Open Question: Can I replace my hard drive?
But in order to do this correctly you need to find out what type of hard drive you have
The two things you NEED to know are the type and size
SIZE:
Desktops hard drives are 3.5 inches
Laptops hard drive size is 2.5 inches
TYPES:
Sata. ata and so on
Google image serach and look for a hard drive that looks like yours three are only two types most commonly used in desktops/laptops sata or ata and you
most new laptops use asata witch are pretty cheap compared to the older laptop type.
Easy way to find out what type of hard drive is is to look on the paper tag the hard dive has. it should say something like sata or asata from there it will be easy for you to find the correct hard drive
Open Question: Hard Drive is missing?
There must be a c drive recognized by the computer to boot to windows. I would run systerm restore if you can in safe mode
Or if you have the windows 7 Setup disk run that in CDRom and try to restore it.
Open Question: Flash Drive Only Shows 2mb?
Open Question: How do you put a password on a USB drive?
Kyle Perkins Member since:March 31, 2011Total points:28 (Level 1)I have a Sandisk Cruzer 8gb usb drive, and I would like to put a password on it. I have stuff on there like plans for birthday parties and stuff that I don't want people seeing. I'm wondering if there is a way to put it on. Ik you can use "U3" but every time i try to install U3 it says "this usb drive is not compatible with u3" so yeah. help please.Answer Question
by Nickel Member since:May 04, 2011Total points:112 (Level 1)dont use u3. right click on the drive in My Computer and select properties. there should be a security tab where you can set a password for your device.
Open Question: How do I erase my hard drive?
otherwise, just format the disk in the OS.
Open Question: Games/Music disk won't play on Drive?
Kari Member since:May 03, 2011Total points:141 (Level 1)I have a Dell Inspirion 530S comp. with a Cyber link Power DVD/CD-rom. I am running Windows Vista Service Pack 2. Comp will play DVDs and the Original Comp disks that came with it. When I place a Music or Game Disk in the drive It is not recognized AT ALL . If I access the comp file and click on the Drive it says nothing is there and pops open the door and tells me to insert a disk. The comp WILL play music discs if I open them with Windows Media Player but drive Still says nothing is there. I have tried removing and re-installing the drive in control panel-system, still same problem.Answer QuestionBe the first to answer this question.
Open Question: How do I remove the write protection from my usb drive?
Open Question: can any one tell me how pen drive work?
When the pen drive is connected to any USB port of our computer,the port allows the pen drive to access our computer.(Most pen drives are supported by FAT32 filesystem.)
Now that the pen drive has access to your computer,you can copy data to or from the pen drive(i.e from the flash memory).
P.S:Flash memory is ROM which means it is non votatile .. that is, the data stored in it wont be erased if it is unplugged.
Hope this helps!!
Open Question: Is it possible to use a pen drive as a RAM?How?
Yes with some modified settings you can use your pen drive as a RAM
1) Connect your pen drive to your PC [pen drive should be at least 1 GB or if you having 4 GB then its better]
2) Allow PC what he is supposed to do,let system to detect pen drive.
3) After your PC finished with its detection work,you have to do some little
4) Right click on the My Computer and select the properties
5) Goto advanced and then performance setting then advanced then
6) Select pen drive and click on custom size " Check the value of space available "
7) Enter the same in the Initial and the Max columns
" You just used the memory of the PenDrive as a Virtual Memory "
8) Now restart your pc and enjoy your fast and super system
Open Question: How do I wipe a Hard Drive without deleting my programs such as Microsoft Office, itunes and Skype?
Alex H Member since:November 10, 2008Total points:76 (Level 1)I want to wipe my Laptops hard drive and i dont have anyway i can save those files/programs except an external hard drive so can someone guide me as to how to do it? idk if my Windows installation disc counts as a recovery disc.Answer Question
by La LEe Member since:March 12, 2011Total points:153 (Level 1)What you can do is, when you install your new OS, there's an option that you can configure to not format your hard drive and keep your old files.As far as I know, you can't only keep the files you want but you have to keep all the stuff you have, unless you erase them before you install your OS.
It's either you keep what you have or you erase everything you have. =D
hope this helps!
Best wishes!
Open Question: My laptop told me it had no hard drive?
?Peace?L... Member since:July 22, 2008Total points:1,379 (Level 3)I got upset earlier and slammed my laptop... When I opened it back up to use it a few minutes later, it was frozen so I turned it off then back on and it told me something like it had no hard drive...? So I restarted it again and it said the same thing.. Then I tried to boot it by pressing F1 like it told me and it still said the same thing.. Please help? Is my laptop completely broken now?Answer QuestionBe the first to answer this question.
Open Question: MAC: Files deleted on external hard drive when deleted on Laptop?
Now once everything was transfered to the portable, I deleted the originals on the Laptop, but the files on the hard drive were also deleted?
Is there somekind of sync happening here, like the files are linked?
How can I stop this from happening?
Open Question: How do I remove "The write protected" from a hard drive?
William1... Member since:May 05, 2006Total points:82 (Level 1)How do I remove "The write protected" from a hard drive? I am using Windows 7 Professional. My OS is on "C" drive and I am using an external drive, which is partitioned into 4 drives, with one of the drives containing some of my music. If I want to make a CD from the drive that contains my music, I don't have any problem. If I want to add some more music to another one of my external partitioned hard drives, it is coming back as "Write protected". I don't think I did it, does my system do it automatically? How can I add my music to this external drive other that the partition that already has music on it? It is partitioned into 4 sections. Like I said it is an external hard drive set up with USB. ThanksAnswer Question by Steven Member since:November 26, 2009Total points:3,699 (Level 4)Windows 7 write protects a lot of files automatically and some times you have to take ownership of those files and change the permissions. Files can be write protected from their owner until you change the permissions. Right click the file object, properties, security tab.If you copy files from a CD, the CD read only status is preserved so you have to manually change the permissions.
It is also possible the hard drive write protect jumper (hardware) has write protected the entire drive. If you are using a file with one program, it will be write protect against another program making changes until the first program releases it, so be sure the program you are running is the only one running.
Open Question: why can't i format my seagate freeagent 1.5tb external hard drive?
Devin Byrd Member since:May 01, 2011Total points:97 (Level 1)so i got a Seagate Free agent hard drive 1.5tb for Christmas and i used it and it worked fine. i used it on my xbox 360 to mod some save games after my flash drive broke but i could still put files on it from my computer. then about 2 weeks ago i downloaded an HD movie on to my computer that was about 4.5 gb. i didn't want the movie to take up space since my laptops hard drive is only 106gb. it said that the file could not be moved because it was over 4 gb. i tried to reformat it to allow 8gb and it said it could not format. now it only shows up in devices and printers (btw im using windows 7) so if anyone could help that would be great.thanksAnswer QuestionBe the first to answer this question.
Open Question: Is there a way to clone everything on your hard drive?
Go to My Computer > Control Panel > System and Security > and under "Back up and Restore" select the option "Back up your computer" its easy steps from then on. Once you have your new OS installed go back to system and security and simply click restore files from back up, then just navigate to where you've backed up your files and let it unpack.
Hope this helps.
Open Question: how to know my hard drive SATA or SCSI?
Open Question: Viewing contents of hard drive?
Open Question: How do I add a SATA drive to a pc with a IDE drive?
411 Sponge Member since:March 22, 2007Total points:445 (Level 2)I have a Dell Dimension 8400 w/ XP home OS, It has a IDE hardrive installed and I want to keep it and add a SATA drive... I have everything hooked up but need help with configuration... Can the 2 hard drives be used to work together or do they have to work separately? As of right now in setup my pc in setup mode recognizes the new SATA I just added but when I boot on to my IDE there is no sign of the SATA... can this be fixed?Answer QuestionBe the first to answer this question.
Open Question: My computer keeps asking me to "format disk in drive F: before you can use it," when nothing is in drive F:?
A couple of thought: it could be a problem of Windows remembering some USB device that was once plugged in to the computer
If you use a virtual disc program like PowerISO or daemon tools you may have a virtual drive enabled that is being read improperly.
Open Question: What is wrong with my Macbook's disc drive?
Also, right before it rejects the CD, I get a message saying "This is not a blank disk". Can someone tell me what's wrong and how to fix it?
