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    Storage Solutions windows cannot format HDD

    good work!! there are 2 errors during the format process... event 11 - disk error the driver detected a controller error on \device\harddisk1\D event 15 - JRAID error the device, \device\scsi\JRAID1 is not ready for access yet
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    windows update not working

    hi, the other day i went into microsuck and did a windows update where i chose some of the security updates which downloaded and installed without a hitch. funny thing though, tried to get back into MS update for windows and i click on custom to choose some more updates but it says that it...
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    Storage Solutions windows cannot format HDD

    hi, have taken an older HDD and put it into a new computer and went to format it using disk management (NTFS) but at the end i get an error message saying the "windows was unable to complete the format" and then says "the disk in drive E cannot be formatted". when clicking on the drive in...
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    CPU/Mobo PC parts for dad help???

    ok, thanks for all your help, here is a suggestion for a final system. do you see anything that will not work with each other or major errors? ps - although new egg is awesome, i'll be picking up this stuff from a store in toronto in a few days... OS - win XP pro 32-bit MOTHERBOARD GIGABYTE...
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    CPU/Mobo PC parts for dad help???

    those parts look good although my dad does not need the lastest GPU or other parts, just to save on cash a little bit :) having said that, i'm thankful for the recommendations and will check them out :hap2:
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    CPU/Mobo PC parts for dad help???

    i'm getting stuff from a store called canadacomputers.com in toronto, canada. stuff or quotes from newegg are fine as i can compare to canadacomputers so everything will be in $ CDN $ that i list :hap2:
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    CPU/Mobo PC parts for dad help???

    hello, am looking for a bit of quick help here :) i'm buying my dad a new computer and here is what i have so far... this is NOT a super high end machine and he'll never play crysis let alone know what that even is :) but he does like to mess around with the adobe master collection (video and...
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    desktop not refreshing

    hi, for the last 2 weeks my desktop has been acting weird. if i have a firefox window open (or any other window) and then close it, its image is still showing on my desktop. pressing f5 (refresh) does not get rid of the ghost image. i've run the latest norton, ad-aware, super-anti-spyware and...
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    contacts organizer

    hello, i'm looking for a piece of software, free or to buy, that will help me organize my contacts or address book from friends and family. not super impressed with winXP's address book and am looking for other options. thanks in advance!
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who helped out and in the end i did a re-install of XP which solved everything and as a bonus i'm running much much much faster too!! this forum rocks, thanks again!!
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    finally got the PC on reboot to recognize the card (after i turned it off and unplugged it) but when it went to install the drivers the error message of 'cannot install this hardware as the drivers are either corrupt or missing' came up. and this is AFTER i did all the right steps to get rid of...
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    will give that a try. thanks :)
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    well, i am at a total loss for ideas now. device manager had the nvidia chipset bit - check on reboot vga device was recognized - check installed last known working nvidia driver - check on reboot the 6800 GT was in the device manager under display but it had a little yellow question mark...
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    yeah man, i'm much calmer now that it is just a software / driver screw up, no worries :) i ran the SFC /SCANNOW as you suggested and it went through with no mega problems. a reboot later and still no luck :( anymore suggestions?? a re-install is a total last resort as it will take a day...
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    also just noticed that there are no 'monitors' in my device manager. and no 'display adapters' either which is where the nvidia card would be. anyone ever had this happen?? am trying to re-install my samsung monitor drivers now...
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    ok, no luck yet :( but have discovered something that may help... my video monitor drivers are not installed as i checked with the samsung discs as i had a hunch about this. anyone heard of this affecting the nvidia driver setup before?
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    could it be that the original vga controller is the problem?? i mean, u need that installed first and then you can do the video card, or no? anyway it says my vga controller is not working properly and i tried to reinstall it automatically but it was a no go. where would i get one of those?
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    so, did all that driver cleaner pro stuff in safe mode again and then tried -nasty file remover- for the nvidia stuff and it came up with a lot of files. mostly language ones which i can't delete but have managed to get rid of the rest. if this does not work then i think its time for a windows...
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    yes, did the entire uninstall process (including driver cleaner pro in safe mode) and the latest driver did not work. will now repeat the uninstall process again and try the last known working driver for me which was 91.47.
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    Graphic Cards is my 6800 GT fried???

    installed the newest one b4 your post came in and i'm a bit further but still get this....see the pic so maybe its not fried at all but just a total driver nightmare
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