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Hard Drive issues...

Thanks, I just gave up and decided to slipstream a WinXP CD with SP2. grrrr... I really didn't want to install SP2 yet because of things I've read but I suppose it will be OK. Thanks for the help guys, I just wish this was simpler!
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- Post #14
- Apr 27, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard Drive issues...

I have an old version of Partition Magic (6.0 SE) and when I run it in XP it says I have to do it using a RESCUE diskette. OK, so I do that and when I go to my drive it says theres an error "Parition error 123" or something like that. I tried to format it from there but it wouldn't do it. So...
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- Post #11
- Apr 27, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard Drive issues...

OK, so I ran the Maxtor program but I got nothing anyways. I'm led to believe that although it can address those other 125 gigs, its still unformatted and unaccessible, correct? If that is so, then I need a way to get to them and format it! I wouldn't mind having a separate partition on...
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- Post #8
- Apr 27, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard Drive issues...

I REALLY don't want to do SP2 if i don't have to... I mean I have SP1 and all the updates downloaded, but I've read things about SP2 and system lockups that makes me really iffy about it. Oh, and my motherboard BIOS is flashed to the most recent version as well. Anywho, I would think that it...
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- Post #4
- Apr 27, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard Drive issues...

Hi, I've posted before because when I bought the parts for my system, my SATA HD was DOA and my motherboard's DIMM slots 3 & 4 weren't working.. Anyways, I sent them both back and I receieved them yesterday. Well I thought everything was fine but my freakin HD is only showing 127 gig! Its...
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- Apr 27, 2005
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Computer Building
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DFI Ultra-D dual channel not working!?

drewski - yeah i think you're right. Maybe the second channel just doesnt work for whatever reason. Monday my friend is grabbing me 2 sticks of ram from his job so i can test that out. but yeah, i tried just one stick in slot 3 and it wouldnt boot (meaning it powers up but no signal to the...
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- Post #5
- Apr 9, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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DFI Ultra-D dual channel not working!?

:confused: ok so i bought all the parts i need for a new system, psu, cpu, vid card, mobo, ram, etc. the works. well this damn mobo wont run my RAM in dual channel mode! the RAM is Corsair Value Select 2x512. i have flashed the bios to the most current version and all that, even tried upping...
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- Apr 8, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards
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Need help please! building new comp..

cool, ill have to try my HD out then.. im pretty sure my new SATA is just DoA. i mean it sounds dead to me the way it half-ass spins and its a loud spin, as opposed to being quiet like a normal HD. vga card is a no go because its an agp and now ive got a PCIe board. my vid card isnt a...
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- Post #7
- Apr 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need help please! building new comp..

i was thinking of taking the HD in the computer im using right now (IDE HD) just to test everything else, but why won't this thing boot in DDR mode? yeah the HD is about the only thing that i can swap out as my working comp is an older platform (socket a).
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- Post #5
- Apr 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need help please! building new comp..

brand new enermax noistaker 420w are you suggesting maybe im not getting enough power, or that its unstable power? (shouldnt be unstable but is 420w enough?)
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- Post #3
- Apr 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need help please! building new comp..

:confused: i just bought all the components i need for a new computer and im putting this dumb thing together an now im not sure what is wrong exactly. these are my parts in question: DFI LanParty nf4 ultra-d mobo, Hitachi 250gb SATA drive, 1gb (2x512) corsair value ram. firstly, my HD is...
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- Apr 5, 2005
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building

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