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    Got it figured out. I went to Best Buy with the...

    Got it figured out. I went to Best Buy with the laptop. The Geek Squad guy noticed that when the Toshiba screen came up, underneath there were options to select the boot drive. He changed it to the...
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    Laptop won't boot

    I have an older Satellite Toshiba 2455-S305. As I hadn't used it for awhile, when I turned it on, I had to reload Norton virus definitions. Then I got a message that Norton failed to load. Decided...
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    Thanks fellas, Sorry it took me a while to...

    Thanks fellas,
    Sorry it took me a while to reply. The problem was actually a bit more complex than I had described. I had two hard drives installed in the computer and they both had logical drives...
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    installed XP on wrong drive

    Hi,
    I was running Windows 2k and decided to replace it with XP.
    However, what appears to have happened is the computer installed XP on the d: drive rather than c: and left win 2k system files on...
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    Thanks Midnyte, I took both the CD roms out,...

    Thanks Midnyte,
    I took both the CD roms out, hooked up the one drive that did not show up in Windows Explorer. It worked. Then I hooked up both CDroms and they both work. so, I think that problem...
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    hard drive click-cd rom failure too?

    Hi,
    Turned on my computer today. Machine tried to boot very slowly, and I heard a clicking noise, sort of like a heart beat only slower. Got some error message like a hard drive failure. This...
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    mrrobotto: A few questions- do you have another...

    mrrobotto:
    A few questions- do you have another drive that works connected to the same cable (by itself)? This might rule out problems with the m/b and cable.
    Does this bios normally support auto...
  8. Have you tried hooking up each drive on its own...

    Have you tried hooking up each drive on its own port? Make sure each drive is set as single or possibly without any jumpers, depending on brand.
    Does your bios recognize new drives without you...
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    Herosrest, I'd need 8 batteries, right? I'm...

    Herosrest,
    I'd need 8 batteries, right? I'm presuming that plugging a fan into a molex connector provides 12v dc, so if I use 1.5 volt batteries, I'd need 8. Alternatively, of course, I could use...
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    Science Project

    Hi,
    A friend of mine asked to borrow a computer fan for his son's science project. As I have a spare, I said sure. Then I realized that he'd probably need a power supply to power it. And then I...
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