drive and will try again later, but I'm doubting it's the hard drive (no signs of mechanical failure). Specs: AMD 2.4GHz Phenom X3 8750 GA-MA785G-UD3H motherboard WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM 250GB hard drive G.Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800 RAM Rosewill...

should I put Windows 7 on?. I currently have a dual boot of Windows Vista Ultimate on one hard drive and Windows 7 RC1 on the other and was planning on upgrading to Windows 7 ultimate. I have could either upgrade my Vista hard drive which would be easy...

the F4 BIOS update, and re-tried all the drivers after the update, and still no dice. I have a new hard drive on the way from Newegg, and will try the new hard drive once it arrives. Still, I doubt it's the hard drive failing, since I've only heard hard drives...

HDDs? Yes double check your connections...even if the drive is bad it should show up if it is connected properly Give me this information: -Turn the computer on for around 30minutes, then download HDtune and tell me the temperature in C of the hard drive...

Auto shutdown of external hard drive in a docking station when not in use. Hi, I have some external hard drives running in docking stations (e.g. BlackX by Thermaltake). They are connected via USB to my computer, and run continually. Unfortunately, I only...

Dual boot XP, Vista and Solaris from the same hard drive?. I tried installing xp, vista and solaris on the same hard drive, but different partitions, but I wasn't successful. I installed xp first, then vista. And the two worked well. But when trying to install...

How to partition my hard drives on Windows 7.. I have Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) and three internal hard drives, how should I set up my partions/ drives? My goal is to maximize performance. I have the following, with the SATA II being my most recent...

I may add 1 drive later for other purposes. mbill What else are you putting on the hard drive that has the OS installed? 750G is a sinful waste for just loading an OS. If your not going raid then get a 74g or 150g western digital raptor hard drive. It...

Choosing which hard drive to buy. I'm looking for a hard drive in the area of $50. I'm not too concerned about storage size; I'm mainly looking for performance. I'm been trying to get a Samsung Spinpoint F3, but Newegg sold out two days before I was going...

Cannot format hard drive. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics () I am trying to format my hard drive, it is already converted to NTFS but I cam getting the error message cannot format drive e (my drive letter) I have ran CHKDSK and...