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> MattB Wrote:
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> > PSU is an Antec NeoHE 550W, though it is over 3
> > years old now. I like the setup of separate
> drives
> > rather than partitions, seems safer and easier.
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> gav Wrote:
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> Ah right. It's a bit more expensive than it ought
> to have been, and more powerful than needed in the
> current system, but for 3 year old it's not too
> bad.
Oh yea, I know it was overkill, but I got it with the idea that it would last for upgrades
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> > You've lost me a bit on the USB host thing
> though
> > :\ As far as id use it, is just stick the drive
> in
> > the enclosure, plug it in, drop everything over
> > and then done?
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> gav Wrote:
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> Exactly. I meant the Linux live CD (a complete OS
> loaded from a CD which doesn't write any data to
> any drive unless you ask it to, such as copying or
> saving a file) as a potentially free option for
> copying the data (or what you can, if not all)
> from the dying drive to the new one. Windows scans
> files and directories as you hover and navigate
> through them in Windows Explorer. Imagine that
> slow down every time you went to double-click on a
> folder when you are copying the files or when
> Windows wanted to do something on the drive (which
> is normal)... Linux may make a better job of it as
> it might not do the same, or the controller
> drivers may behave differently with regards to
> caching. I've not enough experience of Linux to
> know if it will be any better in such a situation
> (I've always got a USB enclosure wherever I am, so
> I just use that), but if you're really strapped
> for cash perhaps consider it.
>
> The USB method is by far and away a better one and
> you shouldn't see the slow-down symptoms you do
> when you connect the drive through SATA or eSATA.
> Plus they're useful things to have. :P
Ah, I see what you mean, ill have a think about it too
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> > Another quick question, is it possible to
> > 'deactivate' a copy of windows?
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> gav Wrote:
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> It depends on how you mean and to what purpose.
> You can't just deactivate a current Windows
> installation (well, I'm sure you can, but I don't
> know how you'd go about it), but you can change
> the serial number and activate that. Problem is,
> if it's an OEM license (came with a PC or cost
> less than £150), then it's tied to the first
> machine (defined as a motherboard) that the
> license was installed on. It's against the terms
> of that license to then use that license on any
> other PC unless the motherboard has been replaced
> in a like-for-like manner through an RMA.
Hmm, it is an OEM copy I bought...so with a full upgrade (Motherboard, CPU and RAM) I wouldnt be able to use the same disc I have no?