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Hey, I'm *mister* research. :)

I suspect that what might happen with just pulling the drive is that XP might not boot past the welcome screen, because it's expecting to find the Documents and Settings folder on the D volume, so unless it automatically remaps the second partition on the first drive from G to D, which I doubt...

My Documents and Settings / data drive (a'la this thread) is on the fritz and I don't have a replacement for it. Have a look at my drive layout, attached. HDD 2 is the failing drive. I want to move D&S from there to G on HDD 1 until I get a replacement (which will be a while as I'm broke). How...

With the exception that "My Computer" (renamed to "My Clutter") stays on as a deposit for desktop detritus, my data storage patterns sound much like yours, Tannin. My tantamount reason for moving D&S, though, is for program settings, chat logs (mine date back nearly a decade), photo databases...

And chat logs and photo databases and program customizations and search indexes and so on. I still have all my counterstrike screencaps. Remember the SR team? I do miss that game sometimes. Piyono

Exactly, that's why I set it up the way I do from the get-go, with Docs n' Settings on D. Piyono

I've got into the habit of installing Windows XP with the Documents and Settings folder on a second drive if one is available, figuring that two heads can seek faster than one, although I've never been so pedantic as to do any kind of testing to see if this practice translates into better...

Yer welcome. ]-[

Found it! http://www.datoptic.com/cgi-bin/web.cgi?product=MR435&detail=yes There's a little flash animation at the bottom of the screen that shows how the connector works.

I'd have to dig through my bookmarks to remember the name, but there's a company touting a device similar to what Handy was showing, only with a special backplane connector that, when the drive is being inserted, clamps down on the SATA and power connectors, as opposed to using a friction-fit...

Aw, man, I checked this thread because I was hoping it would be a rant about some Generic Piece Of Sh1t. Global Positioning System? Bo-o-o-o-o-o-ring! :) Piyono

I took the machine back in time with a restore point. Far back as I could go was about two months. When the machine came to again the drive map was broken again, and since it was 4 am I was broken, too, so I went to bed. Me and my narrative. Piyono

Last time I reformatted my sister's laptop (just over a year ago) I tried a novel partitioning method I read about somewhere online. It involves creating separate partitions for system, swap and programs (and I make on for data, too). It's a bit convoluted to set up but you end up with a...

Just for the record, Merc, I fashioned a bracket from stiff cardboard and it works like a charm. Three cheers for resourcefulness! Piyono

I moved someone's PST file to a new computer and set up their email account again. Usually when I do this Outlook starts retrieving new messages only. Sometimes it decides it has to download the entire server's worth of backlog. This is one of those times. Is there any way of making it see that...

How are your bowed-mobo system running? Piyono

How are your bowed-mobo system running? ]-[

The stock intel heatsink that came with my boxed Q6600, when installed, actually bends my Gigabyte EP45-DS3R. I had to RMA my first of these boards because of component failure, and now I'm suspecting that my replacement board may be under undue duress, as well. It's less than a centimeter of...

In any case, I converted the PNG to an ICO. Now all browsers may rejoice. http://s93261811.onlinehome.us/favicon.ico

I tested the new icon I made in FF3 and IE7. Works quite well. However, the icon I see now is not the one I made. Did you edit the file and add white and black to the transparency color index? You may have been seeing white corners still because FF3 is not so good at fetching a new favicon for...

It is pretty sickening. Can this stuff even be recycled?

See, guys, the thing is it's an intermittent sort of thing. It's happened 3 times so far and the same way each time, but not every time. As it's difficult to reproduce it's difficult to troubleshoot. BTW, Fugushi, my BIOS is up to date and I double-checked the HSF already. I have UBCD and use it...

Uh, that should read "to make the white corners disappear" ]-[

Yet Again. Now the current icon makes me cringe. Favicons used to always appear against a white background so you'd make the transparent bits white. Now, thanks to FF3 they're on a gradient. To compensate I used an index transparency to make white the corners disappear. This one's a PNG...

I just built myself a new PC: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Intel Q6600 Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5G PCP&C Silencer 500 Sapphire HD 4550 Seagate ST3250620NS LG GH22LS30 AFT XM-5U card reader I put all this into an AOpen H600A I had lying around. I installed XP Pro Corporate 32-bit from a SP0 disc that I...

AutoPatcher? Never heard of it. I use RyanVM's update packs, although it looks like AutoPatcher has more frequent updates. Piyono

So you conform the cardboard to the dimensions dictated by the mounting method inside the chasis. Very ghetto. I like. Piyono

What I think I may end up doing is removing one of the two optical drives and mounting the hard drive in the vacant slot using one of those 3.5" – 5.25" adapters I bought so long ago but hardly ever use. That or foam-taping it to the chassis floor. Tannin, by Silastic do you mean silicone...

Yeah, "ill-conceived" was a bone-headed comment. My bad.

Right, well, that's kinda what I'm getting at. This motherboard seems a bit ill-conceived.

Right, so Smoothwall is one of the applications that came to mind just as I posted my question. That said, there are purpose-built devices tailored to that application. Much more cost-effective to buy a Soekris board for 99% of people. Piyono

Does anyone have an old Dell machine they could cannibalize for the HD bracket? People sell them online but they're ridiculously overpriced. This is the bracket. I'm trying to get one gratis. Will gladly pay for shipping, though. Piyono

Besides affording one bragging rights, of what use are boards like this, with multiple NICs, to the average computer enthusiast? ]-[

A Newegg rep just told me that all Canada-bound shipments leave from a U.S. warehouse. Says my corespondent: "We do not have any plans to establish any warehouse locations in Canada at this time". Probably not opening any warehouses in Israel, either. Bummer. Good news is he offered me a...

Just launched recently. I was very excited until I saw how much standard shipping was for 2 card readers and a CPU (like$35, no combining). Looks to me that they're shipping to Canada from U.S. warehouses. Disappointing in any case.

How are you forcing more head movement? Can the swap file become fragmented? If so then containing it within in one partition would result in *less* movement of the head, would it not?

Are you saying this kind of partitioning scheme is futile? Has testing been done? What alternatives would you propose?

Yeah, I think the mouse actually senses a hard flick and disengages the click stops automatically. Very cool.

Gilbo, thanks for the tip! TiddlyWiki is a kick in the pants! ]-[

In Firefox I use the bookmarks toolbar for daily rounds and I hit CTRL-B to open the bookmarks sidebar when I need to dig for something. I hardly ever open a menu. Yeah, mouse wheel click n' zip is missed. On a side note, I wonder how many people dropped $80 on that Logitech revolution mouse...

I wasn't trying to spark debate. I grew up using both Mac OS and Windows and I use both regularly. While I'm certainly much more competent with Windows' inner workings I'm no slouch on Mac OS; it just drives me up the wall, that's all.

I made these posts in Chrome. Totally digging how it does tabs. Very slick.

I just downloaded the Chrome beta and so far I'm enjoying it. On first impression the program is totally unassuming, intuitive and friendly. I'm really liking the interface. To contrast, the first time I tried Opera, I felt like my reflexes and intuition were under attack, and with each version...

Yeah, but I figured that once a device is installed it's, you know, installed... Besides, this happens even between two ports on the same controller.

One of those things that I've always noticed but never researched is Windows' tendency to reinstall a driver when a USB device is unplugged from one port and plugged into a different port. It just happened today with an M-Audio Fast Track Pro which I've been using for a couple of weeks. I...

One of my regulars had a sinister infection the other week. It required a reformat but I was looking at a bug I had not encountered before so I gave it a fight for a few hours before throwing in the towel, chalking it up to on-the-job training. Of course, I was feeling especially generous with...

Neat. Is it emotionally and mentally sustainable?

It's not cool until it arms itself and turns against its human masters.

What is your "trainer" job?

*sigh* You guys nailed it... this is my dad's machine— and it was humming along just fine when I left it the week before. Me: Well, what happened since I fixed it last time? Dad: Happened? Uh, I don't know. Nothing. Me: Did you install any software? Dad: Software? No, I don't think so... [as if...