Looking for USB and Sata Controller, any idea where to find it? At least 3
external USB ports and 1 internal Sata port.
Regards,
Doron

My friend and I have a few old Hard Disks out of old computers, a 2gig
and a 6gig. My question being - Is there a possible way to convert them
into USB drives. We have a bunch of cords, pieces, etc. that we can use
so we are open to any suggestions.

Folks:
I am trying to copy a large (1 Gig) file from a DVD to my hard drive.
First  I tried Windows Explorer. About  90% into the copying process up
jumps an error message:

I cloned a 2GB HD from my Laptop on my XP Tower to a 20GB HD. I put the
2GB on my USB as G: and installed the 20GB as a slave which came up as
F:. Cloned OK but when I put 20GB in the Laptop it comes up as E:
Any Way to fix this

Folks:
What is your favorite FREE DVD burning software out there ?
Thanks,
John

SATA hard drives - problems with power-down, and hot-swapping . . .
Greetings all,
I have been running SATA drives on my Asus A7V600 (VIA VT8237 Southbridge),
Athlon based XP-Pro box.

I'm borrowing my friend's machine, without an XP disk anywhere
around, and the USB refuses to work.
Here is what happens. When I start up it complains that an IDE channel
exists that it isn't familiar with. This is apparently the built-in

Does any one know if it is possible to update the above mentioned
computer to Windows XP Pro?  Am trying to fix this up to give to a
friend.  Originally came with 98.  I did a complete wipe and then
loaded all the software back on.  However, I've heard that the drivers

Hi all.... i use my laptop for work (just opened a photography studio) and
take it to and from work each day... however, i need to edit the images i
take and have been doing that on an evening when i get home... on my PC due
to contrast and colour issues with the laptop and ...

Hey all, I recently bought I Microsoft Sidewinder GamePad from
Goodwill, since I can't really afford any of the $100 ones they sell at
stores such as Best Buy =( Well, the thing is that I found out that it
is made for the Windows 95/98 Operating Systems, and I have a Windows

I have a Dell laptop which was in hybernation mode with the lid down.  When I
opened the lid the screen the screen activated but seemed to do strange
things like display black lines across the top and bottom.  When I tried to
change the display, the whole desktop rotated 90 ...

Running XP Home and two hard drives, working independantly from each other.
S.M.A.R.T has flagged up a impending failure of my windows hard drive.
Question.
Can I copy the entire contents of my failing drive across to the other drive

I've got a:
AMD athlon XP 2000+ 1.67GHz
1.00GB ram
80GB HDD

"It is not a good idea to connect a single drive to the middle connector on
a ribbon cable, because the "STUB" of left-over, unconnected cable causes
signaling problems
With Ultra DMA this "STUB" connection is not just "not recommended", it is

Folks:
Would appreciate if someone could point me to a good FREE Hard Disk
Partitioning tool
 *  What is your favorite HD partitioning tool ?