Summary: Does anybody know of a good source for infomation on SMART hard drive technology? The information I've found is nebulous at best...am I to assume that...
Summary: Wanda There are many screens in the BIOS. You may be only looking at the first screen. Refer back to Response #19 for navigation help. What type of...
Summary: My fiance's PC has been giving us a boot up error lately. It gives us a "Primary HDD SMART status BAD, replace". The problem is, it's only giving it t...
Summary: Tubesandwires, thanks for your reply. I have more time now to give you (and anybody else) some more details about my issue. This is a hand-me-down la...
Summary: DO a CHKDSK [drive letter]: /f this will fix any file issues on the hard drive. it will also report any failures. don't wait too long before you backu...
Summary: Boy, where to start. I'm having an issue that I'm having a bit of trouble troubleshooting. I'm gonna try to list everything that has happened so far...
Summary: Start from a known good point which you never mention that you did. With only the video card connected [cpu/ram/pw supply all in] do you get video??? ...
Summary: Alright i've seen posts about the smart failure, and i know where exactly my issue is... but i dont know is how to get it to shut up and tell me how...
Summary: About a year ago I bought a Maxtor 5T030H3 30 Gig. Harddrive! Recently (about 3 months ago) I started getting an error from S.M.A.R.T. check at the s...
Summary: Hi there. I've really tried to help myself here, but I'm out of ideas. I'm hoping some of you smart people might have ideas? The problem: Computer ...
Summary: Something to keep in mind; Some SMART indicated failures are not "Problems", just an indication that the HDD has exceeded a, somewhat arbitrary, stand...
Summary: No I didn't press F6. Yes I did scan through the link quickly. However, the issue is that I cant seem to get to the point of accessing Recovery Co...
Summary: I will pipe in here to echo the above statements. SMART isn't always right but it isn't to be ignored. I suggest you first backup your personal files...
Summary: I've seen other topics like this, but havent been able to find my exact configuration yet. Here's what i'm working with so far: INTAKE: 80mm on the le...
Summary: Sounds like your hard drive itself is having an issue and is going bad. I'd suggest contacting the hard drive manufacturer and see what diagnostic to...
Summary: Hey all, So I just got a new printer and I am having issues getting it to work properly with vista. Everything has been installed and works, however, ...
Summary: A few questions. Did you partition the new 160GB drive or leave it a one drive? What file system are you using on each of these HDrives, FAT32 or NT...
Summary: I have classroom instruction on hard drives but not real world. I am trying to look at a family members pc to repair. Error: 4th ? Smart Drive ? er...
Summary: Hello. I am having a little issue with my sound on my notebook. It has never done this before but today I started to notice a high pitched sound comin...
Summary: There doesn't appear to be in the Bios (F2). My issue is this - My son borrowed an XP upgrade CD from a friend of his at school and without telling me...
Summary: I tried that, I got a .sys file error... line 1108 in oemsetup.d or something like that. I get the list of available drivers as well. I also went to...
Summary: Hi Everyone, I would like some help with a technical issue im having. I have recently bought an AMD 2600+ XP processor and fitted it into my Abit KG7...
Summary: Whenever I boot up my PC it takes loooong time to boot. The reason is CD RW drive. I think there is some issue with CD RW drive, Because during boot u...
Summary: I have some crazy video card issues going on. I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200 with AGP8x. Here are the problems I'm experiencing: 1. Occasionally whe...
Summary: I recently installed a new hard drive and have had issues with the BIOS beeping. Before I started the reinstall, the AMI BIOS made one long beep and ...
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