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    Giving up on folders now - software for organizing files by tags

    Damn, I really thought such a tool should exist by now.. Oh, well.
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    Giving up on folders now - software for organizing files by tags

    Guys, Being an oldtime PC user from the DOS days I've grown to become rather paranoic with my folder structure and file organization. I use multiple programs to keep things in order, and I find it hard to trust my files' organization to programs that want to do that "automatically", for...
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    Asus A8V Deluxe and AHCI

    Hi guys.. The topic pretty much says it all. I've read in a few forums people with Asus A8V deluxe boards who seem to have managed to enable AHCI on their systems (the mb comes with a Promise PDC20378 RAID controller). Yet I can't find this option anywhere, neither on the BIOS nor on the...
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    Is eSATA really hot-swapable?

    Thank you all so much for all the very valuable information!
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    Is eSATA really hot-swapable?

    Thanks a lot for clarifying things guys. One last question: does eSATA perform significantly better than USB 2.0? I don't wanna know the nominal speed rates only, but actual user experience.. USB 2.0 seems fast enough for me, considering I will not be using that HD for heavy video editing or...
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    Is eSATA really hot-swapable?

    Hi, guys. I run Windows XP Professional, and recently bought a Thermaltake MAX 4 N0003US Aluminum & Plastic 3.5" USB2.0 & eSATA external case for a 200 gb WD SATA hd of mine. The case works great, but for some reason when I try to use it through eSATA Windows won't recognize the HD unless...
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    Making XP automatically install USB Devices

    Hey, tnx for the reply. Yep, that could be the reason. But i have 2 different windows installations on this machine, 4 usb ports, and 5 usb devices i'm plugging constantly (besides the 3 i already mentioned, i use a USB hub to also plug a midi keyboard, an external hard drive and ipod/camera)...
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    Making XP automatically install USB Devices

    Hi guys. I run Windows XP Professional in my laptop. Whenever I'm using it at home I plug a lot of USB peripherals to it (keyboard, mouse, external sound card, etc). It REALLY annoys me that everytime I do that i have to deal with the "Found New Hardware Wizard"... The drivers are already...
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    750gb HD - Seagate AS x NS

    Wow, that's a whole $150 cheaper than Newegg.. Are they refurbished? There must be some explanation for such a huge difference in price, considering Newegg is usually so competitive..
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    750gb HD - Seagate AS x NS

    Thank you very much for the info guys. Still deciding on the optimal choice for my "half server, half desktop" machine... But I guess both will do, really. Cheers
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    750gb HD - Seagate AS x NS

    Thank you very much for the info. I'll mostly store audio and video files on the HD. It'll be on 24/7, but will be accessed seldom - by a handful of friends through FTP. Which one would you pick in this specific scenario? Noise is an issue to me, since I also do Pro Audio recording on that...
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    750gb HD - Seagate AS x NS

    You are right.. Sorry, it happened due to a network error! Mods, please delete this..
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    750gb HD - Seagate AS x NS

    Hey guys. I'm shopping for a large HD that'll mostly be used for storage (audio and video). I already have 3 hd's on my case (200 gb, 300 gb, 320 gb), and it can't hold an extra one. I'll put the 750 gb where the 200 gb now stands. Here's what I'm looking for (in that order): 1 - reliability...
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    750gb HD - Seagate AS x NS

    Hey guys. I'm shopping for a large HD that'll mostly be used for storage (audio and video). I already have 3 hd's on my case (200 gb, 300 gb, 320 gb), and it can't hold an extra one. I'll put the 750 gb where the 200 gb now stands. Here's what I'm looking for (in that order): 1 - reliability...
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    x2 4200 + asus a8v deluxe == unknown cpu

    man, thats JUST what i thought. and heres the GREAT news: i have no one to do that for me! i dont know anybody yet in the city where i currently live, cause i only moved here recently. how CRAPPY is this? how can asus sell you a goddamn motherboard that is said to support the goddamn CPU...
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    x2 4200 + asus a8v deluxe == unknown cpu

    hi guys.. bought an asus a8v deluxe to host my athlon x2 4200+, but the damn motheboard isnt doing the job. it says "unknown cpu" - no bios installed, and then just asks me to reboot. i can´t even get in the bios! but everything seems to be working, apart from that. the raid controller...
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    Shopping for a 250gb (or larger) HD

    I agree that buying a couple smaller Seagate drives would be the perfect solution. Problem is, I already have two 200 gb WD's on this machine. So I only have room for a single extra drive, and that's why I need it to be as large as can be -- that is, the largest I can get for a reasonable...
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    Shopping for a 250gb (or larger) HD

    any word on the reliability of those hitachi's? never heard any solid comments on that...
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    Shopping for a 250gb (or larger) HD

    Hi, everybody. I'm in desperate need of more storage space here, for I deal heavily with audio and video recording, processing and archiving. I need a drive that's reasonably fast, but what matters the most to me is definitely reliability and quietness (i HATE really loud/intensively...
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    ASUS P4PE + SATA = Slow?!

    hey guys.. I have an Asus P4PE for quite sometime now, and I just recently purchased 2 new 200 gb hds from western digital, one PATA and one SATA. I'm gonna reinstall XP, so I figured I should do it on the SATA drive, since it's faster. To my surprise, though, the SATA hd is performing slower...
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    Serial Ata Question

    that's great news guys, i have room for 2 extra hds now, for a total of 5!!! i'll definitely go SATA now. thanks very much for your attention, you were all really helpful :)
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    Serial Ata Question

    hmm. yeah, i don't wanna use raid at all, i just need extra storage.. and since i already have 4 devices on my ides and 1 extra hd on my raid controller, i was afraid connecting yet another hd to the motherboard (to the SATA port this time) could force me to remove one of the other devices.. i...
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    Serial Ata Question

    thanks for the reply.. it makes a lot of sense to me, if it means I can add two extra HD's to my current setup! :) now I just need to know for sure this will really work on my P4PE, since I already have 4 devices on my IDE ports... and are those PATA to SATA adapters 100% functional?
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    Serial Ata Question

    Hey guys.. I have an Asus P4PE motherboard, and it came with onboard raid and serial ata controllers. I currently have 2 hd's on my ide0 and 2 cdrs on my ide1. I have a 3rd hd connected to the raid controller (I just use it as if it were an extra ide port). I gotta buy another hd now, and...
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    Pairs of DDR Ram

    Yeah, I always buy everything from them. But they don't arry that samsumg stick anymore, just my luck :)
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    Pairs of DDR Ram

    Thanks, I'll buy the memory from them :)
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    Pairs of DDR Ram

    Great, thanks a lot for the reply.. I guess i'll get just that very stick. Is that store trustworthy, and did they take too long to ship you the memory?
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    Pairs of DDR Ram

    Hey guys.. I have a P4 2.4B and an Asus P4PE motherboard, and I currently have 512 mb of RAM (Samsung Original DDR333 PC-2700 512mb CAS2.5). I wanna add another 512 mb now, and I can't find this exact same memory on newegg. So my question is: will any ddr memory (I'm getting an extra 512 mb)...