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Hello! I bought a new hdd drive and it has values of reallocated sector count and uncorrectable sector count both 252. As far as I understand they should be 0. What does it mean?
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View ArticleUnable to make a TCP connection to the server
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View ArticleSolved Succesfully installed windows 7 but no connection error..
I have a Acer Aspire 5742 , I recently reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate. For some odd reason after complete installation there was no network connection. It shows an x under my network . I tired plugging...
View Articlegetting a new PC set up, need some answers to help in arranging things
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View ArticleHow do I know if my device is running on USB 3.0 speed?
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View ArticleCan you limit how much a laptop battery can charge to in ubuntu?
In ubuntu can i set an amount to where my Dell Alienware M11x laptops battery (http://www.cbattery.co.uk/dell-alienware-m11x.html) will only charge to lets say 50% of it capacity and then stop...
View ArticlePlease HELP! External Hard Drive Recovery
Hi guys, I've got an External USB Hard drive (WD Elements 500GB) which has suddenly stopped working. What do I mean by not working.. well the Disks don't show up in 'My Computer'.. The device IS...
View ArticleHelp picking a Motherboard
I have seen two AM3+ Motherboards and cant decide which one is better Asus Sabertooth R.2.0 £129.53p ASUS - Motherboards- SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0...
View ArticleSetting up USB Port to only charge - on a publicly available computer
I am placing a touch screen in a publically accessable semi monitored area. I wan to allow perople to charge their USB devices, but don't want them to be able to access them or be able to upload...
View ArticleWD external disk problems, error detected
Hi. Well, I have a problem with my WD external disk P/N WDBAAUA0010HBK-01 (1TB) The drive is detected as H Drive, but it said "H drive not accessible. The Parameter is incorrect." I checked on...
View ArticleLaptop keyboard certain keys not functioning properly at times
I've had this strange problem since couple of weeks. Some days certain alphabet keys stop functioning properly, I have to hit it hard to get them to work while after a while of hard hitting keys, it...
View Articlecant not boot on dvd
hi .i did buy some linux dvd live and install but my problem i cant get the dvd to boot in . i have 3 brand new computer and all 3 are not booting on the dvd . do you know what is my problem . the dvd...
View Articlewhats are the compatible processors in my laptop
i want to change my processor. can you help me what are the compatible processor for this laptop Satellite L355-S7905 (http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/retail-product.jsp?poid=439937)
View ArticleNeed New Lappie
Guys, I know zilch about Laptops. I found one at new egg and wonder what the opinions on it are. MSI GT Series GT70 0ND-491US Notebook Intel Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 16GB Memory DDR3 1600 128GB...
View ArticleHow to connect 2 identical wireless printers in 2 places to one laptop
Hi All, I have had a Brother MFC-J6510DW wireless multifunction printer/scanner/copier/fax at home for some time. I can send print jobs and control the scanner from the computer, and I can use the...
View ArticlePlease Help.....CD/DVD/BR drive gone AWOL!!!!!
Well folks this a ll started about two years ago involving possible issues with my "virtual CD" software that pretty much comes imbedded in my external WD hard drive. some how or another the "CD" drive...
View ArticleHow to Add partitions to a drive that's already partitioned
The attachment below shows a screen shot of my win 7 x64 home premium HP dm4-1160us laptop's hard drive partitions. I would like to divide the C: drive into 2 drives, one for OS and one for data. Is...
View ArticleHard disk dying
My hard disk sounds like it is dying and I want to replace it before it does so, catastrophically. My immediate approach would be to do a system copy onto an external disk, replace the old drive with a...
View ArticleSolved Two offices, two identical printers, one laptop.
Hi All, Can anyone tell me how to connect two identical printers (Brother MFC-J6510DW), in separate offices, to a single laptop that moves between the two offices, so that the laptop user gets full use...
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