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Forum: Storage (alternative) January 24th 12, 06:22 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.backup-software
Replies: 34
Views: 1,076
Posted By willbill[_3_]
How to compare clone of a partition with source partition

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:29:42 -0800 (PST), AndyHancock wrote:

When I surfed the web & asked for suggestions, ATIH & Norton Ghost 15
were the 2 contenders. I had to choose one, and a friend has...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 20th 12, 06:52 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.backup-software
Replies: 34
Views: 1,076
Posted By willbill[_3_]
How to compare clone of a partition with source partition

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:37:35 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:

On 18/01/2012 12:33 AM, AndyHancock wrote:

I believe that the concerns about the unknown partition type that I
describe in my reply to...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards January 6th 12, 07:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 13
Views: 1,866
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Gtx 580 stock

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:58:27 -0500, Paul wrote:

PcGAmeR22 wrote:
Is a 700 watt power supply strong enough to run a gtx 580 ?
i have an ocz modxstream 700 watt power...
Forum: Storage (alternative) January 6th 12, 07:09 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 3
Views: 352
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Toshiba Disc Creator vs. BurnAware, CDBurnerXP InfraRecorder

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:32:35 -0800 (PST), AndyHancock wrote:

Can anyone share their opinion of how Toshiba Disc Creator compares
with the high-profile free burners...
Forum: Intel November 28th 11, 02:40 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Replies: 10
Views: 2,219
Posted By willbill[_3_]
A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:21:50 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:

On 26/11/2011 4:59 PM, willbill wrote:

I'm running Phenom II X4 955 BE, so for me
it's not likely to be much of an upgrade.

Also...
Forum: Intel November 26th 11, 09:59 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Replies: 10
Views: 2,219
Posted By willbill[_3_]
A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:19:40 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:

On 20/11/2011 12:17 PM, willbill wrote:
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:14:03 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:

It looks like AMD could've saved...
Forum: Intel November 20th 11, 05:17 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Replies: 10
Views: 2,219
Posted By willbill[_3_]
A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:14:03 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:

It looks like AMD could've saved themselves a lot of embarrassment by
simply making the secondary cores in each...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 20th 11, 04:44 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 9
Views: 698
Posted By willbill[_3_]
HD Tune and similar

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:11:58 +1000, Franc Zabkar wrote:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:02:53 -0500, willbill
put finger to keyboard and composed:

...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 20th 11, 12:43 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 9
Views: 698
Posted By willbill[_3_]
HD Tune and similar

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:30:07 -0700, Ed Light wrote:

I installed HD Tach on Win 7 and it said that it only runs on XP.

That is mentioned in:...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 19th 11, 02:02 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 9
Views: 698
Posted By willbill[_3_]
HD Tune and similar

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:42:46 -0400, Bob Willard wrote:

The Pro version of HDtune does writes to the HD; the freebie only does
reads. But the performance graph and...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 19th 11, 03:33 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 9
Views: 698
Posted By willbill[_3_]
HD Tune and similar

18 Sep 2011 20:53:34 GMT, Arno wrote:

Why do you want this thing in the first place?
Usually you do not need it. Arno

My experience with free HD Tune 2.55 has had some...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 18th 11, 04:56 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 9
Views: 698
Posted By willbill[_3_]
HD Tune and similar

I've used free HD Tune 2.55 for some time.

I see that HD Tune Pro 4.61 costs $34.95
http://www.hdtune.com/

Questions:
1. Any similar HDD performance test program that
I should consider given...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 22nd 11, 01:04 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 68
Views: 2,591
Posted By willbill[_3_]
File corruption consecutive to SATA2 disk to disk transfer = how to detect it ?

20 Jun 2011 23:16:16 GMT, Arno wrote:

... and lower RAM voltage in order
to make errors more likely than on normal operation. ...

Why not just up the DDR2 voltage from a...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 17th 11, 04:05 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 68
Views: 2,591
Posted By willbill[_3_]
File corruption consecutive to SATA2 disk to disk transfer = how to detect it ?

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:02:44 +1000, Franc Zabkar wrote:

Alternatively, does your BIOS have any settings which allow you to
increase the supply voltage to your...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 17th 11, 01:06 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 68
Views: 2,591
Posted By willbill[_3_]
File corruption consecutive to SATA2 disk to disk transfer = how to detect it ?

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:05:28 -0700 (PDT), Castor Nageur wrote:

On 14 juin, 14:05, Castor Nageur wrote:

I removed my 4x2GB GSkill...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 16th 11, 06:03 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 68
Views: 2,591
Posted By willbill[_3_]
File corruption consecutive to SATA2 disk to disk transfer = how to detect it ?

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:45:09 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artículo , Arno
escribió:

Well. Sounds like roddels is...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 16th 11, 05:47 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 68
Views: 2,591
Posted By willbill[_3_]
File corruption consecutive to SATA2 disk to disk transfer = how to detect it ?

16 Jun 2011 01:53:58 GMT, Arno wrote:

I tend to agree. Chipsets do age and become unreliable. The
hotter they run, the faster this happens.

Seems unlikely as the corruption...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 15th 11, 05:31 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 24
Views: 1,009
Posted By willbill[_3_]
which new drives use 4 kB sectors?

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:22:58 +0200, David Brown wrote:

On 15/06/2011 15:33, Kulin Remailer wrote:

I presume anything over 2 tebibytes will.

Correct. With...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 15th 11, 12:13 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 68
Views: 2,591
Posted By willbill[_3_]
File corruption consecutive to SATA2 disk to disk transfer = how to detect it ?

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:22:02 -0700 (PDT), Castor Nageur wrote:

Here is my "home-made" system:

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 (rev 1.1)
CPU: Intel Quad Core...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 5th 11, 11:25 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 40
Views: 1,998
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Samsung 4k drives and there software for them

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 15:07:49 -0700, "Timothy Daniels" wrote:

I've read this regarding multi-booting and the "new partition boundaries"
introduced with Vista: ...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 5th 11, 07:54 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 40
Views: 1,998
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Samsung 4k drives and there software for them

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:00:36 -0500, willbill wrote:

Spent an hour+ this morning recovering.

Still not sure why things got messed up.

Ran across this pdf with useful info...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 3rd 11, 04:45 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 40
Views: 1,998
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Samsung 4k drives and there software for them

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:28:21 +0200, David Brown wrote:

I gave you a suggestion - System Rescue CD. Here is the link:
http://www.sysresccd.org/

Thank you. ...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 1st 11, 11:36 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 40
Views: 1,998
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Samsung 4k drives and there software for them

1 Jun 2011 21:52:32 GMT, Arno wrote:

willbill wrote:

30 May 2011 07:10:28 GMT, Arno wrote:

The image will be fine but slow,...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 1st 11, 07:34 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 40
Views: 1,998
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Samsung 4k drives and there software for them

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:44:07 +0200, David Brown wrote:

On 01/06/2011 16:23, willbill wrote:

What do *you* use (bootable CD) for a recent
HDD...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 1st 11, 03:23 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 40
Views: 1,998
Posted By willbill[_3_]
Samsung 4k drives and there software for them

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:42:55 +0200, David Brown wrote:

If you want to be sure your partitions are aligned with the 4K blocks
for better performance, there are...
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