Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Im becoming quite discontent with the AAKS 500GB Wd drive. My brothers might be on the fritz, and mine is substantially slower than the FALS 1TB drive. Perhaps it was WD's lemon ehh. I just bought the AALS 500GB today, to replace my brothers drive. I'll use his for storage, assuming its any good. Thankfully, it still has 4 yrs on its warranty :D I installed Nero 9, side by side on a dual core, and my quad system, and the dual core kept up. I believe it to be because the Fals drive is the Dual Cores Operating system. Currently, the dual core is impressing me once again...*shrugs his shoulders*

I might even attempt a raid 0 array for the first time(assuming his drive isn't too bad). If I have his drive, and mine, it should be at least a little quicker than the FALS, heck... probably even the VelociRaptor! At least for read write speeds. Wish I had two AALS drives. They have twice the cache that the AAKS have. Ah well. SSD will be my path before too long :D

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Well no, you want redundancy, you sacrifice capacity. RAID0 is the simplest way of getting big speed and you lose no space if both drives are the same size, downside is there's worse than no redundancy, if one drive fails, you lose the lot. With RAID5 and above, if one drive fails, there's no consequence for your data. RAID5 is something I'm considering for my file server, but I need to ascertain exactly how to hook up WD Green drives in an array, and where to find a reasonably priced 8-port PCI Express RAID5 card.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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As someone that's owned two of them I disagree. I don't think there's anything wrong with the WD5000AAKS as a product. They're getting on a bit now, they came out in either late 2006 or very early 2007.
You do realise RAIDing a 500 and a 1TB together only gets you 1TB of space right?

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Originally posted by ChrisC586:

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This a disney movie by chance?Trial versions of Any DVD don't have all the updates anymore or the Betas.

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Originally posted by sytyguy:

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Russ,

There is a more recent version, 6559. Maybe it will work for you.

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Originally posted by FredBun:

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Russ by any chance is that DVD a DL?

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Originally posted by FredBun:

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I most certainly did, thanks, I'll tell you about it when I call tomorrow, the old wifey is sleeping so I can't call and shoot the breeze now, my fevers are finally down, it's been a rough several weeks and my scar swelling is down also, that heavy anti-biotic really helped I was so glad I didn't wind up back in the hospital I had cellulits on my scar is what caused the redness and swelling which is also a major cause of joint replacement infections, but all seams clear now, and I'm finnaly able to sit a little longer on my PC, it's a little rough plus you can't sit to long on a 90 degree angle after a hip relepacement.

First I was kinda suprised you were not able to get a clean download with anydvd with the 21 day trial, usually that never happens, I don't know how slysoft works now after this Jan.1st when they gave notice about many changes maybe that had something to do with it, I know before than Iv'e never heard about troubles downloaded the trial version, I would try again or maybe you can download a trial thru AD's site, either way if you can't get a copy made of the movie let me know I have 4 Jills I can send it pronto if you wish. And last, if you still have trouble getting the 21 day frebbie you can write to slysoft about it, I always was able to get quick responce from thier support, I know they would help you get the trial cause most people that get it usually wind up buying it so it would be kinda stupid not to help you.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Russ,
Anydvd should be telling you that its dual layer. Although, there are other ways of knowing (under normal circumstances), like how much data is on the disc. If its 4480mb and under, chances are its single layer, though disney has surprised me a few times LOL! I suppose they can afford to waste DL discs where they're not needed. I would say that most dvds are DL. Probably AT LEAST 80-90%. In fact, im nearly surprised when I see single layer dvds. Usually only low budget movies are single layer though. Or some of the first dvds produced, in the early 90's.

Sometimes encryption will tell you its an absurd amount of data. That is to say, it fools windows into believing its say 200GB! Extremely rare however. To date, I've only seen 2 or 3. However, in region 2, I hear their encryptions are worse!

Sorry about off topic guys :(

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