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formatted extra HDD. now CDROm and burner not recognized

OMG! thank you so much!! It's funny though, I searched through the Windows website for error #31 and got nothing. Thanks again so much!
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- Post #3
- Oct 16, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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formatted extra HDD. now CDROm and burner not recognized

***I posted this in technical support, but got no responses that worked. I posted it here to get some more coverage. The other day I formatted (using fdisk from DOS) my extra 8Gb HDD. I had no sensitive files on it, strictly data. I deleted all the partitions, deleted the drive, then...
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- Oct 16, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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formatted extra HDD, now CDROM/burner aren't recognized

any help?
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- Post #5
- Oct 15, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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my OS question dump...

OK, I have a few questions so here goes: I just got a new (used) laptop - IBM 570E PIII 500 Mhz, 192 Mb RAM, 12Gb HDD. This is my first foray into laptops, so I really don't know much about them. It currently has 98 on it, but there's no way I'm going to stick with that. The laptop has a...
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- Oct 10, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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formatted extra HDD, now CDROM/burner aren't recognized

OK, here's an update I talked to a hardware guru friend of mine, and these were his suggestions: for some reason the drive letters might have gotten screwed up because I essentially made one partition out of two. He suggested I go into system manager, and check up on the drive letters and all...
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- Post #4
- Oct 10, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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formatted extra HDD, now CDROM/burner aren't recognized

You are correct - I have win2k I tried what you suggested, and nothing happened. After removing the devices, enabling ECSD and rebooting, the devices both appeared in my device manager again with the exclamation points next to them. Tried reinstalling the drivers (again), no change from...
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- Post #3
- Oct 8, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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formatted extra HDD, now CDROM/burner aren't recognized

The other day I formatted (using fdisk from DOS) my extra 8Gb HDD. I had no sensitive files on it, strictly data. I deleted all the partitions, deleted the drive, then formatted it in FAT32. When I rebooted my computer, my CDROM and CD burner weren't recognized in explorer. When I went to...
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- Oct 8, 2002
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Apples and enzymes

I have no idea, but I think lemon juice (not sure if it's lemon juice or not) makes the reaction reverse, and turns the apple white again.
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- Post #2
- Oct 1, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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What would be a good thesis topic in regards to computers and new trends?

I concur with Mday - the current speed of doubling processor speed (somebody got lots of money for creating a "law" that said this was true) every six months will not be sustained indefinitely. There are promises, however, of new technologies that will continue the trend longer than initially...
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- Post #6
- Oct 1, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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headphone volume on the freeway?

zephyrprime is correct - a dB is a linear representation of a logarithmically varying intensity. The equation for sound decibels is 20 log (p1/p2) = dB level. Where p1 and p2 are the sound level produced, and a reference sound level (typicall 20 micropascals). Our ear hears things on a...
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- Post #5
- Sep 30, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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price for replacing a laptop mobo/cpu

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- Post #2
- Sep 29, 2002
- Forum: Laptops
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An odd effect I'd like explained

???? electromagnetism arises when you have electrical currents flowing, which then generate a magnetic field. And a magnetic field doesn't arise unless you're moving an electrical charge against it (or a permanent magnet, which is essentially the same thing). Also, this emitter creates a high...
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- Post #12
- Sep 29, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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price for replacing a laptop mobo/cpu

I'm looking for a laptop, and one of my friends offered to give me her old one that she busted. It's a Gateway solo 3350 (don't know any other specs as of yet) that she spilled tea on. she took it in and the guys said that she fried the mobo and cpu. I was wondering what the ballpark figures...
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- Sep 29, 2002
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Laptops
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screen hangs, processes keep running

OK, I have this weird thing going on with my computer. Every once in a while, the screen will hang, but it differs in how it happens: Sometimes it will hang completely and the speaker in my computer will buzz momentarily. Sometimes background processes will hang, but I can still move the...
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- Apr 29, 2002
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Computers are fast enough, when will businesses start turning toward efficient computers?

In reality, computers have very little effect on the power consumption of a building. The biggest eaters of wattage are motors, or other equipment with moving parts. The energy required to move a hige fan blade or to start a motor is exponentially higher than it is to move some electrons...
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- Post #9
- Apr 23, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional

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