ATA Hard Drives 137 GB Limitation [View all] Some of you know i just got a great deal on a new Maxtor 200 GB HDD. I've been reading up on this 137 GB limitation and wanted to run some stuff by y
First Time Builder [View all] ehhh unfortunately this one is not for me, but for a friend of mine. She's willing to be my guinny pig as i'm aboiut to build my first home PC for he
How to Delete a NTFS partition [View all] Hi folks, this maybe a newbie questions but i've never done it. I have heard FDISK will delete a NTFS partition only under certain circumstances. I'
Antec PC Cases [View all] Hi guyz, i wanna thank you all for your suggestions in my previouis thread about my hdd problem. I called Maxtor support today and got it straightene
Setting up my Dual Boot - AGAIN [View all] Hi folks, this thing w/ my new 200 gigger isn't going as smoothly as i had planned.
I was dual booting w/ Win98 and W2K on a WD 40 GB HDD. My plan
Win98 SE - Log on Password [View all] Now that i got my dual-boot setup again, there is ONE minor annoyance i wish i could settle.
Whever i boot into Win98, i get a username and passwor
IE 5.5 [View all] I just got done setting up my dual boot again on my new hard drive. Looks like MS is no longer offering IE 5.5. I've got the 5.5 installer saved on
New Egg - Refurb Deals [View all] I've never bought from this vendor but i know several of you here really like them. What is the deal on their refurb parts and how reliable are they?
Website down? [View all] I'm startin to suspect this company has either gone out of business or has been shut down for some reason.
www.compu visor.com
This morning, i tr
Backup utility [View all] I've been a trusty Norton Ghost (2001 version) user for a few years but i've been thinking about upgrading. Problem is that being laid-off, i'm on a
Linux Installation Question [View all] Soon I will be installing the latest version of Mandrake. Currently i'm dual-booting with 98/W2K. I plan on installing Mandrake on a 3rd empty hard
DVD-ROM Brand Name "I/O Magic" [View all] Recently saw a I/O Magic DVD-ROM on sale (after rebates) for only $19.99. It's tempting cuz right now my DVD-ROM is only 4x or 6x and this one is 16x
Serious Sam 2 [View all] Anyone know how to fire the Serious Damage weapon as well as the black dynamite ball? Haven't been able to figure it out. TIA.
Nvidia's website goodies [View all] Cool website. Got a lot of screensavers and wallpapers for download. Also has the full version of America's Army available for download and some oth
Windows 2000 SP 4 [View all] Any feedback on SP4? Been thinking about doing it for a while but got busy w/ some other stuff.
Also, if anyone has the SP4 on a CD - would you mi
Intel Storage Driver [View all] Last time i did a clean install of my OS, i remember i saw a "Intel Storage Driver" that was on my Dell Resource CD. If i install the chipset driver
GeForce cards [View all] Allyn's recent post reminded me of a question i've been wanting to ask for a long time. I have a Nvidia GeForce2 card installed in my Dell system - b
How to clean your keyboard [View all] Here's a fairly good tutorial on how to clean a sticky keyboard. The guide is for a Sony wireless keyboard, but i would think the basic steps are the
What is the Hosts file? [View all] For your reading perusal tonight.
http://w ww.accs-net.com/host s/what_is_hosts.html
If you want to learn further, click on the links on the right
Autoplay of Music CDs [View all] OS = W2K Pro
I recently did a clean install of my OS and upgraded WMP 6.x to 7.0. Now whenever i insert a music CD, WMP takes over and wants to au
Popup killer proggie not behaving [View all] I have a small utility "Smart Popup Killer" that i've got installed in my W2K. As an administrator, it functions just fine. However, when i created
Installing software under W2K [View all] I installed a couple of PC games under W2K recently and i guess i'm not as proficient as i thought. I installed MaxPayne tonight as a power user - go
JPEG & TIFF files [View all] Using the link Allyn posted as an example, what is the difference between JPEG and TIFF files? I see the latter is bigger but why do they list the op
Cleaning up some clutter ! [View all] I dont' know why i had not thought of this before but when the software gives you the option where to install it under the start menu, i've always acc
CloneCD [View all] I installed CloneCD the other day and noticed after the installation it added a 3rd CD-ROM letter called "Virtual Clone Drive". What is it and do i r
Clone CD [View all] Elby has discontinued their Clone CD. Looks like the future of Clone CD is questionable at best.
Article:
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System Volume Information [View all] I've got a HDD formatted as NTFS with 4 partitions. They all have this 'System Volume Information' that i can't figure out. When i click on it, a re
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