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  1. sechs

    IBM ThnkPad R51

    Anyone have experience with this particular model, or with the more recent members of the R-series, in general? Looking at buying one of these to replace what remains of the Dell laptop.
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    Pre-(For Sale) II

    I'm still trying to clean-up the piles of stuff on the floor next to my desk, but keep putting more stuff there. All items are as described and sold "as is." I accept Yahoo Paydirect, money order, cashier's check, and cash. I will also do trades. My prices are flexible, i.e. make me an offer...
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    How to Dump Windows Volume GUIDs?

    I'd like to try to create an image of a clean Windows XP install with core drivers and applications that I restore when I wish. The issue is that Ghost won't pull the volume's GUID unless I image an entire disk, and, if I don't restore the GUID or install the partition exactly back to the same...
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    Why am I the magnet...

    ... for schmucks in the online personal sale universe? Why do all of the jackasses find me to do their jackassery? Maybe I'll spend more time selling my stuff on eBay.....
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    Pre-(For Sale)

    I'm trying to clean-up the piles of stuff on the floor next to my desk, so I thought that I'd give the folks here first shot while I get organised for posting elsewhere. All items are as described and sold "as is." I accept Yahoo Paydirect, money order, cashier's check, and cash. I will also...
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    No Spin-Up

    One of my ATA drives very suddenly does not spin-up or apparently power-up at all. Beyond poking it with a stick, repeatedly plugging a molex connector into it, and exhorting it to work, is there anything that I might do to revive it, if only long enough to get the data off of it?
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    RAID 10 Sanity Check

    For a four-disk RAID 10 array on two channels I want to: a. Stripe down channels and mirror across -or- b. Mirror down channels and stripe across *Extra credit points will be awarded for best reason why a or b is correct.
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    Noise from 10k Drives

    In my inexorable march away from ATA and towards SCSI, I'm looking at replacing an ATA drive which serves media files with a 10k SCSI. My only concern for such a move is noise. I've been looking at Atlas 10k IVs and Cheetah 10k.6s. Does anyone have any information on the kind of noise that...
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    Why Does Windows Have to Hate?

    Over the last month or so, I've been trying to build a custom Windows XP install disk with service pack one integrated and an answer file. However, every disk that I've made barfed during installation -- sometimes in text mode, but always before finishing GUI mode install. Most of the time the...
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    Booting DOS from the NT OS Loader

    Anyone have any good instructions on how to add DOS to an existing boot menu? I'm not finding anything clear and useful on this.
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    Direct I/O and Cached I/O

    I think that I've confused the heck out of myself on this one... My MegaRAID controller offers these two options for each array. My impression was that this was an overriding option, basically turning all caching on and off. The manual says: This is, of course, different from what I...
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    Why does Ghost have to hate?

    I finally got around to making a set of boot disks for Ghost 8. I'd like to be able to switch to storing my images on an NTFS volume, rather than FAT. The issue is that when I attempt to image my system volume, Ghost hangs on "adding remaining MFT files." The exact file is always different...
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    Is there an easier way to format a floppy?

    So, I was doing some closet cleaning and found a double-sided, double-density floppy which I used to use to cart around my Apple CD Player catalog when I was in college. Not being one to waste, I decided to reformat it and use it to hold the drivers for my RAID card, necessary for those pesky...
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    EPS12V Power Supplies

    I was putzing around, looking at workstation motherboards, and noticed that most of them require an EPS12V powersuppy. This was a new stardard to me. Turns out, all that the EPS12V standard does is provide additional connectors for the +3v and +12v rails on the power supply. Given that the...
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    FS: SCSI Setup, Cordless Mouse, Fans, and More

    It is posted here: http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33737455 There's a reasonable chance that I'll be breaking up that SCSI stuff, so, if you're interested in anything, just let me know.
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    Digital Copyright Protection Error

    So, I thought that I was being all slick by putting my SCSI DVD drive on the unused channel of my LSI RAID controller. However, when I tried to play a video DVD, I would get copyright protection errors. In every other respect, the drive worked perfectly. Now that I have it on a regular SCSI...
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    What about Howard Dean?

    Since the lovely people of Iowa will be gathering together in living rooms and gyms later to argue and horse trade, I was wondering about people's thoughts on the front runner. Later, we can look back at this, and wonder what we were all thinking....
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    Correct Termination?

    For various reasons (including that I have too much crap in my case) I'm using a 50-pin to 68-pin adapter to connect my DVD-ROM to a run-of-the-mill rounded Ultra160 cable. The problem is that, no matter how I terminate the SE bus, my Adaptec 29160 complains that it's not terminated correctly...
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    Ultra Wide SCSI is....

    Memory and Google fail me. UW SCSI is SE or LVD? Also can I use an SE cable to run a LVD (U160) bus? Or are the SE cables not capable of handling the signal? Thanks.
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    Win2k versus the RAID

    I picked up an LSI MegaRAID 1600 Elite for pretty cheap a few weeks ago. Since household income has become a question mark, I'm not going to be able to invest in an enclosure and new drives as I had planned. In the mean time, the want to put my two existing 15k.3s into a RAID 0 for a little...
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    FS: Harddrives, AIW 8500, DVD, Games, and More

    Please read the entire post. This supersedes previous threads. 18.4GB 36Z15 15k SCSI Drive Used Ultra 160 hard drive, 80pin SCA; I will include an Ultra320 80-pin SCA-2 to 68-pin adapter, which would be $10 separately. The drive has more than three years remaining on the warranty...
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    FS: SCSI HD, Fans, Filters, Free Stuff, etc.

    This replaces my previous post. Please read the entire post. 18.4GB 36Z15 15k Ultra160/m Hard Drive, 80-pin SCA with Adapter, 5-Year Warranty Used 18.4GB 36Z15 hard drive. This is the retail version with more than two years remaining on the warranty. Manufacturer's page. This version of the...
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    FS: HDs, 80mm Fans, Cables, and other Goodies

    Rules are at the bottom 18.4GB 36Z15 15k Ultra160/m Hard Drive, 80-pin SCA with Adapter, 5-Year Warranty Used 18.4GB 36Z15 hard drive. This is the retail version with about three years remaining on the warranty. Manufacturer's page.. This version of the drive is short-stroked, so you get...
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