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    Weird delay problem with internet (FF & OE)

    @ Bill / I checked, there's no spin down or anything like that set on ON.. I ran Process Explorer, but not sure what to look for really. I watched it when a freeze happened, but didn't see anything strange. FF shot up in processor needs and it's ram usage increased, but nothing else really...
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    Weird delay problem with internet (FF & OE)

    Hi Larry, thx for reply.. I don't think my HD is failing. There's no weird sound or anything like that. I use WD Black for OS and it's the same setup since I build the system about 2 years ago. I now noticed the same problem with emails from FB. I get FB email status report for my FB Page...
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    Weird delay problem with internet (FF & OE)

    Nobody has any idea what could be wrong? :(
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    Weird delay problem with internet (FF & OE)

    Hi folks.. for the past month or so, I've noticed some weird delays in my system, mainly with my browser and/or Outlook Express when clicking/opening/saving links. I first noticed the problem on Facebook. When I would first open the FB page from a tab link, the fb site would open, but...
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    Data / HDD encryption

    We're getting a bit OT here, but anyhow.. I do use external service for my most important files (around 10GB), but not for all my files (750GB+). It's simply not practical. Even with broadband connection, it takes a LONG time to upload 30-50GB that I do in a month. I was planning to encrypt one...
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    Erasing drive with TC volume ?

    Thanks guys! @sourceninja: I installed Eraser few days ago, but soon removed it. It always crashed when I started it (the new, 6 version) :/ It seems to work similarly to PGP Shredder anyhow, so... @blackangst1: great, now I feel safe to pass them on :)
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    Erasing drive with TC volume ?

    I did not use Quick Format option. Since I used the whole partition on the drive for TC volume, there isn't any "free space", right? I'm erasing the drive that's connected via usb, so I didn't use that dban thingy, don't want to erase all the drives it finds ;)
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    Erasing drive with TC volume ?

    Well, I think I can answer my own question.. it seems to work. I first formatted the drive, then created a TC volume on the whole drive and formatted the drive again. I then used 3 recovery software tools, 2 didn't do anything (reported empty drive), PC Inspector however did find files, BUT it...
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    Erasing drive with TC volume ?

    Hi folks! I have a bunch of "small" drives that don't need anymore and will give them to some friends that can use them. So I'd like to wipe them clean, before giving them out. I have PGP and it's shredder is good for safely deleting files, but it's too slow for the whole drive. Now I'm...
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    Data / HDD encryption

    Thx guys! @oakenfold: winzip is not an option. I need encryption for my working drive (which I access daily) as well, not just backups. @blackangst1: I do understand how TC works, I've actually read the whole manual ;) My point was, I still have all the files inside one container/drive...
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    Data / HDD encryption

    Thx guys! @oakenfold: winzip is not an option. I need encryption for my working drive (which I access daily) as well, not just backups. @blackangst1: I do understand how TC works, I've actually read the whole manual ;) My point was, I still have all the files inside one container/drive, so if...
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    Data / HDD encryption

    Yes, I know I can encrypt the whole drive (doing this as I type; for test purposes), BUT the same problem remains. If there's one error, one corruption, I can't access anything on the whole drive, correct? I've read loads of posts on TC forum and saw loads of horror stories.. people lost the...
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    Data / HDD encryption

    @ blackangst1: well, yeah. If I have a container sized 1TB, OS sees it as one file, so if that "file" corrupts, I loose everything. Right? @ n0cmonkey: I would actually prefer to encrypt the whole drive. My "Work" drive is divided in 3 parts: Web, Design and Photo. I'd prefer to encrypt...
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    Data / HDD encryption

    Thx for reply Blackangst1! I've been playing with TC for a while now, it does seem to work nicely. But my main concern is the possibility of an error in a single file corrupting the whole volume :S That sounds scary to me. I was hoping for something that would treat one file as one file...
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    Data / HDD encryption

    Hi folks! I'm a photographer, I do a lot of commercial work as well as private projects. I have double backup of my photos at home and one external as well and that works fine for me. But last week a friend of mine (a photographer as well) told me something that got me really worried. He was...
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    Webcam motion detection software recommendations

    So far I've tryed Webcam Surveyor, Yawcam, Rise Sun, Freecam, Dorgem, Webcam XP and 2 others I don't remember.. nothing really works well :( Either it can't record HD (960x720), or there's some other freaking problem. Webcam XP looks nice, it also works, but I'm having some codecs problems...
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    Webcam motion detection software recommendations

    Thx HN, but it's not really a great software to be honest. I can't set any recording time, I can't set any delay, HD recording doesn't work, can't configure the cam,.. Need something a little bit advanced that this :) Thx, Mat
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    Webcam motion detection software recommendations

    Hi folks! I have Logitech Quick cam 9000 which can record HD, I mostly use 960x720. I often use the cam with Logitech software for motion detection recordings. The thing works ok, it starts recording when motions is detected as it's supposed to. But lately I found out, it sometimes simply...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Thx for this! So I'm guessing I'll keep raid1 for my data only (I keep a third copy on external disk as well), and install os on a new drive. Do you recommend any software for disk imaging? I could image OS to the raid1 drives as well I guess. Would leave me with 2 copies of OS. Have to...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    I've tried some other things, but no luck. It either hands or simply restarts. I added a boot log so I got the log, if this might help in any way? It's hosted here: http://shrani.si/f/1c/S3/2nHCpP6d/ntbtlog.doc (should be a .doc file in a zip; can't save .txt on this host, that's why .doc)...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Hi guys, thx again for helping out! Ok, I navigated to the System Volume information on my raid os drive and I see two folders there: _restore (a bunch of numbers and letters) with the date 10.09.2008 (I have DD/MM/YYYY) _restore (a bunch of numbers and letters) with the date 07.09.2008...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Ok, I've checked some things: - system file in wndows/system32/config is 6.144KB in size - from the Device manager I can see that the driver for Raid controller is named iaStor.sys On my 5th drive with working xp, the file is present in windows/system32/drivers/ and it's size iz 302KB (in...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Thx guys! I actually never really had any problems till now. The only time chkdsk started was when irregular shutdown was done. This happened like 5 times since I have this setup (almost 3 years now). I'm also getting more and more frustrated with raid. The only reason for it was to keep the...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Yeah, but if I do that, I won't be able to use both drives in raid1 again.......
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Ok, I did try booting with only one Raid drive connected, but same thing. It reboots during splash screen. I did get the "degraded" status for the raid array. Drives should be identical, so it has to be something on them (error or something I mean, data is there, I know what), right? Man, I...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Hi Kub, thx for reply! I'm planning to do that just now, but I have a feeling, it won't help. I'll just break the array and I'll just have to verify it again. But I did managed to get into the Recovery console (I had to use the Raid driver diskette during xp boot from CD), and did...
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    XP & raid1 boot problems

    Hi folks, I have a problem that I've been trying to fix for 2 days now, but no luck. Here's the info: I have a system with 4 drives, 2 in raid1 and 2 in raid0. I have OS installed on raid1. Two days ago, after restarting the PC, chkdsk started during boot (just before getting to the...