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    HD Image File Size?

    Either way, pretty impressive bit of software! It did it in less than 5 minutes!
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    HD Image File Size?

    I cant think of a way of doing that without wiping another drive/wiping the original? It was a pretty minimal win7 install. Just had a look on the original drive to see that I had a 6gb hibernate file (I thought I got rid of this) and 8gb page file so that's only 23gb of actual files.
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    Any Good Headphones for Music?

    ATH-M50 are pretty good. I have Shure SRH-840, which I love. AKG 701s are awesome but open backed so everyone can hear your tunez. I would generally avoid anything endorsed (Dre) or Bose, which are not high end, just expensive. Credentials: professional audio engineer.
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    HD Image File Size?

    Hey all, I had a really particular OS setup on an old SSD which I want to re-use for something else. I made an image of the drive using Macrium Reflect, and it went from 36.9gb to 13.7, does that seem right? I realise it removes the page file etc, but that seems too small to me? Cheers!
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    HP Probook Graphics Card Replacement

    Hello all, Having spent a fair while trying to get the ATI 7470m switchable graphics working in my HP Probook 4530s, I've come to the conclusion that the chip is fried. It no longer boots with the card enabled, even with a fresh install and any combination of drivers. I've heard this is a...
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    Partition Recovery Not Working

    Hey all, I'm trying to recover a 1tb hard drive. I've done this a few times (I seem to have terrible luck with hard drives) so I'm not a total noob with this kind of thing. It was actually backed up till about 1 week ago (I had to reuse the backup for something else and I didn't check the...
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    Upgrade - CPU Bottleneck?

    Hi all, I'm thinking of reviving my old gaming PC on the cheap and had a quick question about the CPU. As my budget is pretty limited I'd like to avoid upgrading the motherboard/ram. I already have an old MSI p43 NEO3-F and 8gb of DDR2. The fastest CPU this motherboard can support is the...
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    Upgrade - CPU Bottleneck?

    Hi all, I'm thinking of reviving my old gaming PC on the cheap and had a quick question about the CPU. As my budget is pretty limited I'd like to avoid upgrading the motherboard/ram. I already have an old MSI p43 NEO3-F and 8gb of DDR2. The fastest CPU this motherboard can support is the...
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    Laptop Wont Boot from SSD

    Bump! I'm totally stuck with this :(
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    Laptop Wont Boot from SSD

    Hi all, I've been tearing hair out for the last couple of weeks trying to solve this, but I have now admitted defeat so I need some expert advice. I wasn't sure if I should put this here or in the laptop section so feel free to move it. This got a little long winded so to sum up: Sandisk SSD...