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How to fix inaccessible flash drive identified by computer as "USB Disk 30X USB Device"

Having a bootable Linux on flash drive is very handly tool for a web developer. When I was about to create one, my TDK 16GB flash drive becomes inaccessible in my Windows 7 file explorer. The Windows explorer detected it and shows "Removable drive (H:)". When I clicked the drive, it prompted me to insert a disk in Drive H: as if it were acting as a CD or DVD drive. I checked it on my "Device Manager" and found my flash drive registered as "USB Disk 30X USB Device". I tried some known fix: uninstalled/re-installed the drive's device driver, re-assigned new Drive letter and nothing worked.

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Embedded System

How to fix bricked Seagate hard disk (with illustrations)

This is an image based tutorial that will show step by step on how to fix bricked Seagate hard disk (model ST3500320AS). This model ST3500320AS is a 500GB hard disk but it has known busy bug or BSY error. If the hard disk is hit by this bug, its size will be detected 0 bytes by BIOS. Disclaimer: webfoobar assumes no responsibility for any data loss or permanent damage executing the following tutorial steps (use at your own risk).

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Computer Troubleshooting

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Ghostscript dependencies for ARM9

Supporting HP printers for ARM9 based sytem needs ghostscript application. But when trying to compile this ghostscript there are dependencies errors will be encountered. The attachment is archive of dependencies that are already compiled for ARM9 based system to be copied to /bin directory at root file system.

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Embedded System

C language implementation of I2C slave mode using PIC16F1825

This article shows an implementation of I2C slave mode using PIC16F1825 written in C language and how to test or simulate the codes in PICkit Serial Analyzer I2C software.

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