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Hard Disk Drives

In a personal computer, a hard disk drive controls the positioning, reading, and writing of the hard disk, where data is stored.

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Can you upgrade a dell optiplex 150 128mb ram 1ghz processr p3 desktop with a sata ii harddrive 512mb ram and 256mb video card?

Yes, but ...
-you will need to remove the 128 MB module and replace it with two PC133 SDRAM modules of 256 MB each. The documented maximum RAM capacity is 512 MB
-you will need to disable the on-board VGA (if any is present) and put an AGP 2x or AGP 4x video card in the AGP slot; AGP 8x is NOT supported
-for a SATAII hard drive, you will first need to add a PCI card with a SATAII controller. So you should have at least 1 free PCI slot.

What are the Negative effects of formatting a hard drive?

The effect of formating a harddisk with the Windows operating system is reprogramming the harddrive into the NTFS file system. This system basiaclly assigns sections of the harddrive to save data most efficiently. The quick form of the format simply erases all the data. In BOTH cases all data will be lost and will never be recoverable for the lifetime of the harddrive.

Why is a hard disk non volatile?

Because any data written to a hard drive will be retained almost indefinitely after the power is removed.

When you switch on PC the monitor was not working Hard disk was working properly and connections were correct Monitor was okay and it was showing orange light How do you fix the problem?

Was there any power going to the tower at all?? Could you hear the fan / drive spinning??

If not, then quickest way, is to check the power lead. If this is working, then it could be the PSU that has gone. If it is, change the psu over...

If you could hear fan etc, then check the lead from the monitor to the pc. Make sure its installed correctly.

Is your graphics onboard, or a graphics card? What colour light was on the monitor?

All of these questions, will help determine the correct answer.

Hope this helps. If I can help any more, please don't hesitate to shout.

Be safe

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How data is stored inside the computer?

They are stored in the form of bits or bytes. More information can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_digit

How do you install an OS on an external hard drive?

Drop the install disk for the OS you want to install into the CD drive and reboot the computer. It sometimes is not that simple. The previous answer only works if the BIOS has been set to read the CD-ROM drive before reading the hard drive. The boot routine in the BIOS (hardware chip) will boot from devices in the sequence that are set in the chip. Depending upon your computer, this sequence may be set to (1)floppy/hard drive (2)CD-ROM/hard drive (3)floppy/CD-ROM/hard drive, and so forth. You are responsible for setting this sequence if it is not satisfactory for your needs. Usually, as the machine is booting, for the first few seconds you will see a message on the screen such as, "Press to enter Setup" or "Press F5 to enter Setup" or some such message. Some less robust machines will give you no indication of what to do or when. If you have your computer hardware manual, it should tell you what key to use to enter Setup. If not, try rebooting BY TURNING THE MACHINE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN and guessing at the the key by repeating it a single key 2 or 3 times a second during the boot process until the Setup menu comes up. The most popular keys that BIOS manufactuers use are , and , although I have seen some use the bar and the key. None will use the regular keyboard keys, such as letters, numbers or special characters. Once you are in Setup, different BIOS manufacturers have different panels to change their settings. Just follow the instructions. Some use the up-and-down arrows, some use the left-and-right arrows and some use the Tab key to move between fields. They will tell you on the screen. After you have made the changes to suit the sequence where you are booting from, MAKE SURE that you select the option at the end to SAVE your changes! Or you will have wasted your time. Conversely, if you think that you have screwed something up, just don't save it, and start over. At boot time, the computer will now look at the first device in the Setup table to see if the media on it has a boot record in front of it. This is called a bootable device. If it does, then it will boot from it. If it doesn't, then it will go to the next device in the table to try again. It will keep trying until it has exhausted all devices and then just stop with a beep-beep. If this happens, then you know that the BIOS is not set up correctly or yoy don't have bootable media in a drive in the Boot sequence. One word of caution, sometimes malicious hackers may have planted a worm on your hard drive. When you re-install the Operating System, MAKE SURE that you use the option to reformat your hard drive during the install. Some OS's will just do it; others will ask you so that your data can be saved. If you have data that needs restored, I recommend that you back it up to a floppy or other device before re-installing the OS and reload it later. Don't worry, viruses and worms cannot hide in data, only in executables. This might be more than you need if your boot sequence is already correct, but I have re-installed hundreds of OS's, and about a fourth of them have viruses or worms on them and another one fourth of them do not have correct boot sequences. You might be lucky on both counts. Good luck!

What are the characteristics of an Internal Hard Disk?

This is the main storage for a computer very computer has one

What should you do if your 11-year-old daughter doesn't wear underwear under a short skirt?

Don't let her wear skirts or make her wear shorts or leggings under skirts otherwise you could buy skorts(skirt with built in shorts) for her.

How does TCP ensure reliable data transfer?

There are three features that allow TCP to reliably and accurately track the transmission of data from source to destination. They are flow control, session establishment, and numbering and sequencing.

What disk can store the most data?

Blu-ray disks can hold quite a bit of data on them, depending on how many layers, they can easily store anywhere between 20gB to 200gB worth of data. DVD's hold the next most, maxing out at around 4.7gB worth of data. CD's and data disks can roughly hold less than 1gB worth of data, usually around 700mB.

What does the performance of a hard drive affect?

The three most notable things that hard drive performance will effect is:

  1. The start up time of your computer. As the information need to run the OS must be transferred from the hard drive to the systems RAM.
  2. The start up time of programs.
  3. If you are using almost all of your RAM space the system will use your hard drive to store information normally keep in RAM. In this case your hard drive performance will effect your entire system, but more ram will correct this problem better then a faster hard drive.

How can I delete a file that won't delete?

Go to the YouTube video I am linking to below. Or search for "file won't delete" in the search there, more than one way to do it.

First of all, I've tried deleting it by dragging it to the recycling bin, which doesn't work. I've tried Shift+Del on it, and it doesn't work. I've even booted my computer in safe mode with command prompt and tried deleting it with the command prompt, and it doesn't work.

Every time I try deleting or even moving it, it just shows the load window, but doesn't have the bar moving... It stays like this.

I've tried leaving it on over night, and nothing is different.

I'm on Windows Vista. Help!

Why is cache memory more expensive than hard disk?

as the cache memory is mory faster than RAM or hard disk ,but the main reason is that the cache memory has comparator and storage medium at the same time, the comparator checks if the address of the value being accessed is in the associative memory(a part of cache)or not, and the ordinary memory(another part of cache)has the data....

Where can one get a Seagate Hard Drive?

Seagate hard drives are available online at many electronics retailers. Some of these online retailers are, amazon, allhdd, yobitech, sillworks, usapartsdirect, serversupply.

What are the capacity of microcomputer?

Different microcomputers have different capacities in terms of processing speed and storage. For instance, the main memory of a tablet computer averages 128 MB to 1 GB while that of a desktop computer averages 1 GB to 8 GB.

What is the difference between 'sata' and 'ata' hard disk drives?

ATA = Advanced Technology Attachment and has speeds of up to 133 Mbps. Has a 40 pin connector. SATA = Serial ATA. Smaller connections and higher data speeds. See the attached link for a webpage with more info.
The SATA host adapter is integrated into almost all modern computers. The difference is sata is 7 pin connectoe and ata is 40-44 pin

Whats the best thing to use to backup software?

I use and recommend Handy Backup, it's easy and reliable backup software for home use.

What type of device is vpn adapter?

A virtual network adapter can also be used with a virtual private network (VPN), which is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or individual users with secure access to their organization's network.

How many logical drives can be created on a fat drive?

When you partition a hard drive into two or more partitions (storage areas) those extra drives are called logical drives. So you can have 2 or 3 or more logical drives on one physical hard drive. It varies.

What is a hard drive disc?

The Hard drive or disk, is the actual system you are using. In my case it is Windows 7 Ultimate. On most computers it will be be your D drive, and should never be tampered with, unless you are qualified to do so, as you can cause severe or terminal damage to your system. It is sometimes refered to as your Motherboard.

When setting up a computer what is the first thing you should install?

Software Word 2007 ,but intranet will already be installed if you get the type of comp. that offers that software.

Is USB 2.0 or Firewire faster?

The maximum speed of USB2 at 480M/Sec is a little quicker than Firewire 400 (IEEE.1394a) which runs at 400 M/Sec (hence the "400" bit of the name). In tests, however, FireWire 400 delivers a higher sustained transfer speed. Benchmarks suggest that hard drives connected with FireWire will copy information considerably faster than they would using USB 2.0. To achieve higher performance, FireWire requires additional circuitry in supported devices. This often makes FireWire more expensive than USB 2.0. Firewire 800 (IEEE.1394b) as the names suggests, has a peak speed of almost 800 M/Sec. Used primarily by PC musicians for recording and transferring multichannel audio at high sample rates and for digital video cameras and decks