Hardware - February 2007

I can really use some help on this.

I have put to use an older computer, P3 450mhz, as a music server. It has the original 40 GB HD with window XP and 160 mhz of RAM.

I had a 250GB HD pre-loaded up with music for use in this older computer. I plugged it in to the secondary IDE channel, using the correct jumper on the drive and position on the ribbon cable, for use as the 2nd channel primary drive.

The computer saw the drive, and was able to access all the files on the drive. Problem was that a few files were corrupt or unreadable. So, I pulled the drive, installed it in my good P4 3.6GHZ machine and reloaded all the music.

Now I'm at the point where the P3 only sees some of the drive, wants to run scan disk, says folders are unaccesable, etc.

Properties says that there is 240GB of data on the drive but the P3 can only access a small portion of it. When I let the P3 run scandisk I can access most/all the music, but the file names are mixed up. I've reformatted too.

Help pleas

2007-02-03 09:10:22 · 2 answers · asked by Brian M 1 in Other - Hardware

ive used it for about 2 years and iv never had this problem. the most important thing is my work that was on there? if the drive cant be saved cae i get my work off?

2007-02-03 09:09:47 · 6 answers · asked by The Nasty One 2 in Add-ons

I bought a gateway about 2 months ago and it has a 320gb seagate hard drive. It is making some noise so I think it is defective and will die out on me soon. I am going to go buy a new hard drive today but this will be my first time dealing with hardware. Can someone please tell me :

1. A good company that makes hard drives
2. Not too expensive at the most $100
3. 100gb+ space is enough
4. A store such as Circuit City, CompUSA, Bestbuy, staples, or office depot that sells it
5. Will it be compatible with my computer? here is a link to a website with all my computer's specs.
http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Gateway-Gateway-Media-Center-Desktop-with-Intel-Core-2-Duo-Processor-E6300-GM5260
6. How do I install the operating system onto it using my Gateway recovery (reformatting) CD?

Thank you!

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middle aged.

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