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Power adapter for Hitachi X Mobile 250G USB hard disk This beast, with 2 USB ports (A-B) in its cable, draws a lot of power. I found that most older PCs just can't power it. So I plan to buy a DC power adaptor for it, as this beast has a DC in! What approximate voltage & current should I look for? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simpli... 30 May 2010 06:48
7200 rpm 3.5" SATA drives that don't whine? me wrote: What's a reliable 7200 rpm 3.5 drive that won't whine once spun up? I don't need "server class" for this machine... but I can't stand that whine. Samsungs. ... 22 May 2010 09:25
safely remove USB drive Hi. Sometimes when you've copied things from one USB drive to another and it has completed, you can't seem to remove the hardware safely via the icon in the system tray. I suppose windows is indexing the disk or something. Is there a way to stop this which is more convenient than rebooting the computer? A... 22 May 2010 13:50
SMART info - how to pull via WIndows me wrote: Can anyone point me at a utility to pull SMART info via MS Windows? Everest. This one is free, but not as capable as the paid for version, particularly with USB drives etc. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 Does SMART include physical run time, With most drives it does. That... 18 May 2010 14:46
Recognizing Bluray DVD Drive We purchased an LG WH10LS30 SATA Blu-Ray DVD CD Burner. When we plug this SATA drive into the motherboard port on a Dell Precision 390 workstation, it is not seen by BIOS, or by OS. Is this because motherboard SATA is tuned to hard drive use only? If yes, what would be the best way to get this drive seen ... 18 May 2010 14:46
CD/DVD Burning Software? Whadaya like? In article <c8nlu5dc35l6o82s0bn5kffd7uoel9vlhr(a)4ax.com>, me <noemail(a)nothere.com> wrote: Looking for something new. For this machine all I really need is to be able to create data DVD's & CD's and maybe copy audio disks every once in a long while. I nave Nero's OEM software but it has limited ability and won'... 19 May 2010 10:26
Raid 1 Performance Impact On 12/05/2010 01:07, me wrote: A question on the performance impact of Raid 1. I realize up front that I might have too little info for a perfect decision... so I will take whatever input I can get on performance and configuration. I have an Asus P4P800SE circa 2004 mobo with a 3.0G CPU which runs win... 17 May 2010 23:28
Best SATA to IDE adapter. Hello to all. I'm looking for a high quality SATA to IDE for my server that is running linux. Can you help me with either a link to the hardware and what chipset should I be looking for on the PCB board. Any other information would be greatly helpful. Also, since it will be in a sled/tray space is also a consideratio... 11 May 2010 14:31
W2K's event logs showed \\?\Volume{107944b6-439b-11d7-9e57-806d6172696f}? Failing HDD? Ant <ant(a)zimage.comant> wrote: Hello. I am fixing a client's old Dell Optiplex PC with updated Windows 2000 SP4. Its event logs showed a bunch of "The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block." like: [...] Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG ... 13 May 2010 16:01
W2K's event logs showed \\?\Volume{107944b6-439b-11d7-9e57-806d6172696f}?Failing HDD? Hello. I am fixing a client's old Dell Optiplex PC with updated Windows 2000 SP4. Its event logs showed a bunch of "The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block." like: Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 5/9/2010 Time: 12:20:29 ... 13 May 2010 10:28 |