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    How can I change HDD acces permissions to standard.

    I don't know when and how it hapened, but one of my HDD's sudenly refused to let me acces files and folders on it. I learned that I needed to go into safe mode to take ownership and that solved the half of the problem temporarily. I could acces the hard disk now, but it was useles to share...
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    Can't read some folders on a HDD

    OK I have a Maxtor 300GB 16MB/buffer and I work a lot on it since I film and edit videos. As of late I have a worring problem that never hapened to me before. Some folders and files (non of the esential stuff yet) cannot be done nothing to them. I can't open some folders and documents and files...
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    4GB of RAM installed 3GB shown by WinXP Pro (non64)

    OK This is what I have: Windows XP Pro (non 64) AMD X2 4400+ - latest driver from them Patriot 2x 2GB Kit = 4GB RAM on A8N-SLI Deluxe mob - BIOS 1015 (downloading 1016) it sees 4GB of RAM OK. with a nForce 4 SLI (duh) chipset driver v6.70 I have added the line /3GB in the Boot .ini as...
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    Old Compaq with AGP and FX5200

    Would the FX5200 work in an old Compaq PII with an AGP v1.0 reported by CPUZ 1.31
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    NEC 3520a writing DVD+ as DVD-ROM

    I know there is plenty of info on this but I need this by tonight so I can make 50 DVD's. I have finished editting a music festival and I need to burn it on DVD and give them to participants. But here in Romania you never know what junk of a DVD player someone has so I need to make sure it will...
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    Toshiba laptop wont start

    I have this Toshiba Satelite Pro 6100 that won't start at all. It won't start on battery or pluged in the outlet. When I press the power button, I see the green led for the optical unit light up a second then nothing. So I took out the battery, optical drive and HDD and nothing. Shouldn't a...
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    My rig is finally finished

    Well I can finally change my sig from 5... 4... 3..2.1 weeks till I'll put it together to My Rig Wel it was a fun trip. The system is not top of the line so no benches I think... I didn't ask much here but I read a lot so thank you for any advice you gave me unknowingly. It was hard...
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    Is there a specific Arctic Silver 5 for AMD 64

    I see there are at least two types of AS5. Ceramic, and non ceramic. Is there a diference? Which one is better for and AMD64 32000+???
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    Is flashing a firmware a breach of warranty???

    When I bought the Plextor PX-W5224, first thing I did was to go to PLextor site and update my firmware. Here in Romania there are a lot of bad media, so I wanted to be most compatible posible. No it's acting up and not passing the self-test. I contacted Plextor (no response yet) so I hope I...
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    Should I look for the 1394b MOB or it's not worth it. Also a CPU paste question

    1Well I'm wondering seeing how Gigabyte has the 1394b (800) Firewire while the rest of the MOB's for A64 still use the old 1394 (400) version. Does current DV equipment take advantage of more bandwith? Since I'm making the move to A64, I'm wondering if I should use the thermal paste that...
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    What's wrong with my videocard?

    A couple of weeks ago, my GeForce 3 TI 200 from Palit started acting up. I have the card for over 2 years and have never had any troubles. Never overclocked it because it can't. The stupid thing is that I have right now only one game, NFS Underground 2, so I can tell you what hapens only in...
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    What software should I get to test a new build

    I am about to get the parts of my new rig. It's my 2nd build, and I noticed that people talk about testing each individual part to see if it's working full potential. So I decided I should do that. I want to download all the best programs to test CPU, RAM, HDD, DVD, Video etc. I have visited...