ATA TO AHCI

On Dell computers, when I tried to upgrade the hard drive from 60GB to 160GB for Dell Latitude d360, there is a split of a second display of bluescreen (BSOD-Blue screen of death) then the computer restarts.
The operating system that I used during this installation is a company burned-cd that has files (*.tib) or an image file of the whole computer. They also have a boot disk and during the first step of installation, it asks for that specific file (located on a second cd). And so the installation went through until the Windows XP is showing then it continuously restart by itself.
I thought that there might be a problem with the cd or the capacity of the hard drive might be too much to handle, until an IT manager was contacted and advised me to just check the BIOS\Devices\SATA operation. The highlighted choice was ATA, he said to move it to AHCI.
And so I did, then I restarted the computer and there it went through. Tata!

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DELL mini 10v with SSD!

What’s new about DELL? They have this product, even smaller than HP Pavilion dv2-1030! It’s called Dell Mini 10v. For the specs, it has the Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz proc, etc. Please check on this catalog for more information. It is available mid-May 2009.

I’d rather talk about a feature this netbook has: SSD. What is that? It’s a Solid State Drive. What does it do? It stores information just like the usual HDD (hard drive) that laptops are using. HDD are called Electro-mechanical Disks in the field of IT. What is the difference between the 2? SSD is less fragile due to introduction of no moving parts, unlike the other one. In addition to that, SSD has no mechanical delays so processing time is well improved. Reading and writing on the disk is far more excellent than the conventional HDD due to physical location of the data is negligible, thus creating no noise. What is more expensive? SSD. Lot of disadvantages are seen though, like it takes time to write, the writings on the HDD is up to 100,000 times only, and requires more power than the HDDs. As of the moment, the technology for SSD is still evolving. So check for news every now and then.

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DELL FACTORY IMAGE RESTORATION

I have post for recovering the computer in factory settings FOR DELL COMPUTERS ONLY with WINDOWS XP operating system. This time, I have for Windows Vista. Make sure you know the administrative name and password.
1. Restart the pc, when you see the Dell logo screen
2. Tap F8 until you see Advanced Boot Options menu
3. Select Repair Your Computer then enter
4. Select Language then Next
5. Type the administrative name and password in the box
6. Select DELL FACTORY IMAGE RESTORE, Next
7. Choose Yes to reformat the HDD into factory defaults, when finish, restart pc
Whatever software you installed on the computer, including all your files will be deleted due to reformatting. I suggest for you to back up your files first before doing the above steps. Although when the pc is reformatted, whatever software that was included when you purchased the computer will be there.


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HURRAI FOR DELL COMPUTERS!

Buying a computer with no Operating System CD included from the package? No worries. Some manufacturers or even the sellers do not include a CD for reinstalling the OS if there is a problem in the future (though the pc is already loaded with an operating system, ayt!)So how do you go about reinstalling or fixing the computer without the operating system? If you bought a DELL computer, the latest as of today, you’re in good hands. If there is a problem with your OS and you need to repair it, there are 2 ways in doing that: using the recovery partition in the HDD or using the OS CD. Here are the steps in making WINDOWS XP RECOVERY CD.
1. Click START, ALL PROGRAMS, DELL ACCESSORIES, DELL OS RECOVERY CD
2. Say YES for the license agreement
3. Place a blank CD-R on your CD writable ROM, then NEXT
4. When the back-up is finish, it will say CONGRATULATIONS and the ROM will open by itself.
You have now the WINDOWS XP OPERATING SYSTEM BACK UP CD!


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USING RECOVERY FROM HDD

Buying computer nowadays has a separate partition in the HDD for you to use if something happens to your operating system (xp or vista) and it’s pretty easy to access. No need for the original operating system CD to use once you access this. The only disadvantage is if this partition in the HDD was corrupted; you need to use the original CDS to reinstall the operating system again. Make sure to back up your files before doing these steps so you won’t lose any precious information from your computer.

DELL COMPUTERS:
Press CTRL + F11 (XP) to get into DELL PC RESTORE or DELL FACTORY IMAGE RESTORE
1. Select Restore
2. Press Confirm for data deletion and HDD will be formatted to factory settings
3. Finish then restart
For Vista, simply pressing F8 during the Dell logo screen, select Repair your computer, select the username and password, select Dell Fartory Image.

HP COMPUTERS:
Press F11, you get 3 choices for PC RECOVERY
1. R for recovery console
2. F for formatting of the HDD into the original or factory settings, all data will be lost
3. Q for Quit

TOSHIBA COMPUTERS:
Press 0 (zero) then turn the pc off, turn it back on still pressing it down firmly.
When you see the Toshiba logo, start tapping 0 (zero) until you hear the beeping sound.
Then the "HDD RECOVERY MODE" will be displayed, then it will load the Toshiba recovery program.

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