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    NTFS vs FAT32 for USB flash drive used for portable apps?

    I can't figure out which is better for an 8GB drive I have that I want to put some portable apps on. In order for me to see an option to format to NTFS I have to go into device manager and in the hardware properties set the drive to be optimized for performance instead of for quick removal. I'd...
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    If "RAID is NOT a backup solution" then is WHS a solution?

    I think you all pretty much hashed out what I was thinking. Using WHS as some sort of media server so that it contains a ton of videos and you have folder replication on is still prone to the same sort of disasters that RAID1 is... namely user error or virus. Not sure if it was mentioned in this...
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    If "RAID is NOT a backup solution" then is WHS a solution?

    I keep hearing that RAID is not a backup solution. I understand the reason this statement is often repeated is because even if you're running Raid 1 if you accidently delete something or something gets infected with a virus then the same is happening to the other mirrored drive. But how then is...
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    How to reorganize my system..

    I'd put the OS on the raptor, raid 2-4 drives (maybe the 640GB drives) in RAID0 for stuff your using like video editing or whatever else, then have two larger 1TB-1.5TB drives to store media and archives keeping the most important files redundant b/w the two but NOT all files (I wouldn't setup...
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    What will nehalem bring to the notebook world?

    While I'm no expert on the yet to be released next gen chipset config from Intel (so please politely correct any mistakes or misconceptions I may have) many have been followig the details of nehalem as they leak out. I understand the major idea is to rethink many of the subsystems, their...
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    Use for older desktop?

    I think I see what you're saying, it's not the actual data created by people using their computers to crunch these numbers but the tools developed to model the folding are used by yourself in your research? Do you come up with a simulation and somehow submit to the program and it gets crunched...
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    Use for older desktop?

    I hope i didn't mislead you. I don't actually donate to Alzheimers research as my current directive right now is... well.. development of drugs to treat Alzheimers disease and another directive for new broad spectrum antibiotics (most of my time is spent focused in the Alzheimers front right now...
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    Use for older desktop?

    whatever you say. I spend 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, working on compounds to treat Alzheimers and on new broad spectrum antibiotics. Not once have I needed anything this project has produced. It would do more good for people to donate the money they saved in electricity by NOT "folding" to a...
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    Use for older desktop?

    why in the world would I want to use it for "folding"? Am I missing something here? Why would I want the computer running at full throttle 24/7 using up a bunch of electricity so I can "earn" imaginary points or whatever it is? I'd honestly love to know why people do this.
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    Use for older desktop?

    I have a Dell 4600C (P4 3.2GHZ, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, DVD-R DL drive, GeForce 6200) that's not being used really. I looked on ebay to see what people would pay for it but it's so little it's not even worth selling at this point. I know a lot of people turn their older PC's into file servers and...
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    possible to track stolen computer parts?

    For the past 2 months I've been setting up a new laboratory. It has a number of robotics in it and naturally the are controlled by computers. Off the top of my head I'd say there are 12 computers in the lab. Some have been up and running for some time now while others were just hooked up in the...
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    low-profile vs standard profile mATX cases. Your thoughts?

    I'm torn between getting a slim mATX tower that would limit me to low profile cards or whether to get a tower that does standard cards. I don't play games really so I don't need some huge double wide/extra long graphics card but I do consider video decoding on a video card a pretty valuable...
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    Shrinking the size of motherboards?

    so intel shrinks the size of their CPUs, and have for quite some time. Why hasn't the standard (ATX) mobo shrunk as well? It seems there has been little effort to shrink the chipset components including things like the size of slots like those for RAM, the south/north bridges, and especially...
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    Am I asking too much from a mATX?

    Get ready to laugh at me... Believe it or not, my current/only computer is an old Dell 4600C (it's a low-profile case w/ the notebook drive, etc) with P4 in it. I've been out of school for awhile but I've simply had so many higher priority expenses and debt that I simply can't afford much of...
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    two 2.5" 5400 RPM HDD's RAID 0 vs single 3.5" 7200 RPM HDD?

    I have a small form factor computer and it can hold either one 3.5" HDD or two 2.5" HDD's. Any idea which would provide a higher level of performance between a 3.5" 7200 RPM HDD connected to the mobo vs two upper tier 5400 rpm 2.5" drives in raid 0? Are there any comparisons of this type...
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