Recent content by BukkY

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    Noobie and MACfanboy need help configuring a RAID 0 startup drive?

    Could anyone tell me what steps to take to successfully configure two HDs as a RAID 0 startup drive? My room-mate is futzing with the bios right now but we really don't know what we are doing since I'm a MACfanboy and my roommate is a total noob!
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    Mac question: how good are G4 upgrade cards?

    Quartz Extreme is nice but completely unnecessary. It doesn't give you all that much of a boost, and probably no boost for most tasks. But a Mac that old and an All-in-one unit at that will have many limitations to performance and expansion. I'm almost positive that OS X does not support that...
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    Safe to play CS online with a fresh XP install without protection?

    Yea roommate's off at work. But he won't trust me to protect his PC. I told him the things you guys are saying because I've heard these things before on Anandtech. He's a noob that thinks he knows everything. Funny thing is when he gets home he will only install SP1 (from the internet), just...
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    Safe to play CS online with a fresh XP install without protection?

    Wow being from the Mac side I didn't realize the risk was that bad. Now if only I could run CS on this 400Mhz PowerBook.
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    Safe to play CS online with a fresh XP install without protection?

    I can connect it but will it be risky to do so? No router, no sp1 or 2 no AV yet? I'm writing this from another, much slower comp.
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    Safe to play CS online with a fresh XP install without protection?

    Viruses, worms, spy-ware, all that scary stuff, no? It's not connected to the cable modem yet? Will it be risky to connect it and play CS as long as I don't surf the web or do email?
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    Safe to play CS online with a fresh XP install without protection?

    My roommate's comp has a fresh XP install and I want to play Counter Strike. No hardware fire wall, and I don't think it's even got SP1, no AV. He won't let mess with it other than to play Games and surf. He won't be home to fix it for hours and I'm bored silly. How risky is it?
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    Installing XP on new SATA HD a "no go"

    Wait my friend say it's NOT showing the SATA in the BIOS!!!!
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    Installing XP on new SATA HD a "no go"

    We don't have a floppy! Any chance we could burn the SATA drivers onto a CD instead? Would it work?
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    Installing XP on new SATA HD a "no go"

    The SATA is visible in bios. But I don't really know what I'm talking about. We don't even have a floppy on the machine, maybe could borrow one. The Raptor came with no CD and no Floppy, sealed new in packaging.
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    Installing XP on new SATA HD a "no go"

    Installing XP on a PC with SATA HD. Friend brought home a fast 40Gb SATA drive, plugged it into the onboard connector of his mobo (ECS Eliregroup 755-A2). Windows setup starts to run through its paces and then stops at a screen telling us that no hard drives are available, check the...
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    To SP2 or not 2?

    I have XP installed, Is SP2 worth installing. What are the benefits and downsides?
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    Help me crack this IBM Netfinity 3500 server.

    I can't find anything on there but a request for donations when i go to the XP boot-floppy part of the site. Am I looking in the wrong area? <http://www.bootdisk.com/popfiles.htm>