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I was able to use the win7 repair disc to remotely load the XP registry hive I modified, modified it back, and XP boots now. Not sure about that stupid MS tech article, followed it twice, both resulted in XP not able to boot. As to why it's using "E" - it's because it's being installed to...

I made a mistake earlier. C: (partition 1) (where Windows 7 resides) is what XP is claiming is its system drive, E: (partition 3, where I told it to install to) is where it says the boot sector/partition resides. Arg, this is retarded, I told it to install on partition 3, it should install...

I really don't care what drive letter it installs to, installing to E: is just fine with me. My problem is that it separated the boot and the system partitions. I am UNABLE to unmount the C: drive (partition 1) from the disk management utility, and that's because that's marked as the boot...

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...

Okay, that's what I was getting at. I was wondering if since it was harvested, and sent back to a 'central' db of addresses, then any cleaning up at this point on their end. Opposed to one of my dad's friends being on the bot-net and their computer being 'fixable' or not..

So in other words, my dad's computer is fine..but his e-mail is pretty much hosed? My dad doesn't know anybody in SK or Spain. So it's just a mass distributed phishing attack? It seems like somebody on his contacts list got harvested - though I would have thought that their computers...

Yeah, I'm not sure if that's the case and he has some spyware, or what. At one point I changed his PW and it seemed the e-mails ceased (few trickled through)..but they started back about 12-24 hours later. I'm not sure if that's indicative that there's a virus on his computer that's sending...

I thought it was 'backscatter' also (before I knew what the name was, lol), but it really made me wonder if these were just the failures, then it had to be sending TONS out...and if this was the case, how did ONE person not respond to ANY of them? ALL of their spam filters got them? Just seems...

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...

You may not like this answer and I still appreciate your comment but the OC is not the issue, I can pretty much rule that out. It's been running 2 years flat with the same OC, haven't touched anything OC related in the BIOS since then. I did not change the PCI speed, though. NTFS. Yeah...

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...

All in all it's not the end of the world, but dammit this case is going to be the death of me. I'll find a way to jam an extra (5th) drive in there. It just pissed me off about how people were jerking off over this case so hard (2 years ago, when I bought it), and I was always like "this thing...

I don't quite feel like taking a picture, but here's one: Standard iMac wired alluminum keyboard with 2x USB 2.0. I love the key press-down (I'm a laptop kind of guy), the larger travel distances of some of the other keyboards annoys me a lot, love how compact it is (no fat, just enough rom...

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...

Wow, sounds like something's wrong there. You sure it wasn't the drive itself? Or too much bandwidth on that USB controller? What's the difference between that and an enclosure except the enclosure gives it some form of protection? I've never seen anything like that...it looks like...

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...

So thanks guys, I guess I'll only post back here if it happens again..lol :).

Yup, there's an option in there called "Force Classic Start Menu" - it was enabled. I disabled it, guess I'll see if that does it. I would have thought a change in the registry did the same thing. I think I used the term a lot more loosely than you are. I didn't mean it in any full...

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...

Not sure I agree too much with you on the pricing. Just judging by prices on newegg, the 8 port RAID cards easily go up over 1k. I've never heard of WHS, though, and will look into it. Thanks. I do want advice, but I'd like actual advice, actual reason driven responses. Not random...

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If you look at my sig, even though my desktop (and all of my past desktops) is homebrew, I have no problem buying an Apple computer. Yeah, it costs a lot, but it's outlasted any other computer from any other manu. The only other laptop I'd buy short of a Macbook/Powerbook is a Thinkpad - and...

Okay, here's the answers to some of the unanswered questions ('cept the OP of course :)). - The audio jack in the rear and as well as the headphone jack in the front appear (as far as I can tell, anyway), to put out the same volume levels. - Turning on the loudness equalization DID...

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...

Yeah, thanks. I got the gist of how it works, that's why I feel it's a solution to my issue. I plan on using same sized disks, so I'm sure I'll have a larger amount of usable space. PS: I think they offer RAID6 type on the Drobo S (5 storage bays) - as much as RAID6 seems appealing, the...

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...

Can I ask to what respect these "semi important" files are? Chances are if they're that important/secure you're not going to be cracking it open on anybody's computer. Because of that, I see no hurt in setting up a 256MB encrypted partition using truecrypt - yes, you will need it on whatever...

Yeah, I want it boosted all around, so an amp would probably be more along the lines of what I'm looking for. Not to mention I trust a hardware fix more than a driver fix. Although my ear buds are typically plugged into the front panel, the headphones I was speaking of which cover my whole...

No offense, but I think you're quite wrong. I've had, with the right drivers, these speakers cranked up fine - same goes for the headphones, all three sets, on my old system. This is in no way a headphone/speaker issue, it is strictly with the audio card and/or the drivers. These ear buds go...

Dammit. Even my last ditch effort failed :(. They're Logitech X-540's I believe (judging by pictures of logitech speakers found on google b/c I'm not near them right now). Is there anything I can do? I'm almost at the point where I'm ready to buy a dedicated audio card - can that do it...

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...

Well the wireless (it's N) and wired speeds both work and run quite fast. The wireless is useless here anyways as any network of this size (couple of AP's or routers) will get de-authed in only a few minutes (tops) by the school's network. As far as I see, it's routing capabilities and speed...

If you read my reasoning why this is a problem I can't really ignore.. My school's new super Cisco network (everywhere) can de-auth rogue networks (and does). Even if the AP in my room is unplugged i get booted from my own router by nearby apts. They say that it's to prevent rogue networks...

Yeah, I probably should, but shit, I spent ~150 on it when I got it (few years ago). It still works as a router (both wireless/wired) 100%, so I guess for the time being I'll keep it going. Maybe I can find out somewhere down the line if something is wrong with it, or if this is a hardware...

I rolled back to .09 firmware (latest is .16) and played with the reset button (to make sure it wasn't stuck or anything), neither did anything. Recapped to the .16 firmware and the problem persists. I'm not sure if I'll try DD-WRT as it's not supported and a router that works poorly is better...

I'll look into re-install firmware manually and see if I get anywhere with that. I'll see if I can find an old revision and roll back, too. aside from that not much else that I can do :(. As for DD-WRT, according to their router db, it's not supported (8231-4 is the model #), but it doesn't...

This coming from the guy with a phenom :). Actually this lineup was going head to head with their Linksys WRT series at the time I bought it, in specs, pricing, and reviews/failure rates. True, the name isn't as well known amongst the routing world, but let's be honest, they weren't exactly...

Yeah, I figured it wasn't normal, I just wasn't sure...I gotta figure out what the hell is wrong with it :(. I hope somebody has some ideas.. I didn't think it was normal. I did try a firmware upgrade, no newer firmware versions were available. I didn't try re-flashing the existing...

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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...