Last update on October 22, 2009 11:48 AM by aakai1056 Published by aakai1056
Vista-Increasing SATA Disk drive performance
Your SATA hard drive performance can be increased, it just enable write caching. This is very useful if your computer or laptop suddenly shuts down to prevent data loss/corruption! This feature is incorporated in Windows Vista which most users don’t know!
Installing Windows XP on a SATA hard drive ShowInstalling Windows XP on a SATA hard drive
Motherboard Model
Downloading SATA drivers
Windows Installation
With floppy
Without floppy
Another way
You can install Windows XP on a SATA hard drive… It may not be easy as the system...
[Vista]Quick and easy driver update Show[Vista]Quick and easy driver update
If Want to update your drivers without going through the site of the manufacturer, go to Control Panel and select "Device Manager".
In the open window, select the device you want to update the...
How to increase the cache on your hard disk? ShowHow to increase the cache on your hard disk?
A cache is a temporarily area of storage storing fequently accessed data for quick access. It is a very efficient tools used under windows vista and windows xp which is set as default under...
Sharing the hard disk on Windows Vista ShowSharing the hard disk on Windows Vista
In Windows Vista, the following manipulations to be done to share a hard disk:
Go to the file explorer (Windows Key + E).
Right click on the hard drive (or partition) and then choose to share...
Download Disk Drive Administrator ShowDisk Drive Administrator will allow you to hide, lock and protect your local drives, network, floppy and USB drives.
Thanks to its intuitive and user-friendly interface, it is easily possible to disable AutoRun function and manage access to the...
PC Assembly - Hard drive installation ShowHard drives, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM drives and floppy drive
The motherboard usually has two IDE
(Integrated Device Electronics) connectors:
The first connector is known as the primary device controller;
The second is known as the secondary device...
Formatting - Formatting a hard drive ShowBefore trying to understand formatting, you first need to understand how a hard drive works. Many people do not distinguish low-level formatting (also called physical formatting) from high-level formatting (also called logical formatting).
Even...