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    Android 7 and saving torrents directky to usb-devices

    As per these instructions: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/write-data-to-external-sd-card-kitkat-t3248220 I'm trying to use my attached usb-stick as download destination for torrents usng a torrentclient like Flud. I connected a 64gb usb to my Android 7 device. Let it detect...
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    Help needed, Windows7 fresh setup on UEFI device

    I have a few questions before I start reinstalling my laptop with Windows7 (pre-SP1) 1. If I use diskpart to partition the drive/ssd. Then continue the setup of windows7. Will WIndows7 still create the necessary UEFI partition for my device? 2. What if my ssd reports 512-bytes...
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    Can spyware install when you click an email?

    Hey guys. I got 5 e-mails within minutes in my inbox from a company named TechTarget.com USA. The subject discussed within these emails were not of interest to me. Yet I got these emails all of a sudden. This got me thinking about an old question I have. Can spyware get installed or code...
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    Good proxy service or software?

    Some discussion forums void: *connection that come through TOR nodes. So no use to me. *They also void free e-mail accounts. For example fok.nl (if you can read Dutch). That's why I ask for advice
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    Good proxy service or software?

    I need a good proxysevice or software. I also would like to know, If I use proxy, and use my IP's e-mail account to register on a forum. Will this forum somehow get to know my real IP address?
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    Trying to understand Bitcoin payments.

    Hey! I've sent payment through my Bitcoin-wallet. But the transaction now has "sending" status for past 20 minutes. I did have to raise the "$" amount to (slightly over-)equal the requested "Bitcoin" amount to be sent. So the amount of $Dollars is not "official" as the requested payment stated...
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    Question for people who don't want to upgrade to Windows 10.

    I gave 10 a try. Searched ms for the persistant updates w10 installed. All I got was a blank page.
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    Question for people who don't want to upgrade to Windows 10.

    You think folks are So stupid they would buy into garbage if MS didn't nag them to install their new spyware, they would install it themselves? Ha! Well, you could be right... I see so many stupid people it flabbergasts me. " Oh I want Win10 does my new tablet come with Win10 darn I cannot...
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    T100-chi wont boot past logo, want to install Win7

    I did a pc-reset but that failed. After reset my T100-chi wont boot anymore past the logo-screen. I know I can get into troubleshooter mode by "holding power + volume-up" to start. So I did. Then tried the following: Boot normally to 10: doesn't work. System restore point: no restore points...
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    USB 3.0 slow speed on Windows8/INtel 7 chipset.

    Real funny how such nerd stupidity can rob hours of ones time. And still resolve nothing.
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    USB 3.0 slow speed on Windows8/INtel 7 chipset.

    I need advice on how to fix the low speed transfers on my laptop, runing Win8 core with Intel 7 series chipset. And USB 3.0 ports. Seems the Intel drivers driving the usb ports, are by Microsoft. Intel's own updated own chipset drivers past 2012 cannot be installed on win8.0 (you need win7 or...
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    USB Encryption Speeds 7200rpm VS 5400rpm

    Truecrypt disk to truecrypt disk through usb3.0 - standard truecrypt settings. Intel 3337u laptop @ 0.77-0.85GHz with AES. WD blue 2.5" 1tb (jpvx10 ? 5400rpm). 65mb/s write strady 3.5 hdd's (wd red ?rpm, wd blue 7200rpm) 80-110mb/s write steady. It depends. Small files and the transfer goes...
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    1tb mechanical or 250 SSD?

    I recently bought a 250 (240) gb crucial mx200. Heres my thoughts; for laptop better to go ssd though my friends never encountered trouble with moving mechanical laptop drives, you just need to be careful. Second is space. I found that my personal storage needs easily axceed 120gb and 240gb ssd...
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    Hdd breather holes

    I can swear i always feel air movement around a hdd that's sitting naked on my table. My wd elements drive (a hdd inside plastic shell) typically has ventilation around one side of this shell going all the way to top. If it is operational. I can drfinitely feel air movement from this vent side...
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    Hdd breather holes

    Anyone with extensive hdd knowledge? I need to know how a hdd 'breathes'. All hdd's have these breather holes to equalize pressure inside to outer. Once a hdd spins up, is it true it sucks in surrounding air? And during operation will this initial air be conrinuesly refreshed with new air...
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