Archive for May, 2009
How to recover files from relocated hard disk ?
Windows XP Pro crashed and I bought a new hard drive and reinstalled XP Pro on it. I am writing you because I am having trouble moving the files from the old drive to the new.
I ran CHKDSK on the old master drive and made it slave to the new drive. The old drive reports 10 of 120 GB free, and I conclude from that that all my files are there still.
Unfortunately, when I try to enter my directory it says “access denied”. In the old set-up I was the administrator and had the machine password protected. My wife did not have a password on the machine and her files I could see intact and with no access problems, so the old drive seems to work fine.
My question is, how can I open my directory, which I had made “private”? To be clear, I have the old password, the XP pro is legally licensed and I have the CD. No, I didn’t back-up the files, so I really want to get in. Also, I have company confidential info on the machine, so sending out the drive is not an option.
Thanks!
By: Claus
Will GeForce 8600 GT be satisfied with a 300 Watt power supply?
Core2 Duo processor.
2 gigs of memory (800 mhz)
SATA hard drive 250 GB 7200rpm
DVD RW, CD RW.
Is this power supply gonna hadle all that? Or do I need a better one?
By: DarkSoul
There are so many ways to help others, that it’s hard to choose. What type of volunteering do you do?
By: TruthSeeker
How to query TCP/IP settings for 1394 connection?
“Repair 1394 Connection: Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed. Failed to query TCP/IP settings of the connection. Cannot proceed.”
By: chancy c
Upgrade or replace Dell 8250?
1) Based upon my system below, does there appear to be something wrong..or just an outdated PC.
2) If just outdated, will getting more memory (like another 512MB) help enough or do I need to get a new PC? Is it worth it to pour more $ into this machine?
Current PC:
Dell Dimension 8250 (March 2003)
Pentium® 4 2.53GHz 533MHz bus/ 512K L2 Cache
512MB PC1066 RDRAM (2X256 modules)
128mb DDR ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Graphics Card TV-Out/DVI
120GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
Sound Card SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital
Windows® XP Professional w/ Microsoft® Plus!
Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
CD or DVD
Looking at Gateway Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB cache
4096MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (4-1024MB modules)
1000GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive w/ 16MB cache & Raid 0 (2-500GB hard drives)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX w/ 768MB
16X Super MFDVDRW/DVD-RAM+/-R Double LayeR
By: Stephen J
How do I delete (uninstall, whatever) an extended dos partition on a logical drive?
Rojoe
Thanks for your answer. I bookmarked that site for future reference. However, I am familiar with the “normal” FDISK and formatting process. But for some reason, this computer will not allow me to delete the extended DOS partition. It says I cannot do it because I have a primary partition. When I try to delete the primary partition, it says I cannot do it because I have an extended DOS partition. Sounds like Catch 22 to me. I am not familiar with “partition” problems since I never use more than one partition on my drives. I just want one big partition so I can store as much as possible as easily as possible. And nothing I do seems to get rid of that extra partition.
By: BC
what is the best software program to make dvd movies with home video?
By: archersclass
Hard drive works in one computer, and another, but then when putting back into original, it doenst work ?
I screwed with every possible jumper setting with no avial. The dang thing doesn’t detect at all in the BIOS so I know it is a hardware issue. But I also know the HD is not dead becuase I have put it back into my sisters desktop and it is working fine right now.
Any ideas?
By: whalesalad
I Need Hard Drive Help!
any suggestions?
By: drg z
If I get a dedicated server, can I use it for data backup?
By: Bryan1342