Other - Hardware - December 2006

Or does it use more electricity by turning it on and off every day? Its been a debate in our household as long as we've had one. Serious answers only and I thank you in advance. I'll let you know who was right!

2006-12-18 11:09:37 · 6 answers · asked by dahoneynme67 3

For some reason, my hard drive is split into the local disk (C:) and new volume (w:) on my computer. They both belong to the same hard drive, but the local disk only has 10 of the hard drive's 65+gb and is obviously filling up rather quickly. I would just like to combine the two again, but don't know how. HELP!

2006-12-18 11:07:13 · 1 answers · asked by Whiz77 2

When I bought my P.C the hard disk was already
devided into 2 parts " C " and " D ".
Please tell me how to get rid of part "D". I want to make it as it was before paritioning.

2006-12-18 10:50:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a desktop PC running Windows XP SP2. I have around 100 gigs (and steadily growing) of data that I'd like to back up.

Until now, I've been manually copying the data to an external 80gig hard drive. As I've outgrown that drive, I thought that it would be a good time to reevaluate my storage strategy.

Here are the options as I understand them:
1. Burn to archival DVD and store offsite (I'd like to avoid this because of the time and expense involved -- I also don't really trust CDs/DVDs).
2. Buy a bigger external drive and install some or other backup utility -- hopefully there's an open source Win32 progam that'd work well.
3. Buy/make an external RAID array. (Is this necessary? I'm not looking for performance, just for reliable data storage. I also have no idea what's involved in making a RAID array, beyond getting a couple of identical drives).
4. Network storage? Wouldn't this be prohibitively expensive (not to mention time-consuming)?

Feedback?

2006-12-18 10:40:19 · 8 answers · asked by orkspace 2

Windows XP please

2006-12-18 10:29:21 · 3 answers · asked by andrewav2009 1

2006-12-18 10:28:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

How much would Yahoo! servers hold?

2006-12-18 09:56:36 · 11 answers · asked by Andrew 1

I got this message two days ago.
I tried it again yesterday and my computer was able to boot with no problem.
And, today I tried to start up my computer, I got the same message.

Is my harddisk dying?

Thanks in advance

2006-12-18 09:46:18 · 3 answers · asked by afterRain 1

my games are really laggy and slow on my new ide 160 gb hard drive. the drive is 1 partition. should i split it up into several partions?

2006-12-18 08:59:57 · 5 answers · asked by huttman6021 1

letters , impossible to read, what can I do?

2006-12-18 08:49:58 · 3 answers · asked by Rita Z 2

I just bought this computer and the person that I bought this computer from said that is has a CD-RW on it, but it doesn't have any software on it to see, and when I insert a CD-RW disc is doesn't bring up and software to write it. All I know is it has 2 CD slots on it, and I do not know if either of them is a CD-RW. Please Help me.

2006-12-18 07:56:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-18 07:54:58 · 5 answers · asked by spirit_ae 1

I would like to buy a new computer but I am not sure if I should go PC or Mac. Any suggestions?

2006-12-18 07:47:25 · 5 answers · asked by > 2

2006-12-18 07:15:04 · 3 answers · asked by cpreston86305 1

My 80GB hard drive is 92% full. Probably a virus but I can't find it. Will a full hard drive effect the speed of processing information? The computer is slower than a snail.

2006-12-18 07:10:48 · 11 answers · asked by BlkJac 3

I want to convert a 30 mns tape into an .mp3 or .wav, how do I do it?

2006-12-18 06:15:24 · 4 answers · asked by aviationalyours 2

Considering the fact that i have only one drive. i.e only "C:". Where does all drivers reside?

2006-12-18 06:13:28 · 4 answers · asked by asianavenuefree 1

2006-12-18 05:23:52 · 4 answers · asked by poly 1

why?

2006-12-18 04:49:29 · 3 answers · asked by mhadidi2002 1

I have a freecom 160 gb drive which worked fine till one day a week after buying a new freecom external drive it simply didnt read it, not on my laptop or PC. It hasnt suffered any knocks or hits and I have looked at device manager to see it listed as cypress AT2LP RC42 but when I try to reinstall it says that it cannot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2006-12-18 04:08:49 · 4 answers · asked by Adrian B 1

i see my floppy disc drive when i go to my computer, but i do not see the cd drive.

2006-12-18 03:47:09 · 2 answers · asked by PETA-GAYLE O 1

If video and audio RCA cables are interchangable, why are they color coded, etc.?

2006-12-18 03:43:51 · 5 answers · asked by The Nasdaq 1

2006-12-18 03:32:57 · 6 answers · asked by Jimmie J 1

Which is better - a desktop PC or a laptop? For example which is more prone to faults and breaking down. Which is better value for money in general? Does the convenience of being able to carry around a laptop outweigh its disadvantages?
Also - would it be cheaper to buy a PC before or after Christmas?

2006-12-18 03:20:20 · 10 answers · asked by April 1

Can you mix DDR memory that is 333 MHZ and 400 MHZ?

2006-12-18 03:03:11 · 3 answers · asked by AJ P 1

ive ran anti-spyware and anti-virus also free up ram xp pro what else can it be?

2006-12-18 02:56:12 · 12 answers · asked by martinf430 3

Please explain knowing that I'm not a computer expert...

2006-12-18 02:32:41 · 8 answers · asked by Diablous 4

I know that it runs at 400megahertz as oposed to the DDR2 which runs at 800megahertz BUT does DDR which runs at 400megahertz run slow?

2006-12-18 01:59:21 · 3 answers · asked by beachbum 1

2006-12-18 01:29:42 · 4 answers · asked by shailesh s 1

Does a computer always come with a hardrive fan? it do u have to buy it seperately? also which ones the processer fan and which ones the hardrive fan?

2006-12-18 01:24:41 · 2 answers · asked by Doug 1