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OK to have 500GB hard drive as one partition? by Jon D
I use XP Pro/SP2 at home. The PC hardware is a bit slow. I have got a 500GB hard drive mainly to use as a backup for my main data. Is there anything (perhaps in XP or in NTFS or from good sense) which suggests that I'm wiser not to make the whole 500 GB into one partition?
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March 19th 07 10:08 AM
by kony Go to last post
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ? by Trimble Bracegirdle
WINDOWS 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ? I'm trying out Win 7 64 Bit. on the same Hardware (but separate Hard Drive) as my established Win XP . A big issue for me & the main thing I'm testing is the ability to use my existing Hardware. The standard basic stuff....Hard Drives...DVD Drive...
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February 25th 10 03:18 PM
by kony Go to last post
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cleaning up dust inside Dell inspiron 1100 by s
My computer is three years old and recently has been making too much fan noise. I suspect dust has accumulated inside the processor,hard disk and other parts which might be causing this. There is no software issue. I am running XP Pro with SP2 on a 2.2GHz with 512M RAM. Can anybody advise how to...
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January 7th 07 06:29 AM
by s Go to last post
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PC parts with the style of a mac? by Mickel
I've had a customer request PCs that look as "cool" as a Mac. Can anyone suggest anything? All I can think of is Dell but I wouldn't say they have as much style as a mac. I think the actual box might not be important, as they can be hidden. It's more just the screen, keyboard, mouse and speakers...
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December 18th 09 01:41 AM
by ~misfit~[_14_] Go to last post
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Is a 300w power supply enough for my system? by [email protected]
I've got a 5-year old 300w power supply (Antec PP-303X). I'm about to add a IDE RAID controller and another hard drive, and a few more case fans, and am wondering if I need a new power supply. Here's what my system will have after the upgrades: ABIT KT7-RAID mobo Athlon Tbird 1.2 GHz GlobalWin...
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January 28th 06 07:06 PM
by Bob Go to last post
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Removable Hard Drive Bay Problems Anyone? by Rus
Sorry if this has been covered. I've been using removable hard drive bays for years without problems. The design I chose implements a "Centronics" type connector (looks like a parallel connector for a printer.) Things are great for years. Then? I buy a couple of new WD hard drives and then...
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May 22nd 05 04:19 AM
by cat rancher Go to last post
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PC freeze playing MOHAA by Grumps
Sorry for posting here, but maybe it is a hardware issue (although I'm doubting it). If there are any groups more appropriate, I'd appreciate some pointers. Anyway, I have a Dell PC, 3.4GHz Pentium-D, 1Gig RAM, 2x160Gig SATA, PowerColor HD3850 256Mbyte graphics, DX9.0c, WinXP-home, all the...
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February 6th 08 02:30 PM
by GT Go to last post
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Skybuck's DreamPC design for 2015, version 1 initial draft. by Skybuck Flying[_4_]
Skybuck's DreamPC design for 2015, version 1 initial draft (created on 12 september 2015 by Skybuck Flying): (Based on components available at www.alternate.nl): Processor: Socket 1151, Intel® Core i7-6700K, 4,0 GHz (4,2 GHz Turbo Boost), Processor(FC-LGA4, "Skylake") Price: 399...
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September 21st 15 09:14 AM
by ~misfit~[_16_] Go to last post
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500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up by muzician21
I've got this WD 500 gb Firewire external My Book drive I've been using to store mostly video files for a big video project. It doesn't have an on/off switch, it powers up when power is first applied, goes dormant after a period of inactivity and restarts when you try to access it. It's worked...
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April 7th 09 10:51 PM
by Arno[_3_] Go to last post
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-CoreQ6600 by Matt
Hey guys. I'm looking at upgrading my PC and I've come across an interesting problem: - Pay £165 for a Intel Dual Core E6850 (clocked @ 3.0GHz) - Pay £160 for a Quad Core Q6600 (clocked @ 2.4GHz) Now to my untrained eye, the quad-core seems like an easy choice. Am I correct, or is the...
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January 16th 08 11:23 PM
by kony Go to last post
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UPS battery backup? by Talal Itani
I would like to protect my PC against power problems. My power supply is an Antec and I have a surge protector before the power supply. Should I place a UPS battery backup? Are they other technologies on the market? I use my PC for business and I am trying to find ways to make it as fault...
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April 27th 07 04:31 PM
by Bud-- Go to last post
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CPU thermal paste? by Ablang
I just inherited a K6-2 300 Mhz computer, but the CPU fan & heatsink keeps falling down off the CPU, which means that the thermal paste is no longer sticking. Does anyone know a good place online where I can buy this cheap, or perhaps someone has ideas for other ways of keeping the fan & heatsink...
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May 3rd 04 10:09 AM
by kony Go to last post
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Test Message. by Mitchua
half_pint wrote: Just testing if my messages are getting through. Cheers half_ppint. Do it in alt.test please. And fix you're clock while you're at it.
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May 3rd 04 09:27 AM
by Robert Downes Go to last post
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Destroying Hard Drives by Alan Jeffs
I have several hard drives to destroy/completely erase. They are already removed from the computer cases. Dismantling them one by one and sanding the disks is messy and time consuming. Extreme heat comes to mind as an approach. Anyone with any experience putting them on the barbeque set...
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September 29th 05 05:51 PM
by VWWall Go to last post
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Trouble booting now totally out of service by Robert Heiling
System placed in service Jan 2001: PC-Chips M805LR motherboard with VIA KT133 chipset, Athlon 1GHz cpu, 512MB SDRAM, AGP video It has run with a number of HD's & OS's over the years including Linux, Win98 & Win2K, & with LILO and NT-loader. I've always kept the boot sequence at Floppy--CD--HD...
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July 12th 05 07:06 PM
by Robert Heiling, P233 Go to last post
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Traveling in Europe (need good WiFi extension for Windows) by Werner Obermeier
What is a good wifi extender solution for Windows laptops in Europe? My college-age daughter is traveling in the summer to visit old-school relatives in Europe who are still on dialup, but they live next door to my sister in law who owns the apartment next door with basic WiFi but it has a very...
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June 5th 15 10:16 PM
by Werner Obermeier Go to last post
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This problem has baffled everyone... by Nick G
The following problem has confounded every IT friend and support person i have presented it to and appears to defy logic so i am throwing it to a broader audience of experts to see if it elicits some ideas. Thanks in advance for considering it and apologies for cross-group posting! Problem:...
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May 22nd 04 04:01 AM
by Z Go to last post
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What's good about wireless optical mouse? by Bill
Don't know much about mouse but have to buy one. Look at the prices, optical mouse is more expansive than the traditional roller-ball mouse. Is it better too? Does it last longer? I don't like optical mouse because they need batteries. If the roller-ball mouse can do the work without...
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November 18th 04 09:16 PM
by Grinder Go to last post
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How did I blow the fuse in my multimeter? by Cyde Weys
I blew the fuse on my Radio Shack multimeter recently. I was testing the current across a 9V battery. I verified that it is just the fuse that was blown by removing the fuse, shorting across the gap, and verifying that the needle on the meter did indeed move on resistance tests (no way am I gonna...
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June 11th 04 09:02 PM
by Kmano Go to last post
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What wears out in an HDD? by Micky
What wears out in an HDD? Is it only the tone arm that breaks? or can the bearings the platter rides on break??? Good watches use jewels, rubies, as bearings; and cheap watches use metal. What do hard drives use? I googled but couldn't find much about this. Does the spindle really ride on...
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January 18th 16 07:02 AM
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