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Using the EXACT procedure for the 7200.11 is POINTLESS. You have a 7200.12 drive. They are DIFFERENT. Trying using the given procedure for the 7200.12 , but as said I have NO way to know if it is possible that it works on your drive. And obviously you risk something by doing something that is UNTESTED. jaclaz

Sure , in thebaz's case there is NO WAY it can be the TVS diode, but he asked about the video, which is COMPLETELY UNRELATED to the problem he is experiencing, and I provided some explanation about the latter. Three separate questions asked/points raised: My question is could the drive have the same problem as the 7200.11 series drive and respond to the same solution? Also, did it make any difference the 7200.11 fix if the drive was partitioned? I also saw a video on you-tube, , where the guy had a blown diode and removed it to retrieve his data. I am not sure why he didn't replace the diode or how he knew that that was the problem, so I am very cautious about trying that fix. I hope someone can help, and thanks for the great resource. Three replies: Maybe, nothing sure about it, given link to possible solution UNVERIFIED/UNCONFIRMED. No. Explanation given (about what the guy did and why it worked for him in his case.) jaclaz

To troubleshoot a problem with a USB Mass Storage controller? jaclaz

The video *should* be about removing a TVS diode. Basically HD boards have two main DC "rails", a 5V and a 12V one. In order to protect the board components from overvoltage, spikes, surges or whatever, each of these are protected by a TVS diode. This diodes are sensible to some of these and when "triggered" by such an event they simply "blow" shorting the + of the rail to ground. At this point most PSU's protections will shut down power. (a non protected PSU - like the power adapters of most external enclosure use - will simply blow instead ) It is intended as a form of protection for the most delicate components of the HD, once the diode is shorted, besides replacing it with a new one you can just remove it, this will aloow "normal operation" (but you won't have anymore protection from spikes/sourges/etc.) There isn't AFAIK a "known/tested/retested" solution for the 7200.12, but there is however this Russian page: http://hddhelp.com.ua/7200-12.htm via google translate is quite readable. A procedure very similar to that for the 7200.11 is used. jaclaz

You did not mention it , but the usual convention goes along the lines of: 4.00 ->4.01 minor release 4.99->5.00 major release so I did. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning From the mouth of the wolf: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0.1/releasenotes/ Compare with: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0/releasenotes/ jaclaz

Just out of curiosity , are you going to start a new thread for each and every minor release of Firefox? Wouldn't have been more logic to continue here? : jaclaz

Something like this? : http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Telephony-SMS-GSM/Easy-SpeakerPhone.shtml Or this (seemingly "out of production"/dead site): WillowPhone Here: http://trace.wisc.edu/computer/win95/win95sha.html (rigorously UNTESTED by me) jaclaz

...exception made for the 7/knoppix one, I presume Some "as plain as possible" instructions can be read here (the place is particularly nice as it has everything "categorized" correctly): http://www.thpc.info/dualboot.html you are in this "main" category: http://www.thpc.info/dual/dual_xp_2k_nt.html But you will need ANYWAY to read the 9x forum to solve possible problems with "lots of RAM". "huge hard disks" and the like jaclaz

Which game is it? Games tend to be problematic in Virtual Machnes, as they often use "undocumented" fetures or "shortcuts" to make things like video frames faster. Was it DOS or Windows? How much RAM have you got in the VM? "Memory" in a view similar to this: jaclaz

Not certain what I would be looking for...what might this be, other than WOL option? Some BIOS do have an additional option, something like "Wake up on RTC Alarm", see here for some reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_clock_alarm http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic20710.html jaclaz

GUID {A68CA8B7-004F-D7B6-A698-07E2DE0F1F5D belongs to Windows time service http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773013(WS.10).aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/w32time/ How often it synchronizes depends form settings, I seem to remember that default is once a week (unless the PC is in a domain, etc.) check the Registry, values should be remained the same: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223184/en-us jaclaz

A better source is actual dedicated sites: http://ss64.com/nt/ http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchfiles.php Yzöwl, which is our resident "batch master" has a "quirk" to writing very good snippets/scripts in the most simplified (which sometimes means complex ) way ). This: @ECHO OFF&SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION FOR /R %%# IN (*-KB*.MSU) DO (CALL :SUB %%~n# ECHO= INSTALLING KB!_!&ECHO=WUSA "%%#" /QUIET /NORESTART) PAUSE&GOTO :EOF :SUB SET "_=%*" FOR /F "DELIMS=-" %%$ IN ("%_:*-KB=%") DO SET "_=%%$" Can be re-written as: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION FOR /R %%A IN (*-KB*.MSU) DO ( CALL :SUB %%~nA ECHO INSTALLING KB!KB_number! ECHO=WUSA "%%A" /QUIET /NORESTART ) PAUSE GOTO :EOF :SUB SET "KB_number=%*" FOR /F "DELIMS=-" %%B IN ("%KB_number:*-KB=%") DO SET "KB_number=%%B" Which may be more readable. jaclaz

Naaah, you first. jaclaz

Sometimes (it depends on the actual corruption) another word processor (compatible with the .docx format) or a "small utilty tool" may be able to open the files. An example: http://www.nativewindsofmontana.com/software/docx2rtf.html Basically a .docx is a .zip archive containing several .xml files. So it is possible that the corruption involves the "outer" archive, in this case a .zip repairing utility may be useful First thing I would do would be to open the .docx in 7-zip and (if it opens) extract from it the file \word\document.xml (this should be the part that contains all the text. The "unzipping engine" in Office is particularly "picky" and can often fail whereas other tools might work. Are you sure that it is a Word bug? (and not as an example a disk problem? ) There are several Commercial/Shareware tools to recover corrupted .docx files, and most have demo to see if full version will work. There are a few Freeware tools to at least extract the TEXT: http://www.godskingsandheroes.info/software/ http://www.download32.com/damaged-docx2txt-i61915.html jaclaz

Well NO. That would be acceptable if there wasn't a READ ME FIRST, the FGA's and a Guide (actually several ones) with pictures AND a great number of these same questions asked and answered to AND the actual "homepage" of the converter. READ: http://www.rhydolabz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=304 Point #11 Maybe Ground ? READ: Point #7 Point #7 About Tx/Rx : Be aware of UART dislexia READ: http://www.mapleleafmountain.com/seagatebrick.html Point #11: Additional info in "Down to Business - Prep the Drive": Doesn't matter actually, as long as you have the drivers for it installed and hyperterminal can see the virtual COM device. Try it first without anything connected to it. Then do a loopback test. Only if the loopback test connect to the HD. READ: Point #8 READ: Point #5 jaclaz

or... scripting, use AT or SCHTASK: http://ss64.com/nt/at.html http://ss64.com/nt/schtasks.html jaclaz

Read the READ ME FIRST (first). Forget (for the moment) about the "shifter". Test just the USB to RS232. Do a loopback test on it. (see READ ME FIRST) Then connect the "shifter" AND power it with the battery ( rule of thumb, a connection, by definition, is not "loose" as it won't be a connection, if you think it is not good, solder it or make it good, tightening the wires or whatever) and do a loopback test on the "shifter" TTL side too. If BOTH loopback tests work, try connecting to the HD (remember GROUNDing - again read READ-ME-FIRST): once you have done he above AND also having read the FGA's: come back to report results. Please AVOID asking the SAME questions that have been ALREADY asked (and aswered to) a zillion times. Take some time on the given PRE-REQUISITE threads, read them thoroughfully. Then take some time on the present thread, you will find your same questions asked and answered to several times. If you really cannot understand something, you are welcome to ask , but please do make sure you have something "new" to ask. jaclaz

Please avoid double posting: See Rules. It ONLY adds confusion. I replied to you in the above thread. jaclaz

Check FIRST post of this thread. Particularly this part : I presume you want to follow this approach: http://sites.google.com/site/rmprepusb/ http://sites.google.com/site/rmprepusb/tutorials/how-to-create-a-usb-drive-that-will-install-vista-win7-and-server-2008 or this: http://sites.google.com/site/rmprepusb/tutorials/winiso or this: http://sites.google.com/site/rmprepusb/tutorials/multiisoimdiskautounattend (or something "in between"). jaclaz

Maybe these help more , if I get it right the idea is to DISABLE the thingy, NOT to give it enough space. http://en.kioskea.net/faq/2679-disable-volume-shadow-copy http://www.blackviper.com/wiki/Microsoft_Software_Shadow_Copy_Provider jaclaz

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Maybe the "blank" Maybe identifying the actual chip it is possible to find a "manufacturer tool" able to diagnose and hopefully fix the issue. Have you already tried this adapter under another OS (like Linux) or on another physical machine? (just to make sure that the problem is actually in the device and not in your particular XP install)? jaclaz P.S.: It is probably a GL830 based interface: http://www.genesyslogic.com.tw/manage/upfile/12254489521.pdf but there are several other controllers by Genesys Logic

Do you both realize that till now: HideBlur Tool for Windows 7 noone had actually mentioned it's name in this thread? http://pacmani.deviantart.com/art/HideBlur-Tool-for-Windows-7-137636666 http://kishan-bagaria.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Aero-Blur-Tweaker-161702547 jaclaz

I am sorry, but I cannot understand most of what you write. Remove (physically disconnect) ANY USB device you may have. Remove the unknown device from device management. Re-boot.. Run USBview, here: http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Utilities.htm Connect the actual USB device that you think causes the problem (and NO OTHER USB device) Run again USBview. Post reporting differences found. IF it is a USB to IDE converter, then IF it is working properly, then IF it has been assigned a "proper" USB Vid/Pid in factory, you should need NO drivers at all the "USB Mass Storage" are "generic" ones. Try also running Chipgenius and report what device it finds: http://reboot.pro/4661/ jaclaz jaclaz

That is an Unknown USB device (NOT necessarily a USB Mass Storage one!). Describe the hardware you are using, expecially the motherboard and ALL USB devices you are using. Try removing the "unknown device" from device manager and re-boot. jaclaz