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how to make a disk bootable

i tried the CD repair method, i was dropped into a DOS-like prompt, i tried fixmbr, fixboot, none of them put any of those boot files on the disk... also thanks for the advice on backup, i do burn all pics to cd/dvd, the rest i could just re-install
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- Post #6
- Nov 7, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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how to make a disk bootable

the MoBo's BIOS allows either SATA drive to move up in the boot sequence, my problem is whatever is needed to boot up is not on the 2nd disk, where the OS is
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- Post #3
- Nov 6, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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how to make a disk bootable

i have a system that has 2 SATA drives, i installed Windows XP on the 2nd disk, that is the disk is behind the other disk in boot order, i noticed even though the OS installation(directories and etc) is on the 2nd disk, there are some "boot" files on the 1st disk such as "ntldr", "boot.ini". so...
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- Thread
- Nov 6, 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Operating Systems
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1988 vs 2008

back in the days, could people buy parts and put together a system by themselves or you pretty much had to buy a prebuild?
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- Post #7
- Feb 28, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AMD K10.5 is 10-20 percent faster than K10

competition's good
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- Post #2
- Feb 26, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Best Motherboard for the price for moderate Overclock?

unless you record stuff on a regular basis and need to offload to your pc frequently USB 2.0 is good enough
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- Post #9
- Feb 25, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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why can't I overclock more than 3.1ghz

^what he said
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- Post #14
- Feb 24, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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why can't I overclock more than 3.1ghz

I doubt a 300W power supply could have 25 Amps on its 12V rail, even if it has more than one 12V rail.
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- Post #8
- Feb 24, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What reading in SpeedFan corrresponds to NB temp?

i have E2200/Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2 if it matters
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- Thread
- Feb 23, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is Vcore CPU specific or mobo specific?

also as far as i can tell, PM is working...
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- Post #26
- Feb 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is Vcore CPU specific or mobo specific?

oh and multi is set to 6
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- Post #25
- Feb 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is Vcore CPU specific or mobo specific?

320 FSB and Prime95'ing...core temps around 65C and Vcore 1.38V, i increased BIOS voltage to 1.42V though, so a vdroop of .04V? update: been Prime95'ing almost 10 hours now, still running with around 65C, i did saw it peaked up to 67C occasionally
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- Post #24
- Feb 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is Vcore CPU specific or mobo specific?

Larry, this is embarrasing, but how do i enable PM? i will try lower my multi to get the highest FSB.
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- Post #23
- Feb 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is Vcore CPU specific or mobo specific?

interesting info, what about my question on FSB wall as it relates to MoBo's?
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- Post #18
- Feb 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is Vcore CPU specific or mobo specific?

another question i have, is FSB wall CPU specific or MoBo specific? obviously the higher the multi the higher one can overclock that particular CPU, but at the same time i hear this notion about a MoBo being a good overclocker, that would mean a good board also has some influence on how high can...
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- Post #16
- Feb 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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