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Microsoft links new smart phones to Xbox Live
Microsoft Corp. is bringing its video-game expertise to the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 line, an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Xbox 360 as the software maker tries to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPhone. Continue reading
FireWire Cables
FireWire Cables FireWire cable link homes in three (3) different variations: FireWire 9-pin-to-9-pin Cables – also known as a Beta Cable. This cable is he used to connect a FireWire 800 device to a FireWire 800 interface port found on either a FireWire 800 onboard/PCI controller or a FireWire 800 CardBus (PCMCIA) adapter. You would find this type of cable included with your Maxtor OneTouch II FireWire 800 external storage hard drive. Continue reading
Are Seagate and Maxtor External drives hot swappable?
Yes, with the following recommendations: Never unplug any eSATA, 1394, or USB device that is being actively accessed by the operating system (such as during a file copy). Unplugging a device while it is being used may result in a system crash and the loss of the ability to recover the data already written to the drive Continue reading
Why is Drive Translation necessary?
DOS and DOS based programs like Windows 3.x and Windows 95 cannot access drives over 1024 cylinders on their own, but require third party assistance to use large hard drives. SCSI drives handle this with drivers built in to the SCSI controller, so we will limit this discussion to ATA hard drives. There are several methods used to overcome the cylinder limitation, and all of them involve translation Continue reading
Partition Offset Information
Partition Offset Information is a simple, single file Windows utility you can run to read and display the starting LBA for every partition. This tool detects disk drives that report themselves as large sector drives, typically 4KiB sectors, and analyzes the starting sector of a partition to see if the logical file system clusters are aligned to the disk drive or not. Continue reading
How to disable power management settings in Windows XP/Vista/7?
In some systems it is necessary to disable Windows default power management settings in order for a drive or program to function properly. The steps below will assist in disabling, or re-enabling these settings. Continue reading
What Do the Mac System Beep Code Mean?
If a fault is detected during the test, you will not hear a normal startup chime. Instead, the system will beep as explained below. Continue reading
Instant Lost Files Recovery
The best approach in recovering back all your lost files from a failed or crashed system, corrupted or virus-infected drive, error formatting or executed delete command prompt on any PC is to get a third party software that will completely, efficiently and protectively make the recovery process a success. Data loss in whatever form or size and from whichever kind of storage media is disheartening to say the least. A development many find perplexing and greatly disturbing whenever it occurs. Continue reading