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ParryD

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Thanks guys for all your support specially Jas as have gone for his config apart from minor upgrades. ;-)

But dint get the FSP Saga II, had to settle with CM 400W PSU. Here's the rig:

AMD Athlon II x4 635
GA-880GMA-UD2H (Combo @9.2k)
WD 1TB Carviar Green @2.8K
Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333 @ 1.9k
LG H55N 22x DVD RW @ 0.85k
CM Elite 335+CM PSU 400W @ 3.3k
Internal Card Reader @ 0.15k
Internal Modem @ 0.25k
PCI I/O Card @ 0.25k

Total Cost: 18.7K

Howzat!!!

But one thing gone wrong this guy offered assembling & loading of Windows (My CD-XP SP3) for 200 Bugs. I got tempted & asked him to go ahead with three partitions of 200GB, 400GB & 400GB. Now when he has loaded the OS, the partitions are being shown as E:, F: & G: & the Removable Disk (which is the card reader) is being shown as C: Drive. :?:

Any advise where did we go wrong?
 

Reaper_vivek

BAN...KAI
Thanks guys for all your support specially Jas as have gone for his config apart from minor upgrades. ;-)

But dint get the FSP Saga II, had to settle with CM 400W PSU. Here's the rig:

AMD Athlon II x4 635
GA-880GMA-UD2H (Combo @9.2k)
WD 1TB Carviar Green @2.8K
Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333 @ 1.9k
LG H55N 22x DVD RW @ 0.85k
CM Elite 335+CM PSU 400W @ 3.3k
Internal Card Reader @ 0.15k
Internal Modem @ 0.25k
PCI I/O Card @ 0.25k

Total Cost: 18.7K

Howzat!!!

But one thing gone wrong this guy offered assembling & loading of Windows (My CD-XP SP3) for 200 Bugs. I got tempted & asked him to go ahead with three partitions of 200GB, 400GB & 400GB. Now when he has loaded the OS, the partitions are being shown as E:, F: & G: & the Removable Disk (which is the card reader) is being shown as C: Drive. :?:

Any advise where did we go wrong?

If you properly know how to just format your HDD using WinXP CD or WIN7 DVD and then create the partitions...if your DVD Drive is D then read note...

NOTE: You may have to unplug your card reader until you format your HDD...i guess the assembler might have inserted the card reader and the DVD Drive before the HDD...

See if that solves the prob..otherwise contact the assembler and ask him y he messed up???
 

Piyush

Lanaya
nothing much..........but u should have gone for corsair if FSP was unavailable

anyways ...if u dont have any important data in ur HDD,then u can use partition manager to sort out that problem
 
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ParryD

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If you properly know how to just format your HDD using WinXP CD or WIN7 DVD and then create the partitions...if your DVD Drive is D then read note...

NOTE: You may have to unplug your card reader until you format your HDD...i guess the assembler might have inserted the card reader and the DVD Drive before the HDD...

See if that solves the prob..otherwise contact the assembler and ask him y he messed up???

Coz of short on time had to leave today, otherwise would have got the issue sorted by the man.

He inserted the HDD, then Card Reader & then DVD Drive and for the formatting & partitioning he did was fine. Now should I re-format the HDD with card reader unplugged or use Partition Manager as suggested by piyush 120290?
 

Reaper_vivek

BAN...KAI
Coz of short on time had to leave today, otherwise would have got the issue sorted by the man.

He inserted the HDD, then Card Reader & then DVD Drive and for the formatting & partitioning he did was fine. Now should I re-format the HDD with card reader unplugged or use Partition Manager as suggested by piyush 120290?

ok...I'm not sure partition manager can solve this prob as u'll be using your HDD while running the partition manager...In PM it will ask u to change drive letter but the options will be excluding C,D,E,F,G as they have already been used...so if the drive letter really annoys you then u'll have to Format your HDD...
 
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ParryD

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so if the drive letter really annoys you then u'll have to Format your HDD...

Yes it surely would & since its a new HDD & system. But now when I go in for formatting & reloading of OS, should I first unplug the card reader & refit the HDD & Drive cables?
 

Piyush

Lanaya
Upgrades as in Hardware? If yes, then why so? Whats the issue with CM PSU's?

that PSU has not more than 70% efficiency
so 70% of 400W is 280W
that means u cant use more than 280 W from this PSU
and that 70% is under certain temperatures readings
thats why
 

Piyush

Lanaya
Hmmm... :( Now since its already there can't do much. Let's keep fingers crossed for its good performance.

What do you advise for the C Drive issue am facing?

hey dont feel down
its OK until u dont do heavy upgrades

i calculated u wattage requirement
if we take ur PSU efficiency to be 70%
then ur output would be 280W

and ur setup requires 210W
so u are in the safe zone right now
u even van add a low end-less power hungry graphics card to ur PC
enjoy :)

and regarding ur HDD problem
i only know one way to solve it and thats PM
 
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ParryD

Broken In
Where else on the board you would suggest I post my HDD problem for advise?
 
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