Originally posted by stockenI did not deliberately email games or anything like that, I guess I
You have your RHP PM's and games on your local drive? I see, you have had them sent by email, and your email is stored on the local drive. Well, you still have to import all the old mail into your new installation (setup pop-server, username and password and all that).
It's gonna be a big pain in the butt whether you burn everything to CD or keep the old ...[text shortened]... reating the backup. So, if you want to go out and buy a new drive, I say that's a good idea.
don't have to worry about RHP at least, forgot all the action is on
the RHP side and not in any one comp. I went on the road last week
and used my laptop to get to RHP so none of that stuff is one the
comp.
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Originally posted by stockenNope not talking about SCSI.
Think you may confuse IDE with SCSI. Even if you're talking about SCSI it's kinda wrong. IDE disks are set to master/auto/slave using pins. Other than that it really doesn't matter where on the IDE cable they are connected.
Jumpers are normally required to be set correctly.
http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confJumpering.html
This is the way we have always done it with no problems, whereas other set ups have sometimes caused trouble. But if it all works ok , fair enough.
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Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveI have no argument about jumpers, they have to be in the right place.
Nope not talking about SCSI.
Jumpers are normally required to be set correctly.
http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confJumpering.html
This is the way we have always done it with no problems, whereas other set ups have sometimes caused trouble. But if it all works ok , fair enough.
One thing I wonder about, will the slave be accepted as a slave if the
jumper is put into the slave position? I seem to remember having
a problem with that, expecting it to quietly assume itself to be a slave
but I think it didn't work right till I put it in CS, computer select.
That might present a dilemma, if the comp sees two CS's and OS's
on both drives. Hmm. Well only one way to find out. I just hope it
accepts the slave jumper position and not raise a fuss about it.
BTW, I just got the upgraded OS and driver disks from Dell so
now off to Best Buy or Staples for a HD. I will keep you posted. Thanks
for the help everyone.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveYes, of course. When I wrote pins I meant jumpers. The order of disks is not important, however. If you have two disks set as masters, then the first disk to receieve the signal will be master (I wonder if the second will be recognised at all then).
Nope not talking about SCSI.
Jumpers are normally required to be set correctly.
http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confJumpering.html
This is the way we have always done it with no problems, whereas other set ups have sometimes caused trouble. But if it all works ok , fair enough.
Most disks today have an auto jumper setting. If you have two disks on the same IDE cable and set them both to auto, then the first one on the cable will be master. If you want to specifically control which one is to be master and which one to be secondary, just set the jumper to master and slave respectively and plug them in in any order you like. No problem there.
Originally posted by sonhouseIf you set both drives to CS [cable select]and then use them on a standard IDE cable, both drives will configure themselves as master, causing a configuration conflict. You need a 80 pin cable as opposed to the usual standard 40 pin. They are cheap so it would probably be worth getting if you don't already have them. They work ok with all drives.
...That might present a dilemma, if the comp sees two CS's and OS's
on both drives..
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveWell one way out of that possible dilemma with CS is to put the
If you set both drives to CS [cable select]and then use them on a standard IDE cable, both drives will configure themselves as master, causing a configuration conflict. You need a 80 pin cable as opposed to the usual standard 40 pin. They are cheap so it would probably be worth getting if you don't already have them. They work ok with all drives.
secondary HD on the CD bus, if it will take a third device, that way you
can put it in CS and it won't try to take over the system. Not sure if
I have room for a third drive in the CD line, have a CD burner and
a DVD burner there already.
Originally posted by sonhouseUnless things have changed recently, you need a PCI card for extra devices [more than 4 devices ie. 2 per chanel]
Well one way out of that possible dilemma with CS is to put the
secondary HD on the CD bus, if it will take a third device, that way you
can put it in CS and it won't try to take over the system. Not sure if
I have room for a third drive in the CD line, have a CD burner and
a DVD burner there already.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveWell here is a little update: with the help of Dell support, several
Unless things have changed recently, you need a PCI card for extra devices [more than 4 devices ie. 2 per chanel]
calls actually, I have finally installed a fresh copy of XP pro on a
sort of new HD. I went to Sams club, found a 200 GB HD AND a
dual layer DVD burner for $189 US! Can you imagine how much
those devices would have cost two years ago? So now I am going to
do the old HD as slave and see how much I can drag over to the
new HD and install the new DVD burner. I have one in there already
but it was an early model that had compatibilty issues with both
DVD X copy (the original Unwatered version!) and Norton Ghost.
I don't intend to load Ghost again, its a CPU hog. Does anyone know
how much performance gain I can get going from 512 megs of
rambus to 1 Gig of rambus? Its 240 bucks here for the next 512,
very expensive, I would like to have some advice if the gain in
performance, if any, would be worth the cost, that is to say, how many
percent increase could I expect by doubling the ram. Thanks
everyone who contributed. Not totally out of the woods yet but am well
on my way.
Originally posted by sonhouseIt depends on how heavily you use your computer. For instance, if you play 3D-games, while working with large office documents, surfing several websites simultaneously and listening to music at the same time, it'll make a difference.
Does anyone know how much performance gain I can get going from 512 megs of rambus to 1 Gig of rambus?
If all you do is surf a few websites while working on a few office docs, you probably won't notice the difference since 512 meg was enough to keep your work in memory in the first place.
You see, the reason more memory is good for speed is because that allows the os to load more data into ram from the disk, and it won't start using the disk to save temporary data until your ram is full. Since ram memory has a much faster accesstime than your disks, you won't have that hourglass appear as much as when windows start using the disk as ram. But if you don't fill the ram in the first place, then it doesn't matter if you have 512 or or 1024 Mb of ram.
Also, if you really put the computer to the limit, even 1 Gb of ram may seem like little.
Originally posted by stockenThanks for the tip. I see my memory usage is usually around
It depends on how heavily you use your computer. For instance, if you play 3D-games, while working with large office documents, surfing several websites simultaneously and listening to music at the same time, it'll make a difference.
If all you do is surf a few websites while working on a few office docs, you probably won't notice the difference since 51 ...[text shortened]... if you really put the computer to the limit, even 1 Gb of ram may seem like little.
40 % so that must mean we won't see much dif, we don't do so
many things at once, at most play a CD while surfing the net.
I did have a panic attack, I am on the old drive now but when
I got the new one up and running, I put the old one in and rebooted
but the old one was not being recognised. I downloaded my
trusty test disk 5.9 which is now test disk 6.1 but that prog has
been called the holy grail of free disk recovery software.
It can rewrite the MBR and in my case it had to rewrite the partition
structure before the disk was recognized. I thought I had lost it there,
all of my wife's graphics projects, photos, broshures, etc., were on
this old drive. So I got it back thanks to test disk 6.1. If you haven't
heard about it, google it in and try it, you can do things you could
never do with Norton. It saved my butt this time I can tell you!
So now I am going to install the new DVD dual layer burner and
take stuff off the old drive and load into the new one. Thanks again.
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Originally posted by sonhouseShows how much attention you pay to advice. I've NEVER recommended this.
Any ideas, except the obvious one from Bowmann,
get a mac. Don't need sarcasm, just help.
However, it isn't such a bad idea.
Additional: A wise man once said: "Computers are like chess... [something, something...]"
Originally posted by sonhouseActually, I haven't heard about it and google gave me nothing. 🙁
If you haven't heard about it, google it in and try it, you can do things you could never do with Norton. It saved my butt this time I can tell you!
When I need to rescue a computer I just pop in my knoppix live-CD. From there I can pretty much do anything with windows I need to (repair the registry, virus-testing, checking the disk for problems).
You can even access the windows administrator password from linux. Usually not a good thing, but when a client forgets that password they're pretty thankful that I can crack their computer. 😀 That's always amusing to me.
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Originally posted by stockenI googled it in (test disk 6.1)
Actually, I haven't heard about it and google gave me nothing. 🙁
When I need to rescue a computer I just pop in my knoppix live-CD. From there I can pretty much do anything with windows I need to (repair the registry, virus-testing, checking the disk for problems).
You can even access the windows administrator password from linux. Usually not a good t ...[text shortened]... word they're pretty thankful that I can crack their computer. 😀 That's always amusing to me.
and got several direct hits. Try www.cgsecurity.org
thats where it was developed. How many repair progs you know
that can rebuild a damaged MBR? Don't you think its interesting
that that prog can READ a disk with a damaged MBR?
In my case it was the partition stucture damaged, Norton can't even
begin to fix that stuff.
Originally posted by sonhouseLooks good. You can repair the MBR from linux (and windows installation CD as strange has it) as well, but that's a good disk to have from the looks of it. Simple and yet useful. 🙂
I googled it in (test disk 6.1)
and got several direct hits. Try www.cgsecurity.org
thats where it was developed. How many repair progs you know
that can rebuild a damaged MBR? Don't you think its interesting
that that prog can READ a disk with a damaged MBR?
In my case it was the partition stucture damaged, Norton can't even
begin to fix that stuff.