Entries Tagged ‘hard drive’:
filed in Xde La on Jan.11, 2010
I’ve been looking around to see how to do it, and I’ve been hearing that I need to partition everything on my current hard drive/os, and that I need to do a bunch of random stuff to register windows 7. I’ve just been wondering if it can be easier.
Can I just take out my current [...]
Tags: Current, hard drive, Install Windows, partition, random stuff
filed in Xde La on Dec.10, 2009
I had to replace my old laptop after the motherboard went out. What do I need to transfer the data from my dead laptop to my new laptop?
Tags: hard drive, motherboard, old laptop
filed in Xde La on Dec.10, 2009
I am looking for a freeware program that I can use to shrink a hard disk partition that already has Windows XP home and other programs already installed. I want to shrink the partition so that I can intall Linux Fedora as a dual boot.
How much space is good for Linux so [...]
Tags: disk partition, dual boot, fedora, freeware program, hard disk, hard drive, Hard Drive Partition, linux, Linux Boot, Linux Install, Partition Linux, success rate, windows xp, windows xp home
filed in Xde La on Dec.10, 2009
I have a secondary 300 gig hard drive that has been partitioned to 3 drives in my computer. It contains no operating system software whatsoever.
What would happen if I were to move it to a new computer? Would the new computer recognize the separate partitions? This drive was used under Windows XP if that [...]
Tags: 3 drives, Computer New, gig, hard drive, New Computer, operating system software, partitioned, Partitioned Hard Drive, partitions, windows xp
filed in Xde La on Dec.07, 2009
I need to get rid of all of the files on my computer like word documents and powerpoints, but i need to keep the actual programs like word, publisher, and photoshop. Whats is the best way to do this?
Tags: hard drive, Photoshop, powerpoints, word documents
filed in Xde La on Dec.05, 2009
Now I know its a fact that when you delete a file, it goes to the recycle bin, and then windows says that by emptying the recycle bin you are "permanently" deleting those files. Which, I know, is a load of rubbish and the data is still stored on the harddrive. I’ve heard that all [...]
Tags: Delete File, Delete Files, Deleting Files, hard drive, harddrive, registry entry, rubbish, taking up space, Windows Registry
filed in Xde La on Dec.05, 2009
I think my hard drive is dying of something. My computer has slowed down recently (no not spyware) and im thinking its the HD because I can hear it struggling like an old man in a triatholon. I close every possible program in task manager and it still lags. Then sometimes its [...]
Tags: apartment, hard disks, hard drive, hd, heat problem, old man, storage, task manager, triatholon
filed in Xde La on Dec.01, 2009
I;m using the flashdrive as a plugin to the back of my digital picture frame?But i do not want to lose the images from the hard drive during the transfer process. thanks!!
Tags: Digital Frame, digital picture frame, flash drive, Flash Pictures, flashdrive, hard drive, images, Images Hard
filed in Xde La on Nov.29, 2009
I have a Dell Vostro 1520 and I deleted my Recovery partition so I can extend it onto my primary partition so I can have 234GB of free space as opposed to 218GB. I went to Disk Management but the "Extend Volume" selection is greyed out. On my friend’s computer, he was able to extend [...]
Tags: dell vostro, disk management, free space, hard drive, Primary Partition, recovery partition
filed in Xde La on Nov.27, 2009
I’m running very low on space on my Mac OS X, and i have this great hard drive that has a ton of room for all the music that is currently only on my mac. When I tried moving the files on to the drive, it worked. But then when i tried deleting it from [...]
Tags: Delete, hard drive, mac os x, Moving, music, os x, Running