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  1. Alex Ethridge
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    CD Recorder is faulty, help!

    If you knew the brand and model of your hard disk, you could check the available jumper settings on the manufacturer's site. Otherwise, you will...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/12 in forum: PC Hardware
  2. Alex Ethridge
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    Sony CD-R/RW.....pros? cons?

    My first burner was a Sony, sold under the Smart & friendly brand name. It worked fine for me for three years and is still working fine for an...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/12 in forum: PC Hardware
  3. Alex Ethridge
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    Need Advice from Experienced XP Users

    I already had that one figured; but, it would be worth it just to solve the problem mention in the original post. But, all of that is moot now.
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/12 in forum: Windows XP
  4. Alex Ethridge
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    CD Recorder is faulty, help!

    All of the above are good suggestions. I will add another: All hard disks have jumper settings for Master, Slave and Cable Select. Some have an...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/12 in forum: PC Hardware
  5. Alex Ethridge
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    Win2k Setup says the hard disk is not present.

    I FDisked (FAT32) and formatted it with a standard Windows 98 Startup disk in the machine where it is now running--rather, not running. As for...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/10 in forum: Legacy Windows
  6. Alex Ethridge
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    Win2k Setup says the hard disk is not present.

    Using Western Digital 30-Gig hard disk with one primary and two other logical drives in the extended DOS partition. All are freshly formatted....
    Thread by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/10, 9 replies, in forum: Legacy Windows
  7. Alex Ethridge
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    Bad Sector

    Having one or even a few bad sectors isn't necessarily a thing of great concern; however, if you have bad sectors and there are more from day to...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/10 in forum: PC Hardware
  8. Alex Ethridge
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    Relative merits of 5400 vs. 7200 rpm drives

    I have no lab analysis to give you, just real world experience. There are exceptions to the rule; but, overall, I see enough difference in...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/09 in forum: PC Hardware
  9. Alex Ethridge
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    CPU without cache

    Ditto!
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/09 in forum: PC Hardware
  10. Alex Ethridge
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    IBM Deskstar Drives

    By the way, they refused me an advance replacement, citing they don't have any replacements in stock. I wonder what I should infer from that?
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/09 in forum: PC Hardware
  11. Alex Ethridge
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    IBM Deskstar Drives

    I have five machines on a home-office network. I have IBMs it two of them. Both IBM Deskstars have gone south in the last three months. One was...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/09 in forum: PC Hardware
  12. Alex Ethridge
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    Need Advice from Experienced XP Users

    Thanks for the suggestion, Newt; but, I have already tried that, except with Drive Image Pro, PowerQuest's direct competition to Ghost. If you...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/09 in forum: Windows XP
  13. Alex Ethridge
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    Need Advice from Experienced XP Users

    Thanks for the suggestions; but, they are all old hat for me. I have tried them all and many times. None of them worked for me. I did have a...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/09 in forum: Windows XP
  14. Alex Ethridge
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    Need Advice from Experienced XP Users

    Thanks for the replies. I hoped against the odds that this problem had been fixed in XP. This is a very serious problem when it does happen and...
    Post by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/08 in forum: Windows XP
  15. Alex Ethridge
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    Need Advice from Experienced XP Users

    I have had my fill of Windows 98 problems, bugs and instabilities. I switched to Windows 2000 because it is more stable. However, there is one...
    Thread by: Alex Ethridge, 2002/01/08, 10 replies, in forum: Windows XP
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