Hardware

Dell Inspiron 1420: due for replacement?
I'm eyeing the Inspiron 1420 with Ubuntu, but the laptop model seems like it might be due for replacement soon: the 1420 and the 1520/1521 were released simultaneously, yet the 1520/1521 is in the process of being replaced by the newer 1525/1526. Should we expect a similar upgrade for the 14" Inspiron to be in... 24 Dec 2007 01:07

Synchronizing hard drives?
I have an external and my friend has an external. On each of them we have say 20,000 files. But we each have some files that the other doesn't have. How can we link them up and give each other all the files the other is missing, but not make a bunch of dupe files in the process? Sorry if this post didn't make ... 24 Dec 2007 00:01

Maxtor not starting up?
Hi all, Not over a year ago, I purchased a Maxtor One touch 3 with 300gb. It was working fine until recently I had the problem. I did disk management and reinstalling/installing the device. Device Status tells me that the device could not "start". The HD could not recognize it due to the device not starting up... 23 Dec 2007 14:40

HD not seen
Greetings group. Sorry if this is acroos-post but I do not appear to be getting anywhere My aim: I have a spare laptop 2.5" h/d with Win XP OS on it and wish to "clean it" and use it for Desktop/laptop.... saving data using external enclosure & USB connection. At present the HD is not recognised in the enc... 7 Jan 2008 03:49

eBay's new Computers Neighborhood
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Installing 2nd hard drive on new Vista Premium PC
I have a new Compaq Presario running Vista Premium and have installed my old WD 10GB hard drive containing all my backup files. Problem is the directory shows it is empty except for the first item which shows a .txt file which reads: 0010 d224 (Safe boot). Is there something I need to do with the BIOS? Diagnosti... 28 Dec 2007 21:26

Ghosting | Cloning HDD with WinXP
Sometime ago I was easily making images of HDDs (such as case where I had to get a bigger HDD without having to install everything) using Symantec Ghost. I am now faced with more or less similar problem, I have a small HDD with Win XP that I'd like to place on a bigger HDD. Both are Win32. Seems my Ghost (runnin... 24 Dec 2007 11:38

What inkjet printer prints the best text? Off Topic
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:13:39 -0600, Tony <tonythebengaltiger(a)gmail.com> wrote: I am not into "Marketing drivel" I am an engineer and am into first hand experience and my comments are based on exactly that, my own experience. Yes, that's why your comment was inaccurate, because it is based on a subjective e... 30 Dec 2007 22:09

Photo Printers
Looking for a printer to be used about 75% of the time for photos and the remainder for office applications and web pages. It seems that the reviews I've found on line and in Consumer Reports don't apply to the models I've seen in the stores. For print quality, speed, and cost, is there really a significant d... 7 Jan 2008 03:49

How big of a harddrive can I install
This computer is a Netvista IBM Bios IBM 3-17-05 Intel Celeron 1000mhz Pentium 3 Intel chipset Running Win98se with fat 32 partitions. How do I determine the maximum hard drive size I can use? I have a PDF version of the manual, but it dont say anything about the hard drive size (gigabytes), just the physi... 24 Dec 2007 13:50