Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by ahaha

New Buffalo 3.5" HDD problem!

ahaha — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:06:55 +0800

Hi all,

Hoping that I can get some info on my problem with my new Buffalo Drivestation 3.5" 1TB HDD.

Just a short background, bought this Buffalo HDD (lets call this Buffalo) a few days back to transfer data from my old external 3.5" HDD (lets call this Maxtor). By default Buffalo came in FAT32 so I reformatted it to NTFS but I did so through Windows since the NTFS reformat software from Buffalo doesn't work .

The problems that I am facing are:
1) The Buffalo HDD runs fine but occationally, one will hear some "click click" sounds when the HDD is running. Is this normal for Buffalo 1TB HDDs?
2) Transfer speed is slow... sometimes its gets sooo slow that it is un-nerving! Approx 160MB takes more than 2 minute!
3) The "windows write failed" error frequently pops up with the "H://%MFT " error. This always happens when I try to transfer large files or large combination of files.

All the above are happens when I transfer data from machine A to Buffalo. But when I tried using Buffalo on machine B, problems #2 and #3 do not seem to happen. Tested once by transferring 2GB of data from machine B to Buffalo. The transfer was successful without error and it was pretty fast. Took approximately 3 minutes.

Machine specs,
Machine A: XP, 3.0GHz Hyperthreading, 1GB ram, USB 2.0, AGP ATI (older PC ~2003)
Machine B: XP, 3.0GHz Core Duo, 2GB ram, USB 2.0, PCIe Nvidia (newer PC ~2006)

What could be the cause of the problems as above? Is it a desktop problem? Maxtor problem? Buffalo problem? What can be done and how? Any info/help is appreciated!

p/s: I can't put Maxtor to machine B to do the transfer to Buffalo coz Maxtor is PATA and machine B only has SATA.

Glasses aka Spectacles

ahaha — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:56:33 +0800

I am looking for a reliable/good shop to get a new pair of glasses. Preferably around Subang Jaya. Doesn't matter if the shop is a little further if it is really that good.

Any recommendations?

Edit: I have been advised to avoid the 'chain-shops' such as England Optical and Focus Point but if there is a particular outlet which stands out then I would give it a try.

Advice Needed on Learning SQL

ahaha — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:26:35 +0800

Yoz..

Need some advice .

Planning to learn SQL. I have a background of C++. I dont have any background on database language so I was wondering if anyone here could advice me on the best way to pick up SQL. Maybe some good SQL titles to read? E-books? Online tutorials?

Thx....

File Access Error

ahaha — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:41:51 +0800

Yoz...

Need some assistance here. Just got this problem out of the blue today. Whenever I move any files in my HDD, I cant seem to access them. For example, when I copy or cut a folder name "Songs" from "E:" to "E:\New Folder", I can see the folder in the new location but I can access them. The error says "Cant access file".

Any ideas?? How can I retrieve the data if possible?? Thx in advance .

Nokia N70

ahaha — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:42:50 +0800

Yoz,

Need some advice here....

I have a Nokia N70. Was playing around with the mem-card the other day. Swapping it with another N70. After doing the swapping, I can no longer go into the menu screen. When the menu button is pressed, the screen seems to be loading but instead of going into the menu screen it jumps back to the usual screen. i believe this is the software problem? Hang? How do i fix this?

I can still make calls and receive them, can still sms, contacts and the gallery are still accessible. Went to a handphone shop (Hotlink shop to be exact) and was told that a reformat of the software was needed and it will cost RM60!!

So it comes down to this. Is reformatting the only way? I believe all the info will be lost so will need to transfer to comp? (Possible right? The phone is my mum's so...) If formatting is a must, can it be done by oneself? And is it really RM60??!!

Low Level Formatting on Fujitsu Laptop

ahaha — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:34:48 +0800

Yoz..
Need some help here. Planning to do a low level format to wipe the HDD using DBAN. However for this Fujitsu laptop (P1510) it doesn't have build-in Floppy nor CD-Rom. Under the Boot option in the BIOS, there are only 4 options, a) Floppy, b) CD-Rom, c) HDD, d) Network Card. When I tried to boot with the external Floppy, it doesn't work. So how do I use DBAN on it?

Endress+Hauser

ahaha — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:50:53 +0800

Yoz fellow forumers,

Wanna ask if any of you know about this company? Anyone work there b4? Care to share your experiences? Many Thx in advance....

Capturing Bluetooth Communication

ahaha — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:41:58 +0800

Yoz,

I was wondering if anyone here has experience with capturing Bluetooth communication packets? i.e. the packets that are sent and received by the Bluetooth dongle?

LabVIEW Bluetooth Module

ahaha — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:12:22 +0800

Yo ppl,

I was wondering if anyone here is a LabVIEW guru? Especially with the Bluetooth module of LabVIEW.

Currently I have a project where I need to build the Bluetooth software on LabVIEW. Basically I need LabVIEW to be able to do data acqusition from Bluetooth equipments. Anyone tried this before??

Acer Gemstone or Dell 1520

ahaha — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:43:47 +0800

ok ppl
sorry for having to start a new thread. here already too many.
ok i need a lappy badly but i wan to also play games on it. i have been waiting for ~5months. cant wait no longer if not no use for lappy.
so right now either Acer Gemstone or Dell 1520. need to be fast if not promo ended. which one to get?
for acer:
heard acer not good brand. seen the actual thing. not bad but not great. RM4490 but only 1GB is a put off. checked prize in Pyramid add RM200 to upgrade to 2GB.
advice on pros and cons?
for dell:
very tempting spec and warranty for the price. but i will still upgrade a little until around RM46++. but heard that dell warranty overrated. one problem, lets say need to go service, but i wanna save HDD stuff, say personal stuff then how?? advice on pros and cons?
one more thing for both. i need to use XP right now. can't use Vista yet coz software i need not supported. so how?
p/s the cheaper the better... but also wan quality so most worthwhile best. thx.

Alamtronica

ahaha — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:53:07 +0800

I was wondering if anyone knows about this shop Alamtronica in SS15 Subang Jaya. It specializes in Laptops and Laptop accesories. When there the other day and found out that the prices offered there are rock bottom!!! I was wondering if anyone has dealt with them before and are they genuine??? A quick reply would be apreciated.