For starters the media and filing system being used must be considered. If you are using an IDE drive under ADFS then you usually should have your drive formatted as one whole partition due to ADFS' inability to support multiple partitions. (Although third party extensions, like Alsystems PowerIDE software, can extend the default IDE interface to include partioning.

A - When you select the size of your hard drive, consider the amount of data you have now and what you will be adding in the future. It's a good idea to buy a hard drive with the largest amount of space you can afford: If you plan on storing documents, spreadsheets and data related to business or home finances, and you'll be installing productivity-related programs, you can opt for a hard drive in the low to mid range: 40 to 80GB.

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.

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.

Yes, you can use ShredIt for Mac OS X as a hard drive cleaner to erase the contents of a hard drive. We recommend that you do this to clean the drive before you dispose of a computer. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the ShredIt for Mac OS X Read me in the documentation folder that comes with ShredIt or download the ShredIt X Read me (pdf) now

Click "My Computer" -> "Control Panel" -> "System Properties" -> "Device Manager" -> "Disk drives". Select "IDE DISK" and then click the "Properties" button. A window then appears. Click on "Settings" tab to enable "DMA" in the "Options" menu. Click "OK" to complete.

The unit supports LBA mode FAT32 file systems, so the theoretical limit is 2048GB. Practically speaking, a 40GB hard drive should comfortably contain 5000-10000 MP3 tracks, depending on the bitrate.

You can reduce the size of the image files by scanning at a lower resolution or saving the images in JPEG (compressed) format. However, in both cases, you sacrifice image quality for greater compression (smaller file size).

We charge by the size and type of your hard drive regardless of the amount of data that needs to be recovered. All fees can be found on the Pricing page.

You can use ShredIt for Mac OS 7 as a hard drive cleaner to erase the contents of a hard drive. We recommend that you do this to clean the drive before you dispose of a computer. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the ShredIt for Mac OS 7 Read me in the documentation folder that comes with ShredIt or download the ShredIt 7 Read me (pdf) now

Yes, you can use ShredIt for Mac OS X as a hard drive cleaner to erase the contents of a hard drive. We recommend that you do this to clean the drive before you dispose of a hard drive. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the ShredIt for Mac OS X Read me in the documentation folder that comes with ShredIt or download the ShredIt X Read me (pdf) now

Click the folder logo button next to the target drop-down bar where you can browse for a hard drive location in the pop-up window.

We support removable fixed disk pull-out drawers. We support removable fixed disks in pullout drawers. We do not officially support JAZ or SyQuest or other removable devices. However, in our own offices we are successfully backing up and restoring data to a JAZ drive, but we never intend to boot from the JAZ. If you are using a removable drive as the DPSR drive, it is likely that the backup will not be bootable. We do not recommend using a removable drive for disaster recovery purposes.

The Xbox 360 hard drive is a 2.5" hard drive, similar to those found in notebooks. The hard drive that you buy for your PC are 3.5". Considering that notebook parts are always more expensive than desktop PC components, it is reasonable that the Xbox 360 hard drive costs more than a desktop PC hard drive of the same size.