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• I am trying to-rInstaller Snow Leopard of Yosemitie. I made a mess of it and now it tells me that it is impossible to disassemble the hard drive

  Can someone tell me how to remove Yosemitie and reinstall Snow Leopard. I made a mess of it. I keep trying to erase the recovery disk, but do not know how. There is no data that I need to keep tro so free it please tell me how to re - install Snow Leopard in the simpleset of simple terms for a person aged 85, can understand it. I am very familiar wih Microsoft and regular of the PC.

  Boot from the Snow Leopard DVD by pressing the C key during a reboot or by holding down the option/Alt during a restart, the DVD. Once started, open utility disk, go to the tab clear, select Mac OS X extended (journaled) format with Option GUID. Erase the hard drive. When you are finished, install Snow Leopard. Once completed, restart normally and set up your account using Setup Assistant. Then use the update from the drop-down list below to update to10.6.8. Run the software update until there is no updates.

  If you want to save some of your existing data, copy what you want an external hard drive before proceeding to the foregoing.

  10.6.8 combo update

• Moving files from pro final cuts on another hard drive

  I have a mess.  I installed a new external hard drive more and all my files pro FCP move toward her.  I also want to delete unnecessary files to free up space.  I bought a cool program Final Cut Library Manager and was able to easily move all my libraries to the new drive.  I organized my new drive in folders, IE. Cup 2014 final, Final Cut 2015, Final Cut 2106 I my libraries in the years I've done them.  I libraries moved but I still all those other files on the old hard drive and I don't know what to do.   I have a folder named "Final Cut Library" and it is 500 GB in size.  Within the limits it are named Final Cut optimized Media, original Final Cut and Final heart Proxy Media media.  Can I just delete all of them in the finder?

  I also have a bunch of other files that seem to be names of library with the names of EDT.fcpbundle.  I need these files?  Can I just delete or move in finder?

  Thanks for any help.

  "There are the folders named Final Cut optimized Media, original Final Cut and Final heart Proxy Media media.  Can I just delete all of them in the finder? »

  These files are in the bundle of FCP X., you open the contents of the package?

  At any rate yo can remove from the Finder, please make sure that everything works well on the new external until you to empty.

  "with the names of EDT.fcpbundle"

  They will be back up files that are very small, probably in your home > movies folder.

  You can their trash if you wish.

  Al

• External hard drive in the process of disappearance

  I use a Synology hard drive for storing music. Until recently, it was linked to an ethernet cable to an Airport Extreme, which then connected to a Mac Mini which I use as a player. After that a closed power Synology became unusable/invisible when it is connected to the Airport (and the hard LAN is not lit). But when I connect it directly to an ethernet circuit (set up to extend a network established by another airport functioning as a router) the external drive becomes visible. The problem with this is that the transfer speeds are much slower (although not quite slow to affect the sound quality) and iTunes must have the file for each song is identified and selected individually in order to play.

  Any suggestions on how to make recognizable tough with a direct connection to the airport? The glitch is more likely to be at the airport or the Synology disk?

  When I saw the title I was sure that this would be another problem of USB hard drive... We don't have a lot of problems with Synology, which are excellent products by hand.

  I would say that your test procedure indicates the problem with Airport Extreme. Since the Synology works when plugged into another device on the network.

  The witness of not on network indicates a problem of basic connectivity. I suspect that stop feeding has corrupted the configuration of EI... It's weird, but it happens.

  My recommendation is just factory reset of the AE and start with a new clean configuration.

  If you are using a very old AE... so let me add a few questions...

  Æ must be connected by ethernet to the rest of the network. And then in Bridge mode and create a wireless network... does not extend...

  Or to extend a wireless network (from another router from Apple) and no ethernet on its wan port.

  You should not use join a wireless network. This option is not yet available in Airport utility later to the extreme... but it is always possible to get messed up with previous utility.

  I will also say that old AE may fail on the ethernet ports. What model exactly is EI? If it's more than say 5 years, it is time to update without worry.

• I have a 2009 17 "MB pro 512 GB HD, it begins to run slowly. Is there a reliable program that can wipe the hard drive.

  I have a MB pro 17: with a hard drive, 512, he starts to run a bit slow. All the updates are installed. Is there a reliable program that will wipe the drive. «also it is an advantage to have a replacement disk SSD.»

  Performance issues, too full hard drive, lack of system resources, too old

  are obsolete applications, old parts of system of earlier versions (or is no longer valid)

  all the reasons to be aware of what to do.

  If the hard drive is too full of content, you will need to choose what to keep and what to

  Remove; an archive external and another drive for backup (recover or restore) are

  a few things to invest in and learn how to use Time Machine, OS X Recovery, and

  maybe learn to make, test and use full Clones of the OS X system.

  • Guides to tech - Malware, Adware, Performance - thesafemac

  http://www.thesafemac.com/tech-guides/

  You may obtain and use report generators software that is non-invasive, to see a

  General overview of where system resources are allocated; Etrecheck...

  http://etrecheck.com/#about

  Avoid 'cleanmymac' or 'mackeeper" and other items that are made to rip you off.

  There are a few software uninstaller that can help eliminate some software,

  those who are usually free like AppCleaner, among others that can be used

  with caution. There are a lot of unknown content in a non - casual

  technical users, who must be in the Mac OS X for the computer to operate.

  • Applications can affect the performance of Mac, battery, temperature and fan activity - Apple Support

  How to completely remove applications to OS X with AppCleaner (and maybe mess to the top of your Mac)

  http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/15/delete-applications-Mac-OS-x-AppCleaner/

  Some of the things there can be dangerous; If tread with caution...

• Portege 2000 - HARD drive upgrade

  I shopped for a replacement HARD drive for my trusty P2000 and finished with a MK3008GAL GB 30 I thought was an improvement on the original MK2003GAH. However, I noticed too late that the new drive sports a connector ZIF instead of the multi connector IDE - like inside the computer. Is there some sort of adapter to get out of this mess? Any help is appreciated.

  Hello

  As far as I know the HARD disk can be used only in combination with original HARD drive and there is no any type of adapters. Sorry, but something like that is unknown to me.

• Install a secondary hard drive

  I have a small form factor and want to install a second hard disk in the optical drive.

  The new Seagate drive came with all the SATA cables. and the optical drive cable usual additional split from him. One of these cards is part of the new drive, but one that goes to the motherboard is too short to reach the appropriate connector. Seems that I just need a very short extension, but when I do my shopping for one I'm overwhelmed by a mess of all sorts of types of plug SATA cables and cable whose pictures are not clear enough for me to recognize exactly what I need.
  
  Can someone advise me please I need re this plug on each end, as well as the extension of better quality? Guidance appreciated.
  
  Clueless in Cableland,
  Rob

  Hi, Rob:

  I don't know what you plug installed on the hard drive, but like I said if it was the biggest power supply sata plug, I think what you need is then the sata data cable.

  One with a female end straight to the motherboard and the other female 90 degrees on the hard drive.

  SATA cable speed ratings do not matter.  Just get one that will reach from the motherboard to the hard drive.

  

• Satellite L670 - hard drive dead after only 8 months

  Hello

  This morning I return my laptop due to defective hard drive problem. After 8 months, he is already dead.

  The positives are: I'm still under warranty and the second the software toshiba hilighted me from time to time, allowing me to back up my data before the crash. TKS Toshiba for this very useful tool.

  The question is: how a hard drive die that fast after fews month only?

  Bad luck or bad use? I wonder.

  I wish to have feedback from those L670 who owns the same model (windows 7), to understand if this problem is common or if I was unfortunately concerned.

  Also, if there are possible solutions to avoid the stress of the HD for daily use? As for example, reduce writing on this subject (save blu - ray using AnyDvD HD on hd, then cut & paste for external hard drive), or connect too often external hard drive in order to avoid the extra electricity if necessary?

  In the future, I have to perform chkdsk more often? Defrag? If Yes, how often?

  This is my 3rd phone dying, Sony VAIO = mothercard dead after 1.2 years, Fujitsu Amilo xi = exploded after 3 years and now Toshiba HD after 8 months.

  900EUR up to 1600EUR, I do not see significant resistance of one of these models, Sony was the badest ever in terms of longevity of the video card and compatibility (unplayable games after 2 months, no update of the driver), keyboard 'paint' was a mess with deterioration after fews month compared to Fujitsu and Toshiba (no points). Toshiba L670 most recent, was the best in terms of game compatibility.

  What should do? Stop buying the laptop or use only fews hours a day with a PC on top?
  For time beeing I can't afford to have a PC + a computer laptop that I'm unemployed, surviving with 10EUR per day.
  time to find a new job.

  Despite this, I managed to buy the new book of the cooler Zelman for my Toshiba 40/50EUR all about, but it did not help apparently.

  TKS for your comments about life duration L670 and particularly problem HD + best use to protect it.

  Guillaume

  In my opinion the answer is clear: no chance.

  In any case, don t think too much on the use of the laptop. Cell phone is designed to operate for a long period, then there is no reason to reduce the time to use on your Toshi.
  I use my laptop to work on a daily basis and it works at least 10 hours a day, sometimes one night too many.
  Just be careful that your laptop is placed on the desktop, the cooling fans must not be blocked by what it is.
  All that s.

• HP rigged rules so won't respect its commitments, has no contract of service on 2 hard drives

  After 1 hour on phone, level 1 confirmed the message in the BIOS ' disk hard imminent failure "actually meant what he said and had this motherboard needs to be replaced. After 1/2 hour more level 2 certified HD warranty replacement, refused the motherboard. They signed me for an extension of one year warranty with home service for $129.99.

  Quickly sent replacement. Taken to professional it is Geek Squad that tried 3 times to clone the old drive again before the former has failed. Then they tried a clean install from the recovery disks provided by HP and after failed it in these attempts, tried to install Win7 clean. Had this 'new' message (refurb) 1 TB SATA would fail imminent, could not install OS. Gave me some documents. I called HP, waited in line 1 1/2 hours Saturday to report the problem to HP, abandoned and bought new, better HD, had installed and HP recovery/installed operating system - $180. Back-ups and system image I did with Toshiba Canvio impossible to install Windows and Norton, if old hard drive must have messed up the back-ups.

  Called HP for permission to return the replacement HD, but also original failed HD has DENIED! Said they must run a diagnosis by phone, do not accept the documentation of Geek Squad. I offered to send back to them at my own expense while they could confirm that it was defective. Said no, couldn't accept it back until the diagnosis ran (he was sitting on my desk!). I asked if ok to mechanically destroy the data on the old HD to protect my privacy. They said no, they will work revised at HP to confirm it was defective. So I said, let me send you the replacement for HP can confirm that it is defective. They said not until the phone confirmed diagnosis it was defective. So, I asked that I use my warranty in home service on this NEW problem. They said wouldn't not allow as not in effect until Nov 9. I said, I'll call Nov 9, and request the service. They said that it is only determined telephone assistance that it worked. So I said, the extended warranty. They said no, he started immediately after purchase. I said fine, send someone to the House. Catch-22.

  So, here is the best plan I can get to: 1) I'll send my drive down back home so that I will not be charged for replacement under warranty, 2) I will send the replacement drive to Meg Whitman, CEO of HP, memory of my experience with HP customer care, 3) {deleted content: legal discussion} and 4) will be posting my experience on each consumer and social media Web site (, I can find and 5) ask my credit card company to prohibit fees for the service contract. WARNING: this message contains no criticisms, judgments or threats - I just simply my experience, i.e. "what I did with my"free time"and"discretionary cash"of the last two weeks.

  All the other proposals of the corrective measures will be greatly appreciated.

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• Satellite A660 - 1 H 7 - How to replace the hard drive and reinstall Windows 7

  Hi all

  I'm frequently getting warnings about the health of my hard drive and while it is not catastrophic, I've been umming and ahhing (?) on the replacement of an SSD in the future anyway so thought it was a good excuse.

  My real question is, what the procedure is perfect (or greater) for Windows 7 migration to the new drive? I think I want a default installation because this laptop has had so many programs installed/uninstalled it's probably a bit of a mess.

  I have created 4 recovery DVD disks but have seen on the net they don't work and that download an ISO with the vignette product key can work either. I can't really afford interruption much (or all) so I try to do it safely and securely as possible!

  Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks for your time,.
  Scott

  > what the procedure is perfect (or greater) for Windows 7 migration to the new drive?

  I think the fastest solution is the use of the recovery disk that you created using the recovery media creator Toshiba. I don't see a reason why it should not work as part of a new SSD.

  I also have another recommendation.
  You can create an image of your current HDD (partitions) using internal Windows 7 Backup and restore
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/features/backup-and-restore

  After using the recovery disk, you can use the created image to get the current status.

• HP 15-R101NL: hard drive upgrade

  Hello, first of all I apologize for my English which is not so good.

  I bought this laptop and I want to make some changes.

  I reveal as replace hard drive that does not exist with an SSD and if possible I want to put mechanicle hard disc in the DVD slot.

  How can I remove the hard drive? I tried to unscrew all the screws in the bottom, but nothing happens.

  Carriage of hard drive I need to buy? 9mm or 12, 7mm?

  the SATA of the notebook is sata2 or sata3?

  Thanks in advance

  Best regards

  It is a difficult question. I know for sure that if you mess up everything that you're on your own. If you do it right, you should be OK but I speak not of HP. This adapter optical drive on amazon is just one you want.

• Envy 15-j059nr: Envy 15-j059nr would not start Windows after update to win10 now the hard drive is missing

  This system worked before Windows 8.1 it has been upgraded to Windows 10 last year. It's my boyfriends computer and last night it kept getting blue screen dreaded with errors on his hard drive. He kept ignoring. Then, his computer's battery died and when he started upward, he could get a blue screen and act as if it would repair itself and would just start all over again. He was going in a loop. He did not know what he was doing, but searched on the Internet and ended up messing around any more.

  Its installation was 850 GB HD 3 partitions, it was set up as a Raid was one the main C drive, one was the restore disc and the other hides. He changed the disk. He changed a few things in bios too, but I don't know exactly what.

  The problelm I have right now, is that when that I boot without the USB bootable media, I created, I'm stuck at a screen that says there is no startup disk and no installed operating system and press F2 to run Diagnostics. When I run the diagnostics, just fine, no errors.

  When I try to recover, repair, reimage or anything other that to reinstall, it goes back to the screen I mentioned above which does not allow me to do anything about this either, with the exception of past at the command prompt, which is X and not C. I did a dir/w and only seen the windows files are here , but under the users directory, documents and images are empty, so don't know if it's even watch what I think it is.

  When I want to install Windows 10, everything goes smooth and then bam, he wants that pilots. I can't find the drivers for this laptop who don't have the .exe and require installation. This notebook is not a CD/DVD player on it. I don't mind doing a reformat and start all over, if I could recover his pictures on his hard drive. They are his grandfather.

  Help, please!

  Thank you in advance!

  AggieFan378

  You are the very welcome.

  Unfortunately, I woudn't be able to help you with that.

  I'm afraid that the PC is now a useless paperweight because of the BIOS update has failed.  There is usually no recourse other than to replace the motherboard.

  If all goes well, you were able to recover the files before that happened, and if not, get a SATA cable adapter USB and read the hard drive on another PC.

• Satellite P850 138 - a non-visible memory and no HARD drive partition

  Hello

  I recently bought a Satellite P850 138 and loading up, I noticed that when that card said she had 640Go hard drive but mine is only showing the 570 GB and off that 540 GB available. on other computers laptop toshiba Ive got theres usually a partition, so I guess this must be why theres missing 100 GB.

  But when I chose to view all folders of that backup partition has not always shown. Is it a fault with the laptop or is the partition hidden for just the idiots like me can not messing around with it?

  The laptop was one given to nine and it works fine just worried that if I need to format the laptop and it reboot patients have problems and im starting to think it might be the wrong decision when buying a used laptop.
  Help, please!

  > it had 640 GB hard drive, but mine shows only 570 GB

  The point is that your HARD drive has 3 partitions.
  (1) small hidden partition that contains the Windows 7 repair files
  (2) C partition for the system
  (3) D partition for files image of Toshiba

  So don t be worried, everything is ok.

• Pavilion 15-n070sw: is it possible to upgrade a hard drive in this model?

  Hello

  I have a Pavilion 15-n070sw (no longer under warranty) and was wondering about upgrading my drive ssd hard drive. However I noticed some users report problems of compatibility between this model and ssd drive (+ there is no option to set the AHCI mode in the BIOS settings...). Because I don't want to invest in a reader, that I won't be able to use, I wanted to check here - this model will support an SSD?

  Thank you very much in advance for clearing that for me!

  M

  Yes it will absolutely accept an SSD. There is no need to mess with the BIOS as the definition of only for storage controller's ahci. Could not set it to something else if you want. Windows 7 and above will simply TRIM and NCQ which is what you need for the optimization of the SSD. A lot of tutorials out there comes from another era, when it was harder to get a job of SSD. Here is the Service Manual:

  Manual

  Pages 63-70 are the 'how' to remove the top cover and replace the hard drive with a 2.5-inch SSD SATA. I can recommend a Samsung 850 Evo as best consumer SSD, but many others is good and you can shop for an agreement.

  The trick to that prepared in advance how you reinstall Windows clean install from a Windows system image backup or clone. All are viable options, but have their own procedures and pitfalls. We can help with that.

  If it's 'the Answer' please click on 'Accept as Solution' to help others find it.

• Presario CQ5110F: COMPAQ Presario CQ5110F adding a second hard drive and...

  Good so I took the lead when writing my original post on how to combine the two computers successfully.
  Not enough research, no question, just a little say aloud... Sorry about that.
  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/T5/desktop-hardware-and-upgrade-questions/HP-Pavilion-slimline-s3505f-amp-...

  I had little time today messing with both ' puters and discovered...
  They need a good cleaning and had.
  The noise of the Presario is indeed the fan on the radiator, it's just old and tired. Who cannot be strong in a music room; new fan may not be too expensive.
  So I decided the Presario is my starting point.

  I would add the hard drive of the Slimline as slave; they have different connectors tho.

  (1) if I just unplug the V2000 CD reader (that has the straight plugs) and use them to connect the second hard drive will I just lost my CD player? It is very good.
  (2) what parameters of rider (if any) do I need to have on each disc? Do not see outside the car Slimlines.

  I looked closer 2 slots for RAM and noticed that beside them there seems to be 2 places in addition to the Board of Directors, unused with no present holders plastic.

  (3) is it possible to add more slots and double the RAM? I would get 8 + GB and a 64-bit system end by ;~)

  Neither office seems to have the ability to run 2 monitors as is. No problem 29 "should do for now.
  Can't see a way to take the card out of the Slimline wireless and put it in the Presario. Internet not immediately necessary, hard connection cable always an option.

  All the other tips and advice on how to optimize my sytem are also welcome.
  Thank you for your time and helping an old guy handyman.
  See you soon!

  COMPAQ Presario CQ5110F (2008ish)
  Processor AMD Athlon X 2 7550 Dual Core 2.5 GHz = Socket: AM2 +.
  Card mother = Narra5 M2N68 - THE Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Socket: AM2 +.
  Memory RAM = 4 GB RAM DDR2 DIMM PC2-6400 MB/s
  = Video/graphic card nVidia GeForce 6150SE integrated graphics
  Sound/Audio = Audio integrated Realtek ALC888S
  Hard = 320 GB SATA 7200 RPM drive
  CD/DVD Player = DVD +/-R / RW 16 X SuperMulti SATA drive
  OS = Vista Edition Windows Home Premium SP1
  Power = 300w
  Case = Mid size 38cmHx17cmWx43cmL ATX

  Hard drives has no different connectors if they are both SATA specifications like other post indicated.

  There is no adjustment to make on hard disks of the rider SATAS. According to me, that one can think of the old school the IDE drives.

  ) If I just unplug the V2000 CD reader (that has the straight plugs) and use them to connect the second hard drive will I just lost my CD player? It is very good.

  The image below is a diagram for your motherboard. You have enough SATA ports to be used for the second and even a third hard drive.

  

  DDR2 memory modules can be a little difficult to source. The current generation of add-on memory is the DDR3 specification.

  Perform a Google or any search engine is your preference in the memory of the source by using the update of Compaq presario CQ5110F RAM as keywords.