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Does anyone know what a good brand and model DVD drive I should get. I am looking to buy one in the next week or so. Also what is the current fastest speed for a DVD drive and does speed have that much of an impact when playing DVDs. And one final thing, do I need an extra card for...

andylawcc: On my first IBM HD it did that and then it sort of got worse and worse. My second HD hasn't gotten to the point like the first one but then again I have only had the 2nd one for a week whereas the first one I have had for about 6 months. bacillus: I've ran all those IBM programs...

Has any of you guys out there who own a IBM 75GXP 7200 HD experience any weird noises sometimes when the HD is accessed? The first one (30Gig) I bought made a strange tick type noise (can't explain it correctly) and sometimes it would do weird stuff like sort of shutdown (as in it makes that...

Does anyone know of any good HD testing program(s) which can pick up faults etc. with your HD?

Rain, The reason why I was asking this question in the first place is because I want to delete everything related to Windows including program files, registry etc. (I know when I reinstall Windows, I will have to reinstall all the apps again which doesn't really bother me at all). The reason...

Does anyone know how I can wipe everything related to Windows (ie. Windows folder, program files folder, documents & settings folder etc.) WITHOUT resorting to reformatting my HD? With Windows9x, I could easily boot into DOS and just delete everything manually from there and then do a...

FAT file systems are FASTER then NTFS mainly because FAT systems don't have the overhead in which NTFS has, such as security permissions, indexing etc. However with today's super fast :) HDs, the difference in speed becomes less noticable and to be quite honest, with my new HD, I can barely...

Unreal Tournament!!! Quake 3 ------- Positives - Has a superior GFX engine by far, UT's engine looks dated compared to it - GFX engine with full detail on is much faster, smoother and more consitent in FPS - Diverse range of characters to choose from - Deathmatch games are fairly decent...

I have two questions in which I want to ask everyone there, first off.. 1) Has anyone encountered any problems when using different branded 133Mhz SDRAM modules in the same computer? Are there any incompatibily issues that I should be aware of? 2) What is the ideal amount of memory for Windows...

Quickie... Out of the following 3 brands of Hard Drives (looking for a 20 or 30 Gig HD), which one is the 1. Most stable / reliable 2. Fastest 3. Has the lowest noise factor 4. and generates the least amount of heat? a) Western Digital b) Quantum c) Seagate Unfortunately those are the only...