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    Thread chaser vs tap

    lol....I should read the thread before I give advice on threads...So I missed a little detail about the model number phht...well punned I must say.:D
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    Thread chaser vs tap

    So much bad advice on the internet..... RiDE (the OP) has a lot of thread left. Threads can be fixed or removed (use less torque in this case...maybe some loctite not the red stuff. Buying a new plug..thumbs up! -A skilled person with a thread restorer might be able to fix it (not the OP)...
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    booting from external enclosure

    thanks for the responses so far. There are more OSes out there than vanilla windows: Linux, Unix, Windows Server, Windows Server Hyper-V core (hyper-v core with windows inside. Yeah!). This is a hardware issue. I have no problems booting up at home. Spin-up time: award for best educated...
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    booting from external enclosure

    I bought a vantec USB2/eSata enclosure and need to boot from it. -it boots fine at home with an Intel mobo on USB2.0 (still have defective sandy bridge) -it does NOT boot on 3 HP laptops of different models at work. -it is not recognized at a bootable device in the bios either -I have a...