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I was just trying to keep a fresh up-to-date copy of the OS ready in case my working hd crashed. Is this possible? I'm currently experimenting with this as I've already installed it on the two different drives, but the second clean install won't validate? Is this a restriction by Microsoft, is...

Details: HP Pavillion running Vista Home Premium, 32bit (all factory, have not made any H/W changes in 2 yrs owned) model: dv6646us CPU: AMD Turion TL-58, Dual Core 64 x2 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 New Seagate Barracuda 320giger, 7200 rpm SATA (wanted to save existing HD 'just in case' !) ;) Bought...

I have not found anything on this subject so I hope someone can help. Originally had a Dell XPS 420 with 32 bit Vista and eSATA worked great. I recently installed clean 64 bit Windows 7. Everything went smooth - all is great except for eSATA. I downloaded the 64 bit version of Matrix Manager...

Link Removed Seagate Link Removed due to 404 Error that it will soon launch a new, 7mm-thick laptop hard drive that’s 25 percent thinner than current models. The launch, which is planned for the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in January, will allow computer makers to build even thinner...

Hi, I spent the afternoon putting together my new PC: Intel i5, GB P55-UD3, Seagate 500gb SATA, my optical is an IDE. All brand new virgin hardware (except the ide optical obviously). Everything went well, POST with no problems and everything is looking good in BIOS: CPU, RAM, HDD optical...

Hello! I have read the sticky notes and similar articles and have read forum posts, but none seem to address what I've encountered. I had a project to completely rebuild a PC that had been running 32 bit XP Pro. The PC is used mostly as a NAS. My intention was to put 64 bit Windows 7 on the...

Hey guys, Kinda new to windows 7. I've tried to install a slave sata hard drive in my machine. Im running an Asus G50 laptop. It has a slave drive bay and all and is being found in the bios but not in windows. It's not being found via diskmgmt.msc either. The hard drive is a 160 gig Seagate...

Sorry if this has been covered before but this problem is diving me mad. Running 64 bit windows 7. using an external seagate freeagent desktop 750GB and a 250GB sata hard drive in a winstar hard drive dock. Boot up and everything works fine. After a period of time - usually about 30mins. both...

Hello, Wondering if someone can help me. I'm trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate on my computer, and it keeps freezing. It will boot off the DVD and get to the swirling windows (starting windows...) and then freezes on a blank screen. I have just updated my BIOS to the latest, and i've...

can anyone help.. everytime i install windows 7 x64 i always got blue screen i dunno why it appears... it appears during the finalization of the installation.....here are the specs of my pc..... Athlon64 X2 5000+ 4x 2gig ddr2 ram seagate 80 gig ATA Asus M2A-VM board Samsung DVDRW thanks in...

Heyo forum-goers, what I am trying to do is sort of complicated but I'll try my best to explain it. Basically I'm trying to squeeze every ounce of potential out of my nearly outdated machine. First, my relevant system specs: - Windows 7 Pro 64bit - 2 IDE Hard drives - 5400rpm 80GB Maxtor, and...

Hello - Just finished my Windows 7 ultimate 32 bit HTPC build and install with following components: 1) ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI x 16 ATX Intel Motherboard 2) Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6600 3) CORSAIR XMS2 2GB...

I am testing out Windows 7 having come from XP. My spec is as follows: Processor: 2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, 256 kilobyte primary memory cache, 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache, 64-bit ready, Multi-core (2 total), Not hyper-threaded Motherboard: MSI AMETHYST-M 1.0, Bus...

System was rebooting and bios locked when trying to initialize seagate hard drive. Took it out.. rebooted fine to other drives Reset cmos .... put it back in.... still locked up Tried other connections.... still locked up cmos at a different address No obvious jumpers to clear hard...

Hi. First things first - here's my system breakdown: MoBo: ASUS P5QL Pro CPU: Intel Core Duo E8400 3.0GHz HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500Gb Memory: OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 4Gb Video: Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 600 MHz 1Gb I had been running the 32-bit version of Windows 7 since April 2009 without...

I want to perform a backup of my data partition on my current XP system but truth be told, I have never actually performed a backup before. Now, all of my Data files are on my D:\ partition and I have a Seagate 1TB external hard drive. I have the obvious plan of backing up all of my D:\...

My MB recently died and I upgraded almost the entire bank of components within the case. Had a copy of WinXP SP2 but would not load, so tried Ubuntu after previewing and digesting... Long story short, ended up using 'killdisk' to remove Ubuntu, subsequently installed Windows 7 Ultimate. Going...

Hey Guys, just trying to get some info. I need to change a HDD in a Vaio VGN-N130G The system came originally with a 80GB with a 1.6GHz processor I ve narrowed down the HDD to the following 2: ( to be honest mostly due to budged restraints!!) Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD1600BEVT)...

Hi guys, I have a two bay BP-ESATA232UESR ( Link Removed due to 404 Error ) that I threw two 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11 drives into it. I configured the DIP switches for RAID-1 and the SteelVine software reported that it built the raid correctly. I should have a ~1.3TB volume in the disk...

I cannot seem to figure this one out. I initially installed Windows 7 RC on my newer SATA Hard drive with my older but working Windows XP drive still active. I finished installation and went into Windows 7. All was good, so I was going to save a little power and heat and disconnect the...