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Is their a(n) (easy) way to encrypt/otherwise render unreadable a CDRW by someone other than the person who wrote it under XP?

Hi all, I need help. I sound like Tea now don't I? :eekers: If you have a really long string of unbroken text that I need to display in a browser (HTML, in a table), is there a way to abolutely limit the table cell and force the browser to break and wrap the text, (to avoid horizontally...

IS NTFS more robust than FAT32. Why I ask - last night I booted my PC and tried to burn some files to a CD. I got a lot of file read errors. I tried chkdsk the drive (only possible at boot time) and it kept saying that the FAT32 drive was a non-XP partition and would Skip checking. Booted...

http://www.ubergeek.tv/switchlinux/ :)

A few of you know that I have one of these kicking around. It had a Quantum 4.3 ST, 128MB and ESS 1869 ISA sound card in it. I use it to play the occasional old DOS game (runs W98SE) such as Master of Magic or Panzer General, where the game needed direct access to the sound card (ie no sound...

And here's a smack down: http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=105052634 someone posted a link about a "review" of RAIDCore's RAID controller, and the above is a response - thought it funny enough to share. PS, anyone notice how quiet the forum has been without Tony :)

The reviews are out and so the latest weapons in the chip wars have been revealed. Prices are high, and a socket change is imminent, so I'll be waiting for Socket 939 and the 90nm Athlon 64's, PCI Express, R420, SATA-II etc... Looks like that's going to be one big upgrade. For the curious...

Here: http://www.overclockers.com/articles831/

Tony, I thought this might be right up your alley :) http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7072551%255E421,00.html

:) http://www.quantumphilosophy.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=7

Does anybody know the size limit for HD's for the BX chipset? Specifically the Abit BH6. I really don't know what I'm going to do with it (+ Celeron 300A), maybe set it up as a server and leave it on.

Hi all, some advice if you wouldn't mind. A non-profit org has asked for my input on a scheme they have for their employees to work from home. What they want to do is to be able to share files with one another, but there will be no offoce, so no server to connect to. Broadband isn't available...

OK, I ghosted a drive with W2K on the D: drive and now when I boot into W2K it loops continuously at the Loading Profile bit. I know somebody posted a link to MS support on this problem a while ago - something to do with the swap file being in the wrong place I think, but I can't find the link...

Something I was wondering about, I hope someone can answer. Say I start out with Red Hat 7.3, install it and apply all the patches/updates. Say I then start out with the same machine, but start with RH8.0 or 9.0 discs, install the same set of files, apply all the applicable patches, do I end...

Don't do drugs m'kay. Drugs are bad, m'kay. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/01/1056825380204.html Mind you, to the couple who were getting married on Saturday, that's got to be the most outlandish reason for calling off your nuptuals that I've heard.

Went to the markets (swap meet, fair) on the weekend. Picked up an XP 2500+ (I wanted the big cache) for AUS$160 (US$92). Went home, ripped the 1900+ES out and bunged it into the 8RDA+ Installed Volcano 7+ on medium speed. Set multi to 12.5. Instant 2800+. Ran all weekend with temps 8~9...

I have heard a lot of people say it (and said it myself) that very few people really need fast PC's. Well I now know what the saviour of Intel/AMD is. SPAM! Yep that's right. Spam. I was looking at my Eudora filters this morning and if the list keeps growing, I'll need a top of the line PC...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-5jun2003-35.htm Looks like Frank was right and Aussie scientists are wanting to build ornithopter's. Now all we need is some bad arse sand worms...

Just got back from reading this http://us.imdb.com/top_250_films and there are some good movies in there, but there also seems to be a lot of populast movies. Just because a film is popular doesn't mean it is good. This got me thinking and I was wondering what movies other SF peeps liked. I...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9056 Worrying - _if_ true.

I purchased a WD600JB for use and hoped to use it in an article. I hadn't seen them before and the specs on the WD site state that these use 60GB platters. Get it home, bench it and the transfer rate is identical to to WD400JB I have - so it must use two 40GB platters -> I can't tell you how...

Hi people, I've been benching some hard drives with some not so common applications and run up a few graphs and thoughts. This will be sort of a hard drive version of DansData Cooler Guide (if I can make it work). Anyway, the first part is only a 300BB v D740X v 400JB (a preview because I'm...

Hi all, Ive been running a few tests on a few different drives for an upcoming article, and I got this sequential read map from a WD 300BB Can anybody explain it to me? I've never seen anything like it.[/img]

Hi all, can anybody tell me what software I can use to enable/disable AM on Maxtor drives? And what is write caching? Thanks.

O.K. What I'm trying to do is optimise disk speed under Windows 2000 Professional I'm using Wbench 99 to "measure" any improvements. With the 2MB cache drives, I could get similar scores to SR, even though it was a different platform. With the 8MB cache drives, I can't get close, and in...

Here is a new twist on credit card scams I think (new to me anyway). I was wary after talking just recently with a friend who is in business (I'm not BTW) who got burnt by people in Indonesia This email just arrived in my inbox: From: noel@feninlambert.com | This is Spam | Add to Address Book...

OK, here are the symptoms: Have all of my data on a FAT32 disk (one partition). This is mounted (RW) in a folder under /mnt. When I access the disk from the Linux (RH 7.3) box as root - I can read and write to the folder. However, when I share the folder under SAMBA, Anyone else on the...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5770 Maybe I'm getting cynical (12~14 hour days will do that to you), but it seems that MS are selling an insecure product and will then charge you for the tools/software to secure it! A license to print money...

Saw this new product in an online retailer in Aus. Harddrives from a mob called MDT. Anybody know who makes them? http://www.gamedude.com.au/hd.html

OK peeps, I'm just a noob at this. I've got a Linux machine I want to use as a server (RH 7.3). Client machines are W2K SP2. Clients can ping server, server can ping clients Clients can access internet via ADSL on server I've mounted all the FAT32 disks I want to share and can see the contents...

I have been using a mechanical KVM switch for a while now (VGA, Serial mouse and DIN keyboard) and the thing that drives me batty with it is that at highish resolutions 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz or better, the VGA signal "ghosts" quite badly. 1280 x 1024 is unusable. So I'm in the market for a new KVM...

http://www.lostcircuits.com/advice/sata150/ Compares a Maxtor D740X to a 30GB engineering sample SATA 'Cuda V But I have a few concerns about the review. The 'cuda could have an 8MB buffer. The Seagate PR says 8MB, but the review states 2MB (it is after all an ES). Is there any software out...

It's now not expected until late Q1 2003, so for us mere mortals, late Q2 2003. http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=80033647 also http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957757.html?tag=fd_top Who's he trying to kid? Bummer... This kind of delay is usually due to silicon errors - 3 months is how...

I've always suspected .NET of being another case of the Emporer's new clothes (a fancy name for passing and working with XML) but this adds a little weight http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5334 It seems Microsoft don't want you to disclose .NET benchmarks. Do they have some performance...

Power supply weirdness Have had two power supplies go bad on me in as many weeks. One has seen almost three years service, the other two. The first was a Jao Jye (sp??) 250W AMD approved that came with my original Slot A Athlon. The other was a Leadman 400W. Both just died. A sharp crack...

Does the KT333 support 166MHz FSB/166 Memory (synch) settings? I heard it does (need an unlocked chip). If you run things at 166/166, is the PCI bus withing spec (running at 33.3Mhz)? Anybody have any idea when the KT400 is due? Thanks.

Just had my 60GXP die an me (bad sectors) again. Ran DFT - "would you like to erase the disk - NOTE: you will lose all data". It's out of warranty but has a history of this trouble according to the logs. Not happy! :x

Hi all. Is there any secret to tweaking the KT266A chipset? I have been playing around with an EPoX 8KHA+ and can't seem to get it to go much faster than my 8K7A+. In fact, in Q3A, the AMD760 is faster! I have done things like upgrade to the latest BIOS, set the most aggressive memory...

Sorry for so many options I've been reading the "Systems that sell" thread and it seems to have morphed into this question "What up and coming tech has your interest?", so I thought I'd poll you people. Do people really care about any of the new tech that's on the horizon or have we really...

THG jumped the gun with their memory review http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020501/index.html Here they are comparing DDR200, 266, 333, 400 vs RDRAM 800, 1066 and 1200. but they included results for Intel's i845G chipset (not yet released). Someone from Intel got upset and the...

Everywhere I've read (Reg, JC's, The Inq, AMDZone, TR) that has commented upon the demise of the Duron has said the same thing, but also ommitted something... They all say that the Duron is to be phased out this year Now for the ommission AMD needs two product lines (Athlon, Duron) to compete...

So says the Wall Street Journal. Hitachi is supposed to be buying the unit. http://www.theinquirer.net/17040203.htm Didn't see that one coming if true...

O.K, I'm sure it has been asked before but... I want to bench some drives and I want to know what knowledgeable people think are good bench's. I currently have access to Winbench 99, and have *no* intention of using SANDRA. Unfortunately, the iPEAK stuff that SR uses is out of my league...

Not rreally sure if this should be in Tech Support or not, sorry if I messed up - but there seems to be a few Linux threads here so... OK, I've downloaded a Linux ISO (Lycoris - formerly Redmond) and now I need to burn it to CD - preferrably bootable. My burning software of choice is Nero...

OK, I've had a CDRW for a while and use CDRW to backup my data. Last night while copying stuff across, I started getting errors saying that the source was unreadable. To cut a long story short, it turns out that the CDRW disk had turned to crap and I'd lost everything on it. :( Luckily, I...