Windows 7 Installation Question?

Question by CeribroHI: Windows 7 Installation Question? i have a completely wiped laptop (Sony Vaio PCG-Z1VA) and today i tried to install Windows 7 on it (the demo or w/e). So i have to hit “custom” install because i don’t have xp on it (its wiped). when i do that, it asks me where i [...]

Windows 7 Installation Question?

Question by CeribroHI: Windows 7 Installation Question? i have a completely wiped laptop (Sony Vaio PCG-Z1VA) and today i tried to install Windows 7 on it (the demo or w/e). So i have to hit “custom” install because i don’t have xp on it (its wiped). when i do that, it asks me where i [...]

What is wrong with my Mac Powerbook?

Question by 6ftfromtheedge: What is wrong with my Mac Powerbook? So, I just got this Mac Powerbook (about 4 years old) from my friend who got a brand new mac. She already had all the applications I needed on it (like iTunes and firefox). Here’s the weird thing: whenever I restart my computer, something’s always [...]

My mac hard drive has crashed. What can i do with my iPod?

Question by Jaap: My mac hard drive has crashed. What can i do with my iPod? My hard drive has crashed. Since my iTunes library was kept in that drive, that too has vanished. However, I do have my iPod Touch where (practically) all my music was in. How can I get that music (and [...]

Back up Computer files & etc. onto iPhone?

Question by xODxixDOx: Back up Computer files & etc. onto iPhone? Ok, I need to backup my files on my laptop just in case something happens you know? However, I don’t have the “insert removable media or blank disc” available. I found out that one can use the iphone as a flash drive; in my [...]

Why has my computer slowed down so much, and is starting to generate errors and pop ups?

Question by TWonder: Why has my computer slowed down so much, and is starting to generate errors and pop ups? I have a rather “old” HP computer from 2002. It has been working fine up until the about November of last year. It than started to run very slow on start up and whenever I [...]

I bought a 2.5 USB IDE Adapter to transfer data on my crashed hard drive. How do the pins go into the drive?

Question by riprat23: I bought a 2.5 USB IDE Adapter to transfer data on my crashed hard drive. How do the pins go into the drive? The hard drive pins are one solid part and the pins on the USB thing has little holes. I dont know how to insert the hard drive in to [...]

I bought a 2.5 USB IDE Adapter to transfer data on my crashed hard drive. How do the pins go into the drive?

Question by riprat23: I bought a 2.5 USB IDE Adapter to transfer data on my crashed hard drive. How do the pins go into the drive? The hard drive pins are one solid part and the pins on the USB thing has little holes. I dont know how to insert the hard drive in to [...]

Is my hard drive ruined? I dropped it?

Question by DA MAN (original): Is my hard drive ruined? I dropped it? Basically attached a sata 2.5 (laptop hard drive) to my desktop to install windows xp on it. The installation of xp went perfect, once finished I shut down the computer to remove the hard drive. While I was removing the hard drive, [...]

Where can I find a reasonably priced Sony Vaio VGN-SR190 hard drive connector cable?

Question by matt: Where can I find a reasonably priced Sony Vaio VGN-SR190 hard drive connector cable? I recently broke my hard drive when I dropped it and, upon inspection I now see that the connector cable that connects the SATA hard drive to the motherboard is broken (one of the pins is bent around [...]