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    Recommend external hard drive?

    I'm looking to buy an external HD (desktop, not portable) in the 6-8TB range. I use externals ONLY for backups, not for archiving. I normally have at least 3 externals, and backup to a different drive each time. I use Macrium for backups, if that matters. My desktop PC is old, so it only has USB...
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    How can I install an old wifi driver in Win 8?

    I bought a Win 8 Lenovo G580 laptop recently, and it keeps dropping the wireless connection. Apparently this is a common problem -- the Lenovo forum has a 24-page thread about it -- and there's no one-size-fits-all solution. One suggestion I read was to install a Win 7 driver for the...
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    Screensaver and blanker quit working (Win 7)

    Bought this computer a year ago with 64-bit Win7 installed. I set it up so the "bubbles" screensaver would kick in after a few minutes, and the screen would go blank in 10 minutes. Worked until last week. Now, even after fiddling with the settings, turning the screen saver and "blank"...
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    Keyboard quirks (skipping keystrokes)

    I seem to have a black thumb with keyboards lately. I've been using a Logitech Wave wireless keyboard and mouse for years, but a month or so ago, the keyboard started typing multiple duplicate characters when I pressed a key, and if I hit the delete key, it would delete more than the characters...
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    Recommend DVD recorder

    I think my old Panasonic DMR-EZ47V is fixin' to die. It started making weird mechanical noises (intermittent rattling or vibrating sounds) about two days ago. It still reads and writes DVDs, but that noise can't be good. It only makes the noise when there's a disk in the drive, regardless of...
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    Recommend 1TB external drive?

    I've always bought Seagate externals, partly because of their 5-year warranties (all of the other externals I've looked at have only 1-year warranties), but the last one I bought is "clicky," although it's working fine. I searched the forum and someone else had the problem and I'll probably try...
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    Backup software similar to DriveImage?

    I just got a Win 7 PC, so I need new backup software. I've been using Powerquest DriveImage 7 for many years, but it won't run on Win 7. I'd like a program that's similar -- backs up entire drives while Windows is running, creates compressed backup files, and those files can be browsed in the...
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    File sharing amongst 4 computers

    I got a new Win 7 desktop PC, and haven't had much luck setting up file sharing with my old XP desktop PC, an XP laptop, and a MacBook. Most important thing is to get it to work with the two desktop PCs. The FiOS router's connected to the Win 7 box. XP box is wired to the router, the laptops...
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    RAID trouble

    I'm not technical, so please bear with me. I have a custom-built PC (almost 2 yrs old) with an LSI SCSI Megaraid 320-2x. The drives are Seagate 15K 147GB SCA drives. The PC started beeping in the middle of the night, and by the time I got downstairs to check it out, it was doing a continuous...
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    CD/DVD file cataloging software

    I'm using XP. I archive job files onto CDs and DVDs, and have literally hundreds of disks that have to be cataloged. I currently use an old file cataloging program that is no longer being maintained or updated (the company has disappeared), and I'd like to find a better, faster program...