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    XP pro vs vista

    I just built a new workstation using recommendations on this site. It will be used only for photo editing using PS, raw converters, etc. I have an intel 8500 running 4g of ram, I am setup with a main drive, storage drive, and a scratch drive using a 36 g raptor. I want the ultimate speed. One of...
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    Salvage Data Recovery Labs-anyone know this?

    i have been having trouble with a dead harddrive which was not recognized by any of my pc's. I downloaded this trial software from the company listed in the title and it actually brought up all of my files. The only problem is their terms are really kind of harsh. A 175 dollars to activate and...
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    Dead harddrive-any hope?

    I have a WD 260G drive that went bad on me this week. While I have backed up most of the files...there are some in the last two years that slipped by and I would dearly love to recover them. I put the drive into an external enclosure and also tried it in another computer and it will not even...
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    Need simple video card

    I do photo editing on my workstation...not a gamer. I need a simple video card for my new build on a pentium quad platform. I also need a vga output as I am still using crt monitors. Is this a good card? SAPPHIRE 100234VGAL Radeon HD 3450 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready...
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    Saving info before reformat

    Hey...I'm going to build a new system, since my old one is kaput...how do I save files like my email archives, downloaded programs, etc. I will, of course, burn them to disc before I reformat. All my data files are on separate harddrives.
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    Need help choosing new platform

    Well, If you read my other posts...I am having trouble with my machine. I use it strictly for photoediting and run mainly photoshop and other raw converters. I need speed and capacity to quickly crunch fairly large files (32mb) in batches, run filters, actions, etc. I am going to upgrade...
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    Choosing a new computer platform

    Well, If you read my other posts...I am having trouble with my machine. I use it strictly for photoediting and run mainly photoshop and other raw converters. I need speed and capacity to quickly crunch fairly large files (32mb) in batches, run filters, actions, etc. I am going to upgrade soon...
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    Computer unstable

    I have a two year old custom built with an AMD 3400+ processor running two gigs of ram on an Asus A8v MB with a pretty beefy power supply. This is a work station for photography and has a raptor main drive with two IDE storage drives also in the case. It has been a rock, but this week its going...
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    Souping up Dell Inspiron

    OK...today's my day to get lots of info...the folks here are very nice and knowledgeable. I am a photographer and therefore do lots of memory intensive operations in Photoshop, and other imaging programs including DPP and album compositing software. I have a pretty good (although older)...
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    Daughter killed laptop! Help!!!!

    I bought my daugther an entry level Toshiba laptop for school last year. Last night, she called me crying...she had spilled an entire cup of tea on the laptop. I told her to turn it off and remove the battery...then dry it and turn it upside down on a towel overnight to see if she could dry it...
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    Anybody here upgrade a laptop?

    I have a two year old Sharp actius computer with an AMD chip that still runs pretty well..it is compact, so its ideal for travel. I have since bought a new larger machine, but I would like to use the Sharp for trips. The problem is that the HD is really too small and I would like to substitute a...
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    Putting a DVDR drive into an older laptop

    Well..I have a two year old Sharp Actius M22 which still runs well. It has an athlon 64 chip with 750mb ram and 40g. HD. I would like to use it for a storage backup solution for my photos while on trips. The files are large , so I need to replace my CD burner with a DVD burner. Can this be done...
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    Is ASUS A8V compatible with SATA2?

    I am thinking about buying a Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3.5" SATA drive for my A8v mb...is this drive compatible? If not...can I adapt it to the MB?
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    Hardware help-new hard drive new processor

    I am currently running an AMD 3500+ in an ASUS A8v board. I am running three HD's..a SATA raptor for my boot drive and OS and two ide data drives. I am replacing one of the data drives because it is full. I would like to add another sata drive instead of using ide again...but I had problems even...
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    A8V quirks

    I successfully built my system using Asus A8v deluxe, AMD 3500+, WD 36G raptor drive, 160GB seagate IDE. 2BG patriot ram, etc. Seems to run well, but there are quirks. Most annoying are the USB periferals...if I have a card in the CF reader, or if I have an external drive turned on, the system...
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    Setting up network

    I recently added a new computer to my network which has been working fine previously. I got my new computer in the network, and my laptop. The original computer will not format in with the wizard. I get a message that there was an error installing network settings. I now have printer sharing...
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    Large HD in windows

    Still trying to learn how to get windows to recognize all of 160g hd. I did the search and I still don't understand how to do it. I do have SP2
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    A8v deluxe tweaking

    Hi, First of all I want to say that this forum rocks and has saved my a-- several times now I have finished building my photoediting workstation which is an A8v deluxe asus board, amd 3500+ processor, 2 g patriot ram using two 1 g sticks, matrox 550 card, Aspire 520watt ps. WD 36G...
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    Getting use of the whole harddrive

    I know this has been discussed but I can't seem to find it. I have a 160G drive in my pc and windows only recognizes 128G..says the other sector is unallocated. I already have sp2 installed...I thought that took care of this...what do I do?
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    ASUS A8V problems

    I got my a8 up and running with my 3500+, 2g patriot ram, 36g raptor because of the great support on this and the via forum. Iwas able to install the via driver as recommended to run just one hd right now. Computer seems ok until I try to install my Matrox G550 drivers and software...these are...
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    Norton Ghost

    I just had a catastrophic system failure...due in part to Norton Ghost program. Last year I got screwed by the "go back" program. I run all my programs on a discreet disk and data files on another, so I can't lose vital info. However, I made a ghost backup to ease my restructuring of my main...