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Missing Gigabytes on a new harddrive
Hi I have just bought a new harddrive for my laptop, Tech Specs: Western Digital WD2500BEVS 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive 250 GB 1.5 Gb/s 8 MB Cache 5400 RPM It is a 250GB drive - I have partitioned it into one primary drive (i.e. one big drive) and formatted it with NTFS. But only 238 GB Show up - where are the remaining 12GB?…
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Not sure about voltage
I recently bought a gadget in the US, thinking it was battery operated, but now realise it needs charging. The instructions say that it can only be charged on 120v and not to plug into anything else. Could someone tell me what to buy to convert 120v to 240v? I could kick myself for not reading the instructions properly…
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Pop ups
For the first time in ages pop ups appear whilst i surf the web,how do i get rid of these please? thanks
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Recover excel changes
I did some work on an excel spreadsheet yesterday and it appears that the computer was closed down without saving the changes - is there any way that the data entered can be recovered?
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Wireless speakers
Hi, I have been looking for some wireless speakers and found these which look quite nice. Does anyone have any experience of these, please? Carmen x
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Backing up my Mac
Just moved to mac and am looking to find out how to back up my mac. Big thanks in advance. Sam
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Is Cable faster than ADSL?
I was just looking at the Virgin Media site and obviously they are trying to sell me broadband - but they seem to have a point. I am estimated to get 1MB with ADSL broadband down the phone line (checked with another estimator and the same) as it depends on how far the exchange is. But with cable they are saying it makes no…
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Do all digital photo frames need pics resizing?
Hi I want to buy (or rather my sister wants for her birthday:rolleyes:) a digital photo frame that takes XD cards. I found one on ebuyer but after reading the reviews I see that you need to resize the pics before you can display them properly on the screen. http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/120723…
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Is There Any Way To Repair A Scratch On TV Surround?
Hi Everyone, I got a brand new LCD TV with a lovely piano black finish a few weeks ago. Just today a long scratch has appreared along the top of the piano black finish just above the screen :mad: At first I thought perhaps one of my cats had done it but there's no way a cat could have climbed to the top edge of the TV like…
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Help! Second hand PC wiping?!
I hope you can help. My sister purchased a second hand pc off her daughters friends mum. However when she started up the pc she discovered that the family all have their own individual logins to access the computer (of which she has no details eg username or password) We can log in by typing guest as a username, with no…
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external HDD comes up as G: and not F:
when i plug my external drive in it comes up as G: drive but i need it to come up as F: because Im half way through downloading i need it to still come up as F:, I've tried all 4 USB ports but it still shows up as G: Anyone know where i can change it? :confused: Thanks in advance
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Coppermine or other photo software for fasthosts site - help needed please
Hello, Im just setting up a photography site for my OH and need some help: 1) I use Fasthosts Linux hosting and they dont seem to have any cPanel (heard that mentioned here). How easy is it to install and use coppermine? 2) I dont have a database and fasthosts charge £25 for one. Can I not create my own MYSQL database to…
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Help! Taskbar has gone all funny!!
Think my pesky children have been messing about with the pc and something odd has happened to the taskbar!! Every time I opened a new application I get double the icons along the taskbar. I thought I was going mad and had opened things twice, but when I closed one down, it closed both. I logged off and logged on again,…
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Thank you button wont work.
Hello, I would be grateful if someone could help me. I cannot get the thank you button to work to thank others - nothing happens and when I click on thank yous I have received I am taken to the top of the page rather than being able to see who has thanked me. Does anyone know how to fix this. Thank you for any help.
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Trouble logging in to forums
I cannot seem to enter some of the forums I registered with. Everytime time I enter my username and password it just wouldn't let me go through. Does this have anything to do with my new Vista PC I'm using, because I dont have any problems like this from my old PC.
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laptop speakers help please!
just been to currys, comet, pc world, comet had an offer on some 35watt logitech 2.1 speakers, got them to try them and the sound was well, poo. Some 20 watt advent ones were actually better (i dont want to pay more than 30 pounds)..i desperately need some SMALL speakers for my laptop if its possible, i dont know the model…
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How to stop auctomatic win
Could someone help me out I having problems on Windows Xp Home keep shuting down automatic any ideas?
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Broadband connection speed?
I am trying to find out how fast my broadband connection speed is. I've been on asdl.com (I think) but I am a real numpty and haven't got qa clue what it all means. When my dad logs on a box appears in the bottom left hand corner of his screen telling him the speed. Please does anyone kow how I get the same box as that? I…
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help i cant view one website!
i can't view deloitte's website at all....https://www.deloitte.com this has been going for a few days so i tried to access it at work and it was fine!!! i want to apply through their grad scheme for a job so cannot do it while at work and i have not had a problem with any other website?? any ideas??
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help ...here i go again
now im annoyed everything is going wrong this week took my sony k800i to get new cover fitted and get new battery,battery was fine till it went flat it wont charge,took it back to shop,he tried it got the same inserted new battery tried to charge,he said it charged to 1 bar,but battery could have been like that already,got…
