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    lock hide disable partition drive from Windows

    Is there some way to do what it says in title? Basically, I have couple hard drives, (but the case would apply for partitions also.) One of them I encrypted fully, so the partition shows up as unformatted, or raw, from an OS. The other drive is unencrypted, and each drive has its own OS...
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    req. advice for moving desktops across country

    Should I disassemble and package the hard drives with me to carry in hand-baggage and send everything else over with some padding in checked? How do I package hard drives? I have like 6. I could ship it by truck or something but that's the only thing i'd have to ship, not that I have much...
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    memtest sort of freezes

    Running memtest after setting the memory timing as specified and somewhere during the first pass memtest appears to be halted but the '+' sign next to the memtest title in the upper left continues to blink.. Is there some significance? (If it was a complete halt wouldn't the plus sign itself...
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    sony VGNAW110J/H

    im trying to figure out whether the notebook i just got from a pawnshop has gddr2 or gddr3, from what i can tell i can't find this by searching online, and notebookcheck lists these two as possibilities. any suggestions? Usually in these situations I assume that it has the inferior spec...
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    addon or extension or software to manage forum threads and posts

    Is there software, or an extension for a browser, or something similar to manage forum threads across many different forums? RSS seems like a decent option methodologically, but is it actually used in any such extension or software? For example, I post in anandtech, slickdeals, hardforums...
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    HP ZR24W overstock.com 385.45 - [cb]

    overstock has it at 425 + 3 dollars shipping - 42.5 (10% coupon code 148945) - [cashback] [cashback] is bing at 10% possibly (search (aurora walk in tub) for example), though bing is likely to be voided with use of a coupon codde. There is also fatwallet at 4%, bigcrumbs at 5.6%, shopdiscover...
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    circuit board glue

    anyone know what this white substance is called exactly? I've seen it on the innards of tvs, monitors, consoles, etc. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j297/APinn/ThompsonPSU2.jpg someone said it might be white silicone glue, but wasnt sure.. it seems to be somewhat of a standard...
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    hard to remove car hex nuts

    I've been working on a car using mainly computer tools, and they aren't capable enough to remove some hex nuts around the engine. (For this part I want to check the temperature thermostat (thermal valvE)), is there a cheap way to do this?