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  1. RWIndiana

    Best USB flash drive for booting and small files

    Hey all, I just got the "fastest" USB flash drive I could find, according to a few tech reviews: the Patriot Supersonic Rage 2 (128G), and have been very disappointed with linux boot times and writing of small files. Large files are fine, faster than my other drives, but booting into an OS from...
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    Hard disk drive life

    Okay I know this kind of stuff is elementary to ya'll, but it fascinates me. I think my Samsung HD160JJ drive is failing. Not upset, since it's no longer my boot drive. It had been relegated to swap partition and archives. Quite a bit of active use, but nothing important. Anyway, yesterday it...
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    Politics

    Is this topic banned? I'm almost surprised there is no discussion on the primary season. Just checking. :) If it's legal to discuss it, I would be interested to know your thoughts.
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    Library Management Software

    Hey guys, I need a little direction. I have a friend looking for software for their library, and they sent me this list of features they would like: -enter the title & author of a book and provide a call number for that book automatically -follows the Dewey Decimal Classification System...
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    Anyone a website guru?

    I have a website hosted by networksolutions, and I'm trying to figure out how to integrate a google calendar in it and make it look good (ie, fully customized). This page apparently details how to do it, but I get past the first few paragraphs and I'm suddenly totally lost. How do I add PHP...
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    Connect LAN to Internet via cell phone?

    I'm sure someone has probably done this before. I have wireless hotspot on my Verizon phone. Is there a way to allow all the computers on my home network (wired and wireless) to use the phone's Internet connection? The router is a Linksys WRT54G.
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    Any old Miniscribes?

    Just wondering if you all would happen to have or know where I could obtain old Miniscribe drives or parts. Working or non-working, doesn't matter. I need PCBs for a couple 8438 or 8425s. Ebay is obviously the wrong place to look, as they are outrageously priced.
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    High speed and time lapse in one camera?

    I'm looking for a digital camera with fairly specific qualifications. Although I don't think it's overly demanding, I am having a hard time pinning down the right combination. 1. Ability to shoot video at high speed (ie slow-mo). 1500 or more FPS would be nice 2. Ability to take customizable...
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    Organizing digital photos and videos

    My current setup goes something like this: to find a picture from our camping trip from June of last year I would go to "(storage drive)/unedited pictures/archived/2008/2008-06". I keep the movies separate, so finding a movie from the same time would be more like "(drive)/home...
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    Driver problem (safe mode)

    I'm getting a 0x0000007e on a thinkpad t41 with Windows XP pro. The owner said he just did an update. Now the machine will not boot at all. In safe mode the BSOD appears immediately after the list of drivers loads. I was just wondering if the error would be caused by one of the drivers listed...
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    Trouble installing realtek sound drivers

    Working on a computer with sound driver issues. I tinkered with it (installing and uninstalling various drivers) to the point where it doesn't show up with any errors in device manager (this is XP), but the sound device does not work and isn't recognized. It's a realtek HD card (ALC880) and any...
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    Can I connect an EVDO modem to an existing network?

    Hey guys, I got signed up for a free month of Cricket ISP (basically the same as Verizon's mobile broadband) and I'd like to just plug it into my router to use it on all my home computers. Could I get something like this...
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    swapping laptop screen for higher resolution?

    So let's say I have a Dell Studio 15 with a 1280x800 resolution screen. Just wondering if it would be a problem to get, say, a 1440x900 screen to replace it?
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    VHS to DVR

    Hey everybody . . . I'm looking for a decent DVR. One that I can record HDTV (multiple channels would be nice), and also be able to record VHS tapes to DVD or mpeg. And can maybe make DVDs out of mpegs. I'm not sure exactly what I should be looking for, as I know next to nothing about them. Any...
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    Ugh . . . need an undelete utility

    Didn't have time to find one on my own. The few I found demand that you pay them ~$50 for the dumb thing to work. It's for a fat32 drive (HDD video camera). Thanks for any suggestions!
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    Alternate keyboard layouts (dvorak, colemak)

    Does anyone here use them? Is there any real advantage? I do like the idea of caps-lock being replaced with a backspace (colemak). I am, in fact, using colemak right now and learning it surprisingly fast. But I'm not sure if it's really worth the effort.
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    Digital Camera SLR or SLR-like

    We have a (now fairly old) Nikon 8700 which has served us very well and still works like new after however many years it's been. But of course, technology has marched on and we're getting left in the dust again. I don't plan to pay $1000 on a camera again, but we do want an extra camera, and I...
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    Any Good free DVD creating software?

    Just got a DVD-RW for my mom's computer, but apparently Windows XP and Roxio CD Creator 5 Basic don't want to support writing DVDs. Is there a free alternative for Windows, or will she have to buy a Roxio upgrade (or something else)? Not that I'm an idiot or anything, it's just easier to find...
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    DNS and pinging works, but content blocked?

    Hey all, not sure if this is a dumb question or not, but I haven't worked on Windows issues for a while. What could cause all content to be blocked (in IE and Firefox in WinXP), resulting in "unable to display" (or similar), yet still allow me to ping any website I desire? DNS works fine. I get...
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    Buying keyboards in bulk

    There is an offer on eBay right now , ending soon, that is very tempting to me. But I'm not knowledgeable about keyboards. Just wondering if this is actually a good deal or not. It would come out to about 2.50 per board.
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    IBM 9517 Monitors from PS/2s

    I just freely acquired some old PS/2 machines and IBM 9517-001 (supposedly XGA) monitors. Unfortunately, these monitors ONLY work with the PS/2 machines. On any other computers (DOS/Windows/Linux/PCs in general) it just jumps and flickers insanely. Is there something I should know? A "normal"...
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    Good DVD Burner?

    What's the best brand and/or model of DVD-RW drive? I just bought a Lite-On SHW-160P6S, which for around 20 bucksa (newegg), I was pretty pleased with when I tested it out. It was better than my old one for sure. So, didn't use it for a while (although the computer it was in is used almost on...
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    Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S2G network problem

    Hi everyone. I got this nice little board at Merc's suggestion (thanks, btw). I only have one complaint. I am dual-booting with Windows and Linux, and when I boot into Linux everything works fine, the LAN makes connection and does . . . what it's supposed to do. Then if I restart into Windows...
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    Looking for a computer for a friend

    Greetings, all ye most intelligent ones . . . I'm looking for a decent computer, 1.6ghz or more, and under 500 dollars (total). No OS, as I would just set them up with Linux (with their usage, I think that will more than suffice for them). I'm not exactly sure what to look for. Saw some 3.2ghz...
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    Satellite Internet

    Hi all. We're looking at Hughesnet satellite Internet service. The 1mb download and 200k upload sounds pretty good, but I've been reading some horror stories about how satellite latency causes web page loads to be as slow or slower with satellite than dialup, and about unreliable and/or dropped...
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    I have a headache!

    I guess I'm a conspiracy theorist when it comes to Microsoft and computers in general. Now I add Acronis TrueImage to my list of suspect applications. Today I went over to my sister's house to get a drive that I put in their computer for temporary while they transitioned from Windows ME to XP...
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    PDAs/Pocket PCs

    Hello all, I'm looking into buying one of those pocket or palm PCs as it would be handy for study. I haven't a clue where to go so I thought I'd ask: what's good, what's bad, and what's in my price range? I don't want to spend more than 200 dollars (eBay) for one, so that is a bit of a limiting...
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    Indiana and DST

    I know no one who doesn't live in Indiana probably doesn't care, but it sounds like we may be switching to Daylight Savings Time (again). Well I liked it just the way it was and I don't think it will help business a bit. That's one thing Indiana was ahead of it's time on, the time. lol. I mean...
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    Firefox bookmarks icons

    I have a slightly irritating problem with Firefox. The bookmark icons are incorrect most of the time for some reason! For example, an MSN group will have the icon for ebay and vice versa. Anyway to fix this? I'm probably missing something obvious as usual. lol thanks Rod
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    Ghosting hard drive to external USB drive . . . ?

    Hello again. I have a sinking feeling that I will not find a solution for this but I thought I would pose the question to the forum, just in case. I have a generic external USB hard drive, works fine, but is there any way I can ghost my computer's hard drive to the external drive? I searched and...
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    Backup solution -- dumb idea?

    Hello everyone. I was trying to find a way to back up all my digital photos, and I had the idea to use a hard drive rather than optical storage, as it would be more convenient, faster, and just easier to do. However, I was told on another forum (on no uncertain terms) that this is a brainless...
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    Another Retro Question

    Hey all, I have a Link Terminal (MC5 I think?) with parallel, Auxiliary, and Main labels on three ports on the back. I also have an IBM PC/XT which used to be connected to this computer. When I "inherited" this computer, I was (and still am) unable to make a working connection between the...
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    Taste of Freedom for Iraq

    I'm surprised no one has brought this up yet. Election day in Iraq had a better turnout than ANY US election (72%)! I heard the mayor of Baghdad plans/wants to erect a statue of George W. Bush to honor him. Now I don't care what your political views, if you don't see all this as a good thing . ...
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    Crazy question (for this board)

    I know this isn't an antique drives board, but I'm hoping someone has had some experience with hard drives back in the "old days" of computing. I have a 40mb RLL drive that will not format (low level), it just gives me an error code 20. I tried everything I know how to. Is there any way to force...
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    Old Stuff

    Sometimes I have to wonder how retired/defunct hard drive manufacturers would stack up today if their luck had been better years ago. I'm sure most of you remember when Miniscribe's drives were some of the best selling hard drives on the market. I wonder where they would be today if they hadn't...
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    IBM Deskstar noise

    I just bought a 20gb Deskstar drive, and immediately noticed that it was unusually noisy. It works just fine other than that. Is this typical of Deskstar drives (at least older ones), or is this thing ready to kick the bucket already?
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    Antivirus Programs

    Hello all, I currently have Norton's Antivirus, but since my subscription just ran out, I thought I would take the opportunity to look into other solutions which may be cheaper and/or better. Once again, I believed this group to be the right one to ask. :) So the question is, should I stick with...
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    RealVNC

    Greetings to all I think Buck mentioned that he had RealVNC. It's a nifty product, but I have one problem: the cursor on the remote desktop flickers continually when the viewer is connected, so it can get annoying if the viewer is connected and you are using the server. Is there any way to...
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    Advice on buying a network switch

    I found this on eBay, and I was wondering if you guys think it is a good deal. Most importantly, I want to be able to connect it to my Zonet ZSR0104B router. I mainly just want to expand my network, and I have limited experience with hubs and routers. So, I thought I would tap on you guys'...
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    Netzero (arg) and Firefox

    Someone needs to shoot whoever started NetZero. . . I didn't like it with IE because I can't change the homepage. Now, with Firefox, I can't get it to give up IE and switch to Firefox when it starts up. So I have to close the IE window and open Firefox every time I connect. That sure does get...
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    Has anyone ever used . . .

    NASLite? I downloaded it the other day to turn my obsolete P-II computer into a nice little file server with a couple hard drives I had laying around. So all it cost me was a few minutes to get it set up! It's great for turning basically useless hardware into a FTP, NFS or SMB file server. I...
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    Aurora Borealis

    Just wondered if anyone saw the Northern lights last night? Was pretty cool.
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    Shut down remote computer

    Hey guys, I was wondering if any of ya'll can tell me how to shut down a computer on my home network from another computer. I tried using the "shutdown" command, but it said the network path was not found. Anyway, thanks for any advice! Rod
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    Service Pack 2

    I'm not sure if this belongs on this board but I was wondering if there is a way I can create a SP2 disc so I don't have to download it onto every computer individually (dial-up!). I already got it down on one. Thanks for any comments! Rod
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    Old Backpack hard drive works on all but one computer

    Hey everyone (newbie here). I perceive that there are a few very intelligent persons here. I thought maybe you could help me out. I have an old parallel backpack (by Microsolutions) hard drive (less than 1gb), and it works on all my computers, from the modern ones to the old IBM XT (4.77mhz)...
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