Storage

HD - access outside PC - via plug in reader ?
I'll try and explain . . . saw a HD forensic item on the news - not fussed about the forensics but the hd plugs into a base like a home cordless phone base - drive was sata - standing vertical then looked like one of those bays for the front of a pc - sata cable from it to the pc and a power lead from t... 26 Jan 2008 13:25

Really, Really Bummer Problem....
phil(a)problems.problems.com wrote: About a month ago, I bought some memory for my Dell Dimension 8400. I even brought the packing slip along which came with the computer, showing what type of memory was installed at the factory. Some idiot at one of the electronic stores - after cross referencing it o... 24 Jan 2008 14:34

Picked up 128gb flash drive: $39 USD
Managed to get one of those new Samsung 128gb flash USB drives. It had a Sony VAIO label. Opened it up and there was a single large Samsung chip on one side and a small circuit and a few other components on the other. 320gb was also available supposedly. I formatted it for FAT32 (per request of owner) at fu... 24 Jan 2008 18:58

recover data from reformatted hard drive
As my windows xp acting slow as a snail, i intend to reinstall windows to the drive C(only windows files stored on it). I also have drive D and drive E used for store my personal data. But before reinstallment i reformatted the whole hard disk by mistake. The problem is: i did not back up drive D and E. So... 24 Jan 2008 00:47

Norton Ghost 12 - v2i and sv2i files query
HI Folks, I have been using Norton Ghost for sometime now to clone disks and are really impressed with its ability to clone/image disks that have some fairly serious errors (whereas the likes of Acronis always just seems to crash!) Anyway I want to import a disk image into VMware converter and thus to a virtu... 22 Jan 2008 13:28

Can't recover from bad NTFS unmount (post crash)
I have a PC I'm working on that crashed in Windows XP Pro, and since, will BSOD upon reboot before it gets to the Windows splash screen. "Load last good configuration" changes nothing. In safe mode it scrolls a page of drivers before it BSOD. The message is: PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED .... STOP: 0x0000006B... 22 Jan 2008 17:56

Maxtor ext hd error--corrupted or unreadable
::While finalizing importing of my music (iTunes) to my new Maxtor OneTouch4 ext drive, I got an error message to run chkdsk (G:\$Extend\$ObjId) as there was a corrupted file. Up to that point, all was working fine. iTunes locked up (which happens frequently -- even before I added this drive) and had to \"force... 20 Jan 2008 19:17

What happens with a Raid 5 when the controller fails?
Hi there, i've got an old storage server here, running W2k, with a promise pci-card raid controller. The controller hosts a raid 5 array and it is 4 or 5 years old, so i guess it isnt built any more. So, i wonder, what if the controller fails and i can't buy exactly the same one? Can i simply build in any new ra... 29 Jan 2008 07:08

Data missing from MyBook
Hey all, I turned on my MyBook this morning and found that two important folders were completely empty. When I doubleclick on one of them, the cursor changes into the hourglass as if it's going to pull up my files, but then it shows an empty folder. Is there anything I can do to retrieve my files? I'm running XP Ho... 20 Jan 2008 09:39

2.5" drive not seen when connected to IDE plug?
Hello I bought an old, second-hand, 2.5" Fujistu MHN2200AT drive and the following data + power adaptor so I can use it in a regular PC with an IDE plug and Molex power plug: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5893/laptopdriveidecabledq0.jpg However, the drive is not seen by the two PC's in which I connecte... 21 Jan 2008 09:30