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    Can you have dual boot XP on one PC by cloneing the HD to another HD?

    Unless he's re-cloning the main install on a regular basis I don't see how he's backing up anything. If you boot into one OS and then install a program, you have to install it in one place. Once he started using either install they wouldn't really be clones of each other any more. Either...
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    What's the best way to install WinXP to allow easy re-installs?

    I've always installed Windows on a single partition taking up an entire drive (which also contains my applications and My Documents), so if I want to reinstall/reformat, I have to back everything up, reinstall Windows, restore all my documents, resinstall all of my software, etc. I'm trying...
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    Random restarts when viewing myspace.com

    After upgrading to Firefox 1.5 RC2 it seems to happen a lot less frequently. I'm thinking it was a combination of Firefox or IE crashing and the computer being unstable for some other unknown reason Since it is still happening, I'd like to figure out what the problem is. Now I'm leaning...
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    Random restarts when viewing myspace.com

    Well, it did happen a lot on the page where you rearrange your "Top 8" friends. It's a new feature on the site and seems to be some kind of "AJAX" thing thhat lets you drag-and-drop people in your friends list. But I am positive that it's happened in other places too. Main profile pages...
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    Random restarts when viewing myspace.com

    OK, here's my system specs: Windows XP Pro SP2 (with all current patches) AMD Athlon64 3200+ 2GHz MSI K8TNeo mobo Radeon 9800 Pro 1GB Mushkin PC3200 RAM Samsung 160GB SATA HDD Antec True430 430w power supply Thermaltake Silentboost HSF 2 120mm case fans Nothing is overclocked All...
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    Random restarts when viewing myspace.com

    My computer will randomly restart itself and then on startup I get the error "The system has recovered from a serious error". The strange thing (to me at least) is that, without fail, it always happens when I'm on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com). I've tried loading up 10 different websites...
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    What is the best AMD video editing softwear?

    For the record, I've used Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 on an AMD system (Athlon 64 3200+) and it runs great. Every feature that I've tried works flawlessly. I'm not sure what all the arguing is about, but Premiere will run fine if you decide to go with that. It may run a little *faster* on a...
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    NAV 2003 component keeps crashing...

    I keep getting the following error message: "Common Client User Session has encountered a problem and needs to close." After it closes, I can't send or receive email until I restart the machine. I'm assuming this has something to do with NAV scanning ingoing and outgoing emails. Has anyone...
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    BulletProof FTP Server & Belkin 4-port Gateway Router

    I use a different router and FTP server (Linksys router and Serv-U Pro FTP) but I think this should apply to your situation as well. Your router should have a "Port Forwarding" feature that you need to configure to forward all traffic on ports 20/21 to the computer that is running the server...
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    Thank you, TeAm Mates!

    Just joined Team AnandTech... hope this helps: Name: redivider Results Received: 815 Total CPU Time: 4750 hr 46 min I have 2 machines running P4-m 1.8Ghz (Dell Laptop) and A64 3200+ 2Ghz
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    What's the most famous person you can link yourself to in 5 steps or less?

    I know Corey Taylor (the singer from Slipknot) who was in the movie "Rollerball" which was directed by John McTiernan (I'm assuming they "know" each other on some level after working on the same movie), who also directed Predator, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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    Alright, how much overkill would 1.5 gigs of ram be?

    I actually just added another 512MB (for a total of 1GB) and got a slightly lower score in 3DMark2001. With only 512MB I got a 19675 and after adding the other 512MB I got a 19604 or something. I was hoping to break 20000 with the extra RAM but I guess not. Maybe I'm doing something wrong...
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    Motherboards you want reviewed

    MSI K8T Neo FIS2R
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    ANTEC Aluminum Performance 1 Series (Silver) ATX Mid-Tower Case

    There should be a tiny switch at the end of a wire somewhere inside the case that will do this. It looks like a little black square connector but if you look closely its actually a switch.
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    Is it OK to plug two 120mm case fans to the MB headers?

    Do you know where I can find more info about this? I have two 120mm fans connected to the Fan Only connectors on an Antec 430w PSU and I'm trying to figure out why they never seem to speed up. I guess the temp isn't getting high enough, but I'd like to at least know what going on with it.
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    connect 2 computers to one FireWire hub?

    Thanks. I'll definitely look into that. Hopefully I can find one somewhere...
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    connect 2 computers to one FireWire hub?

    This is probably a ridiculous question but I'll ask anyway. Can I connect to 2 computers to a FireWire hub at the same time and have them both be able to access all the devices connected to that hub? I'm assuming it won't work, but I can't seem to find any information about it anywhere...
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    memory issues with A64 3200+

    If you look around enough you'll find people that have problems with pretty much everything. I saw at least one person over there that has almost my exact setup and is running stable and overclocking so I shouldn't have any problems running at stock speeds. Anyway, setting the DDR voltage up...
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    memory issues with A64 3200+

    I think I have some memory problems and I'm not really sure what to do. First of all here's what I'm working with: Athlon 64 3200+ Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 HSF MSI K8T Neo Radeon 9800 Pro 512MB Mushkin Level II PC3200 (Black) Western Digital 120GB 7200rpm Liteon 52x cd-rw Antec true430 430w...
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    40 or 80 pin IDE cables for 52x CD-RW?

    Is there any reason to use one or the other for this type of drive? (LiteOn 52x CD-RW) I originally had a rolled 80 pin cable on there and had tons of problems installing windows. I was getting all kinds of random errors that Setup could not copy files from the CD. So the only other cable I...
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    Windows XP - Lots of problems

    Well, I took the RAM back out and put a new IDE cable on the hard drive. Seems to be working much better now. I think it may have just been the IDE cable. I guess I should do things one at a time. But as long as I dont get any more of the same errors I'm gonna try putting the RAM back in...
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    Windows XP - Lots of problems

    Just to add to the insanity... I just clicked on Start--> Control Panel and it said "Windows cannot create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut placed on the desktop instead.?" So I decided to play along and clicked Yes. I was curious to see what kind of shortcut it thought I was...
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    Windows XP - Lots of problems

    Sorry about the empty post. It should be there now...
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    Windows XP - Lots of problems

    I finally got Win XP Pro up and running on my new machine. Installed all the drivers without too much trouble. Then I added in another stick of RAM (512MB PC3200, for a total of 1GB) and a Wireless Network card. Installed the drivers for the Wireless Network Card (linksys) and configured...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Yeah, I have broadband so I could just do that. I just wanted to make sure everything was working OK and it wasn't a problem with the drive itself. Thanks... I could get another drive if I really need to, btu I'd have to take it out of another machine and I was trying to avoid having to do...
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    Lite On CD-RW problems (I think...)

    I downloaded the cd test thing from nero and burned it to a CD but when I try to run it, the only thing on the CD is a text file called "dummy" that just has the text "NERO" in it. I even tried mounting the image to see of there was a problem during the burn, but it's the same thing. What am I...
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    Lite On CD-RW problems (I think...)

    I'm not sure if DMA is enabled. How do I check, and should I enable it if it's not?
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    What am I doing wrong?

    I just tried it again and got the same thing. While it's loading "ATI Control Panel" I get the "...has encountered an error and needs to close.." thing and then it just keeps going through the rest of the setup. Then when it tries to install Multimedia Center 8.x, I get an error that says...
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    Lite On CD-RW problems (I think...)

    I just finished building a new Athlon64 system and am having problems with the CD-RW drive that I installed. At least I think that's where the problem is. First I had a bunch of problems installing Windows, but finally got it up and running. I started installed the drivers for all the...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    I didn't change any settings as far as overclocking is concerned. I did change a few things in the BIOS though, so I'm going to try intalling with factory settings just to see if it's any more stable. Would it make any sense to underclock or should I not have to do that? I could just lower...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Well, the first thing I tried was switching out the IDE cable on the CD-RW drive. The one I had on there was one of those rolled cables that came with the mobo. It was kind of bent at some wierd angles to get it to fit right so I thought that might be the problem. I also removed one of the...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Is there any way to check the drive for bad sectors without having Windows installed yet?
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    What am I doing wrong?

    I am having major problems getting WinXP Pro installed on a new machine that I just built. First, I kept getting a bunch of errors during setup, telling me that certain files could not be copied. The wierd thing is, after the first unsuccessful install I tried again... and kept getting the...
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    Should McAfee Personal Firewall be using this much RAM?

    Any ideas on why this would be happening? I guess I'm just gonna reinstall and see if anything changes.
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    Should McAfee Personal Firewall be using this much RAM?

    I have McAfee Personal Firewall Plus installed on a WinXP Pro system. In the task manager, there are three seperate processes associated with this program running, adding up to a total of about 125,000 k in the "mem usage" column. "MpfTray.exe" alone is using 120,108k. That seems like a lot...