Recent content by gdsqx9

Raid 0 is stripping only no redundancy. It will be very fast, but if you loose 1 drive you loose both. So don't forget to take good backups.

You might try zipzoomfly.com. I just purchased a Toshiba hard drive for a HP laptop. A 60G was 86.00. They had an 80G for 100.00. I took the model number from the HP drive and did a search on ziopzoomfly. They also have day free shipping. Lately zipzoomfly.com has prices similar and most...

It depends on how you want to use the virtual software. We are using VMWARE ESX server. ESXServer does not need an operating system, as it has its own along with a small Linux kernal. Server consolidation is a good application for ESX Server. It also doesn't have the overhead of a base...

I have a Netgear wireless G router and I want to add a Netgear repeater to my wireless network. I'd like to have the repeater in my upstairs while my wireless router is downstairs. This would give me better wireless reception in all areas of my house. Has anybody done this successfully? If...

Sorry about that. Slip of the fingers. It depends on what operating system and computer you are running. I've seen computers that if you plug in a PCI video card the AGP cards becomes invalid. I've only seen that on older computers. I think XP handles multiple video cards better than...

If you increase the memory to 512MB or more, XP will run on OK that computer. You may not be able to run as much at the same time as newer computers, but XP will run OK. You won't be able to run many of the newer games, but surfing the web, email, and office type applications, should run...

VMWare Workstation needs a base operating system. You can purchase versions that will use Windows or Linux as the base. I use the Windows version. The VMWare web site (www.vmware.com) has a lot of information on how to get something to work under VMware. The forums are also very good...

The company I work for purchases all IBM's for desktops and laptops. I talked to our IBM rep and he said that IBM will own 19.9 (or something close) percent of the company. Even though IBM does make there own laptops and desktops, they purchase many parts from China. The rep said the...

If you go to www.academicsuperstore.com they have XP Upgrade for 89.95, but you need a CD proving you have owned a previous version of Windows. That is XP Professional. I don't know the cost of a full XP pro version. You may need to check the site out for that answer.