Computers and Related Hardware/Software

Fry's goodies:

Hitachi 1TB SATA300 HDD, 32MB buffer, $390. (it probably need an entire day to format :sweat: )

Maxtor 300GB SATA300 HDD, 16MB buffer, $60.

Seagate 750GB SATA300 HDD, 16MB buffer, $190.

I missed this thread....

Well, I'm having some problems with one of my external HDs. I have one that is a WD 250 GB, which is attached as a USB and a WD 1 TB that is connected through firewire. I'm having problems with this one. Sometimes when I start my comp, it doesn't read that I have the 1 TB attached, or the I TB will automatically disconnect. Anyone have any advice? or solutions?

uhno wrote:I missed this thread....

Well, I'm having some problems with one of my external HDs. I have one that is a WD 250 GB, which is attached as a USB and a WD 1 TB that is connected through firewire. I'm having problems with this one. Sometimes when I start my comp, it doesn't read that I have the 1 TB attached, or the I TB will automatically disconnect. Anyone have any advice? or solutions?

First thing to do would be to verify of the cable is good or not... Is it an intermittent problem?

bmwracer wrote:
First thing to do would be to verify of the cable is good or not... Is it an intermittent problem?

While using it, like if I'm watching a drama from that HD then it runs smoothly. It doesn't just crash, or stop and then start up. It is random though though in terms of connecting to it when the computer starts up. :grumble:

Oh man, my PC blue-screened big time about an hour or so ago... :sweat:

Fortunately I was able to recover with apparently no data loss...

Time to run a full disc check, defrag, and then back up. :sweat: :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:Oh man, my PC blue-screened big time about an hour or so ago... :sweat:

Fortunately I was able to recover with apparently no data loss...

Time to run a full disc check, defrag, and then back up. :sweat: :fingerscrossed:

Turns out my mains HD was okay, but my second HD forgot what files were on it... :sweat: So I spent most of the weekend trying to recover the data on it (dramas, subs, etc.)... After all that attempted recovery stuff, I found an easy but risky fix: it appears that the HD forgot what type of file system it was (NTFS), so I re-wrote the sector with that NTFS info and it worked so I'm okay again... Time to back everything up, I'd say. :sweat:

I guess the reason why the drive tanked was that it was so fragmented from the writing and deleting of dramas and subs over the months...

Lessons learned: back up and defragment regularly.

bmwracer wrote:
Turns out my mains HD was okay, but my second HD forgot what files were on it... :sweat: So I spent most of the weekend trying to recover the data on it (dramas, subs, etc.)... After all that attempted recovery stuff, I found an easy but risky fix: it appears that the HD forgot what type of file system it was (NTFS), so I re-wrote the sector with that NTFS info and it worked so I'm okay again... Time to back everything up, I'd say. :sweat:

I guess the reason why the drive tanked was that it was so fragmented from the writing and deleting of dramas and subs over the months...

Lessons learned: back up and defragment regularly.

Great hearing that you were able to solve the problem. Computer problems are my worst nightmare. This reminds me, using the Disk Defragmenter now is probably a wise idea.

:victory:

uhno wrote:Great hearing that you were able to solve the problem. Computer problems are my worst nightmare. This reminds me, using the Disk Defragmenter now is probably a wise idea.

:victory:

I hear that Vista automatically defragments on a regular basis.

Finally Vista does something useful.

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I think my last office computer was one of those.... the newest one is running this new OS, Windows 3.1. Very fancy :)

Anime Dad wrote:I think my last office computer was one of those.... the newest one is running this new OS, Windows 3.1. Very fancy :)

note that monitor and mouse not included in price. honto ni yasui desu. <really cheap>

Tu_triky wrote:

note that monitor and mouse not included in price. honto ni yasui desu. <really cheap>

Jeez... I wonder how much a VGA monitor was back then... :shakehead:

The ad doesn't say what size the hard drive is, 10mb or 20mb? Or is that extra??? :shocked:

gaijinmark wrote:The ad doesn't say what size the hard drive is, 10mb or 20mb? Or is that extra??? :shocked:

They had soft drives back then not hard drives...... :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:

They had soft drives back then not hard drives...... :beaten:

Hmm, I could make a comment here about needing a certain blue pill, but I won't. :hehe:

dochira wrote:
Hmm, I could make a comment here about needing a certain blue pill, but I won't. :hehe:

go cialis instead... :P

Anime Dad wrote:Jeez... I wonder how much a VGA monitor was back then... :shakehead:

A 14"-15" monitor was around $300-$400... A 17" was around $800 and a 19"-20" was a cool $1000.

Incredible.

Of course, at that time a VCR was several hundred dollars and the tapes were like $10-$15 each. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
A 14"-15" monitor was around $300-$400... A 17" was around $800 and a 19"-20" was a cool $1000.

Incredible.

Of course, at that time a VCR was several hundred dollars and the tapes were like $10-$15 each. :sweat:

The cool think back then was my mouse didn't have a little trackball on the underside...it had a trackfoot.

Tu_triky wrote:[image]

i call photochop. the $8499 at the bottom has a row of duplicate pixels above the two 9s.

Tu_triky wrote:The cool think back then was my mouse didn't have a little trackball on the underside...it had a trackfoot.

LOL.

I've seen pictures of really old mice that had two sets of vertical and horizontal wheels rather than the ubiquitous dust-collecting ball that recent mice use... :beaten: