Re: what SSD for XP ?

Posted on 2020-08-03, 23:19

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by BushLin

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Looks like old versions of the Samsung Magician software are hard to find even with archive.org. Tried hard to find a verifiable source, just found some obscure french archive of old software. 4.9.7 is the last release before many features were pulled, not sure it will give you everything you want …

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Re: Slow compact flash adapter performance

Posted on 2020-08-03, 23:00

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by BushLin

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I don't see a benchmark metric where the compact flash card isn't many times faster (although they're all read tests)

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Re: Slow compact flash adapter performance

Posted on 2020-08-03, 20:55

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by BushLin

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Have you run the computer with a regular IDE drive? (Same OS, config and drivers)

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Re: what SSD for XP ?

Posted on 2020-08-03, 19:58

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by BushLin

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I've always wondered if making the partition(s) smaller than the available space on the disk keeps some blocks ready for writing? Also, if some SSD firmware is smart enough to do its own garbage collection even without a trim aware operating system? Personally, I just USB boot a trim aware OS for …

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Re: NVIDIA Fermi is now officially retro (or atleast unsupported)

Posted on 2019-08-08, 17:37

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by BushLin

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Have there actually been any discovered benefits of Fermi over say... Kepler? I think 780Ti's are going to be very expensive cards someday. Something which put me off holding onto any card between the GTX670 - GTX780ti (excluding the Maxwell based GTX 750) is the sheer amount of heat they generate, …

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Re: Help with dual-boot (separate drives) XP/Win7

Posted on 2019-08-02, 19:21

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by BushLin

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infiniteclouds wrote: I think a lot of this is complicated by the fact that I have my Windows 7 install in Raid 0 (256GBx2). Even putting off adding another OS to the system, I'm not sure I can even add an additional internal drive outside this array. You can, at least you can with the Intel …

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Re: Help with dual-boot (separate drives) XP/Win7

Posted on 2019-08-02, 17:43

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by BushLin

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Everyone's requirements are different but 500GB is a lot of space for an XP boot volume and it's not essential to have all your data on the C: drive. You can always shrink partitions to make space for a little boot partition. Actually I'd say it's advantageous to have your data and backups on a …

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Re: Help with dual-boot (separate drives) XP/Win7

Posted on 2019-08-02, 12:47

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by BushLin

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All this applies even if I'm not doing dual-boot on a single drive/separate partitions but rather on separate SSDs altogether? Yes, although you're opening up more avenues for things to go wrong. If XP is installed to disk 2, will the installer write the bootloader to disk 1? Your backup won't be a …

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Re: Help with dual-boot (separate drives) XP/Win7

Posted on 2019-08-02, 00:03

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Before doing anything, make a backup. For an operating system, a full system image is best, using something like Ghost; allowing you to go back to the exact same drive state before you started experimenting. Normally, if you were dual booting XP and Win7 you'd install XP first. That way Windows 7 …

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Re: NVIDIA Fermi is now officially retro (or atleast unsupported)

Posted on 2019-07-31, 22:32

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by BushLin

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Have there actually been any discovered benefits of Fermi over say... Kepler? - Which we know to be the last well-supported generation for Windows XP. I imagined Kepler cards might run into some issues with early XP but based on other posts around it seems not? The only one I can think of is it's …

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Re: TC430HX voltage regulator gets way too hot

Posted on 2019-07-31, 22:20

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by BushLin

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Windows9566 wrote: The voltage regulator to the right of my MMX 200 CPU gets way too hot after running for 15 minutes on my TC430HX. any way to make it run cooler? Point a fan at it.

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Re: Windows 8.1 installation/activation on a new pc

Posted on 2019-07-31, 22:19

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If you do have to phone up to complete activation, your licence permits what you want to do. Once activated you can "upgrade" to Windows 10, activate online and that licence will be tied to the new hardware for automatic online activation without a product key, should you then choose to do a clean …

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Re: Dual Game port card with RTC clock

Posted on 2019-07-30, 17:47

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by BushLin

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You can get gameport splitters, the port is wired for 2 controllers.

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Re: Where to buy new CD-Rs Japan made ?

Posted on 2019-07-29, 21:55

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by BushLin

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I've bought all my Taiyo Yurden CD-R media from here for the last two decades. https://www.svp.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q … o+yuden&cat=147

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Re: RE: Win 2000 wireless connection tool?

Posted on 2019-07-29, 12:18

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by BushLin

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Hello all! Would anyone be able to recommend good software to configure a wireless connection in Windows 2000? I have an old Dell D610 that needs it. I just installed it and was surprised to find out it doesn't have a Wifi wizard like XP does. My thanks! There will be one supplied with the drivers.

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Re: CD-ROM failing to work, what to do?

Posted on 2019-07-28, 11:02

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by BushLin

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The reason I am not trying to replace it with any other generic unit I have around is that this unit has a special tray that matches the case and I would need to find the exact same one as a replacement and, so far, I have not. If you're lucky, the drive is generic and the end of the tray/face can …

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-07-28, 01:53

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by BushLin

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According to the benchmarks I have seen, you actually get worse FPS in windows 98 with FX 5900 and later despite the graphics cards being more capable. This probably has something to do with poorly optimized drivers and increased driver overhead. The geforce 4 cards perform the best overall, with …

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Re: Dos 6.22 cute mouse help

Posted on 2019-07-28, 01:45

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by BushLin

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I would assume it translates to the command for COM3 as: Actually, it would translate to: CTMOUSE.EXE /S C3 That's probably what I originally wrote but then I tried it out. I don't have a serial mouse to test but the error changed to something like 'device not found' when using the syntax I later …

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Re: Dos 6.22 cute mouse help

Posted on 2019-07-26, 10:06

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by BushLin

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According to the cute mouse instructions command /s [c ] is how your change com ports, but again I am dumb and do not understand what that means. Can someone explain this to me like you were explaining it to a small child so that i can understand it I would assume it translates to the command for …

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Re: Maximum hardware configuration for Windows 7

Posted on 2019-07-24, 18:25

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mothergoose729 wrote: you might have to switch to an onboard USB controller Yeah, of course you would do that

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