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+1. Boycott.
Oh wait! I can't. I never bought an ebook reader because I knew this would eventually happen.-40hz (February 28, 2012, 07:03 PM)
Do they?
[url=http://www.paragon-software.com/home/rk-express/download_old.html]Paragon Rescue Kit free Edition-4wd (February 27, 2012, 10:44 PM)
This laptop has Windows Internet Explorer 9 only. When I click "quote" on tomos' post, IE will say "Loading" for ever, and nothing else will happen. Would such an error come from our forum or from IE or from the laptop? Never mind; it is just annoying.-Curt (February 27, 2012, 12:51 PM)
After giving the user time to read this dire warning, the program begins going through top-level files in the user's Music, Pictures, and My Videos folders, deleting files. It doesn't really delete any files, but sure looks like it is -- progress bar and all. The user can try escaping with Alt-tab, Ctrl-Escape, even Ctrl-Alt-Del then Task Manager -- all to no avail.-kyrathaba (February 26, 2012, 01:23 PM)
...I did not see that coming... 
Q. Will Ghostery affect my browser performance?
A. Ghostery initiates a scan and decision for several types of page elements, and in some cases, this scan may represent a slight increase in page load times. However, if users choose to block page scripts, our lab research suggests that pages load faster on average.-Ghostery FAQ
SJ, (I know you were watching when I typed this), any comments/ideas/alternatives?
-4wd (February 23, 2012, 06:31 AM)
eek! ...You work for Google?!?-Stoic Joker (February 23, 2012, 07:04 AM)
Nothing so evil...but I do confess to staring at the Who's Online sometimes-4wd (February 23, 2012, 12:38 PM)
Removing stuff is generally easiest ... So just unplug the IDE cable from the board, run the install with the SATA devices, and if all is well...pull the IDE device power cables. Device removal is optional.
I think the only way to get the SATA optical going in it's current position is to unplug both IDE power plugs - I think I can see an extra SATA power connector on that lead. Otherwise there doesn't seem to be enough lead length between the any of the plugs, (molex/SATA), to enable both SATA devices to be powered.
But then after install it would need to be unplugged again due to the need to have the Maxtor working, so then the IDE optical would need to be powered again, (again because of insufficient lead length between plugs) - leaving that nice SATA optical sitting all by it's lonesome again.
Aarrrgghh!-4wd (February 23, 2012, 12:38 PM)
SJ, (I know you were watching when I typed this-4wd (February 23, 2012, 06:31 AM)
It may be too late already.No, I think that simply means that your account's search web history was already OFF (by some prior default), and so you have nothing accumulated to delete.-bob99 (February 22, 2012, 09:31 PM)-IainB (February 22, 2012, 10:20 PM)
That's realy a strange (bad) configuration, as IDE will only run at the speed of the slowest device, and optical drives aren't usually that fast. So it's got to be holding the IDE HDD back performance wise.-Stoic Joker (February 22, 2012, 06:49 AM)
But having only one IDE port on the motherboard kind of limits things-4wd (February 22, 2012, 08:00 AM)
I thought I read somewhere that they finally got around that slowest device problem, here we go from our friends at Wikipedia: Parallel ATA
So really only a problem if accessing both devices on the same bus concurrently.-4wd (February 22, 2012, 08:00 AM)
I'm hoping that the optical drive is sitting on SATA Channel 1 and not IDE Channel 1 but with my luck.....-4wd (February 22, 2012, 08:00 AM)
Just to go against the majority(?), I'm very happy with my Kindle Touch. I find e-ink a pleasure to read, buying books easy and there's no problem backing up my books. If I wanted to I could keep my Kindle offline 24/7 and still put/pull books through USB. Software updates as well. No amazon fanboy, but this works very well for me, at least.-TucknDar (February 22, 2012, 10:29 AM)
That's what I want. And from my prior experiences with FictionWise before being bought by Nook, that's what I expected. But the truth is far from this in the case of the Nook.I think the biggest problem has withAmazonBarnes & Noble is the fact that he's trying to download books he has already paid for & yetAmazonBarnes & Noble wants to authorize his card again for the purchase. There's no sane reason for them to do that.-Innuendo (February 22, 2012, 09:56 AM)
This! (Other than the corrected Amazon) Why should they have to use my CC on purchases I already made? Thank you!-wraith808 (February 22, 2012, 10:46 AM)
Introducing...
(see attachment in previous post)-kyrathaba (February 21, 2012, 06:41 PM)
and I'm guessing there's no 'safety' either...-Target (February 21, 2012, 07:04 PM)
It's been a while since I played with ATA/IDE devices, so anyone, (40, SJ), know if the Slave device will still work if the Master is removed?-4wd (February 22, 2012, 02:10 AM)
...However the optical drive could be set to either cable select or master for the duration of the install if need be.I've got no idea whether an OEM license would continue to work if you, say, change your motherboard to a DDR3 version.-4wd (February 22, 2012, 12:04 AM)
Disco has always been a fascinating example.-superboyac (February 21, 2012, 01:13 PM)
