Question by : Single Hard Drive Platter – Data recording?
I have a late 1990′s single platter hard drive that has some important data on it, unfortunately it has suffered a head crash which according to the data recovery Company (It is a respected & well known one…) even though I have been lucky in one respect that only the top side of the platter has been damaged it would be pointless trying to recover any files from the undamaged side of the platter as I would only get partial file recovery & some files wouldn’t be accessible.
I could understand what they were saying if it was a multi platter hard drive that recorded data in a cylinder but I thought that single platter drives recorded data on both sides individually and not in a ‘cylinder’. It was running Windows 2000 OS if that helps.
What is partial file recovery? Does it mean I might get ‘half’ a document or is it a case that they can only get ’1′s &’0′s off the drive surface that they can’t do much with?

And yes, I know I should have backed up the data !!!!
Do I need to tell them to attempt a recovery, or am I wasting my time and money?

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Answer by Acka
“Half a loaf is better than no bread”

Some data recovered may be better than no data recovered.

The partial recovery may just pull up the one file you need, and the other may be junk, who know until you try, to recover.

I am surprised they are turning down business, when they don’t even know which file you need off the failed drive.

It is possible to do this stuff yourself if the data recovery people won’t play ball.

have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul97jWv2PKY for example

Scott Moulton is a King of Hard Drive recovery, have a look here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx-D1nJcv0k

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Answer by Lozza264
I had a laptop with those configurations in my first year of university and it was fine

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Question by : How do I send a dvd movie in my dvd drive to my computer ?
I would love to record a dvd movie to keep in my computer so I can just pull it up and watch it whenever I want to , w/out having it in the drive. I have the CyberLink PowerDVD 10 installed on my computer and my computer is a windows xp. Please tell me how to do it.

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Answer by mike m
To my knowledge i dont think you can

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Question by baby: If I buy a bigger hard drive for my laptop, will it make my computer run faster or just increase the memory?

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Answer by rsist34
no and no
it will just increase the amount of stuff you can put on your hard drive.

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Answer by Lloyd
Yes mate but i am not that tech minded to know where to start.

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Question by : Where can I get good hard drive caddys for my old PS3 hard drive?
I am updating my ps3 hard drive and want to turn the old one as an external USB drive. Where can I get good, cheap caddys for this?

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Answer by ebox1349
depends where you are! in the UK?
try PC World, any good Computer repair store should also have them in stock or be able to get you one reasonably quickly, buying online means you have to pay postage and packing and this simply increases the cost.

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With supply disruptions expected to last for up to 6 months, this has the potential to cause major problems in the technology industry. Not only is the better-known commercial side of IT expecting to take a hit, the enterprise IT industry is also expecting to experience difficulties in getting needed HDD?s to complete server and storage deployments.

Covering virtually every drive capacity, RPM, form factor (2.5? SFF and 3.5? LFF), SAS and SATA models, Great Lakes Computer has inventory for all of the most popular Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant and IBM System X server models.

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Question by Cade T: can you download a ps3 game to an external hard drive and play on ps3 through harddrive?
like if i downloaded a torrent or burnt a ps3 game onto my errabyte hard drive then connected to ps3 can i play the game?

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Answer by nanospasm
i dont know but i downloaded a film onto my 500 sumo hard drive from the internet and it worked a dream on my ps3… i guess it should work as long as its in the correct format?

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Over the five years to 2016, IBISWorld forecasts that the number of golf carts sold in the United States will increase at an average annual rate of 3.2% to about 76,685. Further recovery in the US economy and a growing number of golfers will support demand. IBISWorld has released a report on the future of gold cart manufacturers in the United States and can be purchased online from its website. Furthermore, industry growth will increasingly depend on demand from foreign economies, particularly from rapidly developing countries. The industry will continue to seek growth through the development of new products that attract customers with higher-quality inputs, increased performance (e.g. battery life) and improved technologies that create more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly carts. For this reason, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Golf Cart Manufacturing industry to its growing Lifestyle Products Manufacturing collection.

The Golf Cart Manufacturing industry has been on a bumpy ride. Golf cart demand depends on golf courses and country clubs; when golfers reduce visits, the effects reverberate up the supply chain to manufacturers. The bursting of the housing bubble, the financial crash of 2008 and the subsequent recession led to a sharp rise in unemployment, which adversely affected golf cart manufacturers. The industry was dealt a severe blow in 2009, when revenue sank 28.8%. After such a steep drop, revenue bounced back markedly over 2010, supported by export market demand for golf carts. Conditions have continued improving over 2011, with revenue growth of 12.4% to $ 588.1 million anticipated for the year, marking an annualized growth rate of 0.2% since 2006.

Golf carts (i.e. golf cars or self-propelled golf carts) are typically used on golf courses and country clubs. However, they are also used in other facilities, such as retirement villages or vacation resorts, is also strong. Because of its dependence on golf demand, golf cart purchases have been hurt over the past decade. Declining golf participation rates among Americans and the related weakness in the establishment of new golfing facilities across the United States negatively affected industry demand.

Electric golf carts are considered the first mass-produced electric vehicles for private consumer use. While gasoline-powered golf carts were eventually developed, the Golf Cart Manufacturing industry has increasingly shifted back to purely electric models over recent years. Rising fuel prices, noise pollution, emissions regulations and general customer demand for more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles have forced producers to develop new models. This trend will likely continue over the next five years, particularly as current electric battery-powered models still achieve less usage time and distance than gasoline engine carts.

Industry market share concentration in the Golf Cart Manufacturing industry has increased during the past five years, with the industry’s largest firms, Textron and Ingersoll Rand, who have pumped money into their respective subsidiaries

According to IBISWorld analyst, Brian Bueno, over the five years to 2016, IBISWorld projects that the number of golf carts sold in the United States will increase at an average annual rate of 3.2% to about 76,685. ?Further recovery in the US economy and a growing number of golfers will support demand,? says Bueno. ?Though the participation rate is projected to remain stable at about 8.8% of the population.? Industry growth will increasingly depend on demand from foreign economies. From 2011 to 2016, IBISWorld projects industry revenue will grow at an annualized rate of 5.9% to $ 783.1 million.

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Industry Definition

Main Activities

Similar Industries

Additional Resources

Industry at a Glance

Industry Performance

Executive Summary

Key External Drivers

Current Performance

Industry Outlook

Industry Life Cycle

Products & Markets

Supply Chain

Products & Services

Major Markets

Globalisation & Trade

Business Locations

Competitive Landscape

Market Share Concentration

Key Success Factors

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Barriers to Entry

Major Companies

Operating Conditions

Capital Intensity

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any help appreciated.

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Answer by Computer Tech
I do a lot of computer repair here and I don’t. I do keep records of the people and their computer. Like the name of the person and the specs of the computer. That is so if I work on it again I will know a little about it.
I also keep a lot of notes.

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any figures on what it will cost
what do you have to do just push them in i would not have a clue

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Answer by John C
just buy a new one, cost under $ 50 on newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010100005+1036508673&Configurator=&Subcategory=5&description=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

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Answer by JAFOOLY™
Yes and RAM. You can use EnCase of FTK to explore further if you know what you are doing.

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Answer by Johnny
your cord configuration is not the problem first the settings of the ps3 must be configured to auto detect then the folders must be in a certain arrangement for Linux to see them i cant remember the arrangement but if you google installing wallpaper on ps3 through thumb stick its the third result will post the link in a minute

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I need to buy the one I know it can support but don’t just know which one.

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Answer by jasonicus
That USB connection is merely for updates to firmware, not connecting devices. You’ll need to connect it to a pc, then to your tv to run the data off of it.

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Question by steve c: did system recovery and lost a few files, but still got 120gig of data on hard drive, where’s all my music gon
did search but found nothing but wnen i click on properties of “c” ther is still 120 gig + none of my programs have gone …just the contents of my doc’s

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Answer by cryosys
Try a recovery software like File Scavenger. It can help to restore your files.

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Answer by Hedge Witch
Maybe it really can;t find the drivers it needs – have you allowed it to go online to find the drivers? Alternately go to the site for the hardware – they usually have drivers on there.

Make sure you pick up the right one for the operating system you’re using.

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Question by xkloosive: how i can use internel hard disk as an external drive for back up?
I have an extra internal hard disk,is there any docking or cables available where i can use this drive as a bak up external drive?

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Answer by eastlondon02
Just add as a secondary hard drive in your tower, I aint sure if there any cables to add it as a external hard drive. because a internal hard drive uses either Sata or IDE connections. A external hard drive uses USB. So i would say install inside your tower as a secondary hard drive to use a back up.

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Question by : Help! My CD Disc Drive Won’t Work?
I have the lenovo notepad 3000 C200 and it is on Windows Vista and the disc drive won’t work i erased everything on the laptop once and started afresh and the disc drive started working but i can’t do that now as i have important documents on my laptop that i can’t save onto a disc because well the disc drive doesn’t work, also, it takes the disc in and flashes green, it spins it around for a bit then just goes blank, when i go on computer it doesnt come up. I tried using the PC doctor but that doesn’t help, also i tried Diskeeper which also didn’t find any problems, anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know what i should do?
ok i’ll try all these things

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Answer by Sali
may be you need a new dick drive. ask a technician.

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Question by : Can i connect a Desktop pc hard drive to my laptop?
I Have a desktop and the windows boot files are screwed it wont start up and i have 2-3k worth of design programs on my Hard drive i have laptop and was wondring if it is possible to connect my desktop hardrive to my laptop internally without a usb adaptor or docking station?
Thank you for swift response but If i had the bottom of my laptop open could i connect it i dont mean as a permanent thing just a connection to recover files

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Answer by whata waste
not internally. probably not with a USB either as you would have to open the file to transfer it.

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