Question: I have two Quantum ProDrive ELS 120 Meg hard drives that I salvaged from a couple of Compaq Deskpro 4/66i’s. Neither unit has the recognizable jumpers to make one a master and the other a slave. Compaq support told me that they cannot be configured together, but I think that somewhere someone has done […]
Question: What’s a cache cleanup? What does it do? I’m wondering because I get them all the time. – H.L. Answer: A disk cache, as you probably know, is an area on the hard drive used by a browser (in this case, Netscape Navigator) to store files that it has displayed. These files are typically […]
Question: I just got this message via Nortel’s computer services, so it’s probably not a hoax. Spread the word. If you receive an e-mail titled: “WIN A HOLIDAY”, do not open it — it will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a […]
Question: A recent article on formatting your hard drive and re-installing Windows 95 has a couple of “gotchas” that caused me some concern. After preparing a boot floppy, it would be wise to ensure that it properly starts up the computer and particularly the CD drive, before proceeding to format the C: drive. Also, before […]
Question: My three-year-old turned off the PC while I was working on an AutoCad file. After restart, the PC prompted me that it was unable to link two files with an ACL extension. I randomly linked them to the file manager, which then caused it to be opened twice every time the PC is turned […]