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Oops. WinDirStat Piyono

I just started using purl=http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/]WinDirStat[/url] and I can't remember how I got by without it. Honest. Piyono

I've been using MD5 for Win32 for quite a while. right click on any file and choose "Hash file" from the context menu. Couldn't be simpler. http://digestit.kennethballard.com/ Piyono

Well, I tell ya, I like good ol' AVG Free. It does it's thing and it doesn't cramp my style. Dig? Piyono

[at BT's prompting Piyono enjoys a quiet chuckle at his own expense] OK, back to business... My system may be humming along innocently now, but there remain some answers at large: • The strange case of Dr. DMP60 and Mr. "!!!Maytor!!! DMQ40!!!!!!!!!" (currently no signs of identity crisis). •...

Whoda thunk... Maxtor's own MaxBlast software handled the job without a hitch. However, the drive has to be on a controller that recognizes the higher sectors. My USB2 enclosure acknowledges only about 131 of my drive's 250MB, whereas my motherboard sees it in it's entirety. Formatted in on...

Now, what I am about to tell you (O, internet community at large) I give over in the strictest of confidence, as I could have a hard time living this one down if the details find the wrong ears... Remember WD800JB? As it turns out it is I, and not he (drives are male, right?) who is...

OK, Recovered, the Outlook files. Now I'm left with a brain-dead WD800JB. I've spent the last half hour calling every number I could find on the Western Digital website hoping to sweet talk someone into selling me a replacement logic board or issuing me an RMA with the guarantee that my own...

The two newest casualties of my negligence are my current Outlook.pst file and a WD 800JB. The outlook file because it got wiped out in the shuffle and the drive because I just pulled the ribbon cable while the computer was powered on. I suppose I could be having a worse day, but I cannot...

Hey, Handy, I'm familiar with the sight of failed caps, but thanks for the refresher. :) On with the saga: With my data safely backed up I went about manually replacing system files until I could boot from DMP60 again as I have some work that was due on Friday and figured it's worth getting...

I'll give it a shot. Piyono

Also, Mubs, if you'll notice, I have two good reasons to suspect that the DMP60 is failing. First, the wacky BIOS detection names, and second (which I neglected to mention) is the fact that there are two other drives in my system which have been powered, obviously, off the same power supply for...

MaxBurn, Powering up (solely) the MLII with no data cable is precisely what I did. The system blinks on and off in an instant but the power light stays on, leaving me to either unplug the mains or to hold the power switch in for 5 second in order to power down. Mubs, you make a good point but...

My primary hard drive (Maxtor DMP60 40GB) had been acting up for the past few months; sometimes it would spin down out of the blue, crashing my system; sometimes it would refuse to spin up when I was booting. I had beed putting off buying a replacement but the situation was getting worse so a...

iGary, I'd need OSX to write to this drive as well as read off it. Buck, no files will even approach 4GB. I didn't try FDISK or FORMAT yet. Partially because I didn't think of it and partly because my computer is now officially on the fritz. I'm starting a new thread about that as soon as I...

Partition Magic is starting to do strange things in its old age. Well... good to know that I'm not the one doing something wrong, for once. I Found something called Partition Star but it won't run for reasons unknown. On with the search. Are there any grasrootz partitioning appz out there with...

I've gone the two-smaller-partitions route, but I'm not happy about it. I'd still like one monsterous volume. ]-[

I just purchased a 250GB Maxtor MaxLineII PATA drive (7Y250P0) and I've installed it on a channel of the auxiliary IDE controller of my Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2, where I'm trying to format it as a single 250GB FAT32 volume for use as a backup drive in my external enclosure. Problems are that a)...

Oxford couldn't possibly be the only company that makes a decent 1394 bridge. Not anymore. For what it's worth, I've had good experiences with enclosures from these companies so far: DataOne FR-939 Bytecc ME-350, ME-320 The FR-939 and ME-350 have built-in power supplies, which I always look...

I always get modems in anti-static bags from suppliers. Guess the difference in buying a retail box is the software, huh? In any case, my search for fax freeware is not over. I'll report back if I find something. Piyono

Sorry to veer this thread off topic, but what's the purpose of that blue multi-pin slot near the CPU socket? Also, what's with this this new trend of dual integrated LAN? Does this fill any real-world need for the average gamer or power user? I feel so 'out of the loop'. ]-[

I suppose everyone here pays for their fax software... :p ]-[

Hi, folks... Looking for some free fax software that runs on Win98. Nothing fancy- just send and recieve. Gotta be free, tho. Thanks, Piyono

Can someone tell me why I get this message when I try to execute ipconfig /flushdns: "Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cacher: Function failed during execution." ? Piyono

Well, the problems seems to have lessened a bit, but it is still apparent. Bakewry, I ping just fine, thanks. :) Invoking 'ipconfig /flushdns', however, was not as successful: "Function failed during execution". No explanation given. Definately no unauthorized software. I'd never be able to...

In the last few days I've been experiencing a general slowdown when accessing the web through a browser, and also, perhaps during email checking and Instant Messaging, although it's most apparent when surfing. Symptom 1: When surfing, the browser is returning "can't find requested page" errors...

Well, it's reassuring to see that I'm in good company, at least... Thanks, folks. ]-[

...And it's not just on my computer. I've noticed on many machines that when a CD or DVD is spinning up there are a few seconds where the system is so bogged down that even the mouse doesn't move. I became painfully aware of this today as I was ripping a CD to my music drive (and compressing it...

To another drive and then back... interesting. I'll give it a try. ]-[

Under WindowsXP, how long should the transfer of a 519MB file take: - between two hard drives on two separate controllers - between two locations on one hard drive - between two hard drives on the same IDE channel given a 7200RPM, 8MB cache drive of average performance. I'm asking because it...

It's a steal (well, an aluminium) at only US$3299.00! Are there any PC video cards that support dual DVI outputs at the 30" Cinema Display's resoltion? Piyono

Depends on your requirements, no? My requirements, for example include the storage, management and display of some 27,000 digital photographs. As I'm a creature of habit I use sucky, bloated ACDSee 6 (although it does have a lot of handy dings and fhweeeets), but I also enjoy using IrfanView...

Unlike the arbitrary sizes defined in HTML, which browsers can manipulate, CSS allows the web designer to specify (in points or pixels) absolute font sizes, over which your browser has no control. Could be this page uses CSS to define its text sizes. Piyono

But wasn't hot-swap-ability part of the whole SATA schpeil, what with the ground connectors terminating first and all? Piyono

While we're on the topic... How, exactly, does hot-swapping work in, say Windows XP? I don't see any obvious way to unmount a drive from My Computer or a right-click menu... ]-[

What's a popular brand? Lian Li? Kingston? Are there some standard form factors that allow caddies from different manufacturers to mate or are they all proprietary? ]-[

mDOG, That's exactly the kind of thing I want to avoid. Several websites are parroting an article on restoring the XP bootstrap loader: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm Is this accurate? Safe? Piyono

The Windows 98 partition on my parents' XP / 98 dual-boot machine is due for a format/reinstall, but I fear for the XP boot loader, which will most likely be overwritten in the reinstallation process. Unfortunately, 98 is a necessary evil in this household, so *not* reinstalling it is *not* an...

I just noticed that the activiy meters on my ZoneAlarm tray icon never stop bouncing, even when I'm not running any internet-enbled software. I've checked the processes list several times but dont' see anything that looks like to be online. ZoneAlarm, itself, has a little indicator with blinking...

Call me a sucker, but that sorta stuff gets to me. ]-[

In case none of you bothered already: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1153012 http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030718S0038 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112939,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1238782,00.asp Piyono

I'm still running XP pre-SP1, partially because of all the privacy broohaha surrounding it on its release, and partially because I really had no compelling need to upgrade. Lately, however, I've been having issues with some USB 2.0 hard drives and I've also wanted to install some MS Power Toys...

It's weird. I tried a variety of schemes to get these files to copy. Changing the extension didn't help, but shortening the file name to 3 letters+extension worked. Once. With one of the filesI got curious and tried copying the files a few more times to see what other methods worked, but...

Oh, also worth pointing out is that the souce drive is internal FAT32 and the target drive is external FAT32 on the VIA KT266 USB2.0 bus. Windows XP is Pre-SP1. Piyono

I just performed a backup of my photo directory between two drives using XXcopy. The operation ran without a hitch with the exception of three files which didn't copy. I tried to copy the individual files by drag'n'drop-ing them under Windows (XP pre-SP1) folders but they again didn't copy...

I've had a passing interest in alternative keyboards for a while and in my travels I happened upon some interesting websites. KeyAlt sells all sorts of wacky designs from different manufacturers. Models range in price from reasonable to ridiculous. http://www.keyalt.com/kkeybrdp.htm My biggest...

Never mind. There's a DIP switch (!) on the motherboard that selects between 100MHz and 133MHz FSB. Flipped it the other way and - viola! - 2400+. Who still uses DIP switches to set FSB and multiplier? Yeesh! (ah, well, better than jumpers) Piyono

Here's what CPUID has to say on the matter: Piyono

I just upgraded an (OEM) AthlonXP 1600+ to a (retail) 2400+, both are 266FSB chips. My motherboard (Gigabyte GA-7VRX rev2.0), however reports the chip as an 1800+ when the system clock in the BIOS is set to "By Hardware", that is, default/not overclocked. The latest BIOSes, (F6 and onwards -- I...

Hey folks. I heard some talk recently about creating a partition for installed software and leaving the system partition for Windows. Wondering if there's any point in this practice. Seems futile to me but perhaps I'm just ignorant. It's happened before. Anyone? ]-[