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    Disk corrupts files - totally puzzled

    Here is my puzzle. I have 2 SATA NTFS formatted disks on my machine. 120 Gb split in 2 partitions (System and Docs) and the 250 Gb "storage" (Maxtor Diamond 10). Every time I am copying (never mind torrenting or e-muling one) a file bigger than 50 mb on the "Storage" disk it is almost...
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    HD corrupts big files

    I've noticed that my SATA Samsung 200Gb Single partition HD tends to corrupt bigger (500 mb and up) files. Explicitly, when I've reconstructed a CD image on this drive from smaller rar's, I had several CRC errors when trying to unpack archives from within that image. I've tried it 2 times, the...
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    HD Corrupts my files! How to dignose/fix?

    I've noticed that my SATA Samsung 200Gb Single partition HD tends to corrupt bigger (500 mb and up) files. Explicitly, when I've reconstructed a CD image on this drive from smaller rar's, I had several CRC errors when trying to unpack archives from within that image. I've tried it 2 times, the...
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    Abit NF7-S and Nvidia System Utility

    Is it me, or configuration? Since Abit's uGuru doesn't work on NF7-S, I've downloaded Nvidia System Utility to change my settings from Windows. To my surprise, I can't activate the "Advanced panel" of the program - the second (to the left) button stays inactive. Does anybody else have the same...
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    Networking problem

    The problem: On my old system (WinXP), when I ran e-donkey, I had no problem communicating to server. Now, that I'm using the new system, it looks like my 4662 port is not accessible anymore. From what i see, the WinXP built-in firewall is not activated. Can somebody point me at where to look to...
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    Athlon 64 Heatsink question

    Does anybody know where can I get a decent heatsink for OEM Athlon 64 3000+? Can I use the XP sink? Or, the only option for now is the retail version?
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    Setting Process Priority in XP

    It should be simple, but I (as a fairly new Win XP user) just can't figure it out. How to permanently set process priority for certain programs? I.e. so that Windows would remember it after restart? Thank you!