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Nokia 3300B: Format and new system software

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:05:06 -0700

Dear sir,

i have nokia 3300b model. i have purchased cell from US. now in india its not worked. i have given to the shop for unlocking but he was installed wrong software so mobile is not working. i want to know how to format 3300b cell and where i will get system software.

⟐ Answered October 2, 2010 at 7:05 am -0700

Nikon D70: Getting a format error in both on and off positions

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:21:56 -0700

I've tried new media cards but cannot get any reaction from this step.

⟐ Commented April 11, 2011 at 2:21 pm -0700

iPod 5th Generation (Video): hard drive connection to PC

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:55:16 -0700

Hi,

First off ,great site, helping me renew ipod without spending a fortune!

I replaced the motherboard but Itunes then wanted to format my Ipod thereby me losing alot of songs not saved on my external hard drive (stupid me!).

I got a ZIF connector but my PC now says I must format the Ipod hard drive thereby losing the songs again. How do I recover the songs from the Ipod HDD without having to format it??

Thanks!

⟐ Commented January 19, 2012 at 12:55 pm -0700

iMac G4: I can't force the computer to boot from the cd

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:20:41 -0700

I bought a surplus "desk lamp" G4 from our local university to use as an auxiliary desktop, ie, I use Linux Normally, and most of my colleagues can't access my files easily.

Anyhow, the university has a deal with Apple that allows them to sell the computer with a broken OS, so that the buyer has limited access, and can see if the machine works. Mine is missing the OSX AND OS9 system folders.

I bought a new black label OSX, Tiger 10.4, which came with additional disks of other software.

I try to boot the new system, and it bypasses to the default hard drive startup.

I've pressed C while booting; I've changed the boot order in Settings. Nothing works.

The cd drive is working. It reads, and even installs from the additional disks I got.

The OSX disk is working, because it boots right up on my wife's laptop MacBook.

How can I solve this problem?

If it is the missing system files, how can they be replaced? Isntherena way to format the hard disk, and just start over with the new OSX disk I have?

⟐ Answered June 26, 2012 at 9:20 am -0700

Dell Inspiron N7010 laptop: Having trouble formatting hard drive. Has corrupted files

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:07:51 -0700

Having trouble formatting hard drive(hard drive has corrupted files)

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I have a Dell Inspiron N7010 laptop with intel core i3 and windows 7. It worked fine one day, then the next day It had several warnings pop up and none of my programs or internet would work.

A window titled "file recovery " also popped up which ran tests on my hard drive listing several "critical" and "dangerous" errors.

I dont have anything on this computer I want to save except for the OS. I do not have a back up disk or file recovery disk or anything like that.

How do I format the hard drive and start over? I know I would lose the OS but that's ok. Unless someone knows a different solution?thanks

⟐ Commented October 13, 2012 at 12:07 pm -0700

PlayStation 3: Can I replace a PS3's hard drive with one not backed up?

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:53:04 -0700

I had a "Fat" PS3 with a 20GB hard drive that I replaced with a 500GB drive. That system broke and I now have a new (refurbished) "Fat" system with a 20GB drive. Since the old system is broken, I cannot back up my data on the 500GB drive, so when I put it in the new system it says it needs to be formatted. Is there any way that I can use my data on the new system?

⟐ Answer edited November 26, 2012 at 6:53 pm -0700