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General Software Discussion / Re: Finally made it to Windows 7 -- looking for partitioning reccomendations

« on: May 27, 2013, 11:10 PM »

Backups should be on another drive for both performance sake and reliability; therefore, I would have K and B on another drive.  Using D for a HDD probably meant changing the letter for your optical drive so I would have used U for user files instead.  I cannot think of any reason to add P instead of the default C drive. 

Using separate partitions is not as popular as it once was.  Many of the utilities for backup, recovery, cleaners, etc. do not work well if programs and files are in a separate partition.  Just remember that when running such tools.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unbelievable: USA Intellectual Property Theft Commission Recommends Malware!

« on: May 27, 2013, 09:44 PM »

Some sites are not far from this at all with their honey pots.

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General Software Discussion / Re: free cloud backup?

« on: May 27, 2013, 09:43 PM »

If the data is worth backing up, isn't it worth keeping it safe?
If you read the Terms & Conditions of the free sites, all that I have seen say they have the right to do just about anything they want to do with your data including making it available to others for online viewing or downloading.   

Find a site that is cheap but not free and in the USA.

Although I am not a fan of McAfee security products, they have about the best deal at $59/year and unlimited storage.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed with computer problem

« on: May 27, 2013, 08:55 PM »

Well, more information.  I let it sit for a few hours, then started again.  When I did, I went into the BIOS instead of letting it boot to Windows.  Temp looked fine (25C MB/25C Proc) and fan speed looked fine.  after a few minutes, it failed.  So I'm leaning towards RAM, and crossing my fingers.  Thanks for the suggestions, and I'll let you know!

-wraith808 (May 24, 2013, 08:51 PM)

If it failed while you were in BIOS, then the problem is probably PSU or motherboard.  The most complex component is the CPU but it is also the least likely to fail.  Unfortunately, there is no easy way to test for motherboard failure other than replacing it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed with computer problem

« on: May 27, 2013, 08:52 PM »

Yup... restored the bios to defaults.  Actually tried it both ways... with defaults, and restore... and both had the same results.  The only thing I didn't try was flashing it, but I have doubts that could be it unless someone tells me otherwise.  never seen a bios that needs updating start flaking out like this...

-wraith808 (May 26, 2013, 08:10 PM)

It is a very bad idea to attempt to flash the BIOS on an unstable system.  It is possible to brick some motherboards with an incomplete BIOS update.