These notes are particular to laptops; the issue of file recover or transfer is otherwise covered in a number of FAQ questions in section 2.0, so read the adjacent responses. First, determine whether your drive is SCSI, or ATA (or IDE, same thing). A SCSI laptop hard drive has 50 pins, or possibly 54 pins (four for power); an IDE laptop hard drive has 40 or more likely 44 pins. IF the drive is IDE, you can't connect it as a SCSI drive and vice versa. Apple does not support external IDE drives.

Each person who has logged into the computer will have his or her files and settings stored in a folder named with his or her user name. Only the person who is logged in (or an Administrator) can access his or her personal folder. To find these user folders: The My Documents folder is located within this user folder (Note: The My Documents icon on your desktop is a shortcut to this folder). Files that were saved to the desktop are located in the Desktop folder.

Sure, all you need is an adapter. The adapter converts the connection to the laptop drive to interface with the IDE and power cables of your desktop PC.

To get the best result, choose Create Image File command from Drive menu (or context menu) to copy the damaged data to another hard drive. You can create the Image of segments of the partition, Image of the whole partition, or even Image of the full hard drive. To adjust the number of attempts to read bad sectors, use I/O Tries in Drive Control properties. After the Image is created, you can open the Image using Open Image File command, and work with it as with original drive. (See also Q24)

After performing the copy, the target drive may not boot due to different hardware or software configurations. Problems resulting from this will not be supported.

If you have your files on an old Mac with a SCSI drive internal or external; and your new Mac does not have a SCSI external connector or use SCSI drives internally, what can you do? I'll discuss many options. My GENERAL advice is as follows. EITHER use some kind of Mac which HAS SCSI to read your drive, and use it to transfer files either by connection or by transfer to another media (floppy, CD, ZIP disk). OR, you add some kind of SCSI hardware to your new Mac to read the drive.

You must delete files from your disk or hard drive if you have either of these two conditions AND you have already notified me and I have advised you to delete files: If you are storing your work on a floppy disk and you are getting warnings that the disk is becoming full, it is time to delete some files from your data disk. If your work has become corrupt on the Instructor Management Web site because of export and upload errors, you must delete ALL your files.

After restoring your computer, go to the iFolder web site, download the iFolderClient, install the client and login to your iFolder. Your files will automatically download to your computer.

No, with eZconference others can only see the documents you insert into the meeting. (eZdesktop users may choose to allow others to see or control their computer remotely.) Error 450 indicates that the eZ software is unable to connect to our servers over the Internet, and therefore, you are unable to register or log in. There may be a "personal firewall application" on your computer that is not allowing eZ to access the Internet.

You can save to some locations (C:/temp, My Documents) on the hard drive. You cannot save to the desktop. However, once the computer reboots, everything is cleared from the hard drive! If the computer freezes while you are working, for instance, you could lose your work. We recommend using your student storage space and saving frequently on multiple storage devices to avoid losing your work.

Unauthorized people can neither remove Inspice Trace nor format the hard drive (when it is correctly setup according to the instruction. To see the instruction. run Setup and click Help).

If your laptop is not listed, please refer to your user manual or check the manufacturer's support webpage.

No. Computer hard drives and duplicator hard drives are two separate file systems, so they cannot communicate. The USB and Firewire connections' allow the computer to use the duplicator as a CD or DVD external burner. You can use either of those devices to store the data on a disc from a specified CD or DVD drive on the duplicator. Once you create that disc, you can use it as your master disc to load into the hard drive and make your duplications. No.

If your drive is working and functioning properly, you can use an EZGig data transfer kit or and external USB enclosure to recover data from your old drive. If your drive is not working, you will need to send it to a company for Data Recovery services. Here at Drive Solutions, we offer Data Recovery Services. Click here for more info on these services.

Most of the video that JHSPH OCW provides is in a Real Video format delivered through streaming servers. Our goal in providing video in this format (that is, in multiple bit rates) is to enable users with a variety of Internet connections to sample JHSPH OCW video offerings with a common browser plug-in without having to download large media files. Users with slow connections, however, will not enjoy a quality video experience.

Option 1: You can upload your files individually by clicking on the "+ Item" button (exactly as you would add files into your Blackboard course) Option 2: You could click on the "Web Folder" button to open a web folder window and drag and drop your files into the window. Click on the Courses tab and enter the specific course where you would like to add the file. Go to the Control Panel and to a Content Area (e.g. Course Documents).

There is a list of files that are excluded by default with a full hard drive backup. These files are commonly temporary or unimportant files for which a backup is unnecessary. If you wish to include these files in your backup procedures, then follow these simple steps: In the upper left corner is the pull-down menu for View. Click on it and select Exclude file list....

Right click on the PDF link and select "Save Target As" from the menu options (if you have Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As" (if you have Netscape). You should next be prompted with a window asking where you want to save the file. Select the Desktop as the location you wish to save the file. Finally, click the Save button, and the file will start downloading to your computer. When finished, you should see an icon for the file on your desktop.

Yes. You will have the capability to backup data to writable CDs and/or DVDs with your laptop. Rose-Hulman can provide procedures for backing up your files. Details are available at the Technical Services Center Help Desk.

Windows: By default, the preferences are stored in HKCU/Software/BitWise Chat/BitWise. Optionally, you may store the preferences in BitWise.ini in your home folder by pressing "Setup" prior to logging in and specifying you wish to store your preferences in that file rather than the registry. Detached mode allows you to use basic client features even when your computer cannot maintain communication with the BitWise server.

Both Netscape and Microsoft have measures in place that limit the number of cookies that will be saved on your hard drive at one time. Both Internet Explorer and Netscape conform to the RFC 2109 limitations on your total cookie count to 300 (this includes a limit of 20 cookies per individual domain). If you exceed this, the browser will discard your least-used cookies to make room for the new ones.

After a cookie is transmitted through an HTTP header, it is stored in the memory of your browser. This way the information is quickly and readily available without re-transmission. As we have seen, however, it is possible for the lifetime of a cookie to greatly exceed the amount of time the browser will be open. In such cases, the browser must have a way of saving the cookie when you are not browsing, or when your computer is shut off.

Check question number 6 about startup disks; most people need these because of hard disk problems. Apple provides an "erase disk" option on their main menu which will re-initialize some but not all hard drives. Apple also has a "disk test" utility to test formatted disks. There is also a popular control panel add on for "SCSI probe" which is helpful, check various Mac shareware sites for it.

When these laptop drives fail it is important to power down the laptop and resists the temptation to continuously re-power the hard drive before seeking advice from a Optimum Data Recovery, laptop data recovery professional. Prolonged power cycling can cause permanent data loss through increased damage to the hard drive’s internal components.

No. The pricing and the procedures are identical. You shouldn't pay anyone more for one or the other.

If your laptop was purchased before summer 2007, you may call 1-800-ibm-serv and they can direct you on how to order them from Lenovo. If you have a 2007-2008 laptop, there is an option under Programs to create restore disks. Note, when creating them, you MUST use a blank CD for the first disk, but you MAY use blank DVDs for subsequent disks. Also note that these disks will put only Lenovo licensed software on your hard drive and remove everything already on there.