May, 2010 | DataRecoveryUnion.com

Due to the increased speed, size and quantity of devices in many PCs the system can be very vulnerable to electronic noise on the data lines. This may in fact be the cause of your particular problem. Symptoms of electronic noise can include the following:Slow performance.…

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How to upgrade my computer to a larger capacity drive?

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago4 months ago04 mins

When upgrading to a larger capacity drive, the main thing to consider is whether or not your computer is capable of addressing the extra capacity provided by the larger drive. If the system is several years old this is especially true.…

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Unable to delete a partition or logical DOS drive using FDISK

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago3 years ago01 mins

When you attempt to remove a partition using the FDISK utility that is included with Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Me, you may receive the error message “Cannot delete Extended DOS Partition while logical drives exist“.…

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How do I determine what type of hard drive you have?

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago6 years ago04 mins

The following methods can help determine what kind of hard disk you have inside your computer. 1. Seatools For Windows Seatools for Windows can detect all hard drives connected to your computer. 2. Device Manager a) Users running Microsoft 2000, XP, or Vista Microsoft Windows users can easily determine the type of hard drive that is currently installed in their computer by following the below steps.…

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Ultra ATA/100 FAQs

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago3 years ago03 mins

ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) refers to a common standard used to connect hard drives and other storage devices to a motherboard. It is also referred to as IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), though the terms are not technically interchangeable. Ultra ATA is simply next generation ATA with improved transfer speed and architecture.…

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How to Overcome GPT Protective Partition Issues

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago3 years ago05 mins

What is a GPT disk? The GUID Partition Table (GPT) was introduced as part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) initiative. GPT provides a more flexible mechanism for partitioning disks than the older Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning scheme that has been common to PCs.…

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Hard Drive Capacity Measurement Standards

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago3 years ago04 mins

Discrepancy Between Reported Capacity and Actual Capacity Many users are confused when their operating system reports, for example, that their new ST31000340AS 1 Terabyte (1000 GB) hard drive is reporting only about 909 Gbytes in “usable capacity“. Several factors may come into play when you see the reported capacity of a disc drive.…

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How to Low-Level Format a Hard Drive?

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago6 years ago06 mins

What does “Low Level Formatting” mean? Actually the term “low level” is a bit of a misnomer. The low-level process first used years ago in MFM hard drives bears little resemblance to what we now call a “low-level format” for today’s SATA and ATA (IDE) drives.…

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6 Reasons BIOS will not detect or recognize your drive

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago6 years ago02 mins

There are 6 main reasons why a system BIOS will not detect the presence of an internal hard drive. Here is a list of them. They are not in any particular order, but you can follow these steps one by one to troubleshoot this problem:Incorrect jumper settings on the drive Drive is not spinning up Faulty or Unplugged Data Cable The Serial ATA motherboard drivers are not properly loaded Hard disk drive not enabled in the BIOSAfter verifying that your ATA or SATA port is set to Auto-Detect or is enabled, if you find that your disk drive is not being detected (auto-detected) by the system BIOS, try the above steps to try and isolate/troubleshoot the problem.…

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6 Reasons BIOS will not detect or recognize your drive (2)

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM14 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Reason 2: Incorrect jumper settings on the drive Serial ATA: If you have a 3.0 Gbit/sec SATA drive that is not being detected by your 1.5 Gbit/sec SATA controller, or it causes your system to lock up when connected to a 1.5 Gbit/sec SATA controller, you may need to jumper your 3.0 Gbit/sec SATA drive to the slower speed of 1.5 Gbit/sec for the system to recognize it properly.…

May 2010

Electronic noise and how it can affect your system