Other - Hardware - August 2007

I have a Compaq laptop that I want to wipe my hard drive for. I also have the hard drive from my old PC hooked up to an external hard drive case.

I want to wipe the old hard drive via the external hard drive hook up, transfer all my important files from my laptop to my external hard drive, then wipe my laptop's hard drive. Then I'll install Windows Vista, and transfer all my files back from my old hard drive to my laptop.

How do I actually wipe the hard drives, and what is the best method of doing all this?

2007-08-25 07:04:49 · 2 answers · asked by sgtcampsalot 1

i need it for a project

2007-08-25 07:01:26 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do I have to eject my iPod and USB drives. I've taken them out of the computer before without pressing the 'eject button' (if that's what it's called) and everything was fine.

2007-08-25 07:00:42 · 4 answers · asked by mbolling09 2

I am trying to install my Zyxel Prestige 623R- T1 modem on my new computer, but I can't find the disk that came with it. Is there a way to install it without it. I have windows xp.

2007-08-25 06:52:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-25 06:04:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am considering two processors t5300 and t 2500 which one is better for college work and a little gaming plus multimedia.if there is a better processor in the same range tell me.thanks

2007-08-25 04:11:35 · 15 answers · asked by mbi 1

with webrooter as my spy sweeper and avg the free version as my anti virus and windows fire wall also i have spybot and adware free versions am i ok?

2007-08-25 03:24:40 · 2 answers · asked by mr xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1

im havein my laptop sent in for repairs and the people are telling me to back up the hard drive and i dont know what that means???

2007-08-25 01:47:26 · 4 answers · asked by quincaful1 2

can i change my operating sytem from windows vista to windows xp and how

(note: i just like windows xp better and ive heard there is some bad things about vista)

2007-08-24 17:07:31 · 8 answers · asked by eric hand 1

every so often the red light will turn off and the cursor will freeze on the screen. the red light will sometimes flash a bit. What is wrong with my mouse? If it is the laser, whats wrong with the laser?

2007-08-24 16:25:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mobos faulty and I suspect its the capacitors by the CPU because I hear a high hissing noise. How do I check the capacitors if theyre faulty or not? Also are the capacitors replaceable? Im fairly decent with soldering.

2007-08-24 14:50:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

They must have a huge cluster of servers and hard drives. Is it possible that the servers are located in different parts of the globe, yet networked together?

I was in a warehouse of major college, doing service work (on a Liebert Unit, cooling system for DATA rooms) and noticed tons of racks on storage shelves, each rack must have had a hundred hard drives installed. They looked like they'd slide in (like trays) into a large housing somewhere.


All of those hard drives collecting dust, doing nothing, and becoming obselete each day.....

2007-08-24 13:59:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My monitor, system unit, & back of the keyboard have current when touched. There must be something wrong. Please help me.
Thanks a lot - Kath

2007-08-24 13:56:51 · 2 answers · asked by toolbox_kath 1

dose anyone know where i can get one brampton or in toronto

2007-08-24 12:45:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

With my Desktop PC, I was using WindowsXP BACKUP, making a backup copy of a seperate small hard drive (for a laptop), and I burned the image file onto a DVD.

So I wanted to test it, by unpacking all of the files into a temporary folder on my desktop PC. Everything worked out fine, until I wanted to delete the temporary folder.

A folder called "System Volume Information" is there, and it will not allow me to remove it. It is just in a temporary folder that I created from scratch.

I tried safe mode, I tried NTSF DOS software, and anything similar to that. No luck. I am screwed!

Any help out there is appreciated.

2007-08-24 12:29:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

im wondering which of these cards are the best for gaming and which are more reliable and have the best preformance. Foxconn GeForce 7900GS 256MB PCI-Express Graphics Card, PNY Verto GeForce 8600GTS 256MB PCI-Express Graphics Card, PNY Verto GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP Graphics Card, ATI Radeon HD 2900XT PCI-E 512MB Graphics Card. please i would really like the hardcore nerds (if that is not what you prefer to be called then please do correct me i do not mean to hurt anyone) thank you for your time.

2007-08-24 12:17:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love playing online games. Especially the 3d ones. But, to make this not be a humongous post, ill just say any 3d game i try to play now is choppy. I have an Emachines T5082 ( i know, it sucks ) with pretty basic stuff ( 512 mb ram, 3.0 GHz cpu, and a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 graphics card) also, i have a 32-bit windows vista OS. ive done all the anti virus and spyware stuff so i know that's not it, and ive freed up a ton of space on my hard drive by doing some tweaks. Now i need to know what is THE BEST graphics card or whatever i need to get 3d games to run smoothly? Also, i want to DOWNLOAD it. Either post downloads or send me money. Please be specific on what i need to do. Thanx in advance! Crap, this is a humongous post...

2007-08-24 12:11:38 · 6 answers · asked by EdibleTire 2

They're calling for thunder storms where i live,could that desroy my pc being it's not a surge powerstip?Should i shut down.

2007-08-24 11:20:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have recently bought an imation usb 2.0 clip flash drive. I can't wait to use it, but I cannot because I need a driver for it to work on my Windows 98SE. Please help if you know what and where to get his driver for my flash drive. Thanks!

2007-08-24 10:58:45 · 3 answers · asked by booiscaredu428 2

hi i have windows XP SP2, my motherboard is Asus M2R-FVM and right now i have a radeon xpress 1150 (is those which u cant pick up from the motherboard) and i have bought a PowerColor Radeon X1650 256MB DDR2 PCI-Express, 2xDVI-I/Tv-Out and want to install....

so how to do it? should i uninstall my oroginal radeon first and shut the pc down, put the new graphic card to the slot and then start the pc? or is it better way to do it?

i would be pleased if u could tell me step by step.

2007-08-24 10:38:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've tried to create partitions of several sizes, including the entirety of the drive. Nothing works. I've used Windows XP's Computer Management, and I've used Partition Magic. Nothing works.

I really don't want to spend more money on an external hard drive, so any guidance would be most appreciated.

And, just to be clear, the drive no longer is under warranty. But I used it maybe once before this happened.

Thanks for your help.

2007-08-24 09:59:25 · 5 answers · asked by Django 1

Got back from class today to notice that my monitor on my desktop was blank. The monitor's power is on, but the light on it is blinking as though nothing was connected. The monitor works, I hooked it up to my laptop and got it to turn on perfectly. My PC is starting up, I even hear the chime sound of Windows turning on. No errors that I can find, but its hard to diagnose without any visual. The Video Card is about 6 months old, good condition, not overclocked, extra fan. Was working fine yesterday.

2007-08-24 08:46:19 · 4 answers · asked by Dan B 1

its realtech card ..if i want really good gaming pc is this okay ?

2007-08-24 08:34:06 · 2 answers · asked by randike2007 1

ok so i need to know how exactly how to use a USB portable memory. i bought one for all the pictures on my computer, but i have no clue what to do first or anything so please help anything else you need to know email me unless you can just step by step help me through this with the information already given email------>taco_gurlprnss@yahoo.com

2007-08-24 07:06:35 · 9 answers · asked by Emily rose 2

i have a ScanDisk 2gb SD card that i use with my digital camera. everytime i put it on my computer it usually just opens up on it's own allowing me to view the files.

my problem is now when i insert my SD card and open it, i can't view my files, the automatic folder for my digicam pix is nowhere to be found too. all that appears is a file called "bootex"

when i insert my SD on my Digicam, it works perfectly fine & i can view my pics on there but i can't view it when i put it on my computer.

someone please HELP!

many thanks [:

2007-08-24 06:58:53 · 7 answers · asked by ryiennetheelite 1

2007-08-24 06:14:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm trying to figure out where can I find the data that is stored on my laptop....I have a gateway computer and im trying to see if it has the data that i typed stored into it, but where do i find it at?

2007-08-24 04:18:44 · 1 answers · asked by lovechild 1

Every 5-10 seconds, my mouse suddenly freezes. I can't move it or click something or use the scroll. Everytime this happens, the red light is still on. My computer detects the mouse. I already cleaned it. Now what am I supposed to do???

2007-08-24 01:01:44 · 9 answers · asked by mirrormask 1

2007-08-23 23:58:00 · 2 answers · asked by Gurjit 2

First off it is an outrigh LIE to say that MACs cannot get a virus. they are NOT immune. The hackers decided that MACs don;t have a ig enough market share to be a REAL target, so they focus on where they can do the most damage, PCs. Please stop saying that they are IMMUNE, they are not!!
What do you do when your mac can no longer run through all those video clips as fast as you want? do you upgrade? of course you do, you throw out your entire system and give MAC more money for their over priced and proprietary systems. A PC user could easily upgrade a single part, or a few parts to get the same effect.
So maybe you have a good MAC capable of runnig a recent game. My 2 year old PC can run anything currently available (except DX10) because i have been able to upgrade it.
So waht makes MAC so special? they use Intel Processors. they use a GUI similar to windows. Maybe they don;t crash as much an average, but most windows crashes are user error, something MACs don;t even allow.

2007-08-23 19:15:33 · 5 answers · asked by Jason S 3