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MTF Reserved Area Location - NTFS

Ingenuity strikes again! :D I'm glad you resolved it. Being the non-adventurous kind I've never cared much for PM. Seems like the only dealings I ever have with it is trying to get back data for people who aren't careful enough with the utility, particularly with its special features. But...
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- Post #13
- Sep 28, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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MTF Reserved Area Location - NTFS

Now that is very interesting. I don't have any firewire drives, though I have both IDEs and SCSIs that are used in much the same way as you describe for your use pattern on that drive. All I know about firewire drives is how they're connected and what little I've read about them. You're...
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- Post #11
- Sep 28, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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MTF Reserved Area Location - NTFS

Yup, it can. And it can consolidate directory structures, and it can defrag "unmoveable" files and the pagefile, too. I wasn't referring to MFT fragmentation, just its position on the hard drive. I really don't think there's a need to be moving it to one end of the drive or another, even...
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- Post #9
- Sep 27, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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MTF Reserved Area Location - NTFS

I thought that the MFT was placed where it was because, since the OS has to almost constantly access it, it needs to be "right in the middle of things" where the heads don't have to seek very far when going between the MFT and other parts of the files system. I don't believe that there actually...
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- Post #6
- Sep 27, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Does anyone know of a GOOD NT command scripting guide?

Coupla other links: http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/intro/contents.htm http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/~batch/batchtoc.htm - Collin
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- Post #4
- Sep 18, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Overgrown laptop

Yah. I had one of those. A Panasonic Sr. Parter. It had a 10" green CRT, a FULL-sized keyboard (not those teensy things they call full-sized nowadays), a 10 meg hard drive, a 5.25" floppy drive, AND (drum roll) a thermal printer -- all built into one easy-to-carry 40 pound package! It also...
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- Post #6
- Sep 18, 2002
- Forum: Laptops
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OK to mount harddisk upside-down?

You should never, ever mount a hard drive upside down. Always remain seated or standing when mounting a hard drive. Failure to follow this precept can result in serious neck injuries! :D But, seriously, it doesn't hurt for the drive to be mounted in an inverted position. But I wouldn't be...
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- Post #2
- Sep 18, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hide Admin Logon Icon?

If you create a second admin user, then the primary (built-in) admin will be bumped from the welcome screen. It's probably best to have two admin user accounts on a machine anyway. If an install procedure borks your one-and-only admin account then things can get kind of tough. But if you're...
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- Post #3
- Sep 13, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Win XP - Admin rights disappear when logged into domain

I'd talk it over with the sysadmin. Domain policies take precedence over local policies. - Collin Edit: Hmmm. I was thinking the account might have been limited deliberately.
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- Post #3
- Sep 11, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How do I get rid of WMP 9 Beta? This POS is annoying the heck out of me!!

Huh? I don't think anyone got abused or berated here, except maybe Microsoft. I think the idea here is to learn something from the experience rather than to repeat the same sort of mistake with another piece of software, thinking that it was the software installation that was at fault instead...
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- Post #13
- Sep 8, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How do I get rid of WMP 9 Beta? This POS is annoying the heck out of me!!

I still don't understand your disgruntlement. MS provides you with the tools to properly protect the system and to restore it to pre-installation condition. If you turn off System Restore, one of the most powerful and useful features of the operating system which differentiates it from the old...
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- Post #9
- Sep 8, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How do I get rid of WMP 9 Beta? This POS is annoying the heck out of me!!

I really don't understand the issue here. I installed the WMP 9 beta download. This is what I saw. A choice between a Typical install and a Custom install. I think that choice is a no-brainer for anyone who has multiple players on her/his system -- no? (Actually, I can't remember the last...
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- Post #6
- Sep 6, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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CDRW/CDR Media Lifespan & Burnspeed

You might consider using the rewritable media on a rotating schedule and making a permanent backup to CD-R at the end of each CD-RW rotation schedule. You'll still accumulate a lot of CD-Rs, but it is data we're talking about. On a home machine I use two DVD-RW discs each day in a one week...
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- Post #3
- Aug 23, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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CD-ROM Drives not showing up after installing Nero in XP

On your new OS installation you'll want to upgrade that Nero version to 5.5.9.0. Much better in WinXP, especially for some folks with hardware conflicts. I hope the system will behave itself now. - Collin
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- Post #5
- Aug 23, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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program to write data over and over a hd?

Something like this? - Collin
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- Post #3
- Aug 22, 2002
- Forum: Windows

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