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  1. maxxpower18

    Windows 8.1 clean install on a new hard drive.

    I just bought an Asus VivoBook and I'm replacing the hard drive with an SSD, which means that I'll have to reinstall Windows. I'm assuming that I'll have to download all the drivers beforehand and install them after the clean install correct?
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    Deleting an internal hard drive I'm replacing.

    My current laptop hard drive still works, but I'm replacing it with a larger hard drive. Since I currently have Windows 7 installed on my current hard drive, how can I delete everything that's on it before replacing it with my new hard drive. I'm assuming I have to delete my current hard...
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    Will the Crucial 128GB SSD be on sale again?

    So yesterday the Crucial 128GB SSD was 84.99 USD and I was stupid enough to not buy it because I thought it would still be at the same price today(Tuesday). The price went back to 114.99 USD today(as well as the WD Scorpio Black hard drives).
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    OEM Windows 7 on a new hard drive.

    I know that if you replace your motherboard you have to purchase a new Windows 7 license, but I haven't heard/read much about reinstalling Windows 7 if you just replace the hard drive. Is it similar to when you do a clean install on the same hard drive?(Where you have to call Windows and you...
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    Data doubler for mid-2012 Macbook Pro, yay or nay?

    I bought the mid-2012 13" Macbook Pro a few weeks ago and I'm trying to turn it into my main audio production computer. I realize that I'm never going to use the optical/superdrive and was considering purchasing the data doubler and installing an SSD or 7200rpm SATA drive. Has anyone here...
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    Trying to breathe some new life into my Toshiba Satellite.

    I've had this Toshiba Satellite c655-S5056 laptop for two years now, it's still fairly fast so I don't plan on replacing the processor, but I do want to install an SSD hard drive and a new battery, since I only get about an hour of battery life on a full charge. I have a Macbook Pro where I use...
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    Partitioning an external hard drive for Mac and Windows.

    I have WD My Passport Essential 1TB external hard drive. I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows 7 and a mid-2012 Macbook Pro with OSX Lion. What I want to do is create two equally sized partitions on my external hard drive, one for my Windows 7 files, and another for my Mac files. My first...
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    Good books on computers?

    I've been wanting to learn the basics about computers, how computers works, what you need to build one, the history of computers, etc. I'm not looking for computer science or computer engineering books, I'm an aerospace engineering student and with the little coding I've had to do I've realized...
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    I have Vista Home Prem. in a PC and I want to install Win 7 Home Prem.

    After doing a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium on my two laptops and realizing how easy it is I want to do a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium on my brother's desktop PC that currently has Windows Vista Home Premium installed. I have the Windows Vista key but it does me no good. I...
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    Reformatting and reinstalling Windows 7.

    I have a Toshiba Satellite L505 laptop, and I used Ccleaner to delete some programs and to delete some stuff in the registry in the past and my laptop malfunctions at times. There's also some programs I installed like Acronis Disk Director that I can't uninstall. A few months ago I was getting...
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    Starting a NES, SNES, Genesis collection, difficult task?

    Ok so I'm buying the RetroN 3, which is a system that allows you to play NES, SNES, and Genesis games. Now, I currently don't own any games from any of these systems, but there are a ton of NES, SNES, and Genesis games I want to get, games I owned when I was a little kid, and games I didn't get...
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    Top notch wifi router for about $50?

    These are my experiences with wireless routers. First I bought one of those $65+ plus routers, linksys I think it was, and while I admit it had a fast, strong signal, I was always getting disconnected, and I mean always. Then I bought one of those cheap routers, Belkin G router to be exact, for...
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    Should I get Battlefield BC 2 if.......

    I'm thinking about getting a second online FPS (already own MAG) and I narrowed it down to Battlefield BC 2 for some reasons. 1. I'm not a huge FPS fan, I really enjoy MAG though because of the teamwork required and epic action. 2. I rented Modern Warfare 2 and I hated it, I didn't like the way...
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    My laptop mic signal is really unstable

    Ok so here's my setup I have my synthesizer connected to my laptop using a 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch adapter and I'm trying to record using Cool Edit Pro 2.1 right. So I start recording and I finish my first recording, when I listen to my recording it starts just fine and dandy but after 3 seconds...
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    Bought a laptop, wannna play some games.

    I just bought a Toshiba Satellite L505, which has 4 GB DDR3 memory, 250 hard drive, dual core 2.2 Hz, and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M. Ok, so based on my research this laptop is not too bad right, so I thought I would do some gaming on it since there's a bunch of games I've wanted...
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    Good place to find cheap/used laptops

    I've only owned 1 laptop, I got it at office depot for about $450, Compaq presario. I thought it was a pretty good deal until I got to my place and started using it, boy was that thing slow as hell. Eventually that laptop was stolen. Here I am 2 years later looking to get another laptop (I...
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    Only have money for 1 PS3 game

    Ok so I want to buy a PS3 game, and I only have enough money for 1 game. I want to get an RPG, but I'm having trouble finding a clear winner on the PS3. I don't like turn based or strategy RPGs on consoles(that's what my DS is for), so my only option is an action RPG. These are the games I've...