CPU direct access to ROM?
Salaam It is said that ROM is a primary memory, but according to some sources, ROM data in a computer gets loaded to RAM before CPU can process them. Does it mean that CPU doesn't have direct access to...
View ArticleNetwork Hard drive?
I have an 8 year old WD Network Hard Drive that I can't log on from one of my computers that I have log on in the past. I get an error message (go.microsoft.com/fwink/?linkid=852747) When I put in the...
View ArticleDisc usage 100 %
I have only Google Chrome started and the disc usage is up to 100 % without any decrease. I've tried many tricks from the Internet but nothing seems to work. I don't know what to do anymore, I'm...
View ArticleClone with Samsung Data Migration to a smaller drive
I have done this before when I sold my old 512GB Samsung 950 Pro ssd and migrated my OS + all programs on it to a 1TB Sata Samsung drive, because the 512GB became to cramped for all my games. Now I am...
View ArticleRead Error on Dell desktop SATA hard drive
Greetings all!, It has been a while.....I have a Dell Optiplex GL280 (an older one for sure) 3.2ghz, 2gb ram in 4 slots, win xp pro, 1 TB SATA hard drive.... About 3 days ago, was using computer and...
View ArticleWhy is my hard drive being identified as SSD?
So for the past several weeks I've had trouble using Defraggler because it was no longer listing my C: drive in the list of drives to defragment. After selecting the option to "Show SSD drives," the C:...
View ArticleCan't format MicroSD into NTFS or ExFat
I have a couple of 32gb MicroSD the the camera foramtted it to FAT32. I tried reformatted it to NTFS or ExFAT so I can copy some file bigger than 4gb onto it. But it failed to format no matter what I...
View ArticleI wish they would come out with crystal storage
They have been at it for 10 years. They have working examples of crystal storage. But they wont put it on the market. It is as archival as you can get unless you smash with a sledgehammer.
View ArticleRepair And Retrival Of Data Of An External Hard Drive
I have a Seagate External Hard Drive that I had purchased in 2013, and I have two issues with it: When transferring the Files/Data to a newer Seagate External Hard Drive that I had purchased last year,...
View ArticleCharacter limit NTFS??
I know it has been discussed heaps of times but it’s getting really dam annoying!! I formatted a 1tb usb drive in NTFS from research thinking it was the best for what I want as it claims “No realistic...
View ArticleDell XPS 8900 Major Upgrades!!
Hello all, I have a Dell XPS 8900 which is pretty much stock. I plan on upgrading my PSU, Graphics Card, RAM, and adding 2 additional HDDs. I will be adding a EGVA 850w BQ power supply unit, EGVA...
View Article300GB picture/video storage
Hello folks, Firstly thank you in advance for having me here. Slight technophobe old school boy here I'm still in love with my trusty notebook and Parker pen. I have backed up 4 family phones pictures...
View ArticleDisconnecting HDD through its power cord
Hi, this is a question I have been searching an answer for quite some time, without conclusive answer. I would like to keep an internal HDD as a backup for my main one. The backup is done about once in...
View ArticleReading a mac HDD on a pc?
I have a 3tb 3.5inch internal HDD that is from a mac so is it possible to get it to run on a pc? I need to back it up somehow. I can get it to come up in disc manager but just about everything is...
View Article2133 vs 3200
I have 64gb in my PC. Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Task manager is showing 2133 mhz. I think I need to overclock the ram in the BIOS to get it to run at 3200. My question...
View ArticleDestroyed my hard disk
past few days, due to blue screens of win10 of my laptop and its been looping in repairs and reboots (could still boot into safe mode though, and reinstall did not help), i tried to fix by factory...
View ArticleBad ram
Ok i just built a new computer. I get no video or anything and i get 3 long beep codes pause and another 3 long beep codes. I remove one ram stick and i only get 3 long beeps. It does this with both...
View Article64 gb USB now turned into 32 only
I have a 64 USB memory which I confirmed was 64 gb before this happened. I used this stick to create a boot USB, which served its purpose. I wanted to reformat it but it now said only 32 gb. How do I...
View ArticleCorsair LPX 32gb 3200 DDR4
Is Corsair LPX 32gb 3200 DDR4 single rank (SR) or double rank (DR)? The spec said SDP is 2133, but OC tested 3200? Should I be able to OC in the BIOS to show 3200?
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