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    Help Please - Maxtor 5000DV data lost

    go to www.downloads.com and do a 'data recovery' search for 'zero assumption'. it should see all the files on that drive. if just recovered 525 meg of deleted files with it. good luck
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    hard drive surgery

    fastest way i know of copying an entire drive is www.xxcopy.com freeware that works just fine, but follow the readme i've used it to dupe about 6 or 7 drives now
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    Cpu/Space/Programs profiling software recommendations?

    www.freshdevices.com i use their fresh diagnostic and fresh UI i do not use their fresh downloader (had problems, it wouldn't down load their own upgrade, so i stopped using it)
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    slow hard disk spin up

    stop using 'sleep' mode and i'd bet your problem goes away. sleep/hibernation reduces power to you system. electronic power up is not instantantious, it takes awhile to get to 100% (some electronic parts takes five minutes or more to get to full power, i.e. resistors). (my theory is) sleep...
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    Screen Display

    sounds like the wrong monitor is setup on your system, or you need updated drivers for your graphics card. check your monitor setting and make sure you don't have the default (laptop) setup if you're using a standard VGA, see if you can find the make and model under the (show all devices). the...
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    "&" used in text returns Error on code validation ?

    you could just comment it <!-- & --> the validator won't mind
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    Sony VAIO Help Installing DVD Drive

    is the cage made of plastic, does it 'snap' into slots? if metal it's probably screw connected.
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    CD-ROM reads Audio CD only

    i had the same problem after installing a new CD-RW and the enclosed Roxio 5.0 software. i had to install updated UDF file to get the drive to recognize data files. i believe you can go to the software providers web site and DL a current UDF and install.
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    boot problems with bios

    did you verify that your MB could handle the P4? what did you upgrade from?
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    where to start.

    have you checked out http://www.w3schools.com/
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    Can't read hard drive

    have you tried fdisk /mbr it destroyes the master boot record on dos machines and makes it rebuild it. i don't know if this works on NTFS like it does in DOS
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    DVD won't play DVDs

    i checked that and it shows the correct drive, &quot;G&quot; in this case because i have two harddrives and the second is partitioned. see how much fun this is?
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    DVD won't play DVDs

    the last time i played a dvd it worked fine, now it doesn't see the dvds. i've tried intervideo, pc friendly or whatever and windvd. nothing. in between dvds i've installed roxio 5 that came with my cd-rw and udf files. i'm on win ME anybody know any regedit tricks to get this back? the dvd...
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    Computer not processing a .CAB file

    your CD may be scratched. CAB(inet) files are accessed during setups and when the system is looking for new hardware drivers. it doesn't need CAB files to bootup after installation. it should not be trying to open CAB files everytime you bootup. when i install windows os, i format the drive...
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    Meridian Mail Access

    in vmail you have to logon, different logon than PBX side, then it gives options (i.e.) user admin system admin voice admin hardware admin etc... (CTRL ]) gets you back to PBX side... is this what you're looking for?

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