Windows XP Home (SP1) I originally had and still have a 15 GB HD, using NTFS, which had the OS and everything else on it. I just installed a Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 Model 6Y080P0 ,which has a 5 MB Buffer, configured (with the jumpers on the back) as a slave. It shows up Computer Management...

I know someone that needs about 10 hard drives wiped. What programs come with the ability to wipe drives?

I have downloaded and installed the trial version of "Active Smart 2.41" (http://www.ariolic.com). As soon as I started the programme a warning popup windows appears with the following message: "WARNING! The drive Maxtor 6Y120MO, 122.9 GB indicated a S.M.A.R.T error condition. Immediately...

Has anyone else modified XP to give it the RAID 5 capability of Windows Server? According to the result of his test (porting the Windows RAID to another system) it looks like Dynamic Disks are a lot more robust than I...

I have a 120 GB hard drive that my RAID controller encountered an error with, so I am trying to wipe it and return it to the manufacturer. But when I use Copywipe to wipe it, Copywipe encounters an error at 52%. It asks me if I want to continue, and I enter Y, but then Copywipe freezes the...

I want to mirror 2 disks mirror using RAID. Can this be done on a 750GB and 500GB disk? It's a single user desktop running XP with RAID provided by a PCI card. Might change the mobo to one with RIAD if it's better? This is for editing audio. Don't want to lose audio work if a disk fails so...

Part number: ST3160023A-RK Bought 08/13/2004 online at outpost.com, and it still has almost 4 years on the warranty. I've never lost a HD before, although I RMA'd one that was getting bad sectors 6 months after purchase. I've had over 10 HDD's. This was working perfectly, AFAIK and suddenly a...

I would greatly appreciate any assistance on this problem. WD 3 gig drive, messed up by incompetent shop. Now installed on new system as CSL/CS (cable select) as secondary drive. Most files appear in explorer and are accessible, except that many give "cannot access drive" errors. Using GDB,...

Hello. I know some people prefer to use portable external HDDs, with their power AC connection enclosures or adapters, for reliability and stability. Some people prefer those tiny HDDs with only their USB connections for both power and accessing data (easiest and lightest). Are there any...

I'm a home PC user based in the UK. I run mainly office applications and downloading music. No gaming or power PC stuff. ------ (A) My music is mainly on two or three 160 GB drives. Much of that can be replaced. (B) I have also got XP on a 15 GB system partition.

With inexpensive PC components, it's possible to build a 4 GB network attached storage device that is entirely RAM-based for about $700. Would people find a use for a box like this? The specs: Mini-ATX Case 4 Gigabytes of DDR SDRAM Gigabit Ethernet Appears as a Windows network drive.

Hello. Which fast, internal SATA HDD(s) would be good to handle over 8 TB of data? They need to be from http://cdw.com/ though since my employer uses that company. It/They need(s) to work with this current year old machine specifications: Dell Vostro 430 Mini Tower H57 (224-8158), Intel Core...

"TomG" wrote run Diskspeed32 and tell me what you got from it. Diskspeed32 will post some fabulous numbers at the beginning and trend downward as the test goes on and that is normal due to the decrease in read speed from the outside to the inside of the platters. even still, by the time...

Is it really possible to "Quarantine" three system hard drives from a single hard drive when that hard drive is used for internet related purposes?(The idea is to keep them from from viruses, hacking, ect.). Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

Hi, I'd like to know if hard drives spin up upon receiving power, or only when the IDE reset signal becomes high?

I'm beyond aggravated. I've upgraged dozens of hard drives in the past using the floppy to format the new drive and copy the original drive over to the new one. Apparently the days of simplicity are over. I tried using the Maxtor Maxblast software since the new drive is a Maxtor 80g ata133...

A few weeks ago 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT bare drives were $130 at NewEgg; by the end of last week they were $250. But on Saturday I bought the retail version of the same drive at the Chicago-area Fry's for $160 (limit one per customer). Two weeks ago I bought a retail-package 2TB Barracuda LP...

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:03:24 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: I want to connect two Win2K machines together using a crossover cable. Must I set up networking using a static IP address or does Win2K Pro SP4 have built in DHCP? Windows 2000 Pro does not have a DHCP server,...

Hello, I want to ask a question about my Seagate drives SMART attribute "reallocated sector count". "reallocated sector count" is at the limit. The values are i look with my Smart utility: Current: 98, Worst: 98, Threshold: 36, Data: 98 I checked my drive a lot of times with SEATOOLS with...

Question for the experts..... I have never used Ghost before so here is my setup. Win xp sp2 with two internal sata drives each in a removeable drawer. System drive is C Storage drive is D