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    Folder Refuses to Delete

    I have a folder of "corrupt" files and nothing I do will get rid of them. I WANT THEM GONE!!! Note: I don't believe it's the hard drive, this is a new one I've just started using it. I think it's where it tried to copy corrupt files from a previous hard drive which WAS corrupt (and which I've...
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    Longevity: Use Internal HD or External HD More?

    As I posted earlier I finally got a backup setup going now that my PC is reading the WD 4T internal hard drive correctly. As it is, the "main" hard drive that is meant for my wife to use for accessing JPEGs etc is an external 4T in an enclosure connected to a router's storage link. In a separate...
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    USB Enclosure for 3.5" SATA HD, Windows Detects Enclosure But Not HD (Solved)

    I have two WD 4T 3.5" SATA HDs which I bought from here some months ago. Finally I got around to "deploring" them, putting them into action. From NewEgg I got a Rosewell RX307 USB enclosure. Upon powering this on, the enclosure itself gets picked up by Windows (8 or 10, I tried it on different...
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    Going on Vacation, Good Setup for Networking Photos Locally

    Exactly a month from today, I'm going on a vacation. I will be taking many photos, "offloaded" to a notebook PC (I use real cameras, not smartphones, for my photos) but I desire it to be the case that at least 2 other people, at their PCs, can also view these photos, and do so without me having...
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    Help With Syncing MP3 Files to A "Dummy" Phone

    I am trying to ease the process by which MP3 files are synced to a device. I have some technical abilities and the way I've done it is by "drag/drop" in Windows Explorer to the device's microSD card. However, I'm trying for a more "for dummies" method for a friend of mine who is otherwise going...
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    Download Keeps Locking Up When Almost Finished

    Using a "hotspot" 4G device, I am trying to download a measly 4 megabyte .exe file for installing a program (foobar2000). It is absolutely infuriating me what it is doing, it will plug right on along at a decent rate but then around 3.4 or 3.6 out of 3.7 (as in 97% or so), it will then suddenly...
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    Dell N7110, Renesas USB 3 Keeps Failing

    I have a Dell N7110 laptop which I will be using in about 6 weeks on a vacation for offloading photos & videos to a USB 3.0 flash drive. This model works great for me, it's sufficiently up to date in terms of specifications etc, except for one thing--offloading those photos and videos takes...
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    Upgrade from Windows 8.1 Bing to 10 on Asus X205TA?

    I just purchased an Asus X205T locally, for $125. It's a Windows 8.1 Bing "EeeBook," a recent model. It is this model: https://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks/ASUS_EeeBook_X205TA/specifications/ (Basically it's a 11.6" 1366x768 LCD, 2G DDR3 RAM, Intel Quad Core Z3735 1.33 GHz Processor, 32G eMMC...
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    Laptop Has 3 USB Ports But Can Only Handle 1 Storage Device At The Time

    I have a Windows 8.1 laptop. For some reason, it can only handle having 1 storage device connected at the time. I've tried plugging in a Seagate 1T external portable hard drive and a PNY 64G USB flash drive, and it will only operate one at the time. Understand--I'm referring to plugging in...
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    Are Hard Drive Prices Going Up?

    I've been looking around at portable hard drives, for backing up system images, and if my mind isn't going bonkers, it seems like the prices are going UP. It's been some 2 years ago when I was able to 2T portable hard drives for $70, brand new, and when I look now 1T models are going for that...
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    Good Free/Cheap System Image Backup Programs

    This post was originally long, I've redone it to try and make it less of a "long read." For sometime I've used Acronis System Image Home 2010 for system image backups. That's all I do, I don't do "cloning" or the like. I simply make a system image of the Windows and programs installation...
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    First-Time Vista User: Doesn't Seem So Bad To Me

    I purchased a second-hand Dell Optiplex 380 for $55 on eBay, and it came with Windows Vista Home Basic SP2. I had always heard that Vista was the worst version of Windows (well maybe Millenium Edition was worse), but so far in using it, I don't see what the issue is. It actually seems a lot...
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    PC Powers On, CPU Fan Spins, No Beep, No Video

    I have an Acer AM5100/U5201A AMD 64 x2 4400+ 2.3GHz/2G RAM computer that was working fine and then one day, out of nowhere, it goofed up. It powers on, but there is no video, it doesn't beep, and I don't hear the hard drive doing anything as best as I can tell. However, the power light on the PC...
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    Dell Inspiron 15-3531: Any Good?

    I am inquiring about a Dell Inspiron 15-3531. Someone has one for sale locally for $200, they've only owned it a week. Apparently, though, it goes for $250 (plus shipping?) brand-new. It's apparently a budget-priced type of laptop. I am normally a desktop user, I know how to work on them to a...
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    One Windows 7 CD For Every PC?

    I have a Windows XP CD that installs on any machine without any problems, versus being specific to one machine. (I actually bought it here some years ago.) This is handy as I do sometimes have several machines I may set up (or one machine may be disposed of & a new machine takes its place, the...
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    Backup Procedures for JPEGs, MP4s and MP3s

    I consider myself a bit above average in terms of computer literacy, in that I'm more computer literate than just a typical "end user." I've built computers, know how to system-image, done a little fooling around with .bat files, even done some Visual Basic with SQL statements in Microsoft...
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    Android 4.0 7" Tablet Advice Needed

    I was the recent owner of an AGPtek TP10AYA Android Tablet. I am not sure of the technical specifications, but here's the Rakuten.com link (http://bit.ly/WizGwU). It was a 7" entry-level model with a capacitive screen, in fact I picked it up in here for only $50. (While it's a cheapie, it was...
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    Dell D600 Won't Read Hitachi Portable HD

    I have a Hitachi 250G portable hard drive. I don't know the exact model etc, just that I purchased it (here?) last year & it's black with white trim. It uses a 5-pin USB mini for connection. I find that my home computer will only read it if it's connected DIRECTLY to the USB outlet. It will...
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    Drivers for Gateway Solo 1400 Devices

    I am having an extraordinarily difficut time locating the drivers for a Gateway Solo 1400 laptop I'm servicing for someone. It regards 2 devices which Windows XP Device Manager is identifying with {! UnKnown Device}. The two devices appear to be the dial-up modem & video adapter (although the...
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    DELETE (Inspiron 8600 Tries to Start, Won't--Fan?)

    MODERATOR: CAN YOU DELETE THIS? I'm now getting hits on the original post, and I don't see in here an option to delete this post. Feel free to delete this. I posted this in "general" but am getting no replies, maybe I posted in the wrong forum? (Moderator: if I need to delete one of the...
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    Dell Inspiron 8600 Has Stopped Powering On, Fan?

    I posted about this machine earlier (link at end of post), I was having "physical memory dump" (or blue-screen-of-death) messages with the Dell Inspiron 8600 I just purchased here. I swapped the locations of the 2 memory chips and it fixed everything. Wonderful bliss. Then it came crashing down...
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    Getting "Physical Memory Dump" Blue Screen

    I just purchased a computer from the "for sale" section, and I cannot get past the "physical memory dump" screen. It was doing this "out of box" about 5 minutes after coming to the Windows XP screen. I re-installed using the restore disc (included) and that was successful but it still hasn't...
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    Guidance Needed, 7" Netbook Windows CE

    I have used laptops before, and also a netbook, a MSI Wind U100 (10", 1024x600, Windows 7, 2G RAM, 200G HD). I currently am expecting a Dell Inspiron 8600 to arrive. That said, the idea of having a cheap 7" netbook for "everyday" tempts me. I hardly carried my MSI Wind with me (maybe fear of...
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    Replacing Keyboard on Dell Inspiron 2200

    I have a Dell Inspiron 2200 which I like for the most part, except the left-shift key doesn't work. I thought I could live with it, but I have found that I use the left-shift key very frequently, even when capitalizing words where the right-shift key obstensively is the one to use. (It seems I...
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    Why Are So Many Software Downloads OTA?

    One trend I've noticed lately--or maybe it's been going-on longer than I've noticed and I'm just now catching up--is the tendency of software providers to have you install a program over-the-air, using an "installer" EXE that you download which then downloads the software for you, as opposed to...
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    Can't Copy CD from Dell Zino PC HD

    I tried making a copy of one of my own CDs using CDBurnerXP on my Dell Zino PC with Windows 7 Professional. For some reason when it read the contents of the CD in the optical drive, it said it was not a usable source drive. It did work okay with my older (2005-era, I believe) Sony external DVD...
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    Netbook with WLAN Can't Find my WiFi

    I just purchased an MSI Wind, it has an aftermarket Dell (1390 or 1395, I'm told) WLAN card. I found what I THINK is the correct driver and the netbook found it. That said, it shows up as a Dell 1500 with the n protocol. Trouble is, the WLAN absolutely will not find my WiFi hotspot at home...
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    Need Driver for Dell 1305 WLAN

    I purchased a netbook which has an aftermarket Dell 1305 wireless networking (for Wi-Fi) installed in place of the original one. I am looking everywhere for the driver for it but can't locate it at all. Again it's for an MSI Wind U100 netbook, I'm installing XP Home SP2 (my own, not the restore...
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    Bought MSI Wind U100, CD Missing, Need Drivers

    I have an MSI Wind U100-035US netbook on the way. The seller may not be able to locate the original system restore CD (XP Home), so if that occurs I'd need to install from my Windows XP Home or Pro disc and obtain the drivers for the netbook components from the MSI site. That's easy enough...
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    Torn Between Netbook & Notebook/Laptop

    I realize you guys/ladies etc probably get this question all the time, sorry if it's redundant. As the title says, I am about to make the move to a portable computer, and there are 2 models I'm deciding between. One is a notebook/laptop, the other is a netbook. Here is a comparison. =========...
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    Getting a GRUB, No Such Partition Error Message

    I have a Dell Zino HD desktop PC with Windows 7 installed. I haven't done any dual-boot installations or anything like that, I bought it here and it came having been updated to Windows 7 Professional, activated & the whole bit. It's worked fine, but today when I did a restart, I got an...
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    Just Got Jetway 939AGP-P MB, Questions

    Needing merely a computer case for a Pentium III board (1G CPU, 512 meg RAM) I bought here, it was for a kiddie PC, I found a "come take my spare parts" Craigslist posting, needing merely the case. Instead I got a case with an older (Pentium 4?) board, a 15" LCD, and the subject of this...
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    Connect HDMI PC to DVI Monitor

    I have researched this somewhat, found this link which I read, but I still don't have clarity--hence my post here. I have a new PC with VGA and HDMI outputs, no DVI. I am awaiting a new 22" LCD monitor it has VGA and DVI connections. The PC is a Dell Zino, so I don't see where I have the option...
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    Fast Video Processing, What's Needed?

    I just got a Dell Zino HD because I need something that would process video studio editing (at the home level) quicker than my 4 year old PC, a Pentium 4 with 2 Gigahertz (no dual-quad core etc) and 512 megabytes RAM. The new PC is an AMD dual core with 1.5G and 2G RAM. The video clips are VGA...
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    Out of Range Message When Booting Windows 7

    I have a new Dell Zino HD PC which I just received, it has Windows 7 Professional installed. There is a certain monitor which, when I boot-up to it, I get an "Out of Range" error message, it is a monitor-generated message (as opposed to Windows, or the BIOS etc). The monitor is a 19" Advueu...
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    Windows 7 System Image Backup-Restore

    I have a recently-acquired new computer, have Windows 7 installed. I was wanting some assistance on doing a system image backup, and restore--was told to post here. I did find this link which explains how to create the image, however, it does not seem to explain how to install it (or "restore")...
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    PC w/Win7 but Vista CD, Should I Rollback?

    Okay, call me crazy, I know Vista is the most villified OS since ME and 7 is praised. That said, my situation is this: I got a new PC (waiting on its arrival) that the owner upgraded to Windows 7 (not sure what version) but it will only come with the Vista Home Basic SP1 restore CD. Should I...
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    Make DVD out of MPEG/JPGs?

    I have a need for software--compatible with XP or Vista--that can create a DVD (or MPEG2 format clip) out of MPEG1 video clips and JPEG images. It's for a DVD I will show on Christmas Eve. I have ULead VideoStudio 7, but it is very slow on my 4 year old PC and isn't compatible with Vista or...
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    Can't Go Online With New Modems, Can With Old

    I have two modems I bought right here at the AnAndTech Buy/Sell forum, and neither is particularly good about going online. (This is not a complaint towards the sellers, by the way.) One is a Sterling V.92 Data/Fax Modem, and it came with the CD; I installed it exactly as it asked me to...
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    SATA For My System

    I have a motherboard (Athlon XP type) that I have an IDE hard drive setup. I am looking to buy another hard drive, and I'm wondering if I should upgrade it to SATA-protocols before doing so. I don't see any SATA ports, but I am guessing I would buy a SATA card, right? And would it be...