Recent content by jason1781

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    What hard drive should I buy for my OS

    I'm not dead set on a drive under 100 Gigs, but it just seems pointless to have a drive with 250 gigs more than what I will ever use on it. I figure format times and defrag times will be a lot longer. Not that I will be doing that often, but still.
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    What hard drive should I buy for my OS

    Currently I have the second generation 74 GB Western Digital Raptor. For the past year it has been extremely loud and has slowed down a lot (even after a reformat and fresh install). Every time I move the mouse, scroll up and down a webpage, highlight text, switch between programs, and a lot...
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    Flashing BIOS

    Do I need to update all the previous versions of BIOS or just the latest version? I am wondering if the latest version includes the older versions because it's file-size is much smaller than many of the older versions.