Recent content by jsmith200

So, inside the Seagate drive, there is a 2.5" drive like those found on laptops? If so, I wonder why these USB backup drives fail so often and quickly? I have thrown away two of these backup drives. They barely last for two years while a laptop drive would last for at least four years. I'm...

Thanks for the reply. The formatting stopped after several hours and at 58% completion. Since the drive had run for several hours before stopping, I believe the USB port had been providing enough power to the drive and the problem is the drive, not the power. I did try on two different...

I have a Seagate Backup Plus portable drive with 1T capacity. After not using it for close to a year, I plugged it in to a USB port. Windows 10 said it couldn't recognize the drive. So, I downloaded Hard Disk Low Level Format Tool (version 4.40) and did a full format. It encountered a problem...

Thanks for the replies. Further tests show that RedMi (2020 model) and iPhone 6 plus can get 35 mbps while Huawei (2017 model) and Samsung Galaxy tablet can get no more than 20 mbps. They are connected directly to a Ruckus ZoneFlex R500 series access point supplied by ISP. I then connect a...

I have two fiber optics feeds, say, OA & OB, both at 35 mbps. I have two cell phones. When I use both cell phones to check OA speed, both phones give a reading around 35 mbps When I use both cell phones to check OB, one gives 35 mbps, the other 17 mbps. How do I tell which one to trust? All...

Thanks for the reply. Robocopy can log the output of its action. That's the log file I was talking about. Your pointing out the error may be due to the loss of connection is a good point. In at least one occasion, when I got the error, I went to the networked PC, pushed the space bar on the...

I have a batch file that uses robocopy to back up files to a wirelessly networked PC. This networked PC is set up to go to sleep in 20 minutes in no activities. Is copying considered an activity that prevents the PC from going to sleep? I'm asking because sometimes the log file shows entries...

Thanks for the reply. I have changed the IP of the router. Let me wait for a couple of days to see if the conflict happens again.

Thanks for the reply. First, I'm not sure if this problem is related to the Windows version. Second, on the Windows Update, it says 2004 is on the way. Once it's ready for my device, I'll be able to update the OS. I'm not sure if my device, sort of old, will ever be ready for 2004. That said...

I use a lenovo G40-45 laptop running Windows 10 1909 64 bit to connect to a TP-LINK TL-WR940N wireless router. The connection is quite fast 30 mbps/s. The problem is after a while, about a day but varies, the connection would say "no internet access". The problem can be solved by doing a...

I have a TP-LINK TL-WR940N router. The topology of my network is router A->router B -> router C. This particular router in question is B. I used a Lenovo laptop G40-45 running Windows 10 1909 64 bit to connect to it via an ethernet cable. There are two problems: 1. WAN port parameters are...

Over the years, I have replaced more than six TP-LINK routers, roughly one per year. All the functions of these routers are still working except one, the one I need, i.e. bridge mode. My main router is one story above. I need to connect the secondary router to the main router via bridge mode...

I have a similar problem. installed physical memory (RAM) 8GB total physical memory 7.9 GB available physical memory 4.65 GB This is a Gigabyte motherboard, model H61M-DS2.

I have a Huawei phone and three cables. It takes cable A a long long time to charge the phone, overnight and less than 60% charged. Cable B can finish the job in about 3 hours and cable A 1 hour. These are done using the same phone and the same adapter. The only difference is the cable. Why...

I'm following this thread (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwic7JHM17jkAhXDH7cAHRabDOkQFjABegQIDBAF&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechthoughts.info%2Fremotely-wake-computer-from-sleep-remote-connection%2F&usg=AOvVaw1s735h01VwOfsc37sws7Df) to set up a...