External and built in mouse on laptop not working
So this has been going on for a while now. When I am at my mothers house I plug in the mouse to my laptop and it works for a while but then it makes the disconnect sound and the lights are still on on...
View ArticleIs my Hard Disk partitioned correctly?
As can be seen in the attached screenshot, my Samsung laptop's only hard disk is partitioned, starting from the left, as follows: 1) System 100 mb 2) Windows 7 (C) 271.00 gb 3) Delta (D) 406.11 gb 4)...
View Article6GB of RAM installed, only 2.99GB usable
Hello, I really want to use NVIDIA Shadowplay but it is showing that apparently I have 3GB of RAM installed and 6GB usable. What can I do? I've attached the image of it. Image:...
View ArticleWi-Fi is always disabled on the laptop after booting/hibernation
I have a MSI GE620 laptop with Win7 Enterprise x64 English and every time it boots or wakes from hibernate the wi-fi adapter is disabled, I have to press a fn+F8 key, which enables/disables wi-fi. I...
View ArticleCan You Run CHKDSK on an SSD?
I recently saw a post with a warning: "Never run CHKDSK on an SSD". This got me curious, as I could not imagine why this would be. In CHKDSK Windows is checking the file system (MBR or GPT) for errors....
View Article500GB hard drive showing 100mb space when formatting
So i managed to kinda mess up my hard drive that was in my old laptop and i got a new hard drive. The old hard drive i took to a technican and he fixed it. When i hooked up the old hard drive using one...
View ArticleComputer powers on and shuts off after removing DVD Drive
I'm in the process of moving some parts from my current system to another computer. I removed a DVD drive and a hard drive from my computer, and after pushing the 'on' button, the computer powers on...
View ArticleWhat is Marvell Miniport?
I bought a used Dell Inspiron 6000 with Windows 7 and I was cleaning out stuff that the previous owner had that I don't want. One item is Marvell Miniport Driver. I found tons of sources online but...
View ArticleFirst ssd installation procedure ?
Hi All, Firstly thanks for reading, I wanted to build a new system some time ago but circumstances have pretty much stopped that for now so I have decided to just update a few things in my old work...
View ArticleUSB Printer Problem - spooler empties but no print
I have a USB printer on my Windows 7 Pro 64 bit desk top. It has worked fine for almost three years. Last the first two print jobs after boot up printed fine. The third, fourth etc. hung up in the...
View Articlesecond HDD not showing in My computer, and disk management
Hi guys, I'm kinda primitive and still using win XP SP2, but I need your help. I backed up my valid information on a hard disk a friend gave me and now it is not showing up. I've search all over the...
View ArticleCorrupt HDD, ran CHKDSK to no avail
Sometime ago I did I was searching for duplicate files on 2TB HDD. This went on for some time and along the way windows asked me to run CHKDSK on it. I ignored it a few times until I finally let it run...
View ArticleIDE mode to AHCI mode - can I change it on an OS drive?
Hello, I have bought a new SSD which I plan on using as a program drive, though not as OS drive (will reinstall Windows in the next few months). Currently I am running Windows 7 Pro 64bit. My OS is...
View ArticleMouse keeps waking up the computer
I have a problem with the mouse waking up my computer. I have a Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H MB and a Logitech MX Mouse. I have everything set to NOT allow the mouse to wake the computer, but it does. It is set...
View ArticleToshiba 3TB GPT Partitioned & Fat32
Hope I'm not breaking any rules but my old post had a major glitch and corrected post was buried. Guys/Gals, I got a bit confused. Sooooooo...... I've re-written my post: Hi, I run Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit
View ArticleOptical drive problems
My brother's been having a lot of problems with programs that use the _optical drive_ (http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/169229-optical-drive-programs-freezing/#) in his new PC. I installed a variety of...
View ArticleInstalling mSata SSD to T520
I've used the following article to change my boot disk to mSATA Triple your speed Laptop magazine (http://blog.laptopmag.com/triple-your-speed-how-to-install-an-msata-ssd-boot-drive-in-your-laptop)...
View ArticleAre all SSDs alike?
I'm SSD illiterate. I want to swap over my cdrive on my win7 64 desktop PC to an SSD. Are they all alike? Is there a 'quality' brand etc?
View ArticleSolved Need help making an extended partition Win7 64 bit
So I have a thread going on over at Ubuntu forums because I'm trying to dual boot Win7 and Ubuntu 13.1 Thought I'd bothered them enough for today and since my question isn't Ubuntu related I thought...
View ArticlePrinter greyed out
In Printers and Devices there's a greyed out printer option Canon MX880 series DZ. Have installed a better driver since. I can delete the greyed out one allright but it pops up after a restart. It...
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