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right so I managed to restore the partition. I thought i'd share how I did it here. I downloaded a tool called Active@ Partition Recovery from partition-recovery.com All you need to do is scan the drive and after you scan it just click recover and its done, it recovers everything back in the...

Hi I have a usb flash drive which I deleted the partition (during windows xp setup). I have not formated the drive, as I beleive that the data is still on the drive and its just missing a partition table. is there any way of getting the data back or restoring the partition, I really need to...

Hi you mentioned you upgraded to windows 7, do literally mean use the upgrade feature (ie from vista to 7) and not clean install. If so i would suggest you back up all your important data including bookmarks and application data. and then do a full format of your harddisk, full format takes...

until the next console comes out. gaming will still stay the same until a new console comes out, games for pcs will require heavy processing power then.

dont you already ave a psu or hdd? you can use the money for other things such as a better gfx card

the Scythe Shuriken is a good option its quiet and £30, not suitable for overclocking, but works fine for stock. the other option is to get the zalman fan holder bracket and mount a fan above towards the top where the fins are on the mobo.

Hello firslt il just post the system specs which i want to replace. intel E6400 2.13ghz 2X1gb of DDR2 cosair ram and 1X2gb OCZ ram both at at 800mhz Gigabyte 965P-DS4 mobo (which is 1066fsb, PCI e 1.0, ram max at 800, sata 3gbs) creative xfi gaming card nvidia 9600 gt so I have been eyeing a...

done paint work on pc many times, since its a new inside you wont need to do much prep work. you should not have any problems painting all visible corners of the inside of your case with spray paint. The best way if you dont want to get anything wrong or messy is to take it to your local body...

one more thing, im using a core2 duo so ATX 2.2 will work fine right or would i get CPU power on issues? i read ATX 2.3 is for CPU with lower initial power consumptions.

thanks for that clarification WR2, saves me a bunch of trouble of trying to find a really high wattage psu. thanks again.

hmmm ebuyer RMA returns emailed me : "Following extensive tests by our Returns staff, this item was found to be faulty. Therefore a full refund will be issued once the RMA has closed." dont know if i should get the cosair again or a different model. I guess theres no harm in trying a new brand

damit why didnt i test if wiring the on off switch the other way round worked before i sent it back, well i did wire it the right way; with the green on the + and the white on the plain pin. I have run 2 other power supplies on the same pc and i didnt get any problems, iv used the ocz stealth...

Hi I just want some advice on PSU first let me give my system details C2D E8400 + Scythe ninja II GA-EP43-DS3R 4gb ocz DDr2 GTX470 XFI-gamer 4X Sata II hard drives (3tb total) 1X Sata DVD drive Total Fans 1X120mm & 1X 80mm 1 akasa Green 3watt neon. I bought a cosair 650 TX and it would not...