Recent content by ndjester

Yeah, and thank you - I believe I was mistaken with my original assumption that I had one drive with two partitions. They were, in actuality, two separate drives (one 2.5" HDD and one mSATA SSD buried in my laptop). When I couldnt find the data I was looking for, that led me to the questions...

found out the problem .... under the original laptops motherboard (yes i disasssmbled the whole thing as an amateur), low and behold a 256GB SSD undrneath .. this thing is TINY! Does this imply yet another adapter cable to USB for this drive as well?

(still have the issue of not being able to gain access to old laptop "C" data - only the "D" data seems accessible)

OK, was able to safely remove it eventually. Ran Management utility again and Windows C: is listed, meaning this is associated with the new laptop and not the old one ... now I know why it wouldnt let me remap the drive :)

Been trying to eject but says some program is using it. I have shutdown every program now and even ended some tasks in Task Manager just to be sure .... still says something is using it - maybe I have to wait 20 minutes or something? Maybe safe to just unplug it anyway?

Got it. I have "Disk 0 Partition 1" (EFI System Partition), "Disk 0 Partition 4" (Recovery Partition), "Data D:" (New data drive, I presume), "Old Qosmio Drive E:" (old data drive), and "Windows C:" (Im guessing old C drive?). When I changed the drive name as you suggested, I notice it did...

OK, ran it as administrator and a "C" "Windows" entry did indeed appear. I tried to change it to "G", got a warning that some programs or files may not work if they rely on drive letter, and then it gave me the message "the parameter is incorrect". Note I chose "change" and not "add" or...

Sorry I missed your reply! :/ OK, so have my new laptop and pulled my old hard drive from the Qosmio. Plugged it in to the new laptop with the adapter cable and it seems to work great. HOWEVER, there is a lot of data missing (largely data you would find in your typical "userdata" data tree)...

OK, it was actually quite easy to pull out the hard drive - now just need to figure out an adapter - its too bad I cant tell whats wrong with this thing, but its time to take it out behind the shed ....

Great feedback - I think I need the professionals for this one ;)

"Get a USB adapter made for that drive" is where I will need to do some research - I have also never opened up a laptop :) First time for everything!

Thanks :) There is no power light near the connector because there is no LED there to light up :) There is one at the front of the computer that is a battery light and it is simply glowing red - if there was a problem with the outlet, power cable, or connection to the laptop otherwise, Im not...

I was operating my laptop in a room downstairs (office). Decided a couple of mornings ago to bring it upstairs but left it on the couch still powered on. Well, I am sure it turned off on its own (hibernation / sleep). Yesterday, I plugged it in and turned it on. It booted up just fine and I...

I am planning to call a battery outlet today to get a replacement battery, but would hate to spend the money unless we think there is a chance that it is simply a failed battery. If I pull the battery out, should a laptop like this still be able to run off outlet power, yes? If so, then it...

Thanks for the feedback :) External monitor says "no signal" which is what I would expect. When I try to turn the laptop on, there is no response. No winding up of a hard drive. No light flashing. No evidence whatsoever. There is one light that is lit red when I am plugged into the outlet...