Re: [H] dead drive
Thanks Lubomír Cabla for those links. I used to have personal notes somewhere that I had a drive as low as 500G that required a firmware update. That seems to be confirmed in the links below. I flashed all mine proactively BEFORE they might have become bricks. Seagate has a link buried on their site where you input your serial number (or run a program, etc) to check. http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931NewLang=en The newer firmware number (in the Winterlight PDF) seems to be what I UPGRADED TO IIRC... Bummer, I thought they fixed this... I have a couple drives not even installed yet, back to all this digging, again... FWIW: I have an external I took out of the plastic case to test manually (it did not need it) and was doing this full stream on 6/12/2009 with the desktop ones. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Lubomír Cabla 1. ST31000340?AS w/ SD15 has firmware symptoms http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Barracuda-XT-Barracuda-and/ST31000340AS-w-SD15-has-firmware-symptoms-but-Tech-Support-says/m-p/39556 2. Fixing a Seagate 7200.11 Hard Drive These are instructions for fixing a Seagate 7200.11 hard drive that is stuck in the BSY state. This can be determined by the fact that it won't be recognized by the computer's BIOS. http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/ Good luck.
Re: [H] AnyDVD
My answer was too concrete. (And tongue in cheek.) Here is a second opinion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting Rick Glazier From: Scoobydo I think there may be 2 kinds of collectors. Those who leave the seals in tact as a future investment hoping the price will climb over time and those of us who like to repeat watch movies. Having a 1000 plus movies on disk seems to qualify as a collection.. From: Anthony Q. Martin clipped Does nearly 1000 discs make me a collector? :) I don't really consider myself a collector, though. Rick Glazier wrote: IF you have watched them all, you are just a saver... A collector would not break the seals on the cases... Rick Glazier
Re: [H] MS dot-NET
I have a program (or two) that needs it, so no choice. I thought it was a *new name* for older stuff. MS likes to rename things as they make them newer... I'm drawing a blank, but maybe it has its roots in Active-X??? See: http://www.microsoft.com/net/overview.aspx SilverLight even uses parts of it. Rick Glazier From: DSinc Some months back our collective convinced me that MS DOT-NET was painless and may be beneficial in the future.
Re: [H] Insane method for protecting an ethernet join in ahole ofwater
I missed how big is the box, and would it be permissible to splice the wires rather than use a coupler. I read years ago, when I tried -- (and things change) that I could not buy a coupler rated for this in a DRY location. This is switching from an electrical problem to a plumbing one. While following good electronic principals, it might help to start thinking like a plumber. (OR a diver.) I have a bunch of ideas I've actually used, but the box needs to be big enough AND of the air tight (and waterproof?) type.. Is the two foot depth because of potential frost damage? (Or is it according to the older specs of the National electrical Code?) Rick Glazier From: Harry McGregor I am going to throw my recommendation in as well...
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
I have a quick question (I hope). I used the drive and serial number checking stuff at the Seagate site a while back, (06-12-09) and found a couple drives that needed their firmware upgraded manually BY ME, done locally, AND in ADVANCE of problems with NEW firmware provided by the Seagate site for my SPECIFIC drives. This was a proactive step to prevent the drive bricking itself. (Hopefully.) Is this the same problem, but a manual repair to un-brick a drive that was never firmware updated? Sure sounds the same... Thanks in advance. Rick Glazier From: Tim Lider Here's a site that explains the fix a bit. Although they go overboard. http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info. IT is a good site for info and tools for hard drives.
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
I totally lost you. Sorry. (I'll try to be more clear.) I edited the quoting (slightly), to leave the original question. I (personally and locally) flashed a couple Seagate HDs with-in the last year that the Seagate WEB site *model and serial number look-up* thing/program said required an OFFICIAL SEAGATE HD firmware patch/upgrade. http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207951 I'm bringing it up now as I was TOTALLY surprised a *certain* one of my drives needed the patch. I was NOT expecting that drive, AND the one I was most worried about shipped with the patch (new firmware version) installed... It would be wise for everyone to use the checker thing to see if their drives are in the old firmware group. There was NOTHING wrong with MY drives, then or now. This is a flash in advance, or brick your drive scenario. And yes, some drives with *bad* firmware may never trigger the bug. Such is the randon nature of computers... grin More info: (The other side of the coin.) With no patch installed: Anyone that had ALREADY bricked their drive needed to send it in to Seagate.(Free.) IF it was the *firmware bug*, there would be no DATA loss. My definition of bricked drive in this case would be one totally inaccessible. I assume IF you had any other normal early hard drive failures, you were screwed, same as always... (Other than a free blank replacement.) This sounded like the same problem, but AFTER a drive was NOT patched, AND had already bricked itself. I brought it up in case anyone had not heard of the bug, or the patch/(new firmware). Note that Seagate stonewalled this at first, and then begrudgingly posted the firmware patches. Firmware patching was something they had *always* said was too dangerous to do locally. HTH, Rick Glazier From: Tim Lider Hello Rick, I am not sure if we can repair those. Although, I'm willing to give it a try and see. There is a few fixes to the Seagate F3 HD's I do on a daily basis. I'm not sure if the fix will fix that problem. Clients do not tell us they Bricked the drive, LOL. On Behalf Of Rick Glazier Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:18 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix I have a quick question (I hope). I used the drive and serial number checking stuff at the Seagate site a while back, (06-12-09) and found a couple drives that needed their firmware upgraded manually BY ME, done locally, AND in ADVANCE of problems with NEW firmware provided by the Seagate site for my SPECIFIC drives. This was a proactive step to prevent the drive bricking itself. (Hopefully.) Is this the same problem, but a manual repair to un-brick a drive that was never firmware updated? Sure sounds the same... Thanks in advance. Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
We are on the same page. I had a much smaller drive than that that needed one, which surprised me... See other message. Rick Glazier From: Naushad, Zulfiqar I still have 2 of those 1.5TB drives that had the firmware bug. I bought them and started using them, after 1 week the firmware was released. I immediately updated the firmware and to this day they are running fine. On Behalf Of Rick Glazier I have a quick question (I hope)
Re: [H] Channels on Hi-Def Cable
That begs the question... I guess a DVR does NOT count as watching? Is that because it may NOT go through the main set-top control box? I have to ask, I have no Cable... Rick Glazier From: Eli Allen And then to fix that they switch to SDV which screws up DVRs. (SDV means only the channels being watched are taking up bandwidth so more stuff can fit on the cable)
Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives-Closed
I have a sealed box of new 5.25 disks... (Somewhere close by.) And a Dell combo drive, 3 1/2 + 5 1/4 in. I gave a couple 5 1/4 (single) drives to a tech at Microcenter. He was all excited to get them... One would ONLY do the really older lower density disks too... Rick Glazier From: Michael Resnick clipped I'm just waiting for the 5.25 format to make a comeback HAHAHA.
Re: [H] iPad
Agreed. That is why they call it jail-break. When you are in the Apple prison they have the Monopoly. It is no different than when you buy a car and need a SPECIFIC hard to replace part. Ford made my door handle out of plastic and then beat my brains out when it broke. At least Apple seems to be generous with covering repairs for their customers. They make good stuff, and get the repair money up-front... How about the newspaper that charges almost DOUBLE to iPad users. WSJ??? or NYT??? (I don't care because I don't have one...) Rick Glazier Brian Weeden Yep, monopoly is the wrong word. Lots of other people make tablets, phones, mp3 players, and have online music services, with various degrees of market share. Close ecosystem or walled garden are probably more appropriate.
Re: [H] So many different versions of install media from Microsoft!
They might have to compare stickers at the are-you-legit site. The stickers give a good clue IF you read them right. Post a screen print, BUT block out the install key... Let us know if it says OEM in_the_key though... I try to stick to 3 to 4 types on my own machines for this very reason. You need to do a reverse look-it-up. (bummer) Rick Glazier From: Christopher Fisk Annoying as hell their insistence on different versions on different media. I have a client that I have the sticker for their windows server 2003 R2 Standard Edition server installation, but I can not find media that works with it. The media from another of their servers doesn't work, and none of the media we have for server 2003 at our office works. Anyone know of a utility that will allow me to enter a license key and it will point me towards which media I have to obtain to install the thing?
Re: [H] So many different versions of install media from Microsoft!
The plot thickens... (And this is ax-actly why MS does this...) Rick Glazier From: Christopher Fisk Essentially I have determined that the PID for the system is a VLK key. This is not a company that would want or need a VLK version of windows, so...
Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives
I got one about 5 years ago, (or more). They were on clearance then... Rick Glazier From: John R Steinbruner External USB floppy drive is what I use now too at work...
Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives
How about 8in? I even still have an 8 in mailer. Rick Glazier From: gibney Sorry to delurk, but are there really USB to 5 1/4 floppy drives available?
Re: [H] Killed an Old Machine!
Was it a standard install on the first partition of the first HD? AND SINGLE BOOT? Note mine are enhanced single boot... It lets me use this as *another* Windows boot menu (of sorts). They seem to be almost the same unless you got real fancy with the install. If you want mine, I'll send it to you now: Copy and paste _between_ the lines, note it has a trailing blank line. (I think it needs it...) (Don't copy the dotted line.) -- [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=Microsoft Windows XP Professional /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=Safe Mode XP-ProSP3 /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog -- I would use a Live CD of any kind to drop the file in the root of what would be C in a normal boot. I like BartPE CD, but any flavor of Linux would work as well. If you have more HDs with no OSs on them they can be ignored in the above file. Rick Glazier DSinc - Killed an Old Machine! (Not if that is all you did...) Should I be stupid enough to DELETE a 'boot.ini' file on an XPpro machine,.. ...do I have a chance of getting this machine back? Can I use a Repair Install to fix this stupid USER error? This is not cardiac arrest. This is a very old and dying machine I forced to WinXP. This is an Asus CUBX m/b (512MB). This is an Intel P-3 800Mhz machine. This is a machine that has been flakey for about 6 months! This is a machine that does not like to 'Shut Down.' I can totally loose all of the DATA on this machine! I backed this machine up 2 days ago using my M$ backup logic. Opinions welcome. Viking Funeral is in the plan... (I get a Lian-Li case for a new toy!) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Killed an Old Machine!
From: DSinc I suppose my question is: Does XP need BOOT.INI to boot up? Yes, it is critical. It tells the bootloader where to locate and then to start Windows. All you need to do is try different ones, the switches need to be as I posted. When you find one that works, use it. You need to boot to something that will support writing to an NTFS file system drive. This assumes you HAVE NTFS on the old drive. Fat32 would be a piece of cake, but that is no reason to have used it. (There are other limitations to using Fat32.) I'd give more instructions, but I'm not sure how much info you need and what tools you have to work with. Puppy Linux is a good way to boot and add file to the old broken drive. OR you could move it to another machine internal or by a USB adapter. There are lots of ways to accomplish this. Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Killed an Old Machine!
From: DSinc Changed bios boot order to the CDRom. Odd. Machine will not even boot any CD either? BartPE?, XP? W2K? Bummer, you need to get that working first. BartPE would be my first choice. BartPE always works if the hardware is willing... (It gave me some errors recently, but the disk was dusty...) Rick Glazier
Re: [H] eudora in windows 7 ?
I have a guess, but will wait for the real answer... Rick Glazier From: FORC5 art. WTH is it ? lost in tron lan translation I think fp :-D At 06:59 PM 3/13/2010, Bryan Seitz Poked the stick with: clipped
Re: [H] Umm, testing?
I take the position it is GOOD to be notified that you might be hacked. OTOH, it was always EASY to clear up the false positives... ;-( They can't fight you too hard when you are legit. grin Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin I didn't install that patch...just because...you can hide it so it won't keep bugging you.
Re: [H] UPS Deals?
Sorry for the delay. Constantly hitting a Surge Protector with surges WILL use it up. Most are sacrificial devices. Each hit grinds down what it will do next time. And the better ones come with lights to tell you when they are gone... If at all possible, this should be handled another way, maybe like a different circuit to isolate the surge farther downstream from the protector or computer. I'm assuming they were plugged into the same wall outlet or something? Rick Glazier From: Hunter, Gary February 18, 2010 10:30 PM Thanks for the advice Duncan. Got my new surge protectors delivered today and guess what. When the Laser printer kicks in the PC no longer turns off :) So I guess the surge protection on the old UPS is not up to scratch :-)
Re: [H] Vista install question
I thought you had to edit (or delete???) one file to get a menu to select from. I use Vista, but had three different types of the correct disks. Rick Glazier From: Thane Sherrington Subject: [H] Vista install question Am I right in remembering that I can use any version of Vista to install any other version? (So I can use a Vista Business CD and if I enter a Vista Home Premium COA number, I'll end up with Vista Home Premium?)
Re: [H] UPS Deals?
I look around on Black Friday sales, or right after Christmas. I try to get at least 4 at those times. Sorry, I buy seasonally like that. Note: They are sometimes up to a year old, (shelf life), so I'm not sure I'm saving as much as I think*... Rick Glazier From: Hunter, Gary Does anyone know of any good deals on UPS's? I haven't bought one for many, many years and looking at the three I have they are all underpowered. I don't need top of the range just a good deal :)
Re: [H] Phone-internal?
For normal in-house wiring to ONLY PHONES Cat-5 or 6 is a little over-kill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable That might be hard to find though and I never priced it. I'm still using the old ATT 4 wire stuff. I bought a 1000' spool of it. My house was pre-wired when built with a 6 or 8 wire cable. The painters for the seller damaged the cable and shoved it in a wall and buried it by patching over it solid with plaster. I have the proper tools to find that sort of thing. Have you tried splitting your feeds (inside the house) and seeing which section has trouble? It is odd that damage occurred, and it would never? involve the entire system and EVERY run of wire. OTOH, it is like formatting a computer. Sometimes a clean sweep is better or easier. My wires are 100% fished, so I have a very hybrid system of wiring... Rick Glazier From: DSinc Phone-internal? I now appears that my homes internal phone wiring has died. I have to replace it. I remain active via a long phone cord thru a window to the TSID (NID box). What I read says I need to request Cat5/Cat6 replacement wiring. OK! Understand. Believe/think my current wiring is old 4-wire single copper line. I have read up about the cross-talk issues in 4-wire systems. Question: Is current Cat5/Cat6 internal wire single filament or multiple-filament type cable?
Re: [H] Phone-internal?
If you see damage, corrosion, or bad workmanship all over the place then all new is the obvious way to go. I made a living following around people that did bad work. (Still do.) Use the best wire you can afford. FWIW: Redesign the plan... I brought my phone lines into the house and made distribution from phone junction boxes in my basement. (Pick a better spot? in your crawl space?) I figured it was stupid to run ALL the wires to the outside, hidden in the bushes (buried in the snow).. Rick Glazier From: DSinc Rick/Forc5, Yes. I recall Cat3. No. I have not tried splitting any feeds.
Re: [H] Phone-internal?
We had a room on a slab. Hard to fish. Cordless works great, but we still have our old wired phones from 25 years ago and are on our third sets of cordless ones... Can't win... Rick Glazier From: Bryan Seitz Phone-internal? The way to go: Cordless... phone... 5Ghz... done.
Re: [H] DDO question
Thanks, I'll go look to see what that is. They want to get a Netbook to tide them over, till they save up, so I think we can drop more replies unless anyone wants to discuss buggy whips grin I have not thought about DDOs for 16 years... While they loved the old machine, I pointed out it was like throwing good money down a hole in the ground. It is totally amazing it is still running... It has a 1995 6G HD running XP... (Who-da thought...???) Rick Glazier From: Soren Try this one: qtparted.sourceforge.net If you know your way around in Fdisk, this will probably suit your needs.
Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC
Thanks, I'm going looking for them now. (For real this time.) - Original Message - From: maccrawj maccr...@gmail.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC I typed that because it was a generic Asian sounding name. Interestingly enough it's phonetically Faw Joo which is exactly what they do! Fuhjyyu On 1/28/2010 10:08 AM, Rick Glazier wrote: From: maccrawj all the popped caps were a known crap hu-flung-dung brand. LOL. Can't really say that right? (If you know real bad names, offlist is OK with me...) Thanks in advance, Rick Glazier
[H] DDO question
This seems hardware to me. (At least a workaround for hardware.) I have refused to use DDOs for the last 16 years so this is a legitimate question. IF a person is forced to use a DDO for their hard drive, can they boot to an Acronis bootable CD and restore an Image file from an older hard drive from the SAME physical hardware. As in: they want to clone to a bigger HD NOT supported by the BIOS from one that IS, -- in the same Laptop?) Sorry if this is a buggy whip question, but the person has no money... Rick Glazier
Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC
Even I have changed caps on MBs. (I can do NASA certified soldering though... I was Gov't trained GEEIA) It is worth it IF you can get good parts. I researched the stresses the caps are under. Only certain types are good for MBs. SO, It can be a good cap, just the wrong one or type. I forget the exact spec you need to look for... (High stress.) Here is a site for a list he thinks are known looser MBs. He sells cap kits, or pick-em yourself. IIRC, he has instructions/warnings. NO connection, and never bought any there. Rick Glazier From: Christopher Fisk At my company we've been doing manual repairs quite successfully on electronics with bad caps recently (on motherboards at least). It has saved us a lot of money in warranty repairs on some systems we sold with 3 year warranties without realizing that the manufacture warranty was only 1 year. About 10 of those systems have had bad caps at about 18 months of life, and I am sure that the rest just havn't shown their age yet. With a little practice on some old motherboards you can likely get to the point with soldering where it is worthwhile to fix these types of issues.
Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC
From: maccrawj all the popped caps were a known crap hu-flung-dung brand. LOL. Can't really say that right? (If you know real bad names, offlist is OK with me...) Thanks in advance, Rick Glazier
Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC
Sorry for the delay... It was in my clipboard, but I wandered around his site a lot and forgot... http://badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=21 He has instructions. You need some sort of soldering experience. (I was one of GEEIAs best students in class 99.8%, 1968.) You can burn the MB with too much heat. I didn't have a solder sucker, but I did have the wicked copper solder removal braid they sold maybe 20-30 years ago. You have to have bass ones -- and things can go wrong... The old caps are a little hard to get off since the MBs are multilayer, and the holes are somewhat hard to clean out... I'm sure people will have various ways that work for them. I think I worked a pin into and then through the holes while keeping the solder slightly soft and malleable. Experience helps. I used as little heat as possible. That is a judgment call, and soldering the new ones back are easier, but cold joints are a constant worry... Be VERY careful to observe polarity. To gain confidence, try it with one or two cheap caps (generic toolbox kinds) first on an old MB that is trash. One you never need to try to run again. After that it gets easier. FWIW, I cross-trained and could solder lead pipes too... Lead pipe to copper pipe, with lead solder. There is a buggy whip type of skill... grin Rick Glazier From: Bino Gopal Link please? And how hard would you say it is to do this (change caps and solder on new ones)? I've only soldered once or twice and the trick seems to be how to get it to not pool up and melt all over the place...is that by not getting the gun too hot or something else? BINO
Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC
Maybe they add a lot so no one can complain they bought something too small.. (My wife drives me crazy with the games she plays with adding time to clocks.) R-(name with-held for obvious reasons)grin From: Greg Sevart Power supply calculators are almost universally wrong--enough that I don't bother anymore. I've never seen a system near what they estimate, even under load.
Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC
Thanks, I'm going now to peek through the holes of a couple recent un-installed buys. Rick Glazier From: Greg Sevart clipped I have changed my yardstick measure of quality, though...more than anything else, I look at the manufacturer of the capacitors on the primary and secondary sides in a PSU. I've found this to be the best measure of a unit's quality, since you don't really see a PSU advertise that they use Rubycon or Nippon Chemi-Con--but they are far more expensive than cheaper, less reliable components and are universally found in the best supplies.
Re: [H] SSD recommendations?
WOW, ~~$1985 vs --- $64 (less on sale.). I'm stuck with mechanical for a long time, grin Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin SSDs get bigger! http://www.tomshardware.com/news/kingston-ssd-now-trim-windows,9510.html
Re: [H] SSD recommendations?
I have more than 2 now, another reason for staying put. Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin It is absolutely worth it IMO. And moving the data off is simple. If you have more apps than will fit, probably better to think about using a second PC for some stuff.
Re: [H] Off - topic
Speaking of the old days... I sent my late Uncle an EXE that - when run - was a standard MS dialog box that asked What is the meaning of Life? If you tried to hit the Answer button, it raced all around the screen. Instead of laughing, he tried to have a long winded discussion on the subject. (The joke was on me...) Rick Glazier From: Neil Davidson I'm sure I've seen this as a powerpoint at one time or another. I tried to google for it, but couldn't find anything useful.
Re: [H] Cores with Different Temps at Idle?
I've mellowed. From drilling down to the depths of the Arctic Silver site looking for the infamous XRAY views of the buried DIES, (dramatic pause...) I just clean up the cover of a NEW CPU and flop on the Heat sink with the factory compound it came with. (I use retail heat sinks that come with the boxed CPUs.) Rick Glazier From: DSinc Rick, Interesting share. I missed the X-Ray pix. And, now, I find ...
Re: [H] Is there any point? [phone]
The Phone Network disconnect? NID? http://www.homephonewiring.com/nid.html I forgot those letters too, and they still look odd... (grin) Yes, When (if) you switch to FIOS, you can feed the house from that inside jack. Plus, for now, if it is snowing and the phones don't work, looking in the basement is a lot easier... Rick Glazier From: DSinc Is there any point? [phone] I think internal phone lines have 4 wires (2 lines). Normally, I see these as Red, Green, Yellow, and Black. No need to further confuse with various White w/stripe wires. I leave this coding to the experts. ATM! Is there any good reason to have a central phone block/box inside the house so I can troubleshoot separate lines inside the house? Like between ME and the TSID?
Re: [H] Cores with Different Temps at Idle?
I did a quick scan of that thread at your link. It reminded me about the different patterns Arctic Silver recommends for the CPU top surface heatsink covers. They have showed X-Ray pictures of the covered dies, and EXACTLY where to apply the paste. They approach it like a Science, not an art... I assume you saw that, but if not it might help IF ONLY a little. Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin Well, google is my friend. It turns out this temp diff between cores is quite common for Intel Core 2 chips. Many have reported about it for quad cores. Here is just one thread: http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2t=60434
Re: [H] Cores with Different Temps at Idle?
Why not go in Task Manager, under view -- turn on watching all 4 cores AND the kernel times. Then watch - (Performance Tab.) That should show if it is a real work difference. Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin BTW, I've reapplied the goop to the CPU at least 4 times since I have had it. Certainly, not much curing going on. I got the new mounting hardware today, too, so I'll be taking it all apart again soon. On 1/22/2010 5:52 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Good points, Duncan. I had forgotten all about this curing. Thanks for the comments. On 1/22/2010 5:29 PM, DSinc wrote: Anthony, Perhaps this thread has to wait until other quad-core users pick it up. I just do not know. Yes, you could have a HSF issue, but I'll bet it may really be that you are still in the processor/HSF bed-in cycle. I recall that with my C2D's, it took about 7 full 24-hour cycles for all 3 of them to settle down temperature-wise. From what I've read recently, all the new HS-paste(s) now seem to have a curing period(?) DUH! OK. Something new for a builder to deal with. I am still so new to C2D processors that I still do NOT know what I do not know! LOL! I do so know that I love my C2D's! Best, Duncan On 01/22/2010 16:57, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Thanks for the reply, Duncan. I'm not exactly worried, but sort of wondering if my hs/fan is on correctly. If I open task manager, and look at the CPUs in performance I see no evidence that core 4 is the work horse. Usually, it is core 1 doing most of the work. Right now I can seem some rumbling among the core. None of them seem to be doing much as I type this, even though I have a bunch of windows open right now. I'll get a spike once I send this! :) On 1/22/2010 4:23 PM, DSinc wrote: Anthony, I only have C2D, but I always notice that one core runs cooler than the other. I chalk this up to I have a core in reserve for when some problem/program/etc. needs the 2d core. Believe this is nothing to worry about. JMHO. Perhaps your core 4 is the one that gets all the normal duties; the other 3 just float waiting to be called to duty. Duncan On 01/22/2010 15:37, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Are you folks sleeping or working? :) I notice on my Q9550 that core 4 always runs several degrees C higher than the other cores (right now they are 33, 33, 34, and 39 degrees C). Anyone know why? I'm using RealTemp 3.4 to monitor temps. It has been this way for a while now, no matter how I have the hs/fan mounted. Thanks. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2638 - Release Date: 01/22/10 02:34:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2638 - Release Date: 01/22/10 02:34:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2639 - Release Date: 01/22/10 14:33:00
Re: [H] Odd problem with hard drive
At 02:16 PM 1/13/2010, LubomÃr ÄOabla wrote: Yes, it is known as Media Direct HPA (Host Protected Area) see http://www.hdat2.com/hdat2_faq.html#q15 You're a genius! That worked perfectly. I used the Hitachi software to set the size of the drive correctly, and recopied just the Windows partition with Ghost 2003 (Acronis isn't bright enough, as far as I can tell, to copy partition to partition, it wants to do the whole drive or nothing.) That worked perfectly. Thanks a lot for your help! Thane To do partition copies directly (drive to drive), (a single of multi) you need to use the Other Acronis. Disk Director Suite.(10) It is MUCH more of a partition manipulating program, and at a much different level. (IE: It has a disk-editor too.) (A new version is overdue, so you might want to hold off.) You could have done it with Acronis TrueImage, but you would have had to handle it like a partition backup then restore. (Not direct.) True Image is for back-ups and/or full clones. Hope this helps. Rick Glazier
Re: [H] The Nightmare of 775
I said something similar first time one of mine fell off, OVER A YEAR LATTER, and only because I heard of the problem and yanked it off VERY easily. Mine jambed IN THE HOLES, instead of catching the pin lip on the edge of the hole on the opposite side. (I was lucky the holes fit so well...) I asked on another list. (Thanks Carl if you are here...) I was told to make sure EACH corner locks correctly. Diagonal first, and then the other 90* diagonal. You have to use EXCESSIVE FORCE, and YES the MB will flex and bulge and bend around the CPU. The noises will scare you to death. BAD DESIGN? (I have to stop now before I get REALLY agitated grin...) Seriously, When doing this, I pull the MB, and use ridged support DIRECTLY under (and around) the post I'm working on. There is no-way you can do this on the case stand-offs... Note: I think my CPU socket sat too high. That would be a REAL problem with this design. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Anthony Q. Martin Now what do you do? There must be a better way?
Re: [H] The Nightmare of 775
Nice shots, but it helps to be there... grin Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Anthony Q. Martin http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc11/rogerzoul/PCStuff/
Re: [H] Win7 and Digital Cameras
Did you add any software from the camera manufacturer, or allow Windows Update to do that? EVEN the firmware IN a device can make very different things happen. This is in VISTA. (Device embedded memory.) I have one MP3 player that does not get a drive letter, but what shows up in my computer contains the files, in a child directory, again with no drive letter. When I try to play a file it automatically copies it to a temp directory and plays it from there. I could give a step by step if needed, but it is not on this computer, or close by I like cameras with removable media, and NEVER connect a camera to any computer. AND never let a computer write to my camera flash cards. I save a LOT of trouble and damaged files OR CARDS that way. And, USB has its own problems. If things are not perfect (at the lowest levels) very strange things happen... If you don't believe that, buy some cheap flash card readers... Opinions only, no proof or links, etc... Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [H] Win7 and Digital Cameras Thanks, I just wanted to make sure that I shouldn't be seeing an eject. I remember all those Microsoft (and others) warnings about how you can damage your USB device by unplugging it without ejecting it I'll have to search around a bit about the 'corrupted' picture problem. I do get all the pictures, it's just a hassle. Steve Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I just hooked up my Canon 780IS. I don't get a USB eject, but I don't consider that a problem, as I just unplug when I'm done (I can't remember the last time I did an eject device on USB, but I do make sure there is no data transfer going on). I did let Win7 import about 90 photos; they all came in fine with no complains. On 1/17/2010 7:58 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Has anyone else noticed this: If I hook up my Kodak to this Win7 machine, I noticed two anomalies. First, there is no USB eject, at least that I can find. Second, if I just import pictures from folder to folder, I have absolutely no problems, even copying 50 or 60 in a batch, however, if I let Win7 import the pictures, I frequently get Win7 complaining that the picture is corrupted. If I retry, it will get the picture eventually w/o a problem. With the import I get the ability to date the pictures as they're imported. It just seems like Win7 had a little bit of a problem with this. Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4778 (20100116) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.146/2627 - Release Date: 01/16/10 14:35:00 __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4778 (20100116) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4779 (20100117) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Win7 and Digital Cameras
Thanks for all the answers. (Same as I would have said if someone had asked me.) grin I got away from even letting Windows auto-transfer the files for me. I manage numbering in the camera, and it is set up to avoid collisions of the numbers. They just increment up forever as set in the camera(S). Not ALL cheap card readers are bad. But 4 out of 4 I got recently were. Two were USB2 and just slow. The others corrupted the pictures, but only sometimes. (YMMV) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Steve Tomporowski In general I don't install any printer company or camera company's software.
Re: [H] SSD question
I use the term pagefile and swap file interchangeably. I thought they were just newer and older names for the same thing. The classic form of inovation by MS where they use a different name for the same thing. I guess that is so they can tell what version (etc?) you are using. I used to keep my swap file off C, but I move drives around too much, and then the better Imaging programs started knowing they did not need to keep them in the Image, so I moved it back to C which I also made bigger for it.. I did not really get what your reservations were. Sorry. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: DSinc Rick, That is a good point, but you focus on swap files. Think this is a bad focus. Yes, RAM is relatively cheap now. Way back when not so. Yes, hard drives are still relatively cheap now. (I think.) Way back when I still recall all the list traffic about who's using who's HD. :) The swap file issue is just how MS decided to deal with all the possible combination's of RAM vs. HD that all of us really used. Well, and their own bogus programming too! A simple way to market their product to the masses (us). The wise guys learned how to park the swap file somewhere other than C:. Too bad M$ does not give us a choice where the Windows swap file lives... :( I have thought about moving my swap file(s) for that past 10yrs. I have not yet moved one of them! Perhaps I will if/when I dabble with Win7.. :) Duncan On 01/13/2010 19:30, Rick Glazier wrote: Maybe one old idea we need to keep is that hard drives are for storage. Swap files are for when RAM was expensive. clipped
[H] SSD specs.
I looked up the life of an Intel X25-E: Extreme SATAII SSD drive in the Intel Product Quick Reference Matrix Q3 2009. This info is a little old, burt might be fine for early adopters. This time frame only had 32G + 64G in one form factor. Write Endurance: Up to 1 petabyte (PB) of random writes over three years. The X25-M X18-M: Write endurance: Five years under typical client usage. This time frame only had 80G+ 160G in two form factors I have never done the math myself, and forget where I got the figure of 100G/day for 5 years. Rick Glazier
Re: [H] SSD question
Very impressing blog. e7blog http://blogs.msdn.com/user/Profile.aspx?UserID=150067 Member since 8/14/2008 4:32:52 AM I wish they said if that was internal info from MS, if they worked there, or anything at all... etc. They make a good case. Plus, why have one and not use it if you can. I'll check into it when (if) I get one. In the mean time, others should watch the Intel percentage of wear indicator closely. It is a course measurement, but they claim it is statistically accurate. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Eli Allen ealle...@gmail.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [H] SSD question The page file should go on the SSD: Should the pagefile be placed on SSDs? Yes. Most pagefile operations are small random reads or larger sequential writes, both of which are types of operations that SSDs handle well. In looking at telemetry data from thousands of traces and focusing on pagefile reads and writes, we find that Pagefile.sys reads outnumber pagefile.sys writes by about 40 to 1, Pagefile.sys read sizes are typically quite small, with 67% less than or equal to 4 KB, and 88% less than 16 KB. Pagefile.sys writes are relatively large, with 62% greater than or equal to 128 KB and 45% being exactly 1 MB in size. In fact, given typical pagefile reference patterns and the favorable performance characteristics SSDs have on those patterns, there are few files better than the pagefile to place on an SSD. http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-drives-and.aspx
Re: [H] SSD question
There seems to be lots of confusion or differing ideas. Since I don't have one and will not have one soon I think I'll wait till things shake out. I did not mean to put words in your mouth, maybe reservations was the wrong phrase. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: DSinc dx7...@bellsouth.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] SSD question Rick, I have no reservations about where the pagefile/swapfile lives. I was only following the current logic of using SSD's only as boot devices that would mostly be read from post initial OS install. Eli's recent share regarding pagefile/swapfile actions lead me to pretty much ignore this issue. I could be wrong, but I thought the conventional wisdom with SSD's was to reduce write activities to a minimum. Nothing more. Duncan On 01/14/2010 07:36, Rick Glazier wrote: I use the term pagefile and swap file interchangeably. I thought they were just newer and older names for the same thing. The classic form of inovation by MS where they use a different name for the same thing. I guess that is so they can tell what version (etc?) you are using. I used to keep my swap file off C, but I move drives around too much, and then the better Imaging programs started knowing they did not need to keep them in the Image, so I moved it back to C which I also made bigger for it.. I did not really get what your reservations were. Sorry. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: DSinc Rick, That is a good point, but you focus on swap files. Think this is a bad focus. Yes, RAM is relatively cheap now. Way back when not so. Yes, hard drives are still relatively cheap now. (I think.) Way back when I still recall all the list traffic about who's using who's HD. :) The swap file issue is just how MS decided to deal with all the possible combination's of RAM vs. HD that all of us really used. Well, and their own bogus programming too! A simple way to market their product to the masses (us). The wise guys learned how to park the swap file somewhere other than C:. Too bad M$ does not give us a choice where the Windows swap file lives... :( I have thought about moving my swap file(s) for that past 10yrs. I have not yet moved one of them! Perhaps I will if/when I dabble with Win7.. :) Duncan On 01/13/2010 19:30, Rick Glazier wrote: Maybe one old idea we need to keep is that hard drives are for storage. Swap files are for when RAM was expensive. clipped
Re: [H] Test
Duncan, I lied. (I replied to the message I said I did not got.) Opps... Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: DSinc dx7...@bellsouth.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [H] Test Rick, Odd, but not surprised given all the various platforms and channels in play. Best, Duncan On 01/12/2010 03:39, Rick Glazier wrote: I missed yours Duncan - Original Message - From: DSinc dx7...@bellsouth.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [H] Test Odd... ? I got yours. :) Best, Duncan On 01/11/2010 23:36, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm not getting anything.. On 1/11/2010 11:55 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: Checking connectivity T
Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!
Very little. But yes. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG! You guys still run defraggers? On 1/12/2010 11:46 AM, tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: I really find diskkeeper pretty blah. But their windows home server add on is nice Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Tim Lidertimli...@adv-data.com Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:40:16 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG! Hello all, Did you guys forget Diskeeper. Diskeeper is the mother of all Defraggers. http://www.diskeeper.com/ It even prevents a majority of fragmentation. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bino Gopal Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:20 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG! So just got an email for half-price on OO Defrag 12 Pro; so $14.95 instead of $30...has anyone who tried out OO think that it's worth that price for v12 vs the free v10? 48 hr deal only for anyone who registered to dl the v10 through the link Zul sent (thanks again for that btw!). BINO -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 4:00 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG! The larger companies have more budget for development and hence you can expect better algorithims for defragging. That may not always be the case but is pretty much the norm. Right now I am using Raxco Perfectdisk, but will try OO tonight. Regards, -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 1:33 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG! Thanks Z, I'll give it a spin. Recently I've been using MyDefrag AKA jkDefrag. Don't know how good a job it's been doing but I do like that it's real lightweight on the resources. Happy New Year all... On 1/1/2010 12:14 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Read, download and enjoy! http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/special/komputerswiat/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.136/2616 - Release Date: 01/12/10 02:35:00
Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!
I've noticed it is better if you pick one and stay with it. Otherwise they seem to try to improve each others works and make lots more work in the process.. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Joe User joeu...@chronic.org To: Zulfiqar Naushad hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG! Hello Zulfiqar, Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 4:16:56 AM, you wrote: Windows native deragger is pretty bad. How so? 'Cuz I've been doing fine for years here. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
Re: [H] SSD question
Bad idea, you want to LIMIT writes to those, but if you could afford to wear it out, go for it. It would be faster than a SwapFile on an HD. Intel has a white paper on this IIRC. (I don't have any but might have stored the whitepaper.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:32 PM Subject: [H] SSD question I don't want to pop for a larger SSD right now, but I am thinking of getting a 30GB OCZ just to try out, maybe use it for video editing, game install. I am wondering how well this might work out for a pagefile.sys file? How close is it to RAM speeds?
Re: [H] Odd problem with hard drive
Have you checked the drive for any un-allocated space? It is real easy to copy a drive over to a big drive and have it come out smaller (the old size) on the new drive. That happens EASY (unless you prevent it) while doing a partition only Image and Restore. (I came in late, but I read the last two messages in the thread.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [H] Odd problem with hard drive At 03:03 PM 1/13/2010, Tim Lider wrote: Is the computer you cloned it from able to access the data on the computer? If so, then it could be the dell does not recognize the 160GB hard drive correctly. I have seen this many times on Legacy machines that do not have LBA32 or higher drive mapping. This is a fairly recent computer so it should be able to see larger drives. And when I move the hard drive back from the Dell to the cloning system, the BIOS on the cloning system also states that the drive is 98.5GB. Western Digital morons told that Acronis had cloned the size of the drive from the source drive but of course that's a load of crap, and when I rebooted after cloning, the drive reported its size normally. So for some reason, installing the drive in the Dell overwrites the firmware in the drive and sets the size to 98.5GB. I've yet to find a way to flash the firmware on the WD drive. Also, were there any bad sectors on the drive during the clone? If so, this is probably why the drive is BSOD'ing. There were, but Acronis copied without complaint. T
Re: [H] SSD question
It makes sense. Sorry. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [H] SSD question That doesn't make sense. First these are hard drives... not flash drives. Limit writes??... what kind of hard drive is that. People typically put their OS on these and pagefile.sys defaults to the C drive. At 02:28 PM 1/13/2010, you wrote: Bad idea, you want to LIMIT writes to those, but if you could afford to wear it out, go for it. It would be faster than a SwapFile on an HD. Intel has a white paper on this IIRC. (I don't have any but might have stored the whitepaper.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:32 PM Subject: [H] SSD question I don't want to pop for a larger SSD right now, but I am thinking of getting a 30GB OCZ just to try out, maybe use it for video editing, game install. I am wondering how well this might work out for a pagefile.sys file? How close is it to RAM speeds?
Re: [H] SSD question
This is a training class link below. This is not where I got my original info, but it might help clarify it. http://intelstudios.edgesuite.net/idf/2009/sf/aep/IDF_2009_MEMS003/f.htm This is all new stuff, and has little to do with old ideas. Hear what they say starting around 3min 40secs. IDF 2009 presentation: Enterprise Data Integrity and Increasing the Endurance of Your Solid-State Drive IIRC (and I have a bad memory for this) the design life is 100G a day for 5 years. So it is not as bad as it seems, but use it more and it craps out quicker. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [H] SSD question The real problem is with the concept of a swap file. Ram is cheap enough to have all you could need. --- Brian maybe, but there are some apps that won't run well without the swap file... like Acrobat PRO. And while I noticed a big difference in XP PRO when disabling the swap file in favor of RAM; I have noticed no such performance difference in Vista 64, or 7 64 ,so I let windows put the swap file on my Velociraptor, and keep the RAM for other things. And I stick by the idea that most users are putting the OS on their SSD drives and I bet the average user is not turning off swap files surly the manufactures of SSDs would be aware of this. If there is that much of an issue with writes on a SSD then it isn't really a hard drive, and it isn't ready for my dollars. Sent from my iPhone On 2010-01-13, at 6:25 PM, Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org wrote: That doesn't make sense. First these are hard drives... not flash drives. Limit writes??... what kind of hard drive is that. People typically put their OS on these and pagefile.sys defaults to the C drive. At 02:28 PM 1/13/2010, you wrote: Bad idea, you want to LIMIT writes to those, but if you could afford to wear it out, go for it. It would be faster than a SwapFile on an HD. Intel has a white paper on this IIRC. (I don't have any but might have stored the whitepaper.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:32 PM Subject: [H] SSD question I don't want to pop for a larger SSD right now, but I am thinking of getting a 30GB OCZ just to try out, maybe use it for video editing, game install. I am wondering how well this might work out for a pagefile.sys file? How close is it to RAM speeds?
Re: [H] SSD question
Maybe one old idea we need to keep is that hard drives are for storage. Swap files are for when RAM was expensive. My latest box could have 16G of RAM. (Not in my lifetime.) RAM is cheaper and last longer than an SSD. That is all we are saying. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [H] SSD question The real problem is with the concept of a swap file. Ram is cheap enough to have all you could need. --- Brian maybe, but there are some apps that won't run well without the swap file... like Acrobat PRO. And while I noticed a big difference in XP PRO when disabling the swap file in favor of RAM; I have noticed no such performance difference in Vista 64, or 7 64 ,so I let windows put the swap file on my Velociraptor, and keep the RAM for other things. And I stick by the idea that most users are putting the OS on their SSD drives and I bet the average user is not turning off swap files surly the manufactures of SSDs would be aware of this. If there is that much of an issue with writes on a SSD then it isn't really a hard drive, and it isn't ready for my dollars. Sent from my iPhone On 2010-01-13, at 6:25 PM, Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org wrote: That doesn't make sense. First these are hard drives... not flash drives. Limit writes??... what kind of hard drive is that. People typically put their OS on these and pagefile.sys defaults to the C drive. At 02:28 PM 1/13/2010, you wrote: Bad idea, you want to LIMIT writes to those, but if you could afford to wear it out, go for it. It would be faster than a SwapFile on an HD. Intel has a white paper on this IIRC. (I don't have any but might have stored the whitepaper.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:32 PM Subject: [H] SSD question I don't want to pop for a larger SSD right now, but I am thinking of getting a 30GB OCZ just to try out, maybe use it for video editing, game install. I am wondering how well this might work out for a pagefile.sys file? How close is it to RAM speeds?
Re: [H] Test
I missed yours Duncan - Original Message - From: DSinc dx7...@bellsouth.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [H] Test Odd... ? I got yours. :) Best, Duncan On 01/11/2010 23:36, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm not getting anything.. On 1/11/2010 11:55 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: Checking connectivity T
Re: [H] Test
Mine was late. (grin) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Stan Zaske swza...@yahoo.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [H] Test I'm not getting anything.. On 1/11/2010 11:55 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: Checking connectivity T
Re: [H] Windows XP Mode
I have used them, but not that way. I think the licence would be like an OEM channel one and be tied to the virtualized hardware in the MS XPMode VM. I'm guessing it would know it was somewhere else, and want to be activated. Let us know how well I guessed. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 1:46 PM Subject: [H] Windows XP Mode I run Windows 7 PRO 64bit which means I am entitled to download a free Windows XP to use with Virtual PC. I have never tried MS Virtual PC. I have loved and use VMware for many years... version 7 now. However, it is a free XP license which I would like to have for a virtual machine. Is there any reason I wouldn't want to do this? I wonder if I can use the license on a VMware virtual pc.
Re: [H] SSD new Toolbox
It is things like this that make me gun-shy about sending people into the BIOS anymore... (Plus, they are ALL so different anymore...) Especially on the lists I'm on where they ask: what does OS and/or MB mean... grin I thought it was at least fairly safe here. (Sorry.) Glad I never tried that setting. (wow) (DSinc, sorry for your loss, but at least I was not involved, grin) We need to go out and make sure they (the SSD people) spread the word! Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin It is a Gigabyte P35-DS4, Revision 2.0. It's a fairly old mobo, now. Award Bios F14, recently updated. Yeah, not much said about it. Pretty scary that one setting like this can render a system unbootable...
Re: [H] Comparison of SSDs and VelociRaptor
From another user on another list: Apparently, according to Fred Langa, the OS does make a difference: That's worth repeating: Right now, Win7 and Server 2008 are the only OSes that offer full, native support for trim.) See his paid version if you can. (Langa, Windows Secrets Newsletter.) He also said Linux has partial support. I don't want to try to be an information consolidator about things I don't use so I'll shut up now... Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin So, you're saying that Windows 7 supports TRIM, but my hardware may not allow it to work, right? then I need the Install SSD toolbox, right?
[H] Intel Compatibility Question. CERTAIN CPU + MB
This is a real question. I have the MB already, I'm going to have the CPU next week, That is a given fact... (This is NOT a drill...) I have a new, boxed INTEL branded MB: WX58BP http://www.intel.com/Products/Workstation/Motherboards/WX58BP/WX58BP-specifications.htm It has a certain MB chipset. http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/wx58bp/sb/CS-030362.htm I was told with a 99% positive guess rating that an Intel CPU: E5520 would work in this MB, even though the ??(required)??(is it required?) MB chipset is a different series for this (much) better CPU. http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=40200 What does the collective wisdom here think? It would be great if they worked together. If not: I might have to get the (slowest) i7-920 SLBCH or the (slowest) W3520 SLBEW because they are actually listed as tested CPUs for this MB. If anyone replies, please say how sure you are. Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Intel Compatibility Question. CERTAIN CPU + MB
Thanks both of you. I've seen the BIOS support problem before with older AMDs and am very familiar with it. The other half of the story is I won both parts at different trade events. So, I was sort of locked into them with no choice. (It is a long story.) I'm hoping this MB will have the recovery option Intel introduced in '09, where it will boot with a corrupted and/or defective BIOS flash and DIRECTLY flash from from a CD or USB stick. Intel has up to six ways to flash a BIOS, and I've used 4 of them. Thanks again, and wish me luck. I can get a new i7-920 for $225 approx. (I never push the limits and have no great need for speed.) (It will take a couple weeks, min...) Rick Glazier From: tmservo Brief check tells me you need the newest bios to pull that off. No problem. Except you'd need -some- chip to go in it and boot to get a flash done. Kind of a catch22. From: Greg Sevart It -should- work. They're the same socket, but the 55xx series Xeons have an additional QPI link for 2P (multi-socket) operation. Other than that, the 55xx series offers no benefits aside from perhaps a little more individual validation relative to its single-QPI siblings. I'm waiting for the 2.8GHz i7-930 in February before moving away from my 3.6GHz C2Q.
Re: [H] SSD new Toolbox
I don't have them. I'd Google Microsoft AHCI storage driver unless that is what your last line said. Some of the older hits (into the Intel site)on the subject are a little scary. (Seems like it was a VERY rocky road in Nov 2009...) Seems like you really don't want old hardware? or old support. Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin I was reading the white paper on Intel's SSD Optimizer. IN there it says that if you're using Windows 7 and Microsoft AHCI storage driver, then the OS will contain native support support to excute the ATA Data set Management command on the Intel SSD and no user interaction is required. However, if you're using Intel Matrix Storage manager with Win7, then you do need the tools. Now, I never installed any Matrix Storage manager...and I can't see evidence of it on the device manager. So, am I good?
Re: [H] Dynamic vs Basic disks
It breaks some utilities, but that would be a disadvantage. Acronis (for example) was all pleased with themselves when they got back that type of support... Rick Glazier From: Thane Sherrington Is there any advantage to creating a dynamic disk in XP if you aren't going to span disks?
Re: [H] SSD new Toolbox
Wow, scary was not stong enough a word in your case. At least you were ready for trouble. What MB, and/or whos BIOS? I think I've seen that setting in my new Intel MBs, but never looked it up... Is that something they need to explain better, or... Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin boy... I got my butt burned on this one. I went into the bios and enabled RAID/AHCI, picking only AHCI. Well, after doing that I could no longer get the system to boot. Could not repair. Had to restore the fresh image I made this morning. Only had Win764, updates, Firefox, AVG, Acrobat Reader, Windows Live in that image. However, one smart thing I did is was to move all of my C:\Users\Anthony data folders over to the D: drive. I had copied all of my backed up data (which it took me days to get backed up) back to it earlier today. That took hours. Fortunately, aFter I restored the image that had the user files moved over to the SSD, when I got booted up again all my stuff was in the right place. No more coping needed as everything on the D drive was still here and the image restore pointed to all the right places. So I reinstalled Thunderbird and copied all my email folders back (I still need to move the data folder off the C drive to simplify this part). Now to install a few more apps and I'll be fully back to where I was. Big plus to making a small image and keeping your data on a separate partition. Saves major time. On 1/7/2010 3:24 PM, Rick Glazier wrote: I don't have them. I'd Google Microsoft AHCI storage driver unless that is what your last line said. Some of the older hits (into the Intel site)on the subject are a little scary. (Seems like it was a VERY rocky road in Nov 2009...) Seems like you really don't want old hardware? or old support. Rick Glazier From: Anthony Q. Martin I was reading the white paper on Intel's SSD Optimizer. IN there it says that if you're using Windows 7 and Microsoft AHCI storage driver, then the OS will contain native support support to excute the ATA Data set Management command on the Intel SSD and no user interaction is required. However, if you're using Intel Matrix Storage manager with Win7, then you do need the tools. Now, I never installed any Matrix Storage manager...and I can't see evidence of it on the device manager. So, am I good? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.129/2606 - Release Date: 01/07/10 14:35:00
Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install
I NEVER do any type of *drive work* (including normal generic Images) from inside Windows. (Do I sound THAT crazy?grin) Plus, I would hope you DO have better toys than me... grin Rick Glazier From: Tim Lider Forensic clones are nice, but work in a different environment then I usually do.
[H] Software Question, OT? Acronis TI 2009(+2010)
Since hardware users will no doubt use the following, I hope the following is not too far OT. I have lots of different versions of Acronis TrueImage, and different computers. I use ATI2009(Home) on Win-XP-Pro-SP3. I keep up on new build releases (patches), (and am current). There is a feature I USE: Try Decide. I think it stores the phony virtual differencing stuff in the Acronis Security Partition. (I was never given a choice, IIRC.). That is what matches the sizes given, and fills as the virtual environment is used, (causing all changes to be saved there no doubt). Hopefully you already understand how all that works and what the program does and what it is for. The program works GREAT, and throws out ALL the changes just like it is supposed to. BUT the program never frees up the used space in the Acronis Security Partition. I have to go in and clean that myself, after the fact, after the program has finished and I've re-booted and everything (else) is back to normal. This is a minor inconvenience, and if it is normal or SOP Ill live with it. BUT, I think it should clean itself, right? How does this work for others? TIA, Rick Glazier
[H] SSD new Toolbox
Some of you may not get this notification from Intel. It came in the last several minutes. (I think we discussed it here very recently.) The new Intel® SSD Toolbox (version 1.2) and SSD Toolbox Users Guide are now available for download at www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox We encourage you to take advantage of this free download to monitor and tune the performance of your Intel® Solid State Drive. Also: http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-030992.htm Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
What Type and Model number? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS/6000 Even a ten year old Super Computer is a little slow today... Let us know how you make out. (Thanks.) Rick Glazier From: tmservo Sometimes you have to wonder... Client, good friend, calls me today and says he was 'given' something and asked if I had interest. I was kind of stunned when he told me what. A quick phone call and I was told 'yes, its fine, they promised to erase all the drives' What were they given? An rs/6000 in a cabinet the hospital just replaced. 'Just make sure to wipe the data?'. You have got to be kidding me. Yellow truck picked it up headed my way this afternoon. Sent via BlackBerry
Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install
Just out of curiosity, are you working on a forensic clone of the drive, or the original? If a forensic clone, I've tried some creative insane things that saved me sometimes. Give it your best shot before you get too aggressive with it... I'll try to remember the nutty stuff I tried that worked. It was definitely counter-intuitive, AND last ditch grasping at straws... (And when possible, I work on forensic clones to have multiple tries...) If a different program already found some old partitions, I can't say my program of choice will do much better, but you never know. My personal opinion is that 30 seconds is not enough time to wipe the data off the drive clean. It might eventually come down to how much you have defragged, and how big your files were. Disclaimer: I'm a VERY amateur data recovery person at best. Rick Glazier From: Bino Gopal probably check out TestDisk to see what it shows.
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
I did not take it that way at all. I don't understand WHO said this: A quick phone call and I was told 'yes, its fine, they promised to erase all the drives' (Yea, right???) My DR. will not let me out of the building with his HD on a retired machine. I have to take it out, hand it to him, show him there was only one, and THEN I can have the rest. BUT THEN is gets better. I stopped at the on-site Pharmacy on my way out, and since I had a computer under my arm, they offered me their cash register to repair. (And an old printer from the back.) Yea, this stuff happens... ;-( I'm hoping you are cleaning that as fast as possible to create plausible deniability that it was never there... (Either that or turn the Idiots in before you get caught with the info...) My wife trains Hipaa and does very lite IT work, (but my lips are sealed about this...) Rick Glazier From: tmservo Yep. A data server from a major hospital, which on quick check still has all dbs.. Its called 'hipaa nightmare'.
Re: [H] Sometimes you have to wonder...
I did not take it that way at all. See my other reply to OP. Rick Glazier From: Robert Martin Jr. I believe Chris was expressing his surprise that a server that potentially contains huge amounts of personal data (hospital) would be given out without the hospital IT staff wiping the drives themselves first. Sure you can have it if you promise to wipe the drives, won't help if any of the data got into the wild :0 I work in the medical field and something like this in our company would get fools fired
Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install
I used TestDisk when I was having I/O problems in a box that was failing slowly. The MB I/O chipset was damaging ONE of the NTFS things, but I was always able to recover the other VERY hidden back-up one. (I am NOT confusing it with FAT32.) I was disturbed MS always made a back-up for you, but had no tools to actually USE or recover it easily.. (I think they do that a lot. *Sometimes* it is totallty undocumented except to them.) As far as ripping the key out fast? It was running in memory by then. Ripping out the power plug was the only reasonable option. FWIW, I NEVER build my bootable medias to autorun. (Sorry.) Rick Glazier From: Tim Lider I looked over TestDisk and it looks interesting. Although, I do not know if it will fix the problem. The problem can be recovered with either GetDataBack NTFS or R-Studio. I would suggest trying R-Studio first, it is a much better program IMHO.
Re: [H] Win7 Super Long Backups?
I read somewhere that a simple DEFRAG will trip up some Incremental backups with some vendors programs and make EVERYTHING touched seem like it was NEW, and then be included AS NEW, making VERY large files and long times. I have (regrettably) no actual links or proof of that. Rick Glazier From: tmservo Win7 backup actually does something very different.
Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install
I've had good results with a freeware TestDisk. Brief description: Tool to check and undelete partition (FAT, NTFS, EXT2/EXT3, ReiserFS, BFS) under DOS, Win9x, Linux, BSD. [GNU Public License] http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk As with all data recovery, STOP letting ANYTHING write to that drive. This program, run from a different drive, will non destructively analize first, before committing ANY changes, and then only on demand. That basically means installing it somewhere else, or booting with floppies, CDs, DVDs etc. AS said below, some data might already be lost. WinXP and Win7 use TOTALLY different boot procedures, so you may be looking at data recovery only. (IMHO.) Rick Glazier From: tmservo@ Depends. You might find data recovery programs that will run a format recovery and get some back. But anything that has been over-written with the new structures on the disc is toast. So, when was your last backup?
Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!
Thanks, but I don't feel that lucky. Rick Glazier From: Zulfiqar Naushad You could try. But I think the key would not work. Rick Glazier I'm pretty sure it is a bad idea to install the ver 12 and try the old ver 10 key...
Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!
That link works here. (Thanks.) I had previously found it by looking in their archive section. I'm pretty sure it is a bad idea to install the ver 12 and try the old ver 10 key... Rick Glazier From: Naushad Zulfiqar More specifically here... http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/download/archive/index.php?product=oodefrag10pro
Re: [H] BSOD puzzle...
I have a couple machines that are original installs of XP, from about 6 months after it came out. (All my other XPs are original installs too.) Both have had the HDs cloned to larger drives MANY TIMES, (which is the same as restoring a back-up, except to a different larger HD in the same machine). Even my one machine with WinME is an original install... (I never knew what all the fuss was about that one...) Acronis True Image has worked flawlessly for me for years. Before that, Ghost ver5.x... I guess I live right, use good software + drivers, (not too much free or shareware) and they don't get beat up too bad... I do not remember EVER formatting to get rid of a problem. (Luck? or talent?...) Rick Glazier From: Bino Gopal Yeah clean installs are such a pain that I have a IBM T42 laptop that I got in 2005 that REALLY needs a clean install...since it's running the same copy of WinXP as when I got it!
Re: [H] funny stuff
I wish I had even a little of their money. Rick Glazier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9maknsGJ0feature=player_embedded From: Jim Subject: [H] funny stuff Made me laugh. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/12/16/intel_chime_stunt/
Re: [H] SSD Time.............
I thought Win7 and the Intel Toolkit fixed that. (Trim) Rick Glazier From: Bino Gopal So is the general thinking that the G2 is good enough or are people waiting for the 3rd gen and full implementation of TRIM from the get-go? Really itching to pull the trigger on one but don't want to get stuck with something that's going to have issues shortly down the road when waiting a few months would've gotten me a much better part with a lots less issues...
Re: [H] APC Question?
Duncan, are you saying you have one of the whole house filters, and then run clean lines to the DSL (if you use DSL?) The general ?(simple)? way is a filter at each phone or non-computer device. I wired my house different, WITH a whole house filter, as above. That way, none of my phones needed their own filter. With FIOS, that went by the wayside, at least here. Rick Glazier From: DSinc Thanks Mark, Don't understand the question. If you mean the DSL Filter in the phone plug; NO. That filter works fine anywhere in the house. Even so, in/out, this UPS blocks PHONE/DATA/?. Thanks. Good thought. Not yet.
Re: [H] APC Question?
Filtering the entire house requires new clean lines to the DSL modem. That was easy for me, but is un-common... Unless your security system has a completely different phone line and number it would still need a filter in your situation. Sorry I was no help. Rick Glazier From: DSinc Rick, No. I do not have a whole house filter. I use the dsl filters that came with the dsl modem on those house phone jacks that have telephones connected. And, I have a special dsl filter I bought for my home's security system. This could have been overkill because the security system has its' own dedicated line to the out-door phone company ?magic box?. :)
Re: [H] Test
Business is picking up though... (Last message was the 7th., other than these...) Rick Glazier - Original Message - Christopher Fisk wrote: Quiet? Or have I been unsubbed? Quiet. T
Re: [H] my primary system got hosed
What version of Acronis TI did you use? Thanks Rick Glazier From: Winterlight Actually, the first thing I tried was to recover my one week old Acronis backup. I recovered both the Win 7 and Vista partitions as well as theMBR, but surprisingly, Vista still will not boot? This must have something to do with both Vista and Win7 claiming the C drive upon loading but I can't figure it out. I am out of ideas, any thoughts?
Re: [H] Win 7 setup not recognizing drives
I tried to put the RTM of Win7 on an old drive that once had a working (bootable) WinME on it. (Single drive, standard PATA configuration.) There was something about the mix of old and new bootloaders that caused me all sorts of trouble. IIRC it would still try to boot Win-ME, but could not... I WIPED the old drive and everything went well after that. Rick Glazier From: JRS I had something similar happen to me once with a drive I had been using for Linux installs, dual booting or some such. If I remember right, I had to use a Win PE or Linux disk to delete the partitions and reformat the thing, then the Windows installer could see it.. From: Brian Weeden I did not reformat them. I guess I should start there. I found one of the 250GB drives that worked, so I'm guessing it is probably an error along the lines of what Tim suggested. Once I'm done with the re-install, I'm going to get one of those cool SATA docks and go through and check and wipe all the drives just to make sure.
Re: [H] Max connections on a router?
My router will let me set the number of connections. In Advanced/system settings on the router itself. Configure number of concurrent users that can be logged into the router: I picked 10. Rick Glazier From: Brian Weeden Is this normal for a consumer device, or does it seem this Buffalo router is sub-par? I've got an airport extreme at home and the max devices I've had connected at once is 5 or 6 with no problem.
Re: [H] Laptop processor
You need ABOVE Win7 Home Premium to apply... But even then, I think you are locked out. XP-Mode is embedded. I doubt MS lets it be used in the way you want. Rick Glazier From: Gary Interesting...does that mean that if I wanted to download the free XP with the P7450, I could not? And use VMware? -Original Message- From: hardware-bounces So the P8400 has 130MHz and Intel VT over the P7450.
Re: [H] Max connections on a router?
Verizon FIOS, Actiontec M1424-WR Rev.C One piece optical unit IN basement, (nothing outside house), then coax to actual router upstairs. Knowing it was an ISP model, I never thought the model number would help. (Sorry you had to ask.) In less than 2 years, I had an older model, AND a newer model. (I forced Verizon to support WPA2-PSK.) Verizon says they don't hold up. I'm thinking of putting the next one on its own UPS (upstairs). The basement unit has a built-in UPS, but only for itself. Rick Glazier From: Brian Weeden Which router model is that? Rick Glazier wrote: My router will let me set the number of connections.
Re: [H] Physical security - locks?
I think a small bolt cutter would make those a non- issue. (It makes them carry that along, so maybe they would get a little less...) You have to harden the building a little. When we were usually done (for customers), even the Firemen had to chop a hole through the wall to get in. Which is what anyone else will do unless they chop a hole in the roof instead. (Our customers have had both done.) A nice loud alarm and fast COPS are good... A silent alarm and REALLY fast COPS are better. Rick From: Scott Sipe Our office was broken into twice on the same night this weekend...
Re: [H] Win7 what just happened!
Use Windows Clean-up to get rid of it if you have any trouble. Sometimes that is/was a protected location. Rick Glazier From: Winterlight It's just a folder, I don't think it is protected or tied to anything. I just deleted it. I have had trouble, and read those instructions on the WEB somewhere. Something must have been in mine that was being used, or thought to be in use and YMMV... Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Win7 what just happened!
From: Winterlight At 05:17 PM 11/17/2009, you wrote: No. It does it clean but saves all your old docs/settings in windows.old in case you want them. :) that's a relief. I thought 7 formatted before a clean install, but I guess it just deletes, or in this case moves. Thanks! I think it maps out the space where the old stuff was, works around it, and then integrates it into the new filesystem. (That is quicker than moving Gigs of stuff.) Use Windows Clean-up to get rid of it if you have any trouble. Sometimes that is/was a protected location. Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Acronis bootable Rescue CD
(I don't have any 2010 Acronis programs yet.) When you make the original Rescue CD you can have ALL Acronis HD installed compatible programs added to the CD. It makes its OWN bootloader, and OWN menu. One menu item is Windows. I have 4 or 5 other selections. These programs run in Linux, with one exception. You can force MS-DOS for one, but it limits features a lot. You select the menu item you want, and it runs an almost complete version of the Acronis program similar to what is installed on the HD. (Not all features are supported.) You can also add Acronis True Image to your MBR, and have a boot F11 key selection. (No CD required at all.) (Not sure what happens if HP/Compaq are already using that... You can add an Acronis recovery partition and keep your Image file there, but that assumes the HD will not fail. Rick Glazier, Former Acronis beta tester. From: Winterlight When Acronis bootable Rescue CD boots up what happens... you boot into windows ... or do you boot up to a interface which allows you to restore a backup that is saved to your hard drive, USB drive, etc?
Re: [H] WMP11 opinions sought?
No problem about delayed reply. I try to make my replies so almost nothing is uncovered and then forget about them. On lots of other lists/Groups, they fly off into etherspace never to be heard from, or acknowledged, again. (Thanks for the Thanks.) I only use IE when going to MS. They often REQUIRE IT, as a price of admission... Even their Partner sites will allow FF in most cases. On those other times when I'm lazy, I surf away with FF never to darken that doorway again... VBG FF works just about ANYPLACE I go that is significant to me. That includes banking and everything non-MS... When I have (or have had) a firewall that was settable on a program specific level, I always banned WMP from the Internet. Only because I never used it for anything where it needed to phone home for any info or for spying... I guess my NIS2010 lets it do anything it wants, but why Norton would trust MS (if they do) is anybodies guess... (Tin-hat time...) I hope I stayed relevant to your question... Rick Glazier From: DSinc Rick, Apologize for the lateness on this reply. I've been focused on future medical plan choices (retired)! In any case, I do understand what you shared. I use IE8 ONLY for critical banking stuff; just because my connectoid still has some issues with FF that I just do not choose to fight about with them (and/or tweak my PC to SEE if I can make FF work). For WMP, the only time I use it is for full-screen views of video/audio streams from NASA.gov. I do my audio (music) via other means. Think I will finally (!) let XP update WMP from 9 to 11 and just truck on! Thanks, Duncan Rick Glazier wrote: Have it, don't actually USE it. If it is technically embedded, it should be kept up to date, just like IE8. (Which I seldom use too.) It, (and MS-IE8) give me too many Cookies I need to approve manually. Nothing else I use (too many to list) requires manual hand holding like that. In fairness to MS, I never tried to fix that behavior. Rick Glazier From: DSinc I use WMP9. OS is XPpro SP3. Getting lots of pop-ups to update to WMP11. Opinions sought about WMP11?
Re: [H] bootable flash and DVDs
Thanks for the reasons. I do basic stuff and leave my BartCDs pretty simple. (Mostly so I never have to update the parts, like AV, etc...) As far as the USB booting. I made a Vista Recovery (64bit) bootable USB from my CD*-(more below). It works/boots on a recent Intel branded MB and a HP laptop a couple years old, so I guess I have new enough stuff to look into that type more. (Finally!) * This Vista Recovery CD was a D/L and is just like the one that is built-in to Win7. (I Win7 one is part of and easy to burn directly from the OS.) It is the one that looks like you are starting an install, (but are not), and fits on a CD-R. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: CW tmse...@rlrnews.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [H] bootable flash and DVDs The acronis for Bart comes in handy for instances where Acronis doesn't find the appropriate net driver, or if the RAID controller isn't supported.. or if you plan on doing image casting. It's most useful if you're using TI Echo.
Re: [H] bootable flash and DVDs
The easiest thing for JUST the Acronis Restore is to use their media builder to make its own boot CD. Acronis distributes a plug-in for a BartPE CD (but why bother). As far as your other questions, USB has flaky support some times generally, but especially for use as a bootable device. It may settle down eventually. Remember, the main things you want to accomplish may require constant care (and updating). I got tired of the hassle... Rick Glazier One thing I have yet to do is create some kind of windows bootable media that I can boot into when I need to repair a windows installation, or run a Acronis restore, delete a stubborn file when it refuses to delete on a running windows, or a virus scan on a non running windows. Something similar to booting from a dual boot windows PC... only not from my hard drive and able to use it with any PC. Is there an easy way to create such a thing, and how do I go about it?
Re: [H] WMP11 opinions sought?
Have it, don't actually USE it. If it is technically embedded, it should be kept up to date, just like IE8. (Which I seldom use too.) It, (and MS-IE8) give me too many Cookies I need to approve manually. Nothing else I use (too many to list) requires manual hand holding like that. In fairness to MS, I never tried to fix that behavior. Rick Glazier From: DSinc I use WMP9. OS is XPpro SP3. Getting lots of pop-ups to update to WMP11. Opinions sought about WMP11?
Re: [H] WSUS in a repair shop environment
I only Googled this... (Never used it.) Q.Is WSUS free? A. Yes. Windows Server Update Services is free and is available to download at no cost. Each managed client requires a Windows Server CAL. To download the software, see the Download WSUS page. That might be a deal killer... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/bb466205.aspx Rick Glazier From: Christopher Fisk I hope someone has an idea on this one: I want to use our internal WSUS as a patch server for PC's that we repair or sell, but then want to make the machine no longer use the WSUS server when they are delivered back to the customer. Is there a simple way of using the WSUS in this fashion?
Re: [H] Free video editing software which will rotate the frames?
I had that problem with a small Nikon camera and MOV files. I don't think VirtualDub will do that directly, but if you get them out of the MOV format it will. As in - transcode them to something else as-is (like AVI), and then work on them with the built-in filters in VirtualDub. (You need to have the codecs below installed on your system in advance.) MicrosoftWindowsMediaVideo9, or Xvid MPEG-4 codecs are good ways to compress the final output. They are both AVI containers, and the Windows one is more compatible most places (but harder to find)... Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: Anthony Q. Martin I'm looking for a free program that will read an MOV file and then allow you to rotate the frames of the image by both 90 degrees and 180 degrees. Anyone know of anything? This is a two shot deal, so I don't plan to have this need for long. I have one video that I shot with the camera on its side, so it needs a 90 degree rotation...I'm about to do another with the camera upside down, so it will need 180 degree rotate so that one can view it in a way that it appears normal.
