Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 26th 16, 05:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,942
Can't format 64 GB USB flash drives as FAT32?
On 11/25/2016 7:01 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
ExFAT has some of the security
descriptors from NTFS, without any of the journaling features which can
be used in fixing filesystem errors. Etc.
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
November 26th 16, 05:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 31
Views: 401
Can't format 64 GB USB flash drives as FAT32?
On 11/25/2016 7:01 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
ExFAT has some of the security
descriptors from NTFS, without any of the journaling features which can
be used in fixing filesystem errors. Etc.
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 27th 15, 06:17 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,494
refurbished HDDs?
You can get lucky like the official WD Blue 160G refurb I just got.
SMART says it has one day on it. I think it may just be a returned new
drive. 160 Gigs for $15. And it's a late model, as fast as...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 21st 15, 02:16 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,388
Making two partition copies in turn
On 8/10/2015 9:05 PM, micky wrote:
I knew I should have stuck with FAT32.
When Win 98 was using that, any crash would make a bunch of errors that
chkdsk would find. Now, it doesn't happen much...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 21st 15, 02:13 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,388
Making two partition copies in turn
On 8/10/2015 1:28 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
Like 'gfretwel', I have a collection of 'old soldiers' to use for
backups and generally play around with, and it's probably best to do one
backup per...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 30th 15, 12:58 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 25
Views: 990
BAckup harddrive, how many partitions
I'm using a BlacX caddy, the 2-slot model.
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They call them docking stations.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153066
I see. You just plug in bare drives.
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 29th 15, 02:14 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 25
Views: 990
BAckup harddrive, how many partitions
Also, I would run a complete self-test on each drive. The maker's
utility is handy for that, or HD Sentinel. They can get hot if not
ventilated.
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Ed Light
Better World News TV...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 28th 15, 01:27 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 25
Views: 990
BAckup harddrive, how many partitions
No need to worry about wearing out the backup drive. As long as it's not
a desktop HD enclosed in a non-ventilated enclosure, in which case I'd
blow a fan at it.
You can use the Hard Disk Sentinel...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 21st 15, 02:57 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,557
laptop & cmos battery
I haven't replaced a battery, but I can tell you that replacing a hard
drive for two different Acer netbooks was super easy in one - just pop
the back, and hell in the other -- horrible hell. So it...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 28th 12, 04:16 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit
On 5/27/2012 6:41 PM, GreyCloud wrote:
On 5/27/2012 12:55 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
Ifs obvious that you don't have a ****ing clue about
how to check if the file has got corrupted, for...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 28th 12, 12:47 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 28th 12, 12:40 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 28th 12, 12:37 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit
On 5/27/2012 9:04 AM, David Simpson wrote:
Also, something I'm looking at for pictures, is M-Disc DVD's. Writers
are just $10 more than the "normal" DVD writers, the disk are about $3
each,...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 27th 12, 07:50 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 27th 12, 07:47 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 27th 12, 07:24 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit
On 5/26/2012 7:38 PM, Paul wrote:
The built-in defragmenter in Windows 7, will not defrag files of
50MB in size or larger. This is part of the reason it is so much
faster. Nothing in your...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 26th 12, 11:27 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit
On 5/25/2012 6:36 PM, David Simpson wrote:
I would never do the 3 partition system. Just gets in the way down the
road.
It does let you defrag system or data without having to defrag your...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 26th 12, 11:21 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit
Most of us have Rod Speed filtered out, for past malevolence.
I'd say anyone that can ask the right question in the right area, can
handle it. About the only thing that would be hard, is the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 25th 12, 08:57 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 132
Views: 3,912
Partitioning a 2tb hd for Windows 7 64 bit
Definitely, a small C: drive with the system and programs is the way to
go. It's on the fastest part of the disk, and "short stroked". And this
is a big one for me: you can image it separately from...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 4th 12, 02:04 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 29
Views: 699
New Toshiba laptop with Windows 7
PS re Bootit.
The way I use it on my netbook is, I have an extended partition with
various data volumes, then of course there's the factory restore
partition, and the Bootit partition. I shrunk...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 4th 12, 02:01 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 29
Views: 699
New Toshiba laptop with Windows 7
With Bootit Bare Metal partition & boot manager, you can have lots of
primary partitions, but of course, only 4 active for one boot choice.
I think you can only have one active extended partition,...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
February 3rd 10, 08:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,312
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
February 1st 10, 09:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,461
Win 7 Can, XP Can't do AVIVO
On 1/31/2010 11:30 PM, Rich Barry wrote:
Ed, did you try a different Catalyst Driver. Guru3d.com has a large
selection.
Thanks, Barry. I've abandoned XP for video now.
I got the same...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
January 31st 10, 09:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,461
Win 7 Can, XP Can't do AVIVO
I got an ATI 4670 which rates high in video quality when the AVIVO
hardware is working on the pictu
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/ati-radeon-hd4550_6.html
But I never could get...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
January 24th 10, 01:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,668
Converting mpegs to avi or wmv?
On 1/23/2010 4:01 PM, Brian V wrote:
Thank you everybody. I already have the Windows Media Encoder.
Check if the win media files are more washed out than the originals.
Happens to me, though...
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