Recent content by Lucian Dragos

the drive doesn't look like anything else was tampered with right? does it still not pickup in your BIOS? Is returning a old drive the way it came in a policy of theirs?. those are the only real way to tell if the work has been done... but to be fair that is a fairly cheap price for any kind of...

If done right then yes. If it had a bad PCB then there really is no other way they got your data off the old drive

If it was a PCB fault then they would not have to open the drive at all.. If you head over to Linus Tech Tips youtube channel they have a few video on data recovery.. including one where they deal with a bad PCB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyr14_B230o

TL;DR Need a cheap and reliable PCIe 2.0 1X Sata3 Controller and I have no need for raid... I'm looking for a decent PCIe 2.0 1X Sata3 controller for an old rig that only has Sata2 onboard... I need something reliable but not too pricey and don't need raid.. It's for an old gaming rig I dug...

I have used WIFI cards in win9x systems before but most can not work with newer security methods meaning you leave your network vulnerable by having to use the older weaker setting... honestly the best way is to use a wired connection plugging into your router..

Sorry but since there is no Dos forum I am posting this here.. I have a Compaq DESKPRO 2000 that's used for old games running MS-DOS 6.20/ Win 3.11 and a LCD screen with native 1024x768*60hz res. But I am having issues with the display. Dos seems to default to a odd 720x400*70Hz res but the...

I have been looking for ether the sherry or chell modded driver for my IBM R60 with windows XP but all the posts for them are so out dated that what links are not completely dead are so overloaded with spam and malware that its impossible to get the files... If anyone has them or knows of a...

As I said a format will lose a program I need and don't have the means to reinstall it right now.. so repairing with programs intact is really my only option even if I know it's far from an optimal one.. if it wasn't for that I would just abandon the laptop as I have other systems..

Do to some BSOD's from a failing video card in the laptop I have to work with, Some system files have been corrupted not allowing windows to boot in ether normal or save modes. I am trying to do a system image restore but it is blocked by a bad directory. CHKDSK was able to find and fix some of...

I will have to do some research of that. It's a shame the cost of tape systems has gone so high.. Really I was just looking for a mass archive method since all its for is the recovery in the event of an complete drive failure, Not a file by file instance

I have looked thought of using 8gb double layer DVDs but to back up 3.5 terabyte's of data will need a huge stack of disks and even BDXL Blu-ray's will need at least 28 disks at quite a cost. And that is if you can even find the media for it... I was hoping for a better method..