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Seagate buys Maxtor by YKhan
Seagate gets Maxtor - vnunet.com http://www.vnunet.com/crn/news/2147829/seagate-gets-maxtor Storage vendor Seagate has entered into an agreement to aquire rival vendor Maxtor in an all stock transaction. The agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies...
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January 5th 06 03:35 AM
by tony Go to last post
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ARGOSY - HD363N - Network Storage by BobVal
I have just purchased a Argosy - HD363N Network Storage Enclosure and put in my Maxtor 200 gig drive. This Enclosure connects to your router by RJ45 and allows adding Network storage cheaply. It supports Fat16, Fat32. The problems I am having:
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July 30th 18 07:48 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Utility to burn in new hard drive? by Joe S
Are there any utilities which can burn-in a new hard drive before I start to use it?
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August 9th 06 08:09 PM
by Mike T. Go to last post
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Boot.ini question by Dave C.
A line in my boot.ini is: default=multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) \WINDOWS... I figured out (I think) that rdisk (0) is drive 0 or the C: drive. Also partition (2) must be the second partition in the C: drive or drive 0. (Dell-purchased computer that has the XP operation system on the...
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February 10th 06 12:30 AM
by Gerhard Fiedler Go to last post
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Economics of SATA hard drive by Warra
Am in the UK. Running an old system which works quite well: Via 266 mobo with Duron 1800 processor and 768MB of SD-RAM. Will upgrade the system when I need the extra power. Currently need to add to my data storage. Don't want to get Parallel IDE (PATA) because newer mobos will support only...
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July 1st 06 08:04 PM
by Ed Light Go to last post
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Cost of DVD as data storage versus HDD (UK) by David X
What is the cost of DVD storage in the UK? I am in the UK so my figures reflect UK prices. I want to store data not music. I would welcome any comments on my posting. (1) I can buy a 160GB hard drive for approx £65 including delivery. (E.G. Maxtor Plus9 160GB 8MB 7200rpm from Dabs). The...
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December 7th 04 03:46 PM
by J. Clarke Go to last post
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Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit by Daniel Prince
What is the best way to partition a 2tb hard drive for Windows 7 64 bit? I am thinking of a small "C" drive for Windows and programs and a big "D" for all my data. Another possibility is a small "C" drive for Windows. A medium sized "D" for my programs and a big "E" for all my data. Which do...
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May 30th 12 02:49 AM
by Mike Tomlinson Go to last post
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Help with options for data back-up Raid SCSI?? Just some ideas by Fishhead
In my home network. 2 pc's and 1 tablet PC All ran through router (wired and wireless) Tablet does not need a redundant back-up Main PC stores video and images other PC stores images. I lost 2 hardrives in 2 days!!!
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July 5th 05 05:39 PM
by Rob Turk Go to last post
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Best configuration of drives? by GTS
At present I have an ATA133 on IDE 1 and two optical drives on IDE2. Want to add a second ATA133, but I have always been led to believe it is best for speed not to have anything sharing with a HDD. So what is the best arrangement? HDD 1 & 2 on IDE1, or HDD as master on IDE 1 & 2 and the opticals as...
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May 25th 04 10:44 PM
by Ron Reaugh Go to last post
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What's a good external HDD to buy these days? by Ant[_3_]
Hello. What's a good external HDD to get these days for Windows (2000 SP4 (9x might be needed though) to the latest), Mac OS X (10.2+ to latest), and Linux? It will mainly be for storage/backups and carrying between places with multiple computers so I'd like it to be light and small. It doesn't...
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November 23rd 09 10:21 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Window is stealing my HD size by Fatso
hi to everyone and sorry for the engrish , but i really need help with my hd so here is the problem i buy a new hd 200gb maxtor , and i use partition magic to create two partitions and of 10 gb for the os and the rest for random data but the problem is with the ******* windows i go to proterties...
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June 29th 06 03:14 AM
by Horst Franke Go to last post
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How detect if MP3 player is recording in your room? [OT] by Joey
Suppose someone visited your office or home and tried to make a voice recording using a hidden recorder. If they used a older-style dictation machine based on tape then you could detect the electromagnetic transmissions from the dictation machine when it was recording. But how would you detect...
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October 22nd 06 12:38 PM
by Arno Wagner Go to last post
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Switch to DVD backup media from CD? by Pan
Hi For about six years, I've been backing up computer data onto CD media. Initially, I wasn't too careful with my backups, making no after-checks and buying cheap media, although I've learnt from my mistakes in modern times. As I'm not keen to lose the data I'm backing, I only buy high-quality...
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June 30th 05 07:25 PM
by Pan Go to last post
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who has deskstar gxp 75 dtla-307060 electronics? by jrt
An IBM deskstar DTLA-307060 has just crashed. I pulled it out of the pc and tested it on another. You can feel the disk spin but the drive is not accessible nor is it recognized in the bios. The spinning of the platters seem to indicate that the a component of the electronics board has failed. Is...
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July 9th 06 10:43 AM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Attention Rod Speed: Your head is firmly implanted in your (well-used) rectum. Please seek medical assistance at once! by Trent[_3_]
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6668305/description.html Excerpt: "FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment for the staggered startup of HDDs 251-254 at an HDD interface. At process block 310, electrical power is received from the computer system 100 power supply (not shown) at HDDs 251-254....
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November 23rd 09 07:27 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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External hard drive occasional "clicking" by Anna
"John L @yahoo.com" john_stlmoremovethis wrote in message ... My external WD hard drive has recently starting 'clicking' on occasion - like resetting itself over and over. Usually it's quiet, works fine, but sometimes it will just start clicking like some...
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May 4th 05 08:21 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
109 2,661
What's the best free disk defragger, not in Windows, for NTFS andFAT drives/partitions? by Ant[_3_]
Hi! Are there any good free disk disk defraggers that can be run outside of Windows like with a boot disk/disc or before Windows is loaded? Sometimes, files can't be defragged because of them being in used. Thank you in advance. :) -- "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be...
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December 23rd 09 09:33 PM
by Rod Speed Go to last post
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Strange Screws by [email protected]
I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate 80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a picture of a screw he http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/Screwdriver_for_5-Point_Star_Screw.files.hidden/5-point%20star.jpg Does anyone know where I can...
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February 21st 06 01:44 AM
by srwolcott Go to last post
107 7,399
What is the best HDD in terms of Reliability/cost? by kopn
Hello What is the best HDD in terms of Reliability/cost?
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July 14th 05 02:54 PM
by Dima Go to last post
102 2,898
Poor raid 1 performance? by Mark
Hi there, I am planning on building a new computer system. Given the current cheap price and massive capacity of hard drives, I am thinking of using a raid array. To me, raid 1 seems the ideal solution. Raid 1 greatly improves data security, which is very important to me (and why I would never go...
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December 16th 05 03:01 PM
by Antoine Leca Go to last post
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