Wimaxxed Expert

Have you uploaded the files (using ftp) directly to your home directory? Because you should upload them to a folder in your home directory called "htdocs" or "public_html"

Perhaps it has something to do with the way the FTP/authentication mode. You see... there are two ways: passive, active. It's very likely that the targeted server will only accept passive connections and your ftp client initiates active connections. To check this, try opening a browser and type in the following URL: your_user_name%3Ayour_password%40the_ftp_server Of course you should replace the values above with your actual user name, password and ftp server (like XXX%3AXXX%40XXX)

If your Windows is "out-of-the-box" in other words instead of a Windows XP with a S/N and separate drivers CDs all you got was a rescue DVD or several rescue CDs, it's very likely that you already have a battery management software installed that continuously measures the CPU processing needs and constantly adjusts it to the lowest processing speed possible to handle your work/play requests and not more. If you will find this background process or utility, it's very likely that it will offer you the possiblity to adjusts these settings according to your prefference. Another option is to use a third party utility that does the same things and that will override that software of yours. It's called RMClock. You have the option there to set up your processor to run in full power even if your system doesn't need it. I recommend using this trick for a short period of time, as leaving it to keep your processor at full working speed will make your notebook hotter.I have an Acer w/o a power management software and I'm using this program to keep it cooler, as I only gain 10% battery uptime w/ this software keeping it at it's lowest processing speed.

So... correct me if I'm wrong. You've bought an external 3.5 HDD enclosure that came with a separate power adapter. Or do you have a small 2.5 notebook HDD enclosure without the separate power adapter?Case 1 -- 3.5" HDD enclosure w/ ext power adapter:Please check to see whether the jumper on the HDD is set to MASTER. I've had a problem in the past with such an enclosure that would not recognize the ext drive if jumper was set to SLAVE. TIP: The software that came with your ext enclosure has absolutely no practic use. The operating system will automatically detect the drive and self install the driver (in case you are running Win2K/XP). Case 2 -- 2.5" notebook HDD enclosure w/o ext power adapter:Please see if your USB cable has an "Y" shape w/ 2 USB connectors on one end and a third one at the other end. If that's the case, it's very likely that you don't have USB 2.0 drivers installed (or possibly on older systems don't have hardware support for USB 2.0) which will result in a lower mAh value on each port. The notebook enclosures will only work with USB 2.0 ports supplying them with 500 mAh. The workaround to this was including this "Y" shaped USB cable in the package that works like this:- Plug both USB connectors from one end to 2 separate USB connectors directly into your computer USB controller.- Plug the third connector from that other end of the cable into the HDD enclosure. The two USB ports will then boost enough power in the HDD in order to work.Q: Have you tried the ext storage device on another system?