Attempting to install 2nd Seagate HDD. Followed instructions and removed jumper to set up HDD as slave. Instruction booklet tells me to go to...
Thanks, Ann. Maybe NOT a "lucky guesstimate ". I'm certain it has something to do with the name "Ann ". You see, my mother is Alice Ann,...
Whoops! Shoulda' credited Anne.
Advanced Tab in Primary/Secondary ATA/ATAPI Controllers missing RE: Advanced Tab in Primary/Secondary ATA/ATAPI Controllers missing Goddez...
BINGO!!!!! I think you found it. I do have the Intel Application Accelerator installed. Haven't yet uninstalled it but will do so forthwith &...
Advanced Tab in Primary/Secondary ATA/ATAPI Controllers missing Thanks, Goddez! Will do zome more zearching. Bruised in Arizona
Where it be? Neither I nor my extremely-computer-literate buddy have this option in our WindowsXP Pro systems. I am attempting to update the...
Hullo out there in the ether, I found this: UDMA66 According to Microsoft, UDMA66 mode is disabled by default on a Windows computer with an...
Hey there, PeteC, Thanks for the quick response! Found the Autoplay tab and disabled all "Auto Insert 'Notifications' ". Also found the...
Attempting to install Yamaha CD burner firmware update and am told I first must disable DMA & Auto Insert Notification. When I was using Windows...
You folks are wonderful! gleep
Loooooong ago Looooooooong ago I done fix-ed my son's kompewter and as of today's date your harrassing, hectoring, harrying and herbulating me....
Fixed it, Thanks! Erased HD & re-installed everything... Thamks for the hlep!
None of the suggestions seem apropos, as the clacking sound is something I have always heard when the computer boots. In fact, there are always...
ALMOST definitely something outside the HDD. Machine pulled same stunt last night & again this evening. Tonight I first turned on the monitor,...
I think - and HOPE! - it's something other HDD failure. The clacking noise comes from something outside the hard drive: sounds something like a...
My "D" drive, a physically separate secondary drive (Maxtor 60GB-7200 rpm) is no longer available. When I boot my computer I hear "clacking ",...
Thanks again folks! Unfortunately, the distressed damsel in question lives some 400 miles from us. I don't have the time to help her via email....
Thanks for your efforts, folks. I'm guessing the problem is her Power Management settings.
Thank you! She'll have to hire a computer person in her neighborhood.
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