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removable hard drive by hoppy
hi Please can anyone help, i brought a mass 500gb exturnal hard drive, which connects to my computer by usb, (i am running windows vista) it was working fine for a week or two then the hard drive stopped me from putting on any files or getting any files off it, it changed from a LOCAL DISK DRIVE to a REMOVABLE DRIVE which wont alow me to get any of my files from it or even open the drive...
August 27th 08 05:14 PM
by hoppy Go to last post
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Mass Media Storage Driver by schecterguitar
While uninstalling a few unneeded programs the other day I accidentally uninstalled the Mass Media Storage Driver and didn't notice until after it was completely uninstalled (kicks self in face). I can't find my Vista disc right now so I was wondering if there was anywhere online I could re-install it? Any help would be great. Thanks,
August 27th 08 03:43 PM
by R. C. White Go to last post
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Hard drive accessing constantly while in screen saver by Boardjunkie
Good Morning, I recently installed Vista Home Premium X64 on my machine, and this started happening. When I awaken the PC it stops accessing almost instantly. I'm not sure if this is even the right place to ask, but I'd really appreciate if anyone had a little insight to share. Thanks in advance, Troy
August 27th 08 03:12 PM
by Mike Hall - MVP[_3_] Go to last post
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Windows doesn't show optical drive by sleeplessinnewjersey
Windows Home Basic does not recognize an inserted optical disk. Indeed, it doesn't show the drive at all. I performed a non-distructive system recovery. Nothing had changed. I went to Device Manager and found an exclamation point for the optical drive. I uninstalled the driver expecting Windows to reload it at restart and rebooted. Again, nothing had changed. I have the Vista...
August 27th 08 01:11 PM
by sleeplessinnewjersey Go to last post
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Can't access broken Vista OS drive as an external drive on XP by mynameisstolen
Hi. My notebook hard drive (Vista Home) was failing (I botched the install of SP1) and I was unable to backup my files before it wouldn't boot anymore. I hoped I could use the drive externally on my XP P4 desktop to transfer the files over. XP sees the drive as D & E (main partition and recovery partition). But when I try to access the drive, it just runs. I
August 27th 08 12:01 PM
by Malke[_2_] Go to last post
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Any recommendations on APC products? by cab3@209
I'm thinking of purchasing APC-BR1500LCD-1500VA-Outlets-BACK-UPS and just curious if anyone has Pros & Cons on this model (or similar APC backup UPS) FOR: DELL XPS 420 Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 3GB RAM 32-bit OS Windows Vista Home Premium Dual 22-inch LCD Monitors
August 27th 08 04:08 AM
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Random freezes by tyler
I can barely use my windows vista, since mostly it will freeze while doing random things... the screen almost looks hilighted and the mouse will do the loading animation with the circle thing... it then will let me move the mouse around and maybe click on one or m,ore thing, but basically itll sit there for hours if i let it... this happens randomly... sometimes itll happen right away when i...
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August 27th 08 01:08 AM
by Mick Murphy Go to last post
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My Computer (Windows Explorer) stops responding on new SATA instal by ocpsduke
I have just added a second SATA hard drive to my PC (Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB). My Vista Home Premium installation is on a partition on a Seagate 200GB SATA drive. After I installed the new drive, everything started up fine. I moved some files to the new drive (I partitioned it into 2x250GB partitions), and it again was working fine. After I closed it, I tried to open Computer...
August 27th 08 12:25 AM
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Memory Status by Tank
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name CORE2QUAD System Model P5K3 Deluxe Wifi ASUS Motherboard XFX Nvidia 8800GT 512MB 256 DDR3 Graphics System Type x64-based PC Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz, 2514 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date American...
August 26th 08 06:28 PM
by Tank Go to last post
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RTL8029 drivers for Vista? by rodier
Hi all Im searching for drivers for Realtek 8029 (10mbit pci) card for Vista x64. I know many cards have that chipset, and it was native supported in XP, so I dont understand why they removed it in Vista. When I try XP drivers from some manufacturers, it tell me, there is no drivers for that device or its not x64. Anyone know how to solve it? Maybe some trick to force install 32bit drivers? I...
August 26th 08 05:26 PM
by andy Go to last post
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Raid problem by Andy Baker
I have an Acer laptop running Vista Ultimate that contains 2 identical hard drives. When the laptop was purchased, the first drive was partitioned into C: and D:, and the second was configured as a RAID drive (Raid 0)?, so in Windows I could 'see' C: and D: only. My problem is that the RAID array has stopped working, and I now have 3 drives, C:, D: and E: visible when I click on Computer....
August 26th 08 12:08 PM
by Andy Baker Go to last post
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Windows detected a hard disk problem by rumjungle
I'm getting this error message for my new Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB drive. I've got 2 of them installed and 1 is being reported as failing. This is a consistent error that I get every session. I accidentally turned off the warning message and would like to know how to reset it in Vista. Not sure if this post belongs in this forum so please move it to the right one if necessary. Thanks. --...
August 26th 08 12:02 PM
by Lezza[_2_] Go to last post
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ATIKMDAG.SYS by mehuh
I wanted to post an update. I am still experiencing problems with this error on my computer. I looked through the logs and also discovered that apparently my video card memory was insufficient (I have a 256mb card). So, I decided to upgrade the card. When I went in to upgrade the card, I discovered that the card was seated very close to the area where the memory is stored. My memory produces...
August 26th 08 04:00 AM
by mehuh Go to last post
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More about Resolution Resetting problem by Lillian in Mass.
My PC: brand new, Compaq Presario SR5223WM desktop, Vista Home Premium 32 On 3/16/07 a thread started, "Resolution Reset on Startup" about screen resolution not holding the setting. Has to be re-set constantly. I did the 2 recommendations given, one on 5/19/08 and another on 5/29/08. 1st fix= using WinRE and running StartUp Repair and rebooting and resetting graphics and rebooting. ...
August 26th 08 03:58 AM
by Lillian in Mass. Go to last post
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Pen drive issue by tanuj_chadha[_8_]
Hi, I just bought a Kingston 8gb pen drive FAT32 (formatted). But whenever I copy an .avi file to it. The file of the file approximately 800mb to 1.5gb. The file plays fine in my system. But when I try to copy it on the pen drive & play it on some other system. VLC player or windows media player or any player in that case would state as the file is broken. Is there any patch any fix for it. As...
August 25th 08 09:55 PM
by Paul Montgomery[_3_] Go to last post
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Adding two disks raid0 by George
Is it possible two add two new disks in raid0 on an existing windows vista home premium 32 bit installation and how? Thanks George
August 25th 08 02:48 PM
by David B.[_3_] Go to last post
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New hard drive installation, complete nightmare by J1mmy
I initally bought a Hitachi 1TB drive to connect in SATA, that was getting picked up by my BIOS, but not Vista. Vista only saw it an an unknown device in task manager. I tried everything to get it picked up as a drive...nothing. Someone told me that it might be faulty, so I got another one sent out. Now i have 2 of these drives, a total of 2TB connected onto my PC which is running Vista Ultimate...
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August 25th 08 12:49 PM
by Dominic Payer[_2_] Go to last post
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cannot create the dvd error message by kingerswa
have been trying to burn some videos to dvd using windows dvd maker. after i click burn it shows it encoding and creating the disk. it then gets to 99% opens the dvd slot and says it cannot create the dvd 'because an error occurred'. have checked the device manager and it states it is working. also changed the burn speed to slow as suggested in the trouble shoot screen. any other ideas? ...
August 25th 08 12:02 PM
by frustrated dad Go to last post
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external modem error 692 by salehi.com[_2_]
I have an external modem "decloop WLL" and i connected it to serial port of my pc. i add a standard modem 28800 bps driver in win vista, but when i want to connect to the internet i give error 692. i dont know whats wrong. i use same procedure in windows xp pro and i successfully connected to internet without any error. can any one help me?ask me if you need more details. sorry for...
August 25th 08 05:36 AM
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Vista wont shut down properly by Trevor
I am running Vista Ultimate SP1 and when I do a shutdown I get the message that the PC (stand alone) is shutting down. The screen eventually goes blank and reoports no video available BUT my PC is still on. How do I fix this? Thanks Trevor
August 25th 08 04:38 AM
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