To paraphrase, "the data you save might be your own".
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/seagate_firmware_fix_breaks_barracudas/
Apparently the update causes problems for some 500GB Barracuda drives
that it can be applied to.

I have an Inspiron 2200. I’m getting a new keyboard because of  the
wearing out of some
letters.
However, I have a new problem. The left click is getting difficult. By

We have cable tV (with HBO/Cinemax), internet, and phone. Our cost with our
current ISP is $108 (after all taxes).
That seems high, so I'm looking to compare notes.
Feel free to indicate your services/cost.

Have a dimension 8200 with original vid card geforce3 ti200 an current
monitor P992 . Question the vid card has a vga connector and a dvi-i
connecter , will a lcd monitor with dvi-d with hdcp input work?
Thanks

Mt son's Dell E521 won't boot into Windows. His computer started up for
a disk check which at first started normally and then got a blue screen
error(stop:0x00000024). It gets the same error when I try to start it in
Safe Mode. I tried using the Recovery Console which found a ...

I am trying to install Windows XP Pro 64 bit on a spare hard drive that
is 160GB SATA.
The setup program is not recognizing my HDD.  Am I missing something?
The HD's are powered on, and formatted ready to go.  My system is an XPS

I have problem with this servers - scsi controler ( perc 3/dc ) not
initialize disk on storage ..
This same on dell + ibm exp300 storage .. i dont have dell storage :)
But on IBM servers ( serveRAID 4Lx ) all storage works fine.

Have owned this machine since new 8/2006. Running XP Media Center 2002
XP3 2.8 D Intel processor 2 gb ram Nvidia GeForce 7300. Machine has
never given a hint of any hardware problem until today. Computer had
been running approx 20 hours (not unusual). Heard barely perceptible

I have the above mentioned machine and need to know if the SATA ports
on the motherboard are compatable with SATA port multipliers.  The
motherboard has two SATA ports on it and I need 10.  I would like use
something like http://www.cooldrives.com/cosapomubrso.html to have a

My Dimension E510 is emitting some sort of constant electronic whine.
It's not just the disk spinning away (so I believe). It's not like a
speaker hum.
In the past it had some other off and on again noise and I would sort

Replacement system board/motherboard for an Inspiron E1505/6400 (integrated
video):
*refurbished*
$388.91 including shipping and sales tax and an whole 90 days warranty.

I have a Dell laptop. I've been using my Inspiron 2200 for about 5 years,
about 7 hours a day. Great machine.
BUT the letters are starting to wear off the keyboard keys (about 5 of
them). I know "back in the day," I used to be able to take a key and snap

I asked this question several months ago and got no response. While I've
been able to successfully configure WinVista Home Premium in a RAID1 array,
I never had any luck doing so with WinXP Pro SP2.
Any reason to think that an XP Pro SP3 slipstreamed install would work any

I notice AVG7.5 is still updating.
It doesn't even harass you with popups about new
versions any longer.

I just can't get the help elsewhere that I've been getting here. I
hope I'm still welcome...tolerated? I guess I'll find out if I'm not!
I 'm using a Dell 2400 P4  4.0g, win xp  SP3 and Adobe Acrobat Reader
5.0