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Re: Formatting HD's: Plueeze Help [message #55317 is a reply to message #55310] |
Tue, 05 July 2005 17:50 |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988 Registered: May 2008
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gt;> I mean it fits on 4 Gig happily enough, but I'm paradoid that it will
>> somehow
>> get bigger.
>>
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>It will. Give it at least 10 from my experience.
>
>> I'm planning to have a whole bunch of seperate boots on this box, so that
>> I can mess with things without impacting productivity. A Paris only boot.
>> A "general music" boot where I can load Paris plus other music apps. An
>> office/publishing
>> boot. A gaming boot. I'm trying to work out how big these boot sizes need
>> to be to plan for the future. I mean this laptop here only has a 10 gig
OS
>> boot, which seems big enough, but it just seems like that's too small.
>>
>> Am I having an attack of partition size paranoia here? I guess, in my
20
>> years of computing, everything has constantly needed more more more, but
>> I'm seriously wondering if we're reaching a point now where OS and
>> application
>> sizes might start to relax in growth a little, or am I dreaming...
>>
>> ...or do I just need to relax and get more sleep... ;o)
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>Nope, windows will automagically suck in all your free space eventually
:)
>To be honest, I'm not sure if it's service packs, updates, tmp files or
>what... I've got a XP SP2 box right now at a client's place, 10 GB drive,
>and it's got nuttin left. Cleared tmp files, windowsupdate uninstall
>files/info, internet exploder, etc...I went through and whacked everything
I
>could think of manually. Still a 9+ Gb foot print. The thing hosts a dang
>CAD printer and that's about it, c'mon MS... most of seems to be hiding
out
>in the windows folder, but it's so spread across the drive it's not feasible
>to do much more on it short of a wipe/reload.
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kim.
>
>Cheers back atcha'
>AA
>
>Just tell them you'll file a complaint with the BBB and post a review on ResellerRatings.com if you don't get satisfaction..
That might help.
Cheers,
TC
Mr Simplicity wrote:
> I have purchased components in the past from this company and had no
> problems. Recently I recommended this company to a friend and helped him
> spec a new com
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Re: Formatting HD's: Plueeze Help [message #55334 is a reply to message #55310] |
Wed, 06 July 2005 05:15 |
Don Nafe
Messages: 1206 Registered: July 2005
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>>> installation program (Maxblast). The drives I got are not OEM (oops), so
>>> I haven't got Seagate's version of Maxblast. I presume Windows can
>>> format
>>> the disc's just as well, but I'm not sure if this is true and if so, how
>>> to go about it. I'm running Win 98SE. One of the drives will be my
>>> OS/System
>>> drive (though I will be using the extra space on it to store audio
>>> files).
>>> The other two are for audio files only.
>>>
>>> Gosh, I should know how to do this by now, but I've been
>>> Maxblastorized --and
>>> I don't want to mess up my precious bodily data(s) by screwing up an
>>> unfamiliar
>>> formatting protocol. Thanks.
>>> MR
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>ESPN used to show Australian Rules Football - back in the days when MTV
showed music videos, and ESPN showed... well, sports. Somehow I guess they
figured music and sports just aren't all that popular.
The Aussie Rules Football mic is also the only one you can drop-kick,
errr...drop and still mic a kick; run away with...I mean, run it quite a
ways from the control room; throw passes with...well...throw it on a bass
cabinet for louder pass-ages. It even comes with fake blood packs that
explode during particularly hard-hitting matches...songs...well, you know.
Dedric
On 7/6/05 7:19 AM, in article 42cbda54@linux, "Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
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> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> And the Aussie Rules Football...? mmm, that one I'll have to
> think about.
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Re: Formatting HD's: Plueeze Help [message #55337 is a reply to message #55334] |
Wed, 06 July 2005 07:05 |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988 Registered: May 2008
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> > So what exactly is an overlay...I've never heard that term before
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> > "EK Sound" <spamnot.info@eksoundNO.com> wrote in message
> > news:42caf7bc$1@linux...
> >
> >>"Maxblast" and the like are drive overlay utilities... personally I
would
> >>NEVER put anything important on a drive with an overlay. If the overlay
> >>gets corrupt, ALL the information is toast... nothing will read the
drive.
> >>
> >>Use at your own peril!!
> >>
> >>David.
> >>
> >>Mike R. wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I just got three fresh 120gb sized Seagate HDs (ata 100)for my Paris
rig.
> >>> Previously, I have worked exclusively with Maxtors. However, due to
> >>>recent
> >>>problems with RELIAfrekinBILITY (@#$%%@@@!!!)... I've switched to
> >>>Seagate:)
> >>>(By the way, check out www.storagereview.com for a good review of
various
> >>>manufacturers HD's.) Anyhoo, in all my previous installs I've used the
> >>>Maxtor
> >>>installation program (Maxblast). The drives I got are not OEM (oops),
so
> >>>I haven't got Seagate's version of Maxblast. I presume Windows can
> >>>format
> >>>the disc's just as well, but I'm not sure if this is true and if so,
how
> >>>to go about it. I'm running Win 98SE. One of the drives will be my
> >>>OS/System
> >>>drive (though I will be using the extra space on it to store audio
> >>>files).
> >>> The other two are for audio files only.
> >>>
> >>>Gosh, I should know how to do this by now, but I've been
> >>>Maxblastorized --and
> >>>I don't want to mess up my precious bodily data(s) by screwing up an
> >>>unfamiliar
> >>>formatting protocol. Thanks.
> >>>MR
> >
> >
> >Get'em while you can.
;o)
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