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    Recover Hard Drive Partitions

    Hello all: Does anyone know of a way to recover hard drive partitions with the following scenario: A USB drive repartitioned into two partitions. No data has been written to it yet but now all the data seems to be lost. Is there a way to get the data back? Thanks. John
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    DVI Cables Help

    Hello all: I know now what type of cable I need to purchase, namely DVD-D. However, I was wondering if some people can give me some recommendations on brands. I have seen some Belkin, TrippLite, Cables To Go, Startech, AVLink, and Dayton cables but am unsure which is a good brand to go...
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    Can't Find the Right DVI Cable

    Hello all: I'm trying to find a 10'+ DVI cable for some Dell 2005fwp monitors that we have here at work. However, in my search I have found varying types of cables. In fact I purchased a Belkin Single Link cable that had some extra pins. The Dual Link cable does not have these same pins...
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    The Truth About SLI and Multiple Monitors

    Hello all: Forgive me if this is common knowledge but I wanted to apologize and correct myself for some statements I have made in the past regarding multiple monitors and SLI. I finally got around to connecting my secondary CRT into the second port of my primary card thinking I would be able...
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    OCZ Titanium

    Hello all: I am thinking of making a memory switch for my computer. I currently have 4x512MB of Corsair 3200XL which is really good memory, don't get me wrong. But as many know having four sticks on the A64 platform makes for a 2T command rate which I have heard hurts performance. I do not...
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    Athlon64 X2 - AMD Dual Core's Are Coming to a Desktop Near You

    Hello all: Just saw this post on the main page about the Athlon64 dual core desktop processors. According to hexus.net they will be called Athlon64 X2 with the following speed grades: 4400+ 4600+ 4800+ Two things seem strange: 1. The top of the line dual core (the 4800+) is...
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    Google = 466453

    Check it out: http://www.466453.com Why you ask? The answer lies within -> me.
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    Bunny Suicides

    Hello all: Nothing else to say but...interesting. Linkage.
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    WindowsXP 64-bit RTM

    Hello all: Maybe a repost, maybe not but regardless it is finally coming, WinXP 64-bit. Linkage for those who don't read the front page.
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    The Passion Of The Christ

    Hello all: Well I was given the movie The Passion Of The Christ on Christmas from my sister and her husband and was going to watch it once I got my new computer up and running. I did get my computer going but put off watching it as I had other things to do. However, what better day then...
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    The Meaning of Your Username

    Hello all: I'm not sure if this has been posted before as the Off Topic category is gargantun and sereral searches brought up nothing, but I thought it would be interesting if people gave us some meaning behind the username chosen for the AT messageboards. If you don't feel comfortable doing...
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    Where to buy vga monitor cables?

    Hello all: Anyone know a good place to buy some high quality (read: non generic) vga monitor cables. We need some that are about 15ft. or so in length. Thanks.
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    Poll: Clean Install Procedure

    Hello all: I have received competing views in the past and was wondering peoples' opinions on how they do a clean install of their system. Mainly do you put everything you have in the system (i.e. all hds, sound, wireless, optical, etc.) or do you go w/the bare minimum and once Windows is...
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    Force Disk Check at Boot

    Hello all: How do you tell Windows (specifically 2000) to run a disk check at boot? Thanks.
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    Best Fan Monitoring Software

    Hello all: Anyone know the best software based fan monitor to keep an eye on CPU, video card fans? Thanks.
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    Add System Rig --- Fixed!

    Hello all: I posted a while back about not being able to add my rig and someone tipped me that it may be one of the fields stopping it from going through. So I proceeded to fill all of them in and delete each entry until I found the culprit. I didn't take to long as it turned out to be...
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    ASUS EN6800GT PCIe

    Hello all: The card I am referring to can be seen here. Is that a different heatsink than stock? Or is it just overlaid in that silver color? Personally I find this card more appealing than all the others as it deviates from the normal green PCB and stock heatsink. In fact it has me...
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    What Did You Think of Half Life 2? The Ending?

    Hello all: I finally got around to beating Half Life 2 and although it was a great game as a whole I have to say that I am thouroughly disappointed in the ending. Am I the only one who feels this way? I played on the hardest difficutly level to make it more challenging but the ending...
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    Handheld Scanner

    Hello all: At work we have a Logitech handheld scanner that is great for scanning in large documents (i.e. plans) by being able to detach the device from it base station and freely scan wherever you wish. The computer it runs on as well as the device itself are getting rather old and may...
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    GeForce Go 6800Ultra?

    Hello all: Just saw this over at nVidia's site, a GeForce Go 6800 Ultra. Is this a new chip? I seem to only remember a 6800 non ultra.
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    Bluetooth vs Regular Wireless

    Hello all: Does anyone happen to know if there is any difference in the reception quality of bluetooth keyboards/mice vs regular wireless based ones. We are replacing a Microsoft wireless combo that is not working very well in our company's conference room and would like to get a combo that...
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    Microsoft Teaches 133t$p34k

    Hello all: Saw this over at hardocp and thought it was quite funny. Microsoft, yes Microsoft, has a page dedicated to teaching all those parents out there how to speak the 133t language. Head on over here to check it out and get a few good laughs, I especially like this quote: "The first...
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    The Ultimate Cereal Poll

    Hello all: Well that took a while. Here it is the ultimate cereal selection. Please choose your favorite (try to narrow to one if you have to), but you can post your favorites in a reply. Sorry if I missed any :). BTW: Mine happens to be the original Honey B's. They used to have...
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    SLI On or Off?

    Hello all: This may be an observation more than anything else. I have a pretty good sytem (FX-55, 2GB RAM, Raptor RAID0, 2 6800GTs, etc.) and get very good framerates in Half Life 2...for the most part. Right now I am running at 1920x1200 2xAA 8xAF Reflect All and get consistently good...
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    Partitioning After Formatting

    Hello all: I formatted my 400GB Seagate drive through the Disk Management MMC in WinXP but created one huge volume. Is there a way to now partition that space? Do I have to buy a third party tool such as Partition Magic? Do I lose performance in using a 3rd party tool to do this or should I...
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    Which nVidia Driver?

    Hello all: I am going to do a format and reinstall of WinXP tomorrow and as nVidia released some new nForce drivers should I use these and skip the ones that come with my computer or reinstall the ones that came with the mobo and install these over the top? Thanks.
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    New nVidia nForce Drivers

    Hello all: I have an A8N-SLI and have all the factory shipped drivers installed, should I install the latest nVidia's over the top or uninstall first? Thanks.
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    Dual Channel On?

    Hello all: How can you tell if your mobo is running in dual channel or not. I have four sticks of Corsair PC3200XL in an ASUS A8N-SLI and I have heard that it clocks these down to DDR333 speeds which is no problem, but does this affect dual channel operation as well? Thanks.
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    Fraps as Spyware?

    I was going to install Fraps to monitor my fps in hl2 but I read their little liscense agreement beforehand and toward the end it indicates that they can keep your info and contact you from time to time. I was particularly concerned with this portion: PRIVACY POLICY. You grant Beepa the...
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    To RMA or Not to RMA

    Well, this is a bit of a conundrum. I recently got a refurb 24" Sony widescreen and am very happy with it except I noticed that the screen is a little warped on the top as in it is ever so slightly arched. So first off I was going to ask if this kind of thing could be fixed by a local company...
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    Can't Add Rig

    I have tried several times now, on different computers, and even spanned over several weeks to add my rig to the My Anadtech portion of the site but get the same error everytime: Anyone else having this problem? Know how to fix it? Thanks.
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    Widescreen CRT Half Life 2 Gaming - Now With Pics

    Well I have to say that I am thouroughly pleased with my 24" Sony GDM-FW900. Playing HL2 at 1920x1600 with 4xAA and 8xAF with full detail and reflect all is a sight to behold. I will post pics if you want to see it in action.
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    Monitor Driver

    Hello all: I can't seem to get any higher resolutions to show up in the Windows Display Properties for my Sony FW900. I found a driver at one of their sites but it now limits me to 1920x1440 when I know it and my video cards can do more. Anyone have a driver for this monitor that will go...
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    BNC vs VGA

    Hello all: I just got my new (refurb) Sony 24" GDM-FW900 CRT monitor and it has BNC connections on the back. Are these better than regular VGA? Will there be any noticable difference in quality? Any adverse affects from using them (like in installing WinXP or playing games)? Thanks.
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    Card Reader Recommendation

    Hello all: Anyone have any particular brands or models that they like? I havve been looking at the following one: here Is this too much? Are there brands out there that I should steer clear of? Thanks.
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    Speed Non Increase

    Hello all: I must say that I am somewhat disappointed. I have been using a 1.4Ghz Tbird w/512MB RAM and GeForce 3 card and 60GB WD then 80GB Seagate for the last 3-4 years and finally upgraded to an FX-55, 2GB RAM, and SLIed 6800GTs with 2 74GB Raptors in RAID0 and a 400GB Seagate. General...
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    Extending FAT32 Partition

    Can a FAT32 partition be extended after Windows has been installed on it? I have a computer at work that doesn't do much more than scan stuff in and has had no need to upgrade to a better OS but it is running out of space on the hard drive since Win98 is only seeing the first 2GB of the drive...
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    I/O Panel Extensions

    Hello all: Back again with another question. I have a Lian Li PC-V2100 and the front panel cables do not reach all the way to the motherboard ports. Are there any extensions that you can buy? Thanks.
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    Sony GDM-FW900 Widescreen CRT

    Hello all: I know Sony no longer makes CRTs but I remembered this one from a while back when I was looking for a CRT (and opted for the G520 for less money). This is a widescreen 24" CRT and I think it looks awesome. Has anyone tried one of these? Here is a link: click me The whole...
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    Thermal Monitor

    I am looking into getting a good thermal monitor for my system, one that has an LCD on the front of the case. I would ultimately like to monitor my CPU and video cards mainly but additional items would also be nice. Any recommendations?