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The Official PC building thread - 4th Edition
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5. March 2011 @ 06:43 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
Originally posted by FredBun:
often you get the message can't unplug because something is running or other, that's the frustrating part, I have nothing running, go to the taskmanager and 90% of the time you can't make out here nor there what all that means anyway, than I have no other alternative but to shut off the PC
I forgot to mention this before. I often have the annoying message abot being unable to unplug because it's in use. Most of the time this can be solved by going into task manager and killing explorer.exe and starting another explorer.exe in the 'File/New task (run)' option in task manager. That will nearly always release the hold on the USB device, but not always. Then you either reboot or chance unplugging.
I never knew that creak, I'll give that a try next time it happens, thanks.
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5. March 2011 @ 07:12 |
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5. March 2011 @ 16:35 |
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Of course you may not remember the good old day?s theonejrs as you are still a young man. :)
lol He's definitely been into PCs longer than most of us younger members have been alive.
I have a few MFM HDDs myself. Remember being fascinated when I realized what they were XD
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5. March 2011 @ 16:46 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
Originally posted by FredBun:
often you get the message can't unplug because something is running or other, that's the frustrating part, I have nothing running, go to the taskmanager and 90% of the time you can't make out here nor there what all that means anyway, than I have no other alternative but to shut off the PC
I forgot to mention this before. I often have the annoying message abot being unable to unplug because it's in use. Most of the time this can be solved by going into task manager and killing explorer.exe and starting another explorer.exe in the 'File/New task (run)' option in task manager. That will nearly always release the hold on the USB device, but not always. Then you either reboot or chance unplugging.
Creaky,
It could be any running program, even something that is seeding. You can transfer a torrent while it is seeding, but the copy will add to the seeding and won't release any drive until the seeding is stopped at the Torrent Client! You would have to shut it down first, by exiting the client program.
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5. March 2011 @ 17:18 |
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5. March 2011 @ 18:15 |
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It'd possible it's not only explorer that's got a lock on a file/device, i've only ever seen it being explorer myself but i guess it's possible it's something else. Am somewhat drunk so will retreat from the keyboard forthwith :o, have fun you (sober) PC build freaks
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5. March 2011 @ 18:26 |
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I've used Unlocker and it can work but not always. There are other tools like that but they also are not 100%. Sometimes you just have to unlock it manually and that can be a pain too so it is normally easier just to kill explorer and re-initiate it, if that doesn't work shutdown pull device and reboot.
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5. March 2011 @ 20:00 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
It'd possible it's not only explorer that's got a lock on a file/device, i've only ever seen it being explorer myself but i guess it's possible it's something else. Am somewhat drunk so will retreat from the keyboard forthwith :o, have fun you (sober) PC build freaks
Sober? Its 2PM here and this is the first day of my weeks vacation. I'm not sober...LOL
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5. March 2011 @ 21:17 |
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i'm always sober.
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7. March 2011 @ 21:27 |
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7. March 2011 @ 21:40 |
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question about windows 7. when i installed it the first(and only time) i didnt set up a password or user account. it just boots right into my desktop. my 1st question is can i still create a password to get into windows now. 2nd question. if i let windows go into hibernate so to say when im no useing it for a certain amount of time when i go to bring it out of hibernation can i set it to use a password when coming out of hibernation?
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7. March 2011 @ 22:01 |
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1st question is can i still create a password to get into windows now. 2nd question. if i let windows go into hibernate so to say when im no useing it for a certain amount of time when i go to bring it out of hibernation can i set it to use a password when coming out of hibernation?
1st - Yes
Press <CTRL>+<ALT>+<DEL> and select Change a password...
You can also control it from here but this is more dangerous
as if you do something wrong it could mean you can't boot
into your system.
%WinDir%\System32\control.exe userpasswords2
Once the "User Accounts" UI pops up you should be on the "Users" tab
select your account in the "Users for this computer:" window and
check the box for
[X] "Users must enter a user name and password to this computer."
You can also now goto the "Advanced" tab and force using the
CTRL+ALT=DEL keys to logon by checking the box for
[X] Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
2nd - Yes again.
Open the Control Panel and then double-click on Power Options.
Now click on which ever Preferred plans Change plan settings.
Next click on the link for Change advanced power settings.
Power Options UI should popup and in my case with Balanced
expanded you'll see "Require a password on wakeup/Setting: Yes".
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7. March 2011 @ 22:05 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/088a4ebe-48ef-11e0-af8c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1FyGoZaIH
I think this is good news and maybe WD needs to look at buying IBM/Lenovo next. This is much like AMD making ATI viable again, good job WD.
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7. March 2011 @ 23:29 |
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Why would WD buy out IBM/Lenovo? Their only interests are the mechanical storage sector, and IBM's storage division was long bought out by Hitachi, so WD technically already own all they need from IBM.
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8. March 2011 @ 01:02 |
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Why did Time Warner buy Atari? Why did Disney buy ESPN? Why did Microsoft buy Yahoo? I guess it is because they want to expand their market and get bigger. Ya think?
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8. March 2011 @ 01:09 |
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Hitachi owns IBM, now WD owns Hitachi. WD owns IBM...
The hard drive division anyhow.
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12. March 2011 @ 21:33 |
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Finally connected my 3rd WD20EARS drive. It's long formatting right now. I began by changing all of the sata ports to AHCI. The windows drive didn't like that. So I may have to reinstall. I've been considering it anyway...
So for now, only the Esata ports (2 of um) are configured for AHCI. Which includes the front Esata port, and my internal remaining single Black 1tb drive. Crossing fingers for yet another faithful 2Tb drive :D *touch wood*
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12. March 2011 @ 23:43 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Finally connected my 3rd WD20EARS drive. It's long formatting right now. I began by changing all of the sata ports to AHCI. The windows drive didn't like that.
No need to re-install. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976
Change a registry setting, restart and then change your BIOS to AHCI
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12. March 2011 @ 23:51 |
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Thanks deadrum. I know I've seen that before too :p
I wonder how long a Petabyte drive would take to format :S
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13. March 2011 @ 02:37 |
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Sam or Jeff, or an owner of the Haf932. Have you ever had trouble with the Esata port in front? I was watching a dvd off of one of my shelved hard drives, via "Thermaltake BlacX ST0005U" dock. Since there doesn't appear to be power fluctuations, I'm looking at the front Esata port with a raised brow. Thoughts on this?
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13. March 2011 @ 02:39 |
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Neither the front USB nor eSATA ports on my HAF work, they never have.
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13. March 2011 @ 02:46 |
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They don't work at all? That's pretty dire man. Why is that exactly? Shoddy craftsmanship, or simply disconnected because you knew you wouldn't use them. What would you do if you needed to connect an eSATA device?
I'll be darned. eSATA is proper...
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13. March 2011 @ 02:49 |
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Just bad manufacture/design. It's a problem that plagues several coolermaster designs. If I need to hook up an eSATA device, I'll use my server's NZXT Whisper, which does have a working eSATA port.
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13. March 2011 @ 02:52 |
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Well...I know I transferred several hundred gigs across the USB connection it has. So the problem must be with the eSATA port on the HAF! Dirty :(
Yeah! The long format is 94% complete :D
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13. March 2011 @ 04:15 |
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Confirmed. I connected the Sata dock via usb (rear tower panel), and all is well. I may just have to have a closer look at cooler masters front panel.
On another note, I have yet another fresh 2tb drive, itching for data :D And as you can see, I've began a new naming scheme. Yolanda is not present here. She's in one of my smoke colored Hdd storage containers. I haven't decided what to store there yet.
Zoe: my first 1Tb drive.
Yolanda: my second 1Tb drive.
Xena: my third 1Tb drive. I keep her around, for 24/7 processes ;) ;) ;)
Wanda: my first 2Tb drive.
Ulani: my second 2Tb drive, I changed it :p
Tamara: my third(virgin) 2Tb drive :D
V is a virtual drive. It seemed logical to give it that drive letter ;)
And obviously C:\ is my beloved Veloci xD
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