Storage

Hard Disc linking
Hi, I have just installed a second hard disc (with no links, = slave) and all works perfectly. I had to work out whether the boot disc was configured as a Master or as Drive select so I checked the documentation that came with the disc many years ago. I was surprised as to how the boot disc is configured... 1 Aug 2005 17:42

USB 2.0 port
Hi, I have my laptop running Windows XP SP2. When I plug my USB disk, th system shows "This USB device can perform faster if you connect it to a Hi-speed USB 2.0 port". My laptop have three VIA Rev5 USB universal host controller. What I can do to get a USB 2.0 port? Thanks! Rick ... 10 Aug 2005 18:09

Problems with Adaptec ASH-1233 IDE adapter
I replaced two problematic Promise ATA controllers with Adaptec ASH-1233 controllers, hoping to avoid the glitches inherent to Promise (Promise tech support calls these 'cosmetic errors'). Unfortunately, I've had a different set of problems with the Adaptec. It uses Silicon Image chipset, and appears to be a rebr... 11 Jul 2005 01:54

Real-world comparisons between SATA 150 and SATA 300
Does anyone have any actual, real world experience of the difference in speed between the two? Is the difference immediately noticeable, or does it require the use of a stopwatch capable of millisecond timing? Odie -- Retrodata www.retrodata.co.uk Globally Local Data Recovery Experts ... 4 Jul 2005 19:22

PartitionMagic crash in data movement phase
I had PM8.01 crash in the data movement phase of a NTFS partition move. Symantec support after four days has said I must use third party data recovery tools to try and recover the data. I am looking for suggestions on recovery tools at this point. Does anyone sell a data recovery tool that is specialized ... 16 Jun 2005 12:34

Win SP2 conflict with Pen Drive
A few months ago I had a problem using my Pen Drive USB 2.0 128MB (Flash drive, Legend.). To accessing the files I've to plug it into the USB port click on the A: drive then I click on the icon key and the following message pop up: 'Please insert the device or Please run this utility as privileged user.' I am using... 2 Jul 2005 22:00

Maxtor Drive Belly Up!
Greetings: I have a 6 month old Dell Dimension 8400 with 2 Maxtor 6Y160M0 drives (160GB) attached to an internal Intel RAID Controller configured as RAID 0 (stripe) that won't boot. I get an "Error Occured(0)" on the first drive (drive 0). Below is the Intel Config Utility Report: Intel Application Accele... 25 Jun 2005 15:38

HDD Repairing Tools and Manual
Goods new, all hard disk reparing tools avalable free download, include , MHDD, THDD, HDD Regenerator and those powerful manual for pc3000, hrt, and hrt-2000. Please visit the website and register to forum for free download. www.pc3khrt.com ... 15 May 2005 08:16

Would NTFS be faster than FAT32 on a XP system ???
Just concidering changing from Fat32. My drive is a 160 gig SATA Hitcachi drive, with 4 even partitions, so 40 gig a partition. Would NTFS be a benifit to me with my setup. Also i was wondering if their are NTFS boot disks, like my Fat32 boot fiscs i have. I know u can use the XP install dics to do this. Bu... 17 May 2005 00:38

No Booting, restarting HELP, Maxtor D740x-6L 40gig
HELP!!!! This problem is driving me crazy since nothing is helping. Here is the deal: My maxtor D740x-6L 40gig drive will not boot fully. I installed XP-Pro with Service Pack 2, had everything working fine and then the machine just died. I go to restart and everything works fine in boot up but then I get the w... 12 May 2005 20:59