Hi - I have just had a new hard drive put in, and busily customising everything.
I notice that the Microsoft Office Tools are not showing the correct icons - e.g. W for Word etc. they are just a white square with blue top, which could suggest they wouldn't open, but they do. Several other applications are like that namely Adobe, Windows Media, Microsoft Power Point.
Is something missing - have I deleted something - or turned something off ??
Regards
Judy
I recommend downloading and running Reimage. It's a computer repair tool that has been proven to identify and fix many Windows problems with a high level of success.
I've used it in the past to identify and fix everything from blue screens (BSOD's), ActiveX errors, corrupt files and processes, dll/exe/sys errors, recover lost memory, Windows update problems, defragging, malware removal etc.
You can download it direct from this link http://downloadreimage.com/directdownload.php. (This link will automatically start a download of Reimage that you can save to your computer.)
So I was downloading a game . After the download finished a clicked on play to well.... Start playing and something wierd happened. My screen went blue (screen colour when nothing in being recieved) At first I thought it was the in game resolution so I tried pressing alt and enter to change the view from full screen to windowed. I also tried pressing alt and f4 to try and close the game but still nothing was showing. So I hard reseted my pc. The msi logo boot up shows normally but after the logo the screen stops showing anything. I tried changing hdmi ports and the first time this happened it fixed the problem. But because I'm stupid I tried booting up the game again and the same thing happened but changing ports didn't work this time. I tried everything but nothing has worked. If anyone could help it would be very appreciated. Also I can't boot into safe mode because I'm using win8.1 and also an ssd.
My specs: msi mobo
Gpu: gtx 760 2gb
8gb ram
SSD
Normal HDDHDD
600W power supply
Thanks.
Today, my external hard drive has not appeared on my PC. It did work before I went to sleep yet when I began my PC in the next morning, it didn't show. Can you please help me how to fix this?
Hello there,
There are a lot of different reasons for an HDD to stop showing. A few things you can try are:
Try using a different USB cable, make sure it is as short as the original one, or even shorter. This is important it terms of providing enough power for the drive to function properly.
Try connecting it to different USB ports.
Try connecting it to a different PC.
Sometimes the drive can misbehave due to insufficient power even if it appears to be spinning make sure you connect the HDD directly to the USB port and not through a USB hub.
Check if you can see the HDD in Windows Device Manager and in Disk Management. Good luck.
I have a Gateway NE56R34u Laptop, I tried to check the drivers in device manager and it seems that everything has been installed properly or no missing drivers found but when I tried to check some of my hardware in DXDIAG showing N/A for (operating system, processor video etc.) I also tried to update it or uninstall the driver but still the same help me out please thank you
I also uploaded some information so atleast it will be easier for some to determine my issue thank you
My 320 GB Seagate external hard drive is detected but not showing up in my computer. What should I do?
In cmd> diskpart> list volume it does not show up. (screenshot attached)
In Device Manager it gets detected. (screenshot attached)
In disk management it shows up as 'unallocated'. If I initialize it, will I lose all data on the drive? It had 4 partitions. (screenshot attached)
In My Computer also it does not show up. (screenshot attached)
Even BIOS recognizes it.
What to do? I don't want to lose any data on the drive. If I initialize it in device manager will I lose data?
I was installing window XP on my computer, usually I remove the external drive but this time I did not. The external drive was shown as 4 drives in partition manager during installation. But the installation failed. The next time I was installing windows again, the external drive was shown as 1 single unknown or unrecognized drive. I'm not sure if it was unknown or unrecognized. I'm sure I didn't format it. So what I need to do now? I don't want to lose any data.
Yes, if you initialize it you will 'lose' everything. You will want to try something like [email protected] Recovery or maybe Easeus Partition Recovery.
I have 2 new external hard discs do show on my computer .They are running but not showing in PC.What to do ? Thank you
Hello,
I'm not completely certain that I understood your situation. I wonder if it's possible to clarify the question? Otherwise Disk Management is a good place to start looking for a missing HDD.
If the HDD is brand new you might need to initialize it. This is needed if below the disk it says ?Not Initialized?. Right-click on the Disk that says ?Not Initialized? and click ?Initialize Disk?. Then you will have the option to choose between MBR and GPT. If the drive is more than 2 TB you should use GPT, if not you could use MBR as well. Once the Disk is listed as Basic and online right click the unallocated space and click create a ?New Simple Volume?. For the file system choose ?NTFS? if you want to use the HDD on Windows.
Hope that helps.
I have a sony SD Card 16gb class 4 card. I did use the card for almost 3 months, when I tried to use it now, I am not able to access the card,
I tried recovery softwares like recova etc to recover the file, but I was not able to recover even a single byte.
I have many importants files in the CARD, PLEASE HELP ME...,.
Thanks
I think >>this thread<< could help you out . He seems to have the same problem.
The Seagate Momentus 5400.6 hard drive I'm using is from my old laptop it has 4 disks.
After I put it in the (IT-CEO IT-700) enclosure, and connect it to my new laptop it does not show up in 'My Cumputer' and 'Disk Management', but displays in the 'device and printer' section of control pannel.
I also can't eject the hard drive, even when I'm not doing anything to it, the (IT-CEO IT-700) enclusre's blue signal light just keeps flashing for a while then goes off for a sec, then resume flashing again.
My laptop also keeps trying to install the hard drive.
I tried reinstall the hard drive's driver, but that did not solve the problem.
Please Help.
Have you tried using different drive enclosure other than the IT-CEO IT-700?
HELP!!!
I have a 500gb external hard drive which, up until a few days ago, was working absolutely fine.
When I would plug it in to my laptop the device was found under 'my computer'.but would not open. Instead when I tried to open it my computer froze and the 'not responding' message was shown, resulting in a forced close of my computer. Now when I attach the hard drive and open 'my computer' the hard drive does not show at all, but 'my computer' still shows the message 'not responding', resulting in a forced close.
I've been on to a couple of forums already and tried the route of right clicking 'my computer', 'manage' and 'disk management'; but the hard drive does not appear there.
I'm at a total loss what to do and would massively appreciate your help as I have backed up company data on to this hard drive.
Thank you in advance!
Hey pcrquals. I would try the drive in another pc to narrow down where the problem is, a problem with the drive itself, or a problem with the pc recognizing the drive, which might be a problem with the USB port(s) or with the USB drivers. Does another USB device like a flashdrive work when plugged into the same port?
My graphic card showing error on Pc starting
When I start the computer it restarting with this error vt-x1550pci256
this error showing on top left on screen what I do Now ?
if u want more information let me know.
ps : sorry for my bad english
Hi , since I reinstalled windows 7, am not seeing the wifi icon anymore , all I see is the ethernet icon with a red cross , even though am connected to a wifi, here is a screenshot http://prntscr.com/2fpmcu , I've tried a lot of tips ,posted in alot of forums , but none helped , I have the network icon enabled on the Notification Area Icons , but still doesnt work, I hope u'll give me a solution here , am already tired of this thing , annoying .
Thanks in advance
Hi guys im not sure what the problem here or if this is supposed to happen I have the latest AMd drivers for my video card I have checked direct x version and every thing and im not sure where to go now google hasnt helped much I was wondering if you guys knew what a solution could be here is my specs Operating System Windows Home Premium -bit Build Service Pack win sp gdr - Language English Regional Setting English System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model HP Pavilion dv Notebook PC BIOS InsydeH O Version CCB F Processor AMD A - M APU with Radeon tm HD Graphics CPUs GHz Memory MB RAM Available OS Memory MB RAM Page File MB used MB available Windows Dir C Windows DirectX Version DirectX the main problem is as you can see in the pic below is everything is n a and there are no driver details either Could this cuase slight graphics problems when playing games and such nbsp
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Hi guys im not sure what the problem here or if this is supposed to happen. I have the latest AMd drivers for my video card I have checked direct x version and every thing and im not sure where to go now google hasnt helped much. I was wondering if you guys knew what a solution could be.
the main problem is as you can see in the pic below is everything is n/a and there are no driver details either. Could this cuase slight graphics problems when playing games and such?
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also not sure if it installed correctly as it shows up like this in device manager
Hello First time posting here I apologize if this is not in the correct forum Anyway I have been having some showing device Dxdiag not display trouble with my graphics card drivers I experienced some graphical glitches followed by a blue screen of death a few days ago and since then my graphics card has not been working I have groups of vertical lines running down my screen My dxdiag does not show anything for display device I am using Dxdiag not showing display device an NVIDIA GeForce GTS and when I open the device manager it gives me error code for display adapters Additionally when I try to open the NVIDIA control Dxdiag not showing display device panel it says I am not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU I have reinstalled the drivers several times using both the express and custom clean install I have run driver sweeper in safe mode Nothing I have done has had any effect Please help At this point I am assuming I need a new graphics card but am hoping there might be another issue Here is my dxdiag ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report Machine name DAN-PC Operating System Windows Ultimate -bit Build Service Pack win sp gdr - Language English Regional Setting English System Manufacturer System manufacturer System Model System Product Name BIOS BIOS Date Ver Processor Intel R Core TM CPU GHz CPUs GHz Memory MB RAM Available OS Memory MB RAM Page File MB used MB available Windows Dir C Windows DirectX Version DirectX DX Setup Parameters Not found User DPI Setting Using System DPI System DPI Setting DPI percent DWM DPI Scaling Disabled DxDiag Version bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ Display Tab No problems found Sound Tab No problems found Sound Tab No problems found Sound Tab No problems found Input Tab No problems found -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct D retail DirectDraw retail DirectInput retail DirectMusic retail DirectPlay retail DirectSound retail DirectShow retail --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name Manufacturer Chip type DAC type Device Key Enum Display Memory n a Dedicated Memory n a Shared Memory n a Current Mode x bit Hz Driver Name Driver File Version Driver Version DDI Version unknown Driver Model unknown Driver Attributes Final Retail Driver Date Size bytes WHQL Logo d n a WHQL Date Stamp n a Device Identifier D B EE - - CF-B -B DAEC CB Vendor ID x Device ID x SubSys ID x Revision ID x Driver Strong Name Unknown Rank Of Driver Unknown Video Accel Deinterlace Caps n a D D Overlay n a DXVA-HD n a DDraw Status Not Available D D Status Not Available AGP Status Not Available ------------- Sound Devices ------------- Description Speakers High Definition Audio Device Default Sound Playback Yes Default Voice Playback Yes Hardware ID HDAUDIO FUNC amp VEN EC amp DEV amp SUBSYS B amp REV Manufacturer ID Product ID Type WDM Driver Name HdAudio sys Driver Version English Driver Attributes Final Retail WHQL Logo d Yes Date and Size bytes Other Files Driver Provider Microsoft HW Accel Level Basic Cap Flags xF F Min Max Sample Rate Static Strm HW Mix Bufs Static Strm HW D Bufs HW Memory Voice Management No EAX tm Listen Src No No I DL tm Listen Src No No Sensaura tm ZoomFX tm No Description Digital Audio S PDIF High Definition Audio Device Default Sound Playback No Default Voice Playback No Hardware ID HDAUDIO FUNC amp VEN EC amp DEV amp SUBSYS B amp REV Manufacturer ID Product ID Type WDM Driver Name HdAudio sys Driver Version English Driver Attributes Final Retail WHQL Logo d Yes Date and Size bytes Other Files Driver Provider Microsoft HW Accel Level Basic Cap Flags xF F Min Max Sample Rate Static Strm HW Mix Bufs Static Strm HW D Bufs HW Memory Voice Management No EAX tm Listen Src No No I DL tm Listen Src No No Sensaura tm ZoomFX tm No Description Digital Audio S PDIF High Definition Audio Device Default Sound Playback No Default Voice Playback No Hardware ID HDAUDIO FUNC amp VEN EC amp DEV am... Read more
Are you sure your DVI, display port, HDMI, etc is connected to the graphics card not to the onboard graphics? Try reseating the card on another PCIe x16 slot. Make sure the display connections are connected to the GPU not the onboard graphics. Do the clean install to the latest stable drivers (314). Driver sweeper should have cured any software issues. If the reseating, checking the connectors, etc doesnt work, it is most likely an issue with the card.
Purchased a Seagate TB SATA- rpm MB however when I hook it up to my existing system it shows as MB in explorer but GB in BIOS Called Seagate tech he gave me an intel link to update my MOBO however as it isnt over GB the update is no help - he asked did I use the seatools programme and I had already run a quick scan whcih it passed Ive tried to format the drive to seatools it took hours and didnt change anything tried it in a new build im doing but wont allow me to install windows and stops at the initial loading windows files dos screen at the beginning again BIOS shows full capacity Mobo on running machine is ASUS M a GTD Pro -AM and New build has a ASRock GX extreme Seagate guy asked me to run full hour scan on the drive this evening using seatools and see what outcome is Anybody out there experianced similar problems nbsp
What version of Windows are you running?
Hey,
I am using a USB keyboard and it is showing weird bahaviour It stops working all of a sudden and then to make it work I have to unplug it and then plug again,but the problem resurfaces...
please help...
I have a previously functional hard drive that is no longer recognized by the BIOS Other drives are working fine Just not this one It has no scary not up drive in showing Hard BIOS clicking or grinding noises It sounds lovely in fact Normal health read and spinning sounds It even has the gyroscope Hard drive not showing up in BIOS feel if I pick it up Stuff I have tried unsuccessfully Restart the computer Restart the computer again just in case Swap out cabling Use an external power source Use a SATA-to-USB adapter Use a different motherboard Hard drive not showing up in BIOS with a different BIOS and a different power supply Use a different motherboard with the USB adapter Swap out the controller board for a new one--same model and revision but stole the flash memory chip off the old board so it had its calibration information right I m thinking that the platters and read head and all are good I seem to have ruled out the controller board as the culprit Anybody have any ideas what might be the issue nbsp
You've pulled out all the stops. If the BIOS doesn't see the drive, there's not really anything more you can do. Drive has failed somehow. Send back to mfg. if still under warranty. Hope this helps!
At the weekend I installed an Asus P5W DH Deluxe after memory problems with P5Q Deluxe. I installed my 4Gb of Corsair RAM and it was showing 4Gb during POST. However, in the past 24hrs it is displaying 3.2Gb with the remaining 800Mb going towards 'Appropriated Memory'.
Why has this suddenly happened? I've never seen it happen on my other P5W DH mobo or the P5Q Deluxe.
Tom.
Are you installing a 32-bit operating system?
A 32-bit operating system will not allow full use of your 4GB memory. If you want to use more than 3.2GB (give or take a few hundred MB), you will need a 64-bit operating system.
Hi Fellows I have TOSHIBA GB HDD I made it external delayed showing External to 0MD size failed due errors write HDD HDD through a drive case and using it since few months for storing the data it has partitions Now External HDD showing 0MD size due to delayed write failed errors I have a problem with it A week before the drive started giving following errors when I was plugging it in to the system There might be a problem with some files on this device or disc this can happen if you remove the device or disc before all files have been written to it Delayed Write Failed I O Device Error Initially it was only reading two partitions after - days it only showed one partition not all data then now it is showing partition with zero data with zero mb total disk space It is asking to format each partition I am trying to open I tried to access the HDD from multiple systems XP VISTA SEVEN but same MB size showing up now every time How can I get the external HDD back to normal state without losing the data already there please help Thanks nbsp
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Check-a-drive-for-errors
Check the drives for errors as instructed in the link above^. This may take a few hours depending on the size of the drive. If this fails then we will resort to other options. After doing some research, it seems as if this error occurs a lot in XP.
Hey guys,
I just recently noticed my graphic cards seem to running or at least reporting 1GB vram instead of 3GB. Do you think they are defective? Take a look at these results. It's showing a total of 2GB vram for my cards after running Firestrike.
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/148413
Also, CPU-z is reporting 1GB as well as other benchmarking applications.
I attached a SS of my cpu report. Sorry about how crappy it is.
Anyone know what this could mean? Is it a glitch?
Have you tried flipping the bios switch on your cards?
Not sure if this is an issue, but awhile ago whenever I use the FN key to control the volume or
brightness on my laptop, they would always show as a big white circle spinning as I control it.
But now it's just a blue box with a yellow slider.
Anyone knows what this means? I'm using an ASUS X54C notebook with Windows 7 btw.
Possibly you made changes to, say, themes or other user experience categories ? It's sometimes fun to change something about the user interface, but in Win 7 especially, all sorts of things are inter-related. And that's before we take into account changes to driver software, and MS system updates.
Using function keys to control volume I presume must be a special portable feature, and must therefore be part of the portable's driver set. Any replacement of the hardware drivers will affect that, and that would include Win 7 having the arrogance to replace the keyboard driver without reference to you.
So good luck with that. I'd suggest you reset the user interface to default, but maybe you won't know what that is anyway.......and neither would I
I have two SanDisk flash drives (8 & 32 GB) and a 32 GB SanDisk Micro SD card and, as of yesterday, the folder icons have changed to shortcut icons that refer to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe F/c "start %cd%\sony.exe && %windir%\explorer %cd%\Extras". 'Extras' is just one of the folders on my 8GB flash drive. My files are still on all of my devices, but I cannot access them. After seeing the C prompt statement, I figured I am way out of my league. What do I need to do to restore my folder icons and directly access my files again?
My thanks in advance for your help.
T Smith
The files have been corrupted, so I don't think they will be recoverable. Always use SD flash drives for temporary storage, and back up important files also on a DVD or on a second standard hard drive
I have a nvidia geforce2 mx/mx 400 128MB VGA card. when I turn on computer today, VGA memory is displayed as 64MB instead of 128MB.
what could be the issue ?
I can't say what the issue is but thats an old card and could be experiencing issues from aging.
I use DVD-R for almost a month only thing on it is pictures and word doc so nothing can go to wrong I do back ups I would say almost times a week I have use this DVD-R for almost a month and every thing is working okay Now gone showing burning wrong DVD disc nothing now on the sessions some thing gone wrong When I click start computer DVD drive it shows no DVD burning gone wrong now disc showing nothing files nothing It like the files got DVD burning gone wrong now disc showing nothing deleted or it cannot see the files When I right click on the drive and click on properties it shows MB used and that is about right I don t know what to do it like the files got deleted or it cannot see the files But the properties it shows MB used that about right I was using windows vista built in burning software This all stop working after I copy an paste folder to other folder on the disc I than tried Nero the basic burning software and when in Nero burning software I click on analyze disc it shows sessions and MB used and that is about right I than tried to make copy of bad disc When I click copy disc it copies it and than tells me to put in new disc and copies to it but it is still not showing up when I click on start computer DVD drive So it seems it still there but for some reason it cannot see it nbsp
Burning multiple sessions to a DVD-R disk is most likely the problem. (Ideally, you should be using an external hard drive to backup) You should use DVD-RW, rewritable, disks and just burn everything in one session, close the disk; then move onto next DVD-RW, burn everything, close disk. continue this until you are back to the original disk in a rotation, then erase the disk, and continue on.
As for why you cannot see data on the DVD-R disk, it's most likely because of the multiple sessions. On a DVD-R or +R disk you should burn once, and be done with it. You might be able to recover data with a 3rd party program, but since it's optical media my hopes are not high. Be sure to have the "show hidden files & folders" option ticked on so maybe, if the files are hidden on the DVD-R disk you might be able to see them.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I hope this helps you in the future.
Have a external hard drive that was backed up on a macbook pro
using time machine. I try to take the files out that I put on a windows 7 PC
and it wont show up in My Computer.
But it does on device manager.
is there a problem with the external hardrive?
It is likely formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled), HFS+. Windows can't natively read that.
"I try to take the files out that I put on a windows 7 PC" is a confusing statement. If you want to read the files on the drive from 7, you can't without a 3rd party tool. If you are just wanting to put stuff on there from the PC and don't care about the Mac backup, then just format the drive. Do that through Disk Management in the Admin Tools control panel.
My WD external harddrive will not show up on my macbook pro and I just bought it. I want to format it but as I said it doesn't show up, even when I go to disk utilities. The harddrive does show up on my windows. What to do?
http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?wdc_lang=en
I SSD not showing have recently installed a Corsair gb SSD drive to one of my SATA ports and its not appearing in windows SSD not showing It appears in device SSD not showing manager SSD not showing and in the bios Does anyoe know whats going wrong Windows installed the drivers OK How can I coopy my c drive in its entirety over to the new SSD withut using paid for software The drive came on its own with software Thanks Specs of my pc are as Operating System MS Windows Home Premium -bit SP CPU AMD Athlon II X CRegor nm TechnologyRAM GB Dual-Channel DDR MHz - - - Motherboard MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO LTD -C MS- CPU Graphics M WA x ATI Radeon HD Series Sapphire PCPartner CHard Drives GB Corsair Force SSD ATA Device IDE C GB Seagate ST AS ATA Device Unknown Interface COptical Drives HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH LS ATA DeviceTSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S B ATA DeviceAudio AMD High Definition Audio DeviceOperating System MS Windows Home Premium -bit SP Installation Date January nbsp
You might have to go to the admin tools and fix it there...
Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management
...then on the left side u see a "System Tools", "Storage" and "Services and Applications"...click on "Storage" -> "Disk Management". Then you should be able to see all your hard drives etc, then if u want to use the hdd just "Format" it and it should show in "my computer"
But then the 2nd question...I'm not sure about that one, I would use the software that came with the hdd and read the manual or then I would take the easy way (that also would make it more fresh) and reinstall Windows completely on the SSD HDD.
I ve been trying to fix it for over days now showing stopped External Computer drive My hard in up and I tried lots of things but nothing seems to work so I hope that you can help me System Info If Needed - - Operation System Windows Ultimate SP -Bit - Motherboard Asus Sabertooth P PCI PCI-E x PCI-E x DDR DIMM Audio Gigabit LAN IEEE- - CPU QuadCore Intel Core i - K MHz x - Memory MB DDR - DDR SDRAM - Disk Drive WDC WD EARS- J B GB SATA-II - GPU ATI Radeon HD - USB Ports - USB Ports Problem - My external hard drive stopped showing up in My Computer but it was working fine before Possible Causes - - I think quot And I m NOT Sure quot this happened after I Unplugged it without using quot Safely Remove External hard drive stopped showing up in My Computer Hardware quot I m Totally aware that unplugging it while it s in use could damage it but when I tried to quot Safely Remove It quot it told me quot Windows can t stop your device Because a program is still using it quot and I was in External hard drive stopped showing up in My Computer a hurry so I unplugged it without using quot Safely Remove Hardware quot - Few Days before it stop working it was getting slower and sometimes it hangs External Hard Drive Condition - - it s Samsung S Portable GB - I think I External hard drive stopped showing up in My Computer bought it from about - years ago - It s out of warranty - I m Not using it that much maybe - hours per day and sometimes I don t use it at all for several days weeks - Content all my family pictures amp videos NO backup anywhere else I thought it would be safer here in case any damage happened to my desktop hard drive but i Guess I was wrong - No Physical Damage - When I plug it I hear it spinning and it s light is on - I hear a weird intermittent constant quot Sound quot and it s NOT loud MAYBE It s a quot Clicking quot sound But I m not sure Things I Tried - - I checked All USB Ports and it s all working fine with other devices - It Doesn t show up in quot Disk Management quot So solutions related to quot Disk Management quot Won t work - I Cleaned up and removed old USB storage drivers and replugged it but it didn t work - I connected it to another PC it didn t work there too - I tried Different quot USB Cable quot - I was always checking it with quot BitDefender Total Security quot For Viruses or any kind of infections and it was clean - I tried to check it for errors but as it s not recognized I can t check it - I was Defragmenting it with quot DisKeeper quot from time to time - I tried to use quot Ultimate Boot CD UBCD v quot to recover the data and i used this Guide quot How to Create an Image of a Crashed Hard Drive using the UBCD dd-rescue and P eXplorer quot and when I reached to quot Step - Identifying your Hard Drive quot I couldn t Identify it and I couldn t know it quot Path quot because it wasn t showing up in quot Mount Devices quot window because as I said It s not recognized So What I m Asking For Is - - Is there a way to fix my External Hard Drive and make it work again If Not - Is there a way to make it recognizable so i can recover the data using quot DD-Rescue quot If Not - Is there any other way to recover the data from my External Hard Drive and - I tried to open my External Hard Drive quot case quot but I couldn t and I was afraid to go any farther So i Don t damage it So is there any safe way to open it Thanks nbsp
"I hear a weird intermittent constant "Sound" and it's NOT loud, MAYBE It's a "Clicking" sound, But I'm not sure."
Maybe a soft click or a sliding sound? The drive should normally do nothing more than hum.
"I connected it to another PC, it didn't work there too."
Dang it didn't past the test here either. When things go wrong in my computers I often try them in another machine. If it works in the second machine then I know it's still working. If it doesn't work in the second machine then I usually consider the device dead. I'd try a third machine if you have that resource.
If the data are that important I'd consult a data recovery specialist.
Hi
I got my laptop last week and and yesterday the sound stopped working. The laptop is a ASUS G53SX: i7-2670QM 2,2 ghz. 8 GB RAM. GTX 560M.
I have tried to update/re-install the drivers without any luck. I have also tried system recovery and still no sound. The latest software that I have installed is Adobe Production premium 5.5 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
I have checked the playback settings and the only device showing is Sony-tv 1. I also checked for deactivated and disconnected devices but still only Sony-tv.
Please help
go to asus support website and download sound/audio driver according to your laptop model and OS
SO basically i m doomed when i plug the damn thing in SOMETIMES windows will say that it is quot not recognized quot and SOMETIMES Windows won t say nuthin at all jsyk i ve tried times and only one time windows responded with that uplifting message i tried searching for the device in my computer not there there is no quot removable disk quot icon either i also tried going into disk management not there either oh and i ve also tried this on other computers SO therefore I assume that the thing is un-salvageable UNLESS Disk in Management Computer showing Thumb up not drive or My of course Thumb drive not showing up in Disk Management or My Computer one of you angels reveal that it is not actually a goner and that i can actually still access it and save my life in which case it would just mean i m a complete tech noob however that optimistic situation seems highly unlikely and therefore i shall return to my assumption that i am doomed seeing as life is so is there any way i can recover my data from the thumbdrive and no i can t send it back to the dealer because i never actually bought the thing it was given as a door gift at someone s birthday IKR so yeah nbsp
Hi
it sounds well stuffed, however i did a quick google on the subject
http://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/articles/how-flash-drives-fail
http://www.techimo.com/forum/storage-related/214456-flash-drive-broken-need-repair-recover.html
regards
Hello every one! My computer drive E is not showing data and from properties it is shown that data is still there and occupying space. This problem started two days ago when i started my pc and when i opened E there was nothing shown and before it was working properly... kindly help me....
Use A43 File Manager. This is a replacement for Explorer.
Your files are still there, probably hidden by malware infection
at the CMD prompt type these
E:
CD /
ATTRIB -S -H /S /D
I m having quite a problem here My external hard drive Astone - Tb isn t showing up on my computer - or anybody else s I lent it to a friend and I believe he may have been rough with it The base is missing screws and after receiving drive external hard is showing not My up it back My external hard drive is not showing up the following My external hard drive is not showing up day I plugged it into my laptop It came up with quot Installing device driver software quot which My external hard drive is not showing up is odd since I ve used it on there many times before Afterward it would flash in My Computer for a second coloured grey then disappear It does not appear in Safety Removal Hardware either I ve tried this on several computers but with no difference and the blue light still works The problem is definitely with the Hard Drive since thumbdrives still work fine Reformatting isn t an option because there are important irreplaceable files on there It does however show up in control panel gt Hardware and Sound gt Devices and Printers I still can t access it though - When I right-click and go to browse files quot Removable Disk D quot is written in grey Is there anything you tech geniuses can do to help I m really getting desperate here nbsp
http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/my-external-hard-drive-is-not-showing-up.170588/I bought a brand spanking new gigabyte a75m ud2h motherboard as well as a processor for the FM1 slot (came as a bundle). I hooked it all up but for some reason i'm not getting ANY reaction when i turn the computer on, no fans no light on the motherboard nothing. When i plug the power back into my old motherboard it starts up just fine. So the power switch is fine, the power source (650W) is fine...not sure why my machine is not starting up with the brand spanking new mobo & processor =( Any suggestions? I have tried putting the power button pin in every slot on the F-board, cannot get any reaction from my tower.
First suggestion, check that you aren't shorting out the board by having any screw mounting the motherboard contacting the case. I'd even suggest taking it out of the case and testing just on a desk/table, away from any sources of static electricity. If that makes no difference it could be that the motherboard is DOA (Dead on arrival). There are many products that slip through quality control procedures of manufacturers and turn up at people's homes in a non working state. If the testing outside of the case doesn't give any positive results it might be time to contact the retailer for RMA/sending them back the faulty part.
it was working fine this morning, and i'd left my computer copying files on to it all day, and when i got back to it just now it started telling me that this hard drive doesn't exist.. it had it as g:, and i have another one plugged in now called f: (which is showing up okay), and my computer's hard drive is split in two, c and d, so it's not a name confusion thing.. just stopped working all of a sudden, even its little light isn't lighting up.. .. i managed to use it fine once before, to copy files on to (needed to do that so i didn't lose everything when i wiped my computer's hd, for another reason (most stubborn virus i've ever met)).. .. so what should i do now? is my stuff still salvagable?
Is it an external hdd? You could start Disk Management (press start, and run diskmgmt.msc). If your hdd shows up there you can right click and assign a new drive letter.
You can also try to connect it to another computer.
Sadly it's also possible that your hard drive just died, even if it's new. In that case you should return it to wherever you bought it and get a replacement, but your data could be difficult to recover (maybe it's possible, but very expensive). One of my Transcend external drives stopped working after only a few weeks
So it was working the other day I left my computer came back and it wasn t showing up I restarted the computer and it was not showing up at all It is definitely getting power but WD has external anywhere isn't power, 1TB HD showing it is not showing up in the remove hardware option in the bottom tray it is not making the sound when it get plugged in and it is not showing up in the disk management or whatever it s called I ve tried on different computer and am having the same issue Earlier today I plugged it in and after mins or so it showed up with notifications and everything and was able to open some folders but it started saying there were delayed write issues and wouldn t let 1TB WD external HD has power, isn't showing anywhere me open anything else After that nothing for a few more hours then I went to try it on a different computer and it showed up only in the remove hardware thing at the bottom Not in the explorer nor in the disk management thing It s still under warranty so I can replace it but I have about gb of pictures music and movies that I probably will have an extremely difficult time getting back without spending hundreds of dollars So I don t want to switch it out unless I have to Please help I m spending a lot of time trying to fix this Any help would be much appreciated nbsp
Get the new hard drive and install Windows on it. After you have applied all the Windows Updates, install the old drive as a second hard drive and see if you can access files from it that way. If you have to return the old drive for warranty replacement, see if you can borrow a drive for this data transfer. If the old drive isn't seen, there is nothing that can be done to save the data short of spending hundreds of dollars
Have joined to see if i can get some assistance noticed others have done this with success I have a seagate TB expansion Hard Drive which was firstly coming up with I O error and now the computer doesnt even register that its connected dispite connection noises from the drive itself on usb connection I have read through various topics and forums and carried out a number of the checks and processes to run through but still without success I have tried this on other laptops and issue is exactly the same I have another Buffulo expansion drive which is working fine in all USB ports The system is windows Vista and upgraded to service showing Seagate hard on not expansion computers drive pack I have cleaned up existing USB drivers on system also When disk management is opened the system doesnt read the drive is connected There is no excessive noises coming from drive but lights on and small amount of heat is given off Needing help as i use drive to back up important photos and files dont want them lost Can anyone help please nbsp
Sounds like the drive has failed as you had been getting warning signs with the I/O errors and now it has stopped working. There is a possibility that it is just the circuitry in the housing so you may be able to get it going again with a new housing. You could first test the drive by removing it from the housing and hooking it up to the internal connections of a desktop PC or by using a USB adapter.
I have windows XP service pack 3 and my 1tb western digital hard drive is no longer showing up. I have had the drive for over a year and it was working fine until the other day when i plugged it in and the drive didnt show up in my computer. It shows up under device management but not under disc management so i can't assign it a letter. I have tried Easeus but it wont run on the drive.
Also i cannot start my computer with the drive plugged in, it gets to the boot screen and makes a click and restarts
It's not completely clear if this is an external drive since an internal drive can be "plugged in" too so to speak. Anyway, let's presume it's an external drive. I'd say either the enclosure has failed or the hard drive itself has.
Hello,
I am using a Sony Vaio loaded with Windows 7 to try to connect, via my home wireless, to an Iomega home server. My other old laptop (running XP) just shows the Iomega as a normal file server, with folders and all my documents etc. Unfortunately the Vaio is only showing the Iomega as a 'Media Device' (in the network and sharing center).. and because of this, it will only open windows media player when I try to access it. How can I stop the server from showing up as a media device?
As a start (and after reading another forum post), I disabled the media streaming service within windows media player network sharing service.. but this hasn't worked.
Thanks..
Right-click on the iomega server icon and select "properties" See if you can change the device type
I have just bought a used Dell Ultrasharp 3007 30 inch monitor, I connected it to a G5 quadcore MAC computer with an NVIDIA 6600 video card, I have two DVI video ports, on one port the display can only be set on a maximum resolution of 1080X800, while when inserted on the other DVI port the display selector can show the various resolution options up to 2560 x 1600, but when any hiigher resolution than 1080X800 is selected the display turns pink with vertical stripes. I tried to connect it to my Mac Book Pro laptop which has a hi res of 1920X1200, but again if any higher res than 1080X800 is selected the same thing happens to the Dell display, turns pink and with stripes and nothing on the display is visible. What could the problem be? Thanks
The problem could be that you max out the displays max resolution? -or then the HZ is set to high?
Okay I m not much of a computer whiz so I ll try to relay my issue as best I can Earlier our computer was having serious virus issues Just a few days ago xp just reinstalled itself basically I have no idea why but it seems to have cleared out the viruses and all that up card dxdiag Video in not showing jargon I decided to try and play some WoW and noticed that it wouldn t load due to it not finding a suitable display device I opened dxdiag and in the Display tab all I see is n a about everything I ve been reading threads about this and I m pretty sure I need a graphics card driver or something installed I know that my video card was an ATI Radeon Family I can t remember the exact numbers after it Here s some specs about Video card not showing up in dxdiag my computer OS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition build manufacturer emachines model t BIOS Default System BIOS Processor Intel Premium D CPU GHz CPUs nbsp
You or someone will have to open the PC and pull out the card to look at it to determine the model number. The basic specs of that Emachines that I looked up show an integrated Intel graphics solution so what other card might have been installed is anyone's guess.
I have a TB WD Need drive a up help hard in not with showing explorer external external hard drive It was running extremely slow so i ran a defrag and it fixed it But it also has a mac partition on it so i ran the repair disk thing for mac in disk utility However my mac is a laptop so it ran out of battery part way through the operation Now when i plug it in it both the mac and PC it is not picked up in explorer and Disk management under computer management So no partitions show up in either finder on mac or explorer on windows Edit When i connect the hard drive it has a flashing light on it Need help with a external hard drive not showing up in explorer like it normally does Need help with a external hard drive not showing up in explorer when it connecting to pc just before it shows up in explorer It has been flashing like this for hours as it has been plugged into pc this whole time when it Need help with a external hard drive not showing up in explorer connects and shows up in explorer and is not in use that light normally stays solid nbsp
I'd start with test disk:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
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FWIW: I have Ubuntu on my Netbook. If I start a lengthy operation like defrag on battery, it will ask me if I really want to do that. I've run into a number of prompts like that, and it makes me wonder why Windows never figured that out.
Under the printing preferences the Paper/Output tab sometimes shows up with nothing in it. It's a Xerox 7232 and is attached to a network.
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I have a 400 g sata which I am using as a secondary drive. When I had a associate try to install win xp professional on it but he messed up the drive. He did n ot load it and so I have only 38 gigs of use. How do I get the 400 gs. back? Thank you.
Open disk manager, remove the existing partitions and re-format.
I have 2gb pen drive which i had some data.basically all business related things.
When i m inserting it's showing as removable (E)
File system : RAW
Used space : 0 bytes
Free space : 0 bytes
But when i m going into Disk management it is showing as
Disk 1
removable (E)
243 MB
online
243 mb
Unallocated in a box
Can i recover my data back or is it useable anymore?
and a good explanation why it has happened will be handy!
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Hey all I have a problem with my Asus G VT-X Sometimes when I bring it out of sleep or power it on the screen will either Stay quot dark quot but though not completely dead or unpowered It s just dark colored still lit up like it s in the BIOS CPU LED indicator shows there s activity and I can press my caps key and activate deactivate the images funny really showing not Screen sometimes acting dark, correctly, caps LED or Start shifting between single colors red-- gt green gt blue gt and so on Closing opening the laptop solves this problem only half the time Turning Screen images not showing correctly, sometimes dark, acting really funny off the Screen images not showing correctly, sometimes dark, acting really funny monitor s lighting FN F doesn t solve the problem as reactivating the monitor light just brings me back right to the problem I can still see stuff perfectly on my quot external monitor while Screen images not showing correctly, sometimes dark, acting really funny it s plugged to the laptop meaning the GPU s properly functioning But the laptop screen s been having this problem quite a bit lately Could someone please tell me what the problem is and whether I can hope to hire someone in my area to get it fixed reasonably cheap I d like to keep this laptop as it s been overall solid and reliable aside from this problem Thanks nbsp
Laptop screen problems
If your laptop works correctly on an external monitor, then it points either to the screen invertor, or the ribbon connection between the motherboard and the screen.
The invertor will cost about £18 or $32, but you can re-fit the screen ribbon yourself for free. But it's not out of the question it could be a screen panel
replacement job. Hope that's of some help.
It works on my computer USB HDD up Seagate showing not XP but when put on my brother s computer with vista it does not get assigned a letter I ve read every posting about this I can find on google even tried a couple of programs designed to assign letters to USB devices and neither worked It shows up in device manager fine but when I Seagate USB HDD not showing up go to disk manager it doesn t allow me to change the letter It doesn t give me the option at all It s partitioned into two partitions and when I click on them it gives me the option but it s Seagate USB HDD not showing up grayed out so I can t click it Grrr The computer has internal HDD DVD drives and removable HD in it I changed the DVD drives to X Y and Z one of the internal HDD from D to W and the removable ones to P Q R and S Then I reinstalled the external HDD Still nothing There are no network drives at all And I assume it s the admin login because it s the only user set up Anyone have ANY ideas nbsp
First, See How to Cleanup and Remove old USB Storage Drivers
Hello as you can see i have a MSI GX specs http bit ly bTZ z and the machine temperatures high is MSI GX630 very is showing some pumps has MSI GX630 is is showing some very high temperatures been constantly overheating since last week when I was playing MW It shut off mysteriously at first and then i found out that the heatsink was not completely on the board I had the heatsink screwed down to the board but still there are really high temperatures for the CPU I use HWMonitor and my GPU has normal temperatures but the CPU has and Celsius when I ve just turned it on The temperatures are rather high even when I m doing simple tasks such as browsing the Web Is there any light that can be shed on this matter S I just don t understand why it burns up so much even when I have stopped gaming on it since it first shut off last MSI GX630 is is showing some very high temperatures week S I have some pictures of how the board and MSI GX630 is is showing some very high temperatures the lifted heatsink looked before it was screwed down I haven t taken any new pictures of the screwed down heatsink yet but I will do so soon Let me know if you need to see those pictures please Any help would be greatly appreciated nbsp
It not as simple as reattaching the heatsink to the CPU. There is a thermal compound that has to cleaned off and fresh compound applied. As it stands now you are probably not getting good heat transfer from the CPU to the heatsink.
hello i bought a used computer from petrocanada and it has 2 4 gig sticks in it. i had to put windows on and i checked my system it only shows up 2.50 i dont know how to fix plz help and hurry it is a sun mirco system computer
Do you have a 64 bit version of windows installed?
i have a 500G ext hard drive that doesnt appear in my computer, OS Vista, i had registry files that made my disk drive disappear from my computer (upperfilters and lowerfilters) so before deleting i was asked to back up the registry files and mistakenly backed up on ext hard drive and not desktop, in this light disk drive reappeared and ext drive disappeared, i have tried to go in regedit, but to no avail can some one help on how i can find and locate the backed up registry and delete to view my harddrive. thanx
Hey, when I put a DVD/CD into my drive it won't show up in my computer, but I can still use it. I put The Sims 3 in the drive, it does not show up in My Computer but I can still play the game with no problems. I'm currently putting a blank disc in so I can save some files to it, and I need to access the DVD via My Computer but the Drive is not appearing. I went into Device Manager and in the DVD/CD-Rom drives section it shows a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark next to the drive icon.
I have Windows Vista 32-bit OS
I searched for driver updates and it says all drivers are upto date...
i hv seagate 320gb HDD
when i pluged in to laptop (OS Win XP SP3) its
detected & shown in Device manager as
"Initio"combo device class"
Initio default controller "
but explorer not shown any new Drive
every time i connect & disconnected the HDD Bell Sound ( DING dong)
but nothing happen
I also use on my desktop PC with OS vista Again same os MSG box instal device driver
But when
I tried in OS windows 7 & its shown prefect
plz suggest me any device driver ?? any other solution for this
We would like to know more about your equipment and configuration and recent history
I have a WD Portable elements 500 gb......
I have been facing problems with the drive not being showed in the my computer
the detection ballon showin that there is an external hard drive connected to the comp ....
the hard drive also show d power on light
But then the hard drive is not shown in the my computer or the disk management........
help required urgently
Thanks
It would be helpful to know your computer brand and model, and configuration, along with age of computer, and operating system.
Have you tried plugging it into a friend's computer? or other computer.
Have you tried cold booting with your USB cable plugged in, as well as a hot insert?
Have you tried using a different USB cable?
Hello all This is my first post to this site So bare with me please I recently bought a hp simpleslave gb external hard drive I have tested this on my notebook which is HP with windows vista and it sees it fine I originally had windows xp on this desktop I am typing to you from Then plugged in the HP EHD and it worked fine I then upgraded to windows n Now when I plug in the HP EHD It doesn t show HDD showing HP external Windows only? 7 in 320GB up in quot my computer quot with rest of the drives are I only see my other drives I checked device manager It doesn t show I tried to view show hidden components Still doesn t appear I have a HP pavilion a HP 320GB external HDD showing in Windows 7 only? n desktop machine I have upgraded a few parts since original box I have a AMD Anthlon XP ghz gb ram ST A ATA Device for Internal Hard Drive It s a Segate Pata Barracuda IHH gb rpm NVIDA Graphics gt mb ddr card My windows updates are up to date All drivers are updated So I am not sure why this particular OS windows will not show the drive I took it up to a store that had windows on it That machine recognized it fine It s just this particular Windows on my own desktop that will not show it Can any one help me out with this issue How do I make the HP Ext HD Simpleslave show up again Thanks Karl nbsp
Why No Repsonse?
Hello,
I see there are a lot of views of my post.
However no one is posting a reply to my External Hard Drive issues I am having with my desktop computers running windows 7 n. Why not? Did I do something wrong. Please let me know and I will correct it, if it is needed. This issue of my drive is very frustrating and would appreciate the help.
Thanks, Karl
i was on my laptop last night trying to get rid of av security suite it's a virus that blocks helpful things on your computer and tries to get you to buy it's product, i was on firefox and it said "this program seems to be unresponsive, end program?" and i clicked yes then my computer restarted and there was nothing but the wall paper on it and i can't get task manager up because the AV security suite is blocking it, anyone have a solution?
Where we see this most frequently is in peculiar hard drive failures...
Did it work normally when you rebooted in <SAFE MODE>?
In <SAFE MODE> you should be able to remove AV, then see if it will boot normally, then defragment, and scan your system with a variety of antispyware and antivirus downloads.
You can always reinstall AV later.
A few weeks ago a non-existant partition has been showing up under "hard disk drives" on my computer. I have 3 sata drives in my computer (plus a dvd drive), and none of formatted to have partitions. This extra partition that is showing up is named "Local Disk Q:"
In the properties menu, it says the drive is 0 bytes in size. I've tried to format it and all that, but it says I don't have sufficient permissions. The disk management tool doesn't show it at all. It isn't causing problems as far as I know, but it'd be nice to know what it is doing, and why.
I'm running Windows 7 pro.
Have you installed any tools to mount ISO files?
every time i click an icon on my desktop, it brings up the "open with" box. it also does this with my start button icons. i just recently had XP Antivirus Pro 2010 on my laptop... don't know how it got there but it did. I wasn't able to get online or do anything. so... i did a system restore to last week and now nothing works. any ideas?
what you installed was a spyware, always check online whether a software u are installing is really something useful or is it a spyware
I have a 22" Samsung Syncmaster T220HD display connected to a Dell Optiplex GX280 SFF PC via HDMI. Recently, I purchased a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4550 DDR3 512MB PCI-Express low profile video card. When I set the resolution to 1920 x 1080i or 1280 x 720p the picture is in HD; however, when set to 1920 x 1080p the picture doesn't show in HD. Why is this? Shouldn't 1080p be in HD??
perhaps "HDCP" is not supported on the video card?
my laptoop is not showing any available networks in networking. the device seems to be working properly according to windows device manager. recently have run some anti-spyware, reg cleaners etc. system seems to be running well, better than ever, but now can't find networks. any ideas out there?
What are the system specs? and which windows you are running?
I can't explain why but suddenly none of sound drivers including the Windows defaults are showing in the Control Panel for sounds or audio. I've reinstalled the driver for my Delta 44 card three times, ran repair on XP Pro twice and still no show or sound. All drivers are listed as working in Device Manager. I see on the internet that this is not uncommon, but how do you fix it?
Saba Raba
Hmmmm.. Are you saying the default Sounds and Audio is also missing from Control Panel???? Is your sound otherwise working OK? It's just the stuff missing from Control Panel???
I don't know i have an answer.. but here's some info/things to try
> Note the "drivers" are what you see in Device Manager (so good they're still there!)
> The stuff in Control Panel aren't the drivers.
To try restoring the Control Panel applets try
> Look in Add/Remove programs. Do you see an entry for your Delta 44? Uninstall it
> Reboot and then try reinstalling the Delta44 stuff
Also, you should also be able to start the standard Windows Sound and Audio applet by Start->Run, enter: mmsys.cpl then click OK
I carried my pc Showing No Crash, PC Signal Monitor over my mom s house today it was working fine and then when I was on my regular basis chatting on MSN the screen went black PC Crash, Monitor Showing No Signal and the monitor showed No PC Crash, Monitor Showing No Signal Signal although the mp was still playing for seconds after seconds the mp got stuck as well i resetted pc it happened after some hours again again and its happening again and again It never happened in my old house I checked all cards and stuff if anything moved or something The only difference is that I got a different monitor here and since the monitor cable doesn t suit my gts I use a converter for it to fit What would be the problem Got only x gb ram stick since when I pushed another one in most likely the pc crashed randomly the same way it crashes now no signal music plays for PC Crash, Monitor Showing No Signal some at least that was the case months ago using x ram for months so don t know anything changed Creative sound card which I dont use An ethernet card And gts Intel core duo processor Thanks already Edit Format fixed it weird nbsp
http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/pc-crash-monitor-showing-no-signal.142136/I have a 320GB external hard drive from WD which I was using to back up my personal laptop running XP Pro. My laptop has since crashed and I need to access the files on my external while the laptop is being repaired. I have a laptop from work running Vista and the external does not show up in My Computer when I plug it in. I suspect this is because the work laptop's cd drive and my external both have the E drive letter.
My question is this: is there a way to access my files on the work computer without formatting the external and losing all my backed up documents? I am under the impression that giving my hard drive a new letter will require it to be partitioned/formatted?
The hd letter shouldn't have anything to do with it normally. But your work computer may be locked down in such a way that it is. But no, you do not have to reformat to get a new drive letter. See if you can get into disk management from the administrative tools control panel, in there you can change drive letters (ie - make the cd drive drive X or something temporarly).
External Hard Drives Showing As: (J Error
Ive been using my external hard drives for a while now with no problems, this morning I startup my computer and both of them are not working.
They show up as
(J Error
(K Error
Their both showing as empty
I tried restarting and everything, can someone please help me?
Thanks
Spyware Symptom
Check for spyware. You can find the following 3 anti-spyware utlities in the downloads section:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
SpuerAntispyware
Spybot Search & Destroy
A common symptom of spyware is that it disables one or more of your devices. You need to run 3 anti-spyware utilities as there are many different types of spyware.
Repost with results.
-- Andy
I am having issues after doing a format of my Main hard drive (C: Drive). My secondary hard drive is not showing up at all now. Not in windows but OK in BIOS. Also not showing in Disk Management I am not sure what to do as I am not familiar with doing secondary hard drives.
Before the reformat the drive was working fine and I have tons of data on it so definitely don't want to reformat THAT drive. Not sure what to do here and any help would be appreciated.
Disconnect the good drive with all the data on it.
Then format the "Main hard drive C:" and install your operating system. Once that is done, the "secondary" or storage drive will be detected and recognized...
You have to be certain that they are both jumpered as Cable Select or by Main and Slave drives, and taht your cables are good and not damaged by crimpling or any of the wires being pulled out of the drive socket... If SATA, bad SATA cables have been a big problem this year. If EIDE, wires get pulled out of the 80 conductor 40 connector socket. Check carefully with a good light and perhaps a magnifying glass.
Hi.
I have tried reading through the forums to get an answer before trying to post my problem, but no luck.
My problem is, the monitor does not show any sign of life when I turn on my computer.
I have checked to make sure everything is securely plugged in and everything.
Some of the posts I have read have said to run in safe mode and download the drivers again, problem is, I can't even get it to go into safe mode. I do not get any signal from the video card.
I was originally running my computer with two geforce 7900 GT's, but took it down to one, I don't remember why, and now neither of them are working on either PCI-E slot.
Bump
Please can someone give any input or suggestions as to what might be causing it?
Should I buy a new video card? The mobo shot?
i want to use my cd-rom on my laptop, so push the button, but it didnt come out..
i checked in my computer, the cd-rom icon is no longer there..
i thought it was cabel problem/no power, but where i restart, while it displaying
the brand etc, i push the cd-rom button, it come out..
so, i cannot use my cd-rom, only when i log into windows..
plz help me get my cd-rom back..
this also happen to my pc..so, my laptop n pc no longer got cd-rom....
Is this an external CD ROM drive that you have tried to use on both your pc and your laptop? I am having trouble understanding how both machines have lost their CD ROM functionality> It would also help if you told us the operating systems for both machines.
Hi,
I have 2 drives connected to my computer, an IDE and a SATA. They both work fine from within Windows but I was just wondering why only the IDE drive shows up in the BIOS?
Check jumpers on the unit, drivers, or maybe (hopefully not) may be defective?
Since I got proper wired ADSL I am having several problems when connecting surfing and downloading from the internet What the causes might be I don t know but I ve listed them below When I click my Firefox icons be that on the desktop or on Rocketdock it can take up to seconds or ? internet icons, speed, connection Persistant problems dwindling internet so to physically open a page I m talking just Persistant internet problems ? internet icons, dwindling speed, connection a page itself not content If I have just turned the computer on then the page loads pretty quick that s a webpage not a physical page However the longer I m on the internet the slower the page load times seem to get This also manifests itself in downloads When the computer is first turned on downloads are working fine however as time goes on most downloads dwindle to nothing or all are not downloading When I click the Internet Explorer icon desktop or Rocketdock it opens on my homepage but if I enter an address the address opens in a new Firefox webpage while the IE page stays on my homepage Any help and advise would be greatly appreciated nbsp
Try doing this procedure and see what you come up with.
Also, please tell us what type of computer you have, specifications, etc.
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic58138.html
PC= Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi1
Comes with 120G HS x2 and one is missing/not showing up under my computer or even being there. Any1 have any clue to whats going on, its just like ..missing. Sadly until I was scanning around looking for my Movie folder I realized it was in my other internal hard drive which is where I found it not showing up under "My Computer" or anywhere else.
Did something come loose? It's a laptop, will this be a possibly complicated fix?
Thanks in advanced for any help or assistance as always!
Michael
The "missing" drive could be bad... or loose on it's connector. You will have to open the laptop or a hard drive bay, to check and access the hard drives
Let me preface by saying sorry if this is a stupid question and or I do not provide enough information I have a Dell Precision desktop that was running XP Pro until I switched it over to Windows to test it out I in Internal Up 2nd Showing Windows Not HDD have two WD GB SATA drives inside of it When I start the computer and go into the setup to look at 2nd Internal HDD Not Showing Up in Windows what drives are enabled it recognizes the 2nd Internal HDD Not Showing Up in Windows two different drives Once I boot into windows it does not recognize the second drive I have tried switching the 2nd Internal HDD Not Showing Up in Windows second drive to different ports to no avail I used a new OS Install disc to see if it would show the drive in case it needed to be formatted and it still did not show the second drive I can hear the drive spinning just fine I have a Sabrent Cable Converter that I can plug into the USB Port to see if it shows up that way using Active Recovery Partition software if anyone thinks that might help Any ideas or thoughts would be much appreciative The people at Dell told me to send the whole thing in Let me know if you need anymore information Thanks nbsp
do you have the jumper settings correct? I would hope that this is not your only computer as windows 7 is a beta version. this could be your problem. does the secondary drive show up in bios?
My friend asked me to fix a Cruzer Micro 2GB, I don't know what he did with it, but now if I try to format with Windows or HP USB format utility, it shows up under SanDisk S3 UCL Mode 3.00 (16MB) (E:\) and only 16MB, and I can only format to FAT and NFTS. If I do try, the HP USB formatter stops with an error "Saying Device media is write-protected." after hanging at "Partitioning the device".
All other tools like the OCZ format utility, lexar, UMP too, all don't even see the drive.
I can't access the drive, windows asks me to format first, comes up with an error.
Shows up on Device Manager.
Thanks for the help.
There's a couple more options and tools to try here: http://www.techspot.com/vb/post687891-2.html
Hey everyone,
I just purchased a new external hard drive for my laptop. I have a Sony vaio, and the hard drive I bought is a Micronet Platinum XL 500gb. I turned it on and it didn't show up in My computer so I went into the disk management and noticed it was not activated. I activated it and then still nothing.
That was obvious because the drive had not been formatted. So I clicked create new partition and started formatting it. All was fine, it was late so I went to bed, got up in the morning to see how it completed and it said that the format was NOT successful. Now it won't show up in My Computer, nor will it show up in Disk Management. Should I just create a WIN98 bootdisk and format it from DOS, or is there something else I can do?
THANKS!
If it won't show up, I don't see how you can format it in DOS.
Anyway, check out Device Manager and tell us more.
Other suggestions:
1. Test your drive on another pc
2. Check your bios settings
good luck
I don t know what happened or why it did it but one of my HDDs is showing up as having a RAW filesystem and is no longer accessible I can t explore the drive I can t chkdsk it I can t access it in any way The only thing I can think of is that I plugged my Xbox HDD into my computer through SATA but I just can t see how that would affect it because the HDD doesn t drives filesystem showing RAW as my One of up show up as a drive in My Computer Anyway I ve tried a program called TestDisk with a little One of my drives showing up as RAW filesystem bit of hope In My Computer the drive I shows up as Local Disk I the disk is actually named quot Kelly quot don t ask why I m a a Halo nerd One of my drives showing up as RAW filesystem The program TestDisk can actually see that original name while the OS can t However I tried rewriting the proper filesystem structure to the disk using this program and it doesn t seem to work The files on this disk are important but not so much that life would end if I were to lose them I d rather not format if I don t have to but I COULD get the data back if I had to it s all stored on my server Anyways please save me a TON of time redownloading all that data and help me get this disk back I ll love you forever nbsp
Raw: The volume filesystem type information is unavailable
http://www.z-a-recovery.com/unformat-tutorial.htm
Recovery Software
Try this one: http://www.z-a-recovery.com/unformat-tutorial.htm
It is free for up to four folder down, ie
C:\Documents and Setting\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures
1,2,3,4 folders down
Here are a lot free ones to choose from
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads38.html
Hello there i got this problem my computer started by indicating error(PRI Master Hard Disk:S.M.A.R.T Status Bad,Backup..) and not loading the OS Win 98 just a screen written Win 98.I then removed the hard disk(Fujitsu MPF 3102AT) and checked it on another computer i got the same result,when i placed back the hard disk so that i could upgrade the OS to Win XP,my monitor would not show anything.The power light would light up green but after a few seconds it start blinking green.The CPU is running on P111.Pliz help.
Welcome to TechSpot, adad
adad said:
(PRI Master Hard Disk:S.M.A.R.T Status Bad,Backup..)Click to expand...
That says it all - your hard disk drive is failing (S.M.A.R.T. = Self-Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology).
my icons have just disappeared and i cannot get them back. my llaptop is a dell inspiron. when the computer boots up they appear and then go away. help!!
This is a quote from my last reply to you. Note you didn't reply to me after that
Hear back from you in 4 months ok
kimsland said:
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scarecrow1 as you have posted here a few times with different issues. It may be best for you to put your System Specs information in your ProfileClick to expand...
Here's another famous quote, but this time by you
scarecrow1 said:
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oh i forgot to tell you that the xp version is pirated and i have no discs.Click to expand...
Do you have a legit version of Windows now? Including the setup disc?
I have a Western Digital 500GB external hard drive (USB) that used to work just fine. The hard drive still seems to work just fine and my PC (WinXP) works fine as well. For some reason, the drive no longer appears in my My Computer list of mapped drives. However!!! If I right click a drive and choose properties it shows me a list of all disk drives and the external IS included in this list (listed as WD). I have tried unplugging and replugging it in to redetect or what have you. Suggestions? Anyone? I feel like I'm missing an easy solution.
Try DriveCleanup, it was posted yesterday here (with instructions): http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?p=727106#post727106
I unplugged all my USB external drives (not anything else) and used it
Then plugged my USB Drive back in and it seems to be quicker. Anyway, this may fix the fault. Please let me know
bought a 320GB int. Drive to replace the 40GB internal i use in an enclosure.The 40GB is set to MASTER & i did the same to the 320GB i can hear the the system make that familar sound when you plug a USB device but don't see the drive.When i unplug the USB i could hear that sound again.This is a brand new HD strait out of the static free bag.Please help...
Rgds.
John
The new external drive needs to be formatted. With the external drive connected, Right-click on My Computer and select "manage" disk management, and right-click on the external drive in the list and select format
I have a ECS A790GXM-A (no tweaks) and and AMD 940 Black Edition processor. I had the original BIOS and just updated it to the latest version. Both show in device manager as AMD and processor type unknown. I just tried the chip in a ASUS motherboard (ASUS M3A78-T) same AMD 790 chipset and loaded the drivers from the ASUS cd and the processor shows up correctly and runs a awful lot faster than the ECS board. Anyone experianced this? Is there a problem with the board?
It's recommended to update the BIOS then install Windows (not the other way around)
Obviously confirm all system drivers are up to date
Or do a Repair on Windows
Microsoft's Windows XP Professional Repair Install step by step
http://www.windowsxpprofessional.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdrepair/part3.htm
Microsoft's Windows XP Home Repair Install step by step
http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdrepair/part3.htm
Vista Repair:
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winvista/index.htm (index page)
http://vistahomepremium.windowsreinstall.com/repairstartup/repairstartup.htm (guide)
This is why posting more info helps
For further help: Please put your System Specs information in your Profile
I recently cloned my Windows XP Pro with SP from a failing Hitachi harddrive to a new Samsung HD in my Tecra S Everything went smooth and the system immediately recognized the new harddrive The transfer was perfect Then for some unknown reason about a week later I decided to upgrade to Service etc, load to forever Icons, take Pack I ve read where they got the kinks out Hmmmm Anyway the first reboot afterwards loaded Icons, etc, take forever to load my background but that was it No Icons No Task Bar No Start Menu was displayed I had to do a hard shut-down and when I rebooted all screens loaded fine with all icons etc Today I turned on the laptop and it loaded to the Windows screen and then my desktop with no icons etc to be seen I shut down via power button and tried again The same thing Eventually the Icons etc loaded How do I rectify this problem The boot up time is definitly quicker since upgrading from megs of RAM to Gigs and going from a rpm HD to a rpm It is only when I get to the desktop that a full load fails to happen nbsp
Uninstall or otherwise remove the service pack.
Reboot.
Defragment the drive.
Reboot.
Use RegEdit by Juoni Viourno to clean up the drive and get rid of any suspect registry lines. (Find on MajorGeeks.com).
Reinstall Service Pack 3 once more, watching carefully to assure that everthing was installed, and the Service Pack was fully installed. As you probably know, with your experience, this darned thing can take forever... Sometimes it is still running processes and install bits, when you think it has finished.
Regardless of whether you are sure you did it right the first time, shut down, then do a cold boot.
Reinstall Service Pack 3 and give it up to an hour to finish.
Good luck. Let us know if this works. It worked for me.
I had two 256 RAM chips installed in duel channel mode. i then brought another 1GB when i installed this i only added another 256. To test i then when on kust put the 1GB in as 1GB
can anyone help me please
Your post is a little confusing... It is always best to use the same model and speed RAM modules in dual channel. You were running 2 256MB modules, this should equal a total of 512MB minus any shared on-board video memory. 2 1GB modules would equal 2GB total RAM minus any shared on-board video memory. Don't mix memory types. You will hurt your systems performance, not help it
A few weeks ago we downloaded an updated driver for our video card so that my son could play a particular game. Now everything on our computer is larger in size: our desktop icons, our internet pages, our office software, etc. Is there an easy way to return everything back to it's original size or I am going to have to do it program by program?
Right click an open area of the desktop, Left click properties, left click settings, move the screen resolution slider to the right a couple spots and apply. That's how you adjust that.
I had a password locked HD(30Gb), that I finally gave up on. I purchased a 250Gb replacement drive. When I go into the bios to check to see if the system detects it, it show 137Gb, when it did not show anything with the locked HD. I also check to see if there was a bios update, but there was none, just the same as what's already on my 1100. I thought I'd try to use the new drive, while I wait for another replacement, it started to format at 250Gb.
I just wondering why it shows 137Gb. I know this is an issue with some older bios and P3 systems, but I did not expect it with a P4 system.
Anyone else experience this? Any problems if I keep the 250Gb installed, or should I order a 120Gb.
TIA
CB
Usually this problem is caused by formatting the drive with a verision of Windows XP that has no Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 1a. None of those will format higher than 137 GB.
If you switch to an install disk with Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3, you can format up to 1.5 Terrabytes without problems.
Alternately, once you format at 137 GB, use a partition editor such as Ghost, Partition Magic, Source Forge, or Acronis (I recommend Acronis)... to extend the partition to the full size of the hard drive.
Either way, you have a cost.
Hello everyone,
As you can see by the attachments that my program icons have all somehow changed to a white box with a blue top. When I double click on them to install I get that black window. If I wait for about 5 to 10 seconds the program will eventually start to install.
Please help me.
Can nobody help me........
Can nobody help me
ive recently reformatted my computer which is running off a 40gb IDE drive and i have a second 80gb SATA. the sata drive wont show up in my computer. i dl'ed the sata raid drivers and still nothing. this has happened before but i cant seem to remember how i fixed the problem. i have an ECS pm800 m2 mobo w\ bios drivers v1.2e and i see the second hd in the bios. it has recently been formatted as well. thanks.
i got it by going into comp management and re partioning it. thanks tho
Hi,
My PC (Windows XP and SP-2)is rebooting every 10 minutes by showing a blue screen warning page_fault_in_nonpaged_area
When i checked in control panel ? Administrative tools ? Event viewer ? system . Then I found out Event 7000 is creating errors.
These errors are
?The XAudioService service failed to start due to the following error:
XAudioService is not a valid Win32 application.?
?The CSS DVP service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.?
And Event 5001 error
?Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter : Could not allocate the resources necessary for operation.?
Pls. help me how to overcome these problems.
Vijay
Do the events in the event log coincide with the times you are getting the BSOD reboots?
This error occurs when the OS tries to load something it is expecting to find in memory (RAM or virtual) and it is not there. (nutshell of the long definition). It can be caused by failing memory, failing harddrive or software/drivers recently installed. Can also be cause by viruses or an antivirus program.
1. Do you recall the date on which this problem began and if so, do you recall having made a change to your system. (OS updates, sw install, etc.)
2. If the events are associated with the BSOD, it sounds like it could be a hard drive issue or you may have a serious infection that is using all your resources.
What antivirus program are you using? Are you using any additional protections (anti spyware etc.)
Can you boot it into safe mode and is it stable there? If so, boot to safe mode and run your antivirus software.
If the event coincides with something you recall having loaded or installed, you can attempt to restore your system to an earlier time using the System Restore feature in XP.
Do you need instructions for those various suggestions?
Tracy
i recently got a trojan virus. it took me a long time to remove it but i finaly have. after i realised when i went to 'my computer' my c: drive and d: drive was not shown.
i opened disk management and i saw my drives there, then i went to defragment to see if my drives were there, they were.
so i went on to explorer to see my drives, they still were not showing.
i can see my drives on programs but not on windows explorer, my computer. however, i can see them on my network devices.
can somebody help me try and solve this problem as ive tried all sorts of programs to fix, restore my hard drives and nothign is working.
please help. cblair91
This one is meant for CD\DVD Drives missing (It might work, and it can't hurt trying)
Xp: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm
Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us
Restart, once complete, and test again
Otherwise, have a look at:
Viruses/Spyware/Malware Preliminary Removal Instructions
Also
Please put your System Specs information in your Profile
i just ordered a 320 gb hard drive from newegg. its a sata drive. I work on computers for the local ballet company and the computer i am putting this in is a hp pavilion a1540n and for some reason the last guy who worked on the computer pulled the sata 1 connector out so i have the drive plugged in on the sata 2 port and its showing up in the windows install as only 130gb. only and in the hp bios it shows as the correct 320gb. What am i doing all wrong??
see this thread
I recently upgraded from to GB of RAM in my Windows Vista Ultimate x machine I was happy for a while seeing GB in System Properties for the RAM Then I opened up system information and saw this Installed Physical Memory RAM GB Total Physical Memory GB Available Physical Memory GB Total Virtual Memory GB Available Virtual Memory GB Shouldn t quot Total Physical Memory quot read GB as well I thought that my computer was justso fast with the GB installed that I wasn t seeing in improvement with the GB now I realize that Windows was just reporting what was physically there not what was usable How can I make all GB show up this really pisses me off I know I only spent on the GB RAM 8 only Inf showing gigs Sys in of x64, Vista 4 as gigs but it s money I could have not spent if it s not all going to be used Someone please help me out with this I Vista x64, 8 gigs of RAM showing as only 4 gigs in Sys Inf don t know if it s a setting I need to change in my BIOS or a jumper or whatever there are very few and I mean like jumpers on my Mobo Anyways can someone please tell me how I can fix this nbsp
Have you installed Vista, SP1? Is the new 4GB memory compatible with your motherboard. It is the same brand and type as the original 4GB?
I am using a toshiba satelitte laptop computer. This message will pop up randomly when using my laptop could anyone tell me what it means or how to get rid of it???
(message title) EVR Fullscreen Window: Bad Image
(contents) Exception Processing Message 0xc000007b Parameters 0x75C6023C
0x75C6023C 0x75C6023C 0x75C6023C
do you use wireless dj streampoint software with windows vista?
Hey I have setup a vpn from sbs2003 using dyndns and I have open the port needed and have enabled gre protocol "pptp". I am able to connect to the vpn but I do not see any of the folders nor the server.
Setup:
Modem>Cisco router >SBS2003>Clients
how do I mount to the server thanks
hey for anyone who is having this problem what you need to do is make sure that the router the server is does not have the same ip range as from where you are trying to connect
EX:
the EX below will not work look at the bold part
server 192.168.1.112
Vpn client 192.168.1.5
The EX below will work look at the bold part
server 192.168.1.112
VPN client 192.168.0.5
Hope this helps some one that needs it. Oh yah then to mount to the server use \\ IP of server
I know I posted a thread earlier but I'm desperate right now. I recently had a problem with my display freezing everything except for the mouse. I did a scan during Safe Mode and removed some medium level trojans. After recieving a message regarding a dll file that apparently doesn't exist, I did a repair install. I went through all the activation except for the final one. Whenever I try to log into my account the mouse is moveable but there are no icons or anything for that matter loading. I tried going to Safe Mode but I can't because my XP isn't "fully activated". HELP
I tried going to Safe Mode but I can't because my XP isn't "fully activated".Click to expand...
Safe mode, normally works, even if you haven't activated
In Normal mode, if you press CTRL + ALT + DEL keys on the keyboard do you see Task Manager?
If, Yes. Then click on File->Run->Explorer.exe->ok
Do the icons now show?
If, Yes. then download this tool: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/XP_FixLogon.zip
This utility checks for the correct GINA value in the Registry and will allow you to restore it, if its incorrect.
I'm trying to get my SIXAXIS wireless controller to work with my laptop, but I am unable to find "Bluetooth radio" under my device manager. Is there a way to install these drivers? Or are they supposed to be native with windows?
I'm using Windows XP SP2.
You might be able to get it to work using a USB cable. Bluetooth drivers are not native to XP
Alright today I ran AOE III and DoD Source and they both said that my CPU was running at only 1.0ghz, when I know this badboy is supposed to be running at 1.8ghz. Now I was able to play AOE III fine, havent tried DoD Source yet cuz its still updating. I checked my BIOS settings and they look ok, just wondering if anyone could perhaps shed some light on the subject of to why it would be doing this.
It's Cool'n'quiet slowing down the CPU speed when the CPU is idle. It's in order to reduce power consumption, heat output & fan noise, as laptops do it.
