How to add notes that you have created on your computer to your iPod.
1. Connect your iPod to the computer and enable your iPod as a hard drive.
2. Create your text document in an application like Wordpad or TextEdit.
3. Your iPod should show up as a hard drive under Computer on PC, or on your Mac Finder. Save or drag and drop your text file in the Notes folder on your iPod.
That’s all there is to it. You should be able to access the notes on your iPod now by selecting Extras > Notes.
How to enable your Zune device to act as a hard drive and be visible in Explorer.
1. Disconnect the Zune and close out of any Zune software
2. Click Start > Run, type REGEDIT and click OK.
3. Click once on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
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I migrated from my old 80GB EIDE hard drive over to my new 400GB SATA drive the long and hard way. I wasted many hours getting all of my old data, including the boot sector over to the new drive all because I made it more complex than it really turned out to be.
Since I worked at a helpdesk before, I became really familiar with Norton Ghost. I thought using Ghost was the only way I could get an image from a drive and put it on another one. I didn’t legally own a copy of Ghost though. So I scoured the web for another solution. I came across Partimage, a free alternative to Ghost. With hardly any knowledge about Linux, I struggled to simply create an image since I had to learn all about mounting NTFS drives and such. I finally worked that out and got the image copied. Finally I was able to image my new drive.
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A company has unveiled a flash memory hard drive that can store 640GB of data.
As soon as next year, these drives will be available. This 640GB drive however will initially cost $20,000. I guess we’re still very far off from using these drives in our homes. Still, the day is coming where we will be able to turn on our computers and just have it work without having to wait through a long boot process.
Check out video of this drive in action here.
How to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk in Windows Vista.
Dynamic disks allow for better administration. You can span a volume across multiple dynamic disks or stripe multiple dynamic disks. Dynamic disks also allow you to repair data without the need for restarting the computer.
Note: a. Only Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate editions support dynamic disks.
b. Disks on laptop computers cannot be converted to dynamic.
You can enable dynamic disks on a drive by performing the following steps.
1. Click the Start orb button, right-click Computer, and click Manage.
2. Expand the plus sign next to Storage under Computer Management.
3. Click Disk Management.
4. Right-click the disk you wish to convert, and the click Convert to Dynamic Disk… .
Other Resources:
What are basic and dynamic disks?
Enable advanced hard drive performance in Windows Vista.
1. Open the Control Panel and double-click on System.
2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
3. Click the plus sign next to Disk drives.
4. Right-click on the Disk drive for which you’d like to enable or disable advanced disc performance for and select Properties.
5. Click the Policies tab, select the Enable advanced performance check box to enable advanced disc performance, and then click OK. Uncheck it to disable advanced disc performance.
Note: Enabling this setting increases your risk of losing data if the computer unexpectedly loses power.
Convert your hard drive partition from FAT32 to NTFS and make it more efficient.
Click START–>RUN and type:
CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS
Within Windows, CONVERT will not be able to obtain exclusive access to your hard drive if any files are in use, as such the conversion must be done the next time Windows starts to load. You will be prompted to do this.
After the restart, your drive will begin converting over to NTFS after a scan of your hard disk.
Make the iPod act as a hard drive.
1. Connect your iPod to your computer.
2. Open iTunes.
3. Click once on your iPod on the left pane.
4. Select the Settings button toward the top of the window.
5. Check the Enable disk use checkbox. Click OK on the warning about manually ejecting the iPod. Now you can select how much space on the iPod you would like to use for songs and data by dragging the meter to the desired setting.
7. Click Apply on the bottom portion of the screen.
Your iPod should now appear as a drive under My Computer. You can now copy files onto it like you would any other drive. When you are finished copying the files, you must eject the iPod.
If your hard drive is making a loud “clicking” noise, immediately shut down the computer. Continuing to use the drive while it’s clicking will make the problem worse. The drive will need to be removed from the computer.
How did this happen?
Most likely a power surge caused the problem. The problem is more common during the summer months because of air conditioning. When air conditioning kicks on, it causes a surge in power. This surge can cause damage to the hard drive as well as other computer components.
It’s also possible the drive experiences some movement while reading or writing data. A slight kick to the computer tower is a common cause.
There are 2 ways to handle this situation:
a. Bring your drive to a computer professional so they may pull as much data as they can off the drive. While they are trying to extract data, be aware that it could cause more damage to the drive.
b. You can try to attach the hard drive as a SLAVE to another computer that boots into an operating system. You can then try to get the operating system to read the drive and pull the data off. Some people freeze the hard drive in a freezer for about 2 days before they try this. Freezing the hard drive can pull the atoms inside together, making it easier to pull the data off of the drive.
Registry hack to allow the computer to optimize the hard drive when it is idle.
Go to START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. This will open the registry editor. Find the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OptimalLayout
Set it to 0 for disabled, 1 for enabled.
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