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disk imaging/conversion

My first attempt was using DriveImage XML and while it seemed to work, ~40 minutes later my final drive was a mangled mess with no proper directory structure. I'm trying to copy an old fat32 drive to ntfs, however I am trying to keep the directory structure/date stamps intact, normal copy...
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- Dec 13, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows
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Basic budget build

This is a basic upgrade from a dead socketA system, trying to stick around this budget. I plan to reuse an old power supply, hence the 20 to 24 pin adapter. BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M9 Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Venice 2.2GHz 512KB L2...
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- Feb 12, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Zalman 2HC2 performance question

What type of cooling does this provide? I've got a drive (seagate ST3160023A) that sits in the 45-60c range and would like to get it down to a more respectable level (especially the upper end.)
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- Aug 17, 2005
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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WTF!? They are ruining Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes

I do like this little flash based around it, but I'm sure the real show will be a total failure. Additional warning if you don't read the link *NOT* SAFE FOR WORK (beeped language - there is an uncensored version on the developers site) NSFW Link
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- Post #58
- Mar 17, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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A good 19" crt wanted - FOUND

Thanks for the thoughts, I was going to revise my selection to a number of choices - however I just ordered a refurb one from nm-select. I wanted to stick to an AG monitor, so that right there ruled out the 997 (which is a good monitor, I just wanted to get better, my fault for waiting until...
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- Post #14
- Jan 4, 2005
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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A good 19" crt wanted - FOUND

no responses? anyone?
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- Post #2
- Jan 1, 2005
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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A good 19" crt wanted - FOUND

I was originally set on the nec 930sb but this model is now defunct and can't be found anywhere, what would be a good enough comprimise? I'd LOVE to be able to have 1600x1200@85hz.
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- Dec 31, 2004
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Where to find a nec 930sb?

Anyone else? REPUTABLE sites, and regular sb, NOT the specrtaview (as pcnation.com lists) most of the links I've seen are all out of stock
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- Post #3
- Dec 29, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Where to find a nec 930sb?

Now that these monitors seem to be vanishing, I think I should snag one as fast as possible before they're all gone. Anyone know a good reliable place to get a NEW one? newegg/mwave don't show it, nor does the place I was looking at purchasing one awhile back.
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- Dec 29, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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epox 8KRAI-X - worth it?

My 8K3A has bulging/leaking capacitors, I contacted epox and they have an "rma upgrade" to the 8KRAI-X for $30 (newegg offers it for 44+5 shipping) so the price isn't bad. Both boards are via based, (kt333 to kt600) so it should be a painless swap as far as windows is concerned. I haven't...
- McMadman
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- Dec 16, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Motherboards
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How long does an RMA normally take to process?

My replacement drive was ordered on 9/27 shipped on 9/28 from malasya (I think) and I believe I got it on oct 1st. I did an advance replacement, but after 2 weeks you should have the drive by now. You might get a better answer calling and talking to a person. edit: YMMV on getting a...
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- Post #2
- Oct 26, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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sending a money order

Last I knew WU's money orders are still international. (USPS specifically states their money orders are only for use in the us or its territories) My local grocery store sells them for 49 cents, $15 is a ripoff.
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- Post #10
- Oct 7, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Installing Windows XP pro with the same cd key on two different computers

I know it is rather unfounded, it's just a possibility of what could happen. I would at least hope/expect them to keep handling activations until after the extended support goes away, but we can only see what happens in the future as far as XP and its popularity goes. 98/ME support was...
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- Post #87
- Oct 1, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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HELP HARD DRIVE PROBLEM!!

dopefiend: just a few minor corrections fat32's "standard" cluster size is 32kb (64+ was only doable on NT (3.51 or 4, not sure which) for a drive 32gb or greater, 32gb being the cutoff point in windows 2K/XP. The maximum file size fat32 can support is 4gb (some programs may not like...
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- Post #38
- Oct 1, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Who's naming scheme is the stupidist

I voted the third options just.. because. :) Both of the labeling schemes are pretty awful. First we had the mhz ratings which were somewhat useful back in their days, but nowadays most improvements will be had with core changes to the processor or fsb speed rather than just making the part...
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- Post #22
- Oct 1, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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HELP HARD DRIVE PROBLEM!!

Short answer - yes it'll be blank and perfect for a clean reinstall. Just delete your 10gb partition and make your new one(s) as desired and previously mentioned in this thread. Long answer, repartitioning/reformatting in reality will just wipe the file tables but data could still be...
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- Post #32
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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OMG. Rainbow tv clip (kids show from the 70-80's)

If you haven't got any balls, ask your friend if you can play with his! That's just so horrible - I love it.
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- Post #16
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Are your parents mad that you play computer/video games?

I just pictured that and it makes me laugh. :P The only real problem with playing games is it's too easy to get sucked in and lose track of time.
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- Post #55
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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BRILLIANT

I still love the doom3 (installer) review. :)
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- Post #7
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Bah bah bah baaaa bah

I still have to love maddox's take on it McDonald's new ad campaign is an anagram for "ailing vomit."
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- Post #25
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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WARM: Antec SLK3700AMB

It is an odd color to match, but the door helps to cover up your drives when not using them. The best description I've seen is "charcoal grey" Despite the odd color it's still a very nice case.
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- Post #21
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Installing Windows XP pro with the same cd key on two different computers

I'd have to say that my biggest "fear" about product activation will be when the next "latest and greatest" os comes along. Will microsoft refuse to activate an older install of xp in favor of forcing the user to upgrade to the newest version. According to the product lifecycle chart the...
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- Post #62
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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**Windows Tips and shortcuts for EVERYONE!** Yes, this means you!

That's why I said they "appear" to do the same thing, I didn't have a run dialog or any other window blocking, still useful though. I've always used the Windows + M combo myself. Here's another one which is somewhat mentioned but not outright. Alt + Shift + X - maximize current window (might...
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- Post #16
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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HELP HARD DRIVE PROBLEM!!

for the record, a win98 floppy will need to have the updated fdisk.exe in order to use a drive greater than 64gb http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=kb;en-us;263044 They don't officially support lba48 with it either, but partition magic will work fine with >137gb partition magic does...
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- Post #30
- Sep 30, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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zalman 7000a - will it fit? If not any suggestions?

Love that cd option for measuring. I won't be buying the heatsink right away though, when I went to look inside, something happened, and my 160gb drive started clicking away, so first things first, I need to see what was lost.
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- Post #6
- Sep 29, 2004
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Looking for High Quality Clicker Keyboards

I'm using a focus 2001 myself, my only complaint is I can't clean the thing, I bought 3 of them at newegg and so far I have one of them left. Whenever I've tried pulling the keycaps off the plastic rips off and gets stuck in the button. I'm interested in trying the unicomp customizer 104...
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- Post #4
- Sep 29, 2004
- Forum: Keyboards
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Help me OC my XP2500+

My 2500+ (week 44 I believe) is locked and using the stock cooling can NOT reach 2.2ghz stable. 1.8v resulted in ~63c temps and prime95 was still unstable. 190fsb (2090mhz) is rock solid at stock voltage and about 51-57c depending on ambient temp. edit: Rather than bump the thread for my...
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- Post #15
- Sep 29, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Should Windows 98/ME still be supported by hardware and software manufacturers?

Whoops, I did forget that the gdi/user resource heaps are there, just nowhere near as in your face as they have been. The big thing of course is that 2K/XP will actually release the resources better than 9x. And of course it'll still be very possible to write a single program that can...
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- Post #59
- Sep 29, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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**Windows Tips and shortcuts for EVERYONE!** Yes, this means you!

Alternate one, Windows Key + M to minimize all then Windows Key + Shift + M to restore all. Granted these (appear) do the exact same thing, guessing one of them came first and they left the other for legacy purposes.
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- Post #11
- Sep 29, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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mixed questions (click of death/48 bit lba & dos)

I made a little edit to the original post, the drive in question is not my system drive, but windows won't load when its attached/powered. Ghost MAY be an option once I get the replacement drive (advance rma already submitted) since I can somewhat access it, just with a lot of clicking/slow...
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- Post #4
- Sep 27, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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mixed questions (click of death/48 bit lba & dos)

anyone?
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- Post #2
- Sep 27, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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mixed questions (click of death/48 bit lba & dos)

Well first part, my 160gb drive has just started clicking. I can access assorted directories in dos, but windows won't load with the drive attached. This drive is on a promise card, and I'm using win98, I've never had any issues accessing the entire drive when in windows, but not sure how...
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- Sep 27, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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VIDEO: Are yall ready for the Zack attack!?

Someone needs to kill him before we end up with another William Hung.
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- Post #24
- Sep 27, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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zalman 7000a - will it fit? If not any suggestions?

I've got about 1.5 inches from the supply to the current stock heatsink, and almost 3 inches to the approx center. I was planning on ordering just a more urgent "issue" has come up.
- McMadman
- Post #4
- Sep 27, 2004
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Should Windows 98/ME still be supported by hardware and software manufacturers?

I can see programmers writing code with very little care for 9x in the very near future, especially with the whole 16 bit "system resource" limit. I borrowed a copy of star wars battlefront to test it out, and when I tried to install it, resources had dropped so low that buttons weren't...
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- Post #55
- Sep 26, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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gmail invites

I've got some spare invites as well.
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- Post #9
- Sep 26, 2004
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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UPDATED again: Still need help, computer reboots and gets to the winXP logo screen and reboots again

Without going heavily into details, memory timings determine how fast/often memory is accessed, I'm sure you've seen the various numbers around 2.5-3-3-6 (etc) the lower the number the better it performs, but if the ram can't handle the setting, errors can happen. However it dosen't sound like...
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- Post #25
- Sep 26, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Poll: what is the OS on your primary PC?

98se grumble.. one of these days I need to stop being lazy and install 2k or xp.
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- Post #24
- Sep 25, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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zalman 7000a - will it fit? If not any suggestions?

First off the zalman site dosen't exactly mention the board (they list an "ak35n ultra" which depends on the power supply) which could possibly be a typo. I'm using an antec 3700 with the stock sl350 power supply, shuttle an35n ultra with a barton 2500+ using the retail fan. Obviously not...
- McMadman
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- Sep 25, 2004
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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UPDATED again: Still need help, computer reboots and gets to the winXP logo screen and reboots again

It could still possibly be timings on the ram, but obviously the ram shouldn't be giving you any errors. Try testing the ram on another computer to see if it too gives errors. It seems odd that all three sticks would have gone bad at/around the same time.
- McMadman
- Post #17
- Sep 25, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building

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