? Cheers Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329270
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    - Re: Windows XP error message - "System halted due to hardware fai We have a server with RAID configured in it and is running a XP Professional version which is installed in a separate hard drive. The problem which we face now is that once in 3-4 days its giving a single line blue screen error message as System halted due to hardware failure. and the entire system gets struck. We check out the event log of the OS , but there is no clue from the Operating System. Is it related to RAM failure or some other hardware failure. In MS support doc also they don't have mentioned anything regarding this error message. If anyone can put some light over this issue will be greatly appreciated. Some configuration note: 1. The server is running normal applications only. Hardware Details 1. Intel Entry Server board SE 7230 NH1E 2. Intel Pentium D pro processor 3. 4 Transcend 1 GB DDR2 RAM 4. Seagate Baraccude 80 GB HDD (which holds the OS). 5. MSI Graphic card 6. 3ware RAID controller card. 7. 4 Hitachi Deskstar SATA 500 GB (for RAID array). I can provide more details if needed. Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329268
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    - card fan failure On boot, I get this warning, and am prompted to hit F1 or F2. But...the fan has not failed, nor is it blocked or running slowly. The graphics card fan is after market and runs great also. I don't see any control for this in BIOS Dell XPS 400, XP Media Center SP2, original card fan. Suggestions would be very appreciated! Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329248
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    - Game controller doesn't work anymore Hi, My friends and I are always playing games on my computer, and two of us have game controllers that we plug in via USB. They've worked great and all, but one day my friend's stopped working. Mine still works and is the same brand, but only a model higher. Whenever I plug his in, I don't get any do-do sound or anything. The controller works fine on his computer. I tried my other USB ports, and it didn't work, except for the third one worked once. It started to install it, then it said "Your new hardware failed to install". His controller installed on it's own the first time I plugged it in, and it didn't come with a hardware disc. I've also tried downloading the drivers again for it and installing them, and nothing changed. One day it randomly worked for about 5 minutes. I dunno how that happened. I've checked the Device Manager, and it doesn't appear on the list. When I go to the Game Controllers option in the control panel and try to add a joystick it says: "Your Gameport or Gameport drivers are not properly configured. Please consult the Device Manager." I'm running Windows XP SP2. The dis functional joystick is a Game Elements GGE900, mine is a GGE910. We'd greatly appreciate any help. Thanks in advance, Mike Tag: OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Tag: 329245

Last year, I "suffered" a MFT corrupted boot drive (c:) failure. Now,
I am working on recovering may data and checking the drive this past
month. I have connected the old IDE drive into a USB 2.0 drive
enclosure and succesffully recover several files. Now I am trying to
check the drive's "health" statsu (without any success yet.) The
drive is a Maxtor (now Seagate) 120GB EIDE drive but most of the
Maxtor tools can not seem to be chek it out.

Where could find how to check it out or how can I check it out?

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