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So I have 7 installed on partition 1, I installed XP on partition 3. I'm aware (and expected) the MBR to be overwritten and that Win7 would be temporarily offline until I repaired the MBR, then added XP back to the list. So I did that, it finished installing, it booted into XP, then I go to...

Hey, My dad is getting these reply messages, such as 'no such recipient', 'auto reply..', 'mail delivery failure', etc. I don't do IT, but I'm trying to help him the best I can. The frequency is EXTREMELY high for a personal system behind a router, about 5 e-mails every 1/2 day. AVG...

Hey, I've been having this issue where when I copy a hefty size (like 20GB) to one of my HDDs the drive stops responding. This causes a variety of issues because Windows's copying program is waiting for a device response but never gets it. So explorer chokes on itself for like 10 minutes...

Hey, I did my build 2 Summer's ago, so it's about 2 years old right now (it's in my sig). Ironic how with how fast paced the tech industry moves, my computer is still a tank by what's on the market today - so I'm happy...except for one part. The case. My friend had the Antec 900-II...

Hey, I'm expanding my total storage and am interested in another dual drive enclosure. Right now I have a buffalo drivestation duo which originally had 2x400 in it, now has 2x1TB in it. I'm looking to have a 1TB/1.5TB in the new enclosure. I do not intend on spanning nor raiding them, it is...

Hey, At work, my windows XP machine (which I have full admin rights over, despite it being on an internal network), keeps having the registry value "NoSimpleStartMenu" go to 1 (or true) seemingly randomly, leaving me with the "classic" start menu, taking away the regular one. I just go...

Hey, My g/f just bough a 2TB WD Mybook Studio Edition II - it's a dual drive enclosure that has a hardware RAID0/1 capability on it. So it comes reformatted for OS X (HFS+) and in RAID0 config. I personally don't like RAID0 because if you lose one drive you lose everything, as far as I...

Hey, I've been looking for a data storage solution that can protect against drive failures. My first inclination is a big array with RAID5 or 6, but the one thing about RAID is its limitations - all disks have to be of similar specs, all the same size, you can't just put new storage in, you...

Hey, I'm getting annoyed with my audio volume. On my old system, running Ubuntu & XP I had the same audio drivers (realtek). In Ubuntu it was too fu8king low - OSS, fine, whatever. In XP I'd only have to put the volume about ~33% and it'd be good for headphones for any game I play, and...

Hey, I have a Belkin N1 Wireless router, model number: F5D8231-4. Whenever I shut the damn thing off for a couple of minutes it clears all the settings, just as if I had pressed the reset button. As far as I know the ability to remember settings is pretty standard on every router, I've...

Please read, as I'm sure you're getting a "RAID explained" page up with your fingers ready to hit control + V. Everytime RAID is mentioned in the same THREAD as backup people start flipping shit and pointing to wikipedia articles and crap like that. I figure that title will get a lot of...

Basically what the title says: If a 7200.12 craps out, can it be replaced with a WD Caviar Black? Both have similar specs, both are 1TB drives (or can be), both 3Gb/s SATA II, 32MB cache, 7200RPM, etc. Would it be a problem? Or would I be better off getting another 7200.12. Reason I ask...

Hey, So I'm quite sure this is the right place to put this, it was either this or "cooling" as far as I could tell, so sorry if this is the wrong place :(. Anyways, I took these pictures of my case: http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/SynForumPhotos/Dust/ This happened in my appt after...

Hey, I go to a tech college, and recently they installed wireless N AP's in all appts. They work with WPA or WPA2 encryption which uses your personal institute UN/PW to connect. This all seemed fine and dandy, until the wireless started sucking (only wireless, wired is still fast as hell) -...

Hey, I'm testing (trying to set up) a RAID1 mirror using an EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR mobo with an Intel RAID controller. My hard drive setup is as follows: 3TB total 1 TB = OS drive 1 TB + 1 TB = data array (RAID1) I pulled the data cable on one of the drives and when I booted up it told...

Hey, I just built a new system which has a 132-BL-E758-A1 mobo in it. I have 3 1TB hard drives. I wanted to put my OS on one, and put important documents on the "second" - which would be a RAID1 mirror between the other 2TB. That or a RAID5 would be nice. I planned on using the Hardware...

Hey, I have an EVGA 132BL-E758-A1 mobo with an I7 2.66. My friend is running the same mobo and proc and he helped me OC it to 3.6Ghz (I have an aftermarket Zalman cooler, big mofo). The only problem is apparently the multiplyer is locked down on this proc so I can't get the most out of my...

Hey, there's two boards I'm looking at, and I search high and low, and I can't find which puts one over the other. Both made by EVGA: 142-BL-E757-TR 132-BL-E758-A1 I realize one has more SATA slots than the other, but I can't find out which is "better" - I'm aware that the A1 is NEWER...

Hey, About 5 weeks ago, I sold my HP Pavillion dv9000z to a friend, this computer has twin 2.5" bays, it came with twin 80GB 5400 RPM SATA HD's, from the factory, one came as an OS drive, the secondary came up as a "DATA" drive. About a month (if not a little less) before I sold it, one...

Hey, I had to pull my Nvidia geforce 7600GS out of my desktop due to a winey fan. I've been using my backup (an ATI Radeon Rage 9800SE). I'm really at my witz end with it, though, as the ATI drivers for linux (my main OS) blow, and won't support the newer X server, nor my screen resolution...

Hey, Awhile ago I was having problems with a CPU fan (P4) making noise. I finally got around to replacing it (and have been very happy with the noise and functionality of the new one), though when that stopped making noise it unmasked that my video card's fan was also making noise. I pulled...

Hey, Okay, my desktop setup is about 5 years old, the specs are: Mobo = Abit IC7-G (socket 478) CPU = Pentium 4 (Northwood I believe), 3.0Ghz Case = Thermaltake X CPU Fan = Spark 7 Thermaltake (looks like this)...