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    New laptop hard drive

    I am going to have some extra money and I want to upgrade my laptop. The harddrive is a measly 80 gb @ 4200 rpm. It is the bottleneck of the system. My question is would it be more beneficial to get say a 100gb @ 5400 or something like 80gb @ 7200. I would like as much size as possible, but im...
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    FTP setup help

    A buddy of mine is trying to set up an ftp server. Except only one person is able to get a directory listing. Everyone else gets a time out error. any ideas?
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    Laptop won't boot.

    Yeah, so my friends laptop wont boot up. It gives the "non-system disk error, replace and press any key message", however there is no floppy disk in the drive. I have tried changing the boot order to start with the HDD or even the cd drive using Knoppix, but it still gives the error message. Is...
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    Computer ramdomly freezes up.

    OK so I bought a new phone and wanted to transfer some contacts from my PC. FYI its a motorola v180. I searched the web and found some software and drivers for it. (Not Motorola software) I tried to install the driver and about halfway through it stops. It says to reboot and try installing...
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    Dell laptop clock speed problems...

    My girlfriend has a fairly old Dell Latitude. Probably about 3 years old. Anyways, occasionally when I check it to see everything is running fine in system properties it says it is running at 867 mhz. It has a P3 or P4 at 1.6 ghz. It is always plugged in when it happens and I don't know of and...
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    How to install Gaim on usb drive?

    Does anybody know how to do this, or have a link? I've googled for it and come up empty.
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    Cyberhome DVD Burner

    Does anybody know about the Cyberhome DVD Burners for sale at BB? They are fairly cheap however I have never heard of that brand. Do you think it would be worth $49 AR?
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    Holy crap thats alot of spyware...

    So my friend's girlfriend kept having problems with her laptop. It's probably 4 or 5 years old and it kept overheating. So she sent it in and had the fan replaced. When she got it back she wanted me to go through and get rid of all the spyware and whatnot because she kept getting popups. Well...
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    Cant start Recovery Console

    Hi I need to use the Recovery Console for XP to run fixboot and fixmbr. I had SUSE 9.1 installed and didn't like it. I can start the Recovery Console and whenever it asks for the Administrator Password I type it and it says it is incorrect. I only have one account and I have changed the password...
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    setting up FTP account

    Hi all. I am having some trouble setting up a FTP account. I have someone doing my hosting. I would like to be able to type "ftp.mydomain.com" in a browser and download files i have uploaded from anywhere. When I type that it goes to a folder that contains mail and pub folders. I have gone...
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    Help on choosing a HD MP3 player

    So I'm looking to buy a mp3 player for school. I have had experience with the 3rd gen. iPods, and they have been decent. Although two of my friends have had to send them back in for repairs. I like the new 4G ones with the click-wheel and lower price. But I have also seen the new Zen by...
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    Help with laptop purchase.

    So my parents are getting me a laptop for my birthday and I need help on choosing. Im looking for a good mix of portability and power. First of all I need to know what processor would be the best choice. Im looking for something fairly fast but not so big that i get tired of carrying it at...
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    Mac speedmark ratings.

    Maybe someone here could help me understand this. I have two roomates and they are both Mac users along with practically all of my friends. I was looking through Macworld one day and came to the Macworld Lab Tests. They had all the current laptop and desktop laps listed with feathures and...
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    Quiet 120mm fans

    I need some recommendations for the quietest 120mm fans you can get, running at full speed. thanks