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Formatting a drive as FAT32 in windows XP?

Are you sure about this? I believe you can format fat32 from within XP. It may take opening up a commmand prompt window and typing the command, but I'm pretty sure it can be done.
- WebDude
- Post #5
- Mar 27, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Totally noob question about Notebook~~~ Budget is only around $800

I just bought Acer TravelMate 2423WXCi Notebook for $500. http://www.buy.com/prod/LX_TB205_077/q/loc/212/202192869.html I added a 1gig stick of ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227110 for $80. Made a big difference in performance. For a budget laptop, I'm very...
- WebDude
- Post #8
- Mar 27, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Merge Partitions?

I'm sure partition manager will do the job. But if you want to try shareware, I suggest Gnome Partition Editor, or GParted. I just got a laptop that came with 2 fat32 partitions. I converted them to ntfs, then merged with GParted. You can download it for freee as an ISO, burn it to a CD...
- WebDude
- Post #4
- Mar 25, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How to reinstall XP Home on laptop?

I did the burn CD option when I got the lapton (it took 4 CD's). There are 2 17gig partitions on the hd, and a 3rd samller partition. I susptect the 3rd partition is for recovery purposes, combined with the CD's I burned. I'm just surprised that with all the talk about the superiority of...
- WebDude
- Post #5
- Mar 24, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How to reinstall XP Home on laptop?

Thanks man. Didn't know the conversion was that easy. I guess though I'll have to convert before I merge the partitions. Seems like FAT32 has a 32gig limit, and my hd is 40gig, so I can't make a full FAT32 partition (that's probably why they partitioned the drive). Guess I'll have to check...
- WebDude
- Post #3
- Mar 24, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How to reinstall XP Home on laptop?

I guess this OS forum is the best for this question. I just bought a new Acer laptop, with XP Home preinstalled. The MS sticker is on the back of the laptop, with the cola and activation key. BUT THERE WAS NO XP HOME CD PROVIDED! I guess they can save like 5 cents by doing this (not too...
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- Mar 24, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Ques about swapping mb with diff chipset

What I want to do is replace the current mb, socket 754. Via K8T800 chipset, with a different mb, socket 754, nvidia nforce3 250 chipset. I want to do this and preserve the existing XP install. In the past when I did such a swap I had to reinstall XP from scratch. I'm wondering if I can...
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- Mar 16, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Do you use a Surge protector or UPS or nither??? *poll*

I used to use UPS's. When the battery goes, the replacements are expensive. I'm switching to high quality surge protectors.
- WebDude
- Post #20
- Jan 19, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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PCI S-ATA-Controller for optical devices ?

Now I find that very strange. To my knowledge, the SI sata controllers are one of the few that can support such drives. From the horse's mouth. SiI 3114
- WebDude
- Post #6
- Jan 17, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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PSU for my new DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra D

Antec NeoPower 480 working fine with that board here.
- WebDude
- Post #15
- Dec 28, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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"NTLDR is missing"

It sounds like the pc is trying to boot off the IDE drive. What's the boot order set to in the bios?
- WebDude
- Post #2
- Dec 27, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What B&M stores sell Arctic Silver?

MicroCenter, if you have one locally.
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- Post #4
- Dec 21, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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What should I look for in a Plastma t.v.?

The newer plasma sets have improved life expectancies. The original ones would suffer from fade over time, but they've made improvements so longevity is not really an issue any more (as others have said). As for brightness and contrast, that's important. But it's really something that has...
- WebDude
- Post #8
- Dec 13, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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XP 64bit technical question

Thanks man for the help. Not really sure what was going on, but that process was definitely related to the nvidia display somehow. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers (ver. 81.94), rebooted and installed a slightly newer version (81.95). Now the errant process is not running, and the problem has...
- WebDude
- Post #3
- Dec 12, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP 64bit technical question

If I open Windows Task Manager and click on the Processes tab, I can see a list of the processes that are running. A few of them have the name of the file, followed by a "*32", for example "rundll32.exe *32". Just what does this *32 signify? It can't just be a 32 bit executable, because I...
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- Dec 12, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Many problems with first build...

To boot, you need mb, cpu, memory, keyboard and video card (and of course power supply). Without a video card the system will probably do what yours did, beep and shut down. You don't need an optical drive or hard drive just to get into the basic bios. But you'll need these pretty quick...
- WebDude
- Post #5
- Dec 9, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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WinXP install doesn't continue after 1st reboot

Well I dug out my NF7-S ver.2 mb and hooked it up and ran a single hd off the SI controller. Turns out I was wrong. If you want to boot off the SI controller, you have to have the SATA RAID ROM enabled, even if you're not running raid. You need to activate the SI 3112a bios if you want to...
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- Post #12
- Dec 8, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Comfact Flash Type 1, Type 2 and Microdrives?

The 20D can accept any of those 3. The orginal advantage of the microdrive was the amount of storage you could get on it. With the higher capacity cf cards on the market today, I'm not sure how much of an advantage the microdrive still enjoys. Other considerations are speed (write speed most...
- WebDude
- Post #7
- Dec 8, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Older MB - WinXP-SP2 Built-in Drivers or Vendor Drivers?

Typically the mfg'r has drivers that offer better performance than the stock windows ones. Usually because it seems to take MS forever to certify drivers (or else the other mfg'rs don't want to go through the hassle and bother to submit them). But MS certified drivers are normally rock solid...
- WebDude
- Post #4
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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WinXP install doesn't continue after 1st reboot

?Serial ATA Controller? should be enabled in the BIOS menu of ?Onboard PCI Device? (It probably is.) Also, if you're running just one drive off the controller, "SATA RAID ROM" should be disabled (as you've discovered). As far as boot order goes, you should use the sata option, not the scsi...
- WebDude
- Post #8
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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WinXP install doesn't continue after 1st reboot

I'm a bit confused because you say that serial ATA is a boot option. The board I used to have was NF7-S V2.0. That did not have such a boot option (to my recollection). However there are different versions of this board, and the system Abit used to designate them is highly confusing...
- WebDude
- Post #6
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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WinXP install doesn't continue after 1st reboot

Yeah, like he just said. There a few versions of this board, but I'm pretty sure the sata controller you have onboard is the Silicon Image SIL3112A. To the bios, in terms of boot order, that is a "scsi" device. So you have to set the bios to boot from "scsi", not hd0. You also have to have...
- WebDude
- Post #4
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Sound card for HTPC

I'm running the X-mystique. Good card that's gotten good reviews (on NewEgg). My only problem is im running XP64 and they don't have fully developed drivers for XP64 yet. But I wanted something to replace my soundstorm when I upgraded the mb. It's great for having a simple optical...
- WebDude
- Post #17
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advantages of the DFI Ultra-D over the 9npa+ (EPOX nf4 ultra)?

I concur. The real advantage to my mind is the support you can get through DFI-Street. I had problems installing XP64 on a raid array off the nvidia raid. The guys at DFI-Street walked me through it (had to create a slip-streamed install CD). I probably would have rma'd the board if it...
- WebDude
- Post #7
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Are Raptors too loud for HTPC?

I've got 2 setups, one with 2 74gig raptors raided, and one with 2 maxlineIII drives raided. You can definitely hear the seek noise on the raptors. How much you notice it and/or are bothered by it will depend upon you and also how well the enclosure it's in deadens the noise (and also maybe...
- WebDude
- Post #12
- Dec 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Win2k insists to run my Master HDD in PIO mode, help.

OUCH!
- WebDude
- Post #42
- Dec 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Maxtor MaXLine III 7L250S0 250GB vs. Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB

I'm running 2 of the MaxlineIII drives in a raid array for my HTPC. Very quite, and I like the 16mb cache. I only wish they supported SATA 3.0Gb/s, because my mb does.
- WebDude
- Post #8
- Dec 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Why so much dislike for XP64?

Yeah the mice and keyboards do work in 64bit. But a big feature and/or reason to buy these products is the intellipoint and intellitype software. These enable the extra keys and buttons, allow you to change function assignments, alert to to low battery status in wireless versions, and...
- WebDude
- Post #27
- Dec 5, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Why so much dislike for XP64?

That is correct. Also there is no java to run under IE64, and given the tender loving relationship between Sun and MS there may never be. I can understand that some hardware mfg'ers are slow to develop drivers for 64 bit. What I really wonder about is MS's commintment to the program. When...
- WebDude
- Post #25
- Dec 5, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Win2k insists to run my Master HDD in PIO mode, help.

Well I'm learning a lot through this thread. Didn't realize that win2k had these limitations. It might sound like a cop out, but maybe it would be better to run XP, if that's a practical option for you.
- WebDude
- Post #33
- Dec 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Win2k insists to run my Master HDD in PIO mode, help.

If you've installed the nvidea SW drivers, and hanven't uninstalled them, they are probably running. Trying to selectively uninstall them using add/remove programs doesn't work -- you're not given the option to select just the SW drivers to uninstall. To verify: device manager, ide ata/atapi...
- WebDude
- Post #24
- Dec 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is best 2GB memory for A64 DC?

Yeah guess so. It's too early in the morning. :confused:
- WebDude
- Post #7
- Dec 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is best 2GB memory for A64 DC?

Don't know about other companies, but I've had some dealings with Mushkin. I am sure that if a make of their RAM fails and it's no longer in production, they will upgrade your replacement for free. Their post purchase support is second to none in my book.
- WebDude
- Post #5
- Dec 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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cheapest possible WOW PC

From the link you provided: so it looks like no. My advice is basically ditto what's been said. WOW doesn't require much in the way of a video card. You really should consider 1gig of ram however. Otherwise when you move around in the game you'll find your hd grinding a lot, and maybe some...
- WebDude
- Post #9
- Dec 3, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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What kind of Ram do I buy for an Athlon64 San diego CPU?

Which Lanparty did you get? I'm running the Ultra-D, and so far I really like it. I'm running 2 sticks of this, and they are working well. If you plan on ever going to 2 gigs, I recommend getting a 1 gig stick to start out with. If not, then a couple of 512meg sticks is probably a better...
- WebDude
- Post #15
- Dec 2, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Who should I be contacting to b*tch about my problem with NVIDIA RAID/SW IDE Driver

Well that quote from Nvidia is confusing to me. This is some background on the issue of the SW/IDE drivers: Link If you can't just uninstall the SW IDE drivers, then I would uninstall the entire nf4 driver package, and then do a reinstall of it, making sure the box in front of "NVIDIA IDE...
- WebDude
- Post #14
- Dec 2, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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I cracked and bought...

The Lanparty NF4 Ultra D comes sata II capable. "SATA speed up to 3Gb/s " Link You obviously need to add 2 gigs of dual channel ram to your system though. :D
- WebDude
- Post #8
- Dec 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Mushkin eXtreme Performance RAM

Thanks for that. I'm only half as sad now. :D:(:P
- WebDude
- Post #10
- Dec 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Mushkin eXtreme Performance RAM

Damn that's a good price. I ordered the 2gig dual kit for $239 a couple of days ago. Link Wish I had know about the rebate on the single sticks, coulda saved $60. :(
- WebDude
- Post #6
- Dec 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Which memory to use.

I just made the decision you face now. I went with Link. Mushkin is a very reliable brand, and since it's DDR 500 there is room for overclocking. Haven't received them yet, so I can't offer a final verdict.
- WebDude
- Post #3
- Dec 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building

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