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  1. Thread: Dual Boot Advice

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    I am a little late to this thread however when I...

    I am a little late to this thread however when I installed Ubuntu as a dual boot system, I put it on a separate hard drive. The advantage of this for me is that if I have a problem with either XP or...
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    In researching the bracket someone posted that as...

    In researching the bracket someone posted that as the external drive they had connected was not originally "hot swappable" they had to change the properties of the drive. Sadly they did not state...
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    Thanks Steve for getting back to me. I expect...

    Thanks Steve for getting back to me.

    I expect to send only about 1-2 GB on this drive back and forth if that much.

    The card I had bought did have an eSata port and supported SATA I only. While...
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    PCI Addon Card for eSATA

    I was given a Fantom 1TB external drive as a present which I can easily use with USB 2.0. The drive also allows connection with SATA so I decided to purchase an addon card from NewEgg.

    The card...
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    I ran this program for a number of days. What it...

    I ran this program for a number of days. What it does is monitor the traffic that comes from your computer in which it is similar to a good firewall. How it differs though is that while a firewall...
  6. Before you click the Sync button make sure that...

    Before you click the Sync button make sure that you have designated a folder in the Photo Tab. After syncing you should now see the photos that you took on your Iphone.

    Another option is that...
  7. KatMac, As you have read here, there are many...

    KatMac,

    As you have read here, there are many places you can go for a custom built machine. Micro Center and Best Buy may be for you as I am sure that they have a warranty on their product and if...
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    Will do though I am surprised that no one here...

    Will do though I am surprised that no one here has tried it. It will be weird being the first.

    Doc
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    Picasa from Google does a great job of cutting...

    Picasa from Google does a great job of cutting down the size of the photo so that it can be e-mailed. It is very simple to do especially if you have a Gmail account.

    If the photos you want to...
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    [RESOLVED] BotHunter, Thumbs Up or Down?

    I came across BotHunter which is supposed to monitor your network and desktop for Botnets. As most antivirus and security software has problems detecting botnets I was thinking that this might be a...
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    Please elaborate. What is it that caused...

    Please elaborate. What is it that caused problems or that you felt was lacking.

    Doc
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    That seems a bit expensive for an adapter that...

    That seems a bit expensive for an adapter that connects to parallel port on one end and a usb on the other.

    Check out NewEgg.com for some better pricing.

    Doc
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    As has been mentioned above, DO NOT PARTITION OR...

    As has been mentioned above, DO NOT PARTITION OR FORMAT as you will loose whatever is on your hard drive.

    Another thing you can try is taking hard drive to a computer that is running Linux or even...
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    Just to add to the free alternatives Midknyte...

    Just to add to the free alternatives Midknyte posted, there is also Ashampoo Burning Studio Free 6.76 which many of you may like.

    Doc
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    A RAID 1 setup will automatically copy the data...

    A RAID 1 setup will automatically copy the data on one drive to the other but I would not stop there. I would also back up to an external hard drive which should then be kept at a different location...
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    I set everything up and it works great. I had to...

    I set everything up and it works great. I had to use FreeOTFE as it will open up encrypted partitions unlike FreeOTFE Explorer (though this option is coming according to their website). Because of...
  17. Well I ran UBCD5 and ran a full diagnostic on the...

    Well I ran UBCD5 and ran a full diagnostic on the hard drive and on the memory. All came back normal.

    I was able to wipe the drive clean and then started to install XP but the CD would not boot...
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    After a number of months forgetting about this...

    After a number of months forgetting about this issue I decided to come back to it. My task was to find an encryption that I could put on a USB flash drive and use it for both Windows and Ubuntu. I...
  19. Thanks, I will give it try later in the week and...

    Thanks, I will give it try later in the week and post back.

    Doc
  20. As I stated above, one of the problems is getting...

    As I stated above, one of the problems is getting a CD to boot. If I can not get a CD that has MemTest on it to boot then I can not test the RAM.

    I will download a fresh copy of UBCD5 and see if...
  21. I had an old version of UBCD which would not...

    I had an old version of UBCD which would not boot. I would get the "Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for Setup" message.

    The only thing I have been able to boot has been Knoppix which runs as it is...
  22. [RESOLVED] Errors and Problem Booting From CD to Repair

    About 2 weeks ago I posted seeking information on a Hard Drive error a friend was getting. http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=240258

    Well I went to try and boot from the XP CD and...
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    What I did was get a second hard drive which I...

    What I did was get a second hard drive which I made Primary and then installed Ubuntu on it. I then configured GRUB to recognize the Windows drive and it all boots great.

    If I want to get rid or...
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    Using Chkdsk from the XP cd

    I have a friend's computer that will not boot. I get the Windows splash screen but then I get a message that Windows did boot properly the last time and will use the last known configuration. I can...
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    This one of them that I need. ...

    This one of them that I need.
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