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Which to buy?

Last post by krcmd « Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:06 pm
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by krcmd » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:56 pm

I've been happy with my t43 (3 years old, 2668-72U), but it seems like I may need to replace it.

Given that I've been happy with it, which thinkpads...

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Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:06 pm
FYI: Memory Leak in AuthenTec Fingerprint Service

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by TJB » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:48 pm

I just did a Vista to XP Downgrade on my x200 and noticed that something was consuming great gobs of memory, to the point that XP said I was out!...

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Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:48 pm
What is the smallest notebook? Comparison Chart *PIC*

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by sparta.rising » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:32 pm

The main objective here was to compile a size comparison of notebooks that are feasible for at least light computing (web surfing, word processing)....

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Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:22 am
Thinkpad -- IBM Logo

Last post by denisky « Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:01 am
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by linko » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:37 pm

I just got an X61, and the logo on the lid, palm-rest is of the new Thinkpad X series, style logo. I miss the old IBM Thinkpad logo, in...

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Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:01 am
Keyboard spill recovery

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by elightman » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:17 pm

Hi all,

Well, I'm in the process of recovering from a stupid spill (thankfully, just water) on the keyboard of my R61i. One day later, most is back...

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Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:50 pm
AVG vs. Zone Alarm

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by julia » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:42 pm

My new computer has Zone Alarm which seems pretty spiffy. I own AVG (which seems more flexible) on my other computer, paid through November. How do...

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Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:11 am
Laptop Theft Alarm Software for Thinkpads

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by BlueDevilTide » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:10 pm

Thought you guys might be interested in this...I don't have an applicable Thinkpad to test it on, but other forums seem to suggest success.

Looks...

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Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:10 pm
The latest on 802.11n...

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by Crunch » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:24 pm

Hey all,

I haven't been around in a while. Are any of you run wireless-N routers yet? I still have my two AVM FritzBoxes w/ Draft 2.0.

Draft 3.0,...

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Ultraslim Bay SATA / PATA

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by maximaro » Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:28 pm

where can I get them at a discount price? thx

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Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:28 pm
3com Xjack 3CRPAG175 giving me BSOD

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by ChugokuOtaku » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:12 pm

I ordered a 3CRPAG175 in March from ICTcompany.com, installed in my T22 for my mother to use for web browsing/E-mail/etc. The card worked fine, until...

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Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:12 pm
Removing built in IBM apps

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by Temetka » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:43 am

Okay so I have this T42 2373-6YU with the factory reload of XP SP2 (now SP3) and a few minor problems.

I want to remove the EZ eject utility, the...

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Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:13 pm
Desktop memory for A61

Last post by Kilowatt « Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:05 am
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by Paul88 » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:11 pm

Hi guys,

I have acquired A61 desktop with Vista Home basic. It comes with 1 GB PC2-5300 667 MHz, have know idea about pin. I was wondering if...

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Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:05 am
T40 series - which one to purchase???

Last post by awolfe63 « Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:46 pm
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by Alejandro Audisio » Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:11 pm

Im wondering if someone can confirm if the T42 or T43 series was the last of the ThinkPads to be made by IBM - as in before the Lenovo takeover?...

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Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:46 pm
New Travelstar Available: 320 GB, 7200 RPM

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by wswartzendruber » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:00 pm

Click Me

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Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:05 pm
Aarggh! How do I get rid of it?

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by Potiphar Breen » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:40 pm

Solitaire, that is. [censored] thing is addictive enough to cut into my productivity--a lot!--so I've erased it from every machine since Win 3.1. With no...

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Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:16 pm
Password Protect HDD?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:00 pm
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by jronald » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:42 pm

How does a password protected HDD act once it has been removed from the home machine?

I picked up a couple of bare HDDs from a wrecker/salvager of...

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Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:00 pm
Outlook 2007 Problem

Last post by julia « Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:39 pm
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by julia » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:39 pm

Help, please. I can't clink through on the interactive links in my emails. I get an error message by the icon at the bottom of the screen -- a yellow...

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Last post by julia
Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:39 pm
Damage Protection Transfer Question

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by eecon » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:35 am

I will soon receive a new T61 ordered from Lenovo Direct with the 3 year on-site warranty. I have another T61 also purchased new from Lenovo Direct...

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Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:36 pm
Help - Wireless LAN stopped working

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:24 pm
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by ptantra » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:47 pm

Hi All,

For some reason, my wireless lan (802.11b/g) stopped working on my X61 Tablet running XP. It worked a week ago, and I don't recall...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:24 pm
utility for fixing MBR/boot order (solved)

Last post by Harryc « Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:13 pm
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by Marin85 » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:26 am

Hi folks,
I´ll need soon some utility to fix the MBR after uninstalling Linux (intend to repartition and install another distro). I currently have...

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Last post by Harryc
Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:13 pm
System Update, Issues

Last post by sarbin « Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:29 am
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by kduniverse » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:50 pm

I'm having an issue with the hotkey features optional update. It's always on the list to download, and it says I have a more recend version than...

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Last post by sarbin
Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:29 am
Samsung SSD experience anyone?

Last post by virge « Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:02 pm

by virge » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:02 pm

Has anyone tried one of these in their Thinkpads? Using the appropriate adapter of course... These seem relatively inexpensive on Ebay.

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Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:02 pm
Access Connections + Simultaneous Wireless and Wired

Last post by mashimus « Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:12 am
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by mashimus » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:51 pm

Hi All,

I searched everywhere and could not find an answer to this. To the people using Access Connections on their Thinkpads, is there anyway to...

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Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:12 am
Help Restore an old 760xl Laptop to original

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:42 am
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by stephen » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:36 am

I bought an Old Thinkpad 760XL last week and need to restore it. The previous owner tried to install Linux and FAILED but did manage to wipe out the...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:42 am
Converting Kodak PhotoCD

Last post by rkawakami « Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:49 pm
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by tpribors » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:23 pm

The PhotoCD was the best film transfer ever. It had multiple resolutions encoded in such a way that they got all of them on one CD with up to...

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Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:49 pm
Extended Warranty

Last post by Harryc « Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:23 am
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by kduniverse » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:37 pm

My original warranty expired in April of this year. Is it possible to buy an additional warranty from IBM 4 months later?

Thanks,

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Last post by Harryc
Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:23 am
Choosing an external DVD burner

Last post by andyP « Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:17 pm
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by ulrich.von.lich » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:19 am

Hello everyone,

I'm purchasing an external DVD burner soon. I prefer the slim version, which is basically a laptop sized drive with a USB enclosure....

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Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:17 pm
Voice Recording on a ThinkPad?

Last post by ulrich.von.lich « Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:09 am
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by ulrich.von.lich » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:02 am

Hi everyone,

I have an X41t and an Olympus voice recorder that I bring to school nearly every day. I wonder if there's a way to record lectures...

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Last post by ulrich.von.lich
Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:09 am
Unknown Device with no hardware ID???

Last post by BillMorrow « Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:01 am
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by renhui » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:23 pm

Hi there, I recently bought a usb tv tuner(Adaptec AVC-3610, HP OEM), however I can’t get it to work. So I am posting here to see if you guys have...

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Last post by BillMorrow
Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:01 am
Hiding the lenovo recovery partition

Last post by shinigami7th « Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:02 pm
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by shinigami7th » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:04 pm

I know that my question is the opposite of what people usually ask in this forum..... But, it is true....

It began with my recently purchased lenovo...

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Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:02 pm
Rescue and Recovery Restoring files stalled (3 of 2!?)

Last post by carbon_unit « Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:31 pm
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by aagha » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:40 pm

I'm trying to rejuvinate my system from an incremental backup. The progress started out fine (but slow--the initial Capturing current settings took...

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Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:31 pm
external hdd recommendations, 1tb or larger...

Last post by aagha « Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:44 pm
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by sarbin » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:00 pm

subject says it all.
what do you have? / what do you like or dislike?

tia.

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Last post by aagha
Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:44 pm
Missing diskspace

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:33 am
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by kartak.mahino » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:31 am

I'm not sure if this is a Thinkpad problem or not. My hardware Thinpad Z61m, 120GB (effective 107GB) hard drive. Windows XP SP2, 1GB RAM.

Till about...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:33 am
ThinkVantage System Update install problem - T30

Last post by j2k « Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:52 am
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by j2k » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:25 pm

I recently tried to install ThinkVantage System Update ver. 3.14.0008 on my T30.

Much to my chagrin, when restarting the machine after having run...

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Last post by j2k
Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:52 am
Real easy question about creating recovery media

Last post by sarbin « Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:27 pm
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by agarza » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:19 pm

I'm fairly new in Creating Rescue Disks for Thinkpads, but real quick:

How many disks does it take Rescue & Recovery if I set them to burn them on...

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Last post by sarbin
Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:27 pm
New Problem With T43

Last post by sparta.rising « Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:23 pm
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by kduniverse » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:32 pm

Recently, I notice on battery power the screen is a pinkish color. Also, when the screensaver come on, the screen dims, and if left for a while,...

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Last post by sparta.rising
Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:23 pm
Wireless USB

Last post by virge « Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:30 pm
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by chuckenheimer » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:38 pm

Who has it? What is required? Benefits? etc.

Thanks

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Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:30 pm
Rescue and Recovery 4.1 RESTORE FAILED

Last post by aagha « Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:07 pm

by aagha » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:07 pm

The machine is a Thinkpad T43 running XP. Rescue and Recovery 4.1 backing up to a network share.

Last night, while using nCleaner, I accidentally...

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Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:07 pm
Rescue and Recovery do not see backups after factory restore

Last post by aagha « Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:00 pm
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by matram » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:12 am

Hi,

I have an old X40 which caught a bad virus.

Before doing a factory restore using the service partition I ran a backup using R&R to a USB disk....

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Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:00 pm
Wireless N MiniPCI card

Last post by new_user « Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:24 pm
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by SaberX » Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:05 pm

I'm thinking about getting this wireless n card

Thinking about trying it in the T41 or the A31P.
I know i'll may have to do the no-1802 patch,but...

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Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:24 pm
wireless "N" internal upgrade and single goes down

Last post by gongo2k1 « Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:12 pm
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by SaberX » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:07 pm

I just two N upgrades.
One on my T41 with a MiniPCI Atheros AR5008 A/B/G/N.
Installed the 3rd antenna under the palm rest.
I was useing a Intel...

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Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:12 pm
Ultrabay 2000 or Ultrabay Plus? *PIC*

Last post by spuddog « Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:39 pm
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by sparta.rising » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:23 pm

Any idea if a CD-RW drive manufactured 8-2002 would be Ultrabay 2000 or Ultrabay Plus? Its on craigslist and the guy doesn't know. The models he says...

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Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:39 pm
R51/R52 Drive issues relating to Roxio

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:02 pm
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by schen » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:14 am

I'm curious to see if anyone else has run into this problem that I had with my wife's R51/R52. A couple of weeks ago, I was setting up my wife's new...

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Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:02 pm
Upgrade suggestions (600E User)

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:57 pm
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by Dr_Frankenmiga » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:27 pm

Think its time to get a new Thinkpad, cost of upgrading Vs performace got, it may just be better to buy a later Thinkpad. At the moment I have a 600E...

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Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:57 pm
Problem with Ricoh SD/MMC card reader (windows 2003)

Last post by wnuk « Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:11 am

by wnuk » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:11 am

Hi,

i just installed a windows 2003 on my new Thinkpad R61 and everything works pretty fine (even thinkvantage system update) except Ricoh 4 in 1...

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Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:11 am
Presentation Director crash after SW update

Last post by friess « Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:43 am

by friess » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:43 am

Hi everyone,

I have just updated Presentation Director to its latest version using Thinkvantage System Update on my X61.

Now, even if the selection...

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Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:43 am
problem encountered in 4965agn @ x60

Last post by dimsage « Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:51 pm

by dimsage » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:51 pm

hey guys
i have modified the bios file, re-edit the whitelist of wlan card and hence be able to add the id of 4965agn to whitelist and flash it...

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Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:51 pm
eset nod32 + comodo firewall...

Last post by sarbin « Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:28 pm
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by sarbin » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:13 am

eset nod32 antivirus v3.0.669.0 + comodo firewall pro v3.0.25.378

if anyone is using this combination, have you experienced and web browsing...

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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:28 pm
any familiar with ActiveSMART?

Last post by sarbin « Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:25 am
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by sarbin » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:07 pm

disk health monitoring tool. anyone use it? is it worth considering a trial and then purchase? or an outright purchase?

tia.

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Last post by sarbin
Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:25 am
How to store backup of OS + programs on ext USB HDD?

Last post by zodiac « Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:14 pm
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by zodiac » Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:17 pm
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Hello,

I was going to format the HDD in my Thinkpad over the next couple of days and do a fresh install of Windows and my essential programs.

I had...
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Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:14 pm

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