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    question about my hard drive

    hi, i have a western digital 120gb hard drive. i was downloading off an ftp, and suddenly, i like one error message after another "cannot write to drive" or something, and i check exploror and my drive isnt there and then i restart my computor, and it goes into this windows thing where its like...
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    Delete partition????

    ok ive got one 80gig hd partitioned into one 60gig and one 20gig. The 60gig partition has winxp running on it and the 20gig partition has win98 running on it. I want to delete the 20gig partition thats running win98. Can i do this without hurting the winxp partition? I basicly want to make the...
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    When is 5400rpm faster than 7200rpm?

    Hello; I would like to see a test at Tomshardware which shows at what point 5400rpm drives with high data-density per platter become faster than 7200 rpm drives with lower data-density. To test this, we should make sure that all drives tested have the same amount of platters and heads. The...
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    *Yamaha CRW-F1*

    Guess what this foolish old man did last week?? I "pre-ordered" the new YAMAHA CRW-F1 with Yamaha's Exclusive DiscT@2™ Laser Labeling System. It should be shipping on August 1st. (It already hit my charge card!) An expensive toy? I certainly hope not...... I'll keep this post active with...
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    IDE connections

    Can I connect 3 drives with a single IDE cable,comes with 4 connectors,in a single channel? If so, How do I change the configuration so the computer can recognize the drives. <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by jcfl1003 on 08/14/02 04:01 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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    exploding cdrom drives

    lol!, it might be old news for some. but this is the first time i have seen it and its hillariously dumb...whatta world! I guess in the future instead of bombs by mail, it will be bombs by cdroms. or maybe make a spinfusor (for those who play tribes2) out of a "killer" gaming machine...
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    Accidentally inserted headphone connector to usb

    Hello, I have accidentally inserted headphone connector to usb. Now the sound seems distorted when playing in stereo, but works fine on mono, also the usb ports on the front panel of my PC doesn't work. The PC still functions as I am typing in it. Now, is there a way for me to make the front...
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    Need something cool for a 5.25" bay

    I need to get a really sweet looking front panel system-monitoring device that has USB & IEEE1394 ports on it, for my new monster workstation system. Hopefully something that will monitor lots of temperatures in the case, at least more than two, but it doesn't need to have any fan monitoring on...
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    Roundup: 3 New Beginner DSLRs

    Canon, Nikon and Olympus present upgraded DSLRs for people thinking about getting their feet wet in the world of detachable-lens photography. Roundup: 3 New Beginner DSLRs : Read more
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    Danger, High CPU temps

    I just recently put this rig together. Few hours ago actually Antec 650 Earthwatts PSU GTX 460 i5-760 EVGA P55 V G.SKILL ECO Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBECO A DVD drive and a Harddrive Got a cool Antec tricool fan in there too Anyway. Everything booted okay, and everything runs...