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Linux and Windows not recognizing directory structure

NewnanIT — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:38:18 +0000

I have a secondary hard drive that is giving me issues. I can not view the files on it any longer. How can I retrieve the files when Linux and Windows does not recognize the directory structure?

No Hard Drive Detected

rkwac453 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:03:45 +0000

Hi, I’ve been using the dell 1501 Inspiron from past 2 years. But today when i switched it on i got erro message stating no hard drive detected. Would u help me resolve this issue & also i was using windows 7 OS.

Hard Disk not getting detected

Christinal — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:17:02 +0000

My hard-disk is not getting detected.. Day before it was, I just removed the ram & from that moment itself, everything’s stopped working.!! Mine is a 915gm motherboard with IDE Hard-disk connection.. When I tried it connect with some other IDE cable it did not take, and when I checked it with a Sata connection, hard-disk kinda worked.. What could be the problem.. How can I temporarily solve the problem?? Has my hard-disk crashed completely, even though it was working just a day before Plzz help

Hard drive failing on production server

NewnanIT — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:13:34 +0000

We think a hard drive is failing on a production server. I copied everything to another drive on a different array. How can we monitor the health of the hard drive/array?

Hard disk problem when installing Windows

Blessingbruce — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:34:15 +0000

my hard dive could not format during windows installation andthe feedback was that windows could not acces this drive pls help me solve it

Troubleshooting and Support for hard drive

Dougla — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:45:05 +0000

What would you suspect when the hard drive access light turns on and off with no application running?

Getting an error message after defragmenting Windows server 2003

NewnanIT — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:35:28 +0000

I defragmented my hard drive and now I can not boot into Windows server 2003. I am being told my NTDLR is missing. What can I do?

Monitoring SMART hard drive status via Active Directory

NewnanIT — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:43:42 +0000

Can we monitor SMART hard drive status via Active Directory or via SpiceWorks to know before a potential hard drive failure? How would this work. Client machines are XP and 7.

Is there any way in which an internet explorer 8 update could cause a computer to crash?

DaveRuple — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:57:07 +0000

Hello,
I had assumed that it is extremely unlikely that updating windows explorer would cause a computer to crash, however my girlfriend’s mother believes that this is what caused her computer to fail to boot. I am guessing a boot.ini problem or hard drive failure since the BIOS menus are showing up and functional, however I don’t think she will believe me until she gets an answer from a forum of professionals. Has anyone here heard of such a thing, or outline an instance in which this could conceivably be the case?

Thanks,
Dave

PC failure when connected to external hard drive

Dhenesh — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:28:48 +0000

When 1.5 TB WD external hard drive is connected to the PC, it recognised the device but after 2 minutes the PC goes down and never turns off again