Did you drill out rivets and then rebuild the case?

The price you paid Amazon for the 1.5TB WD is no longer available as of 1:35Pm EST.

As of 1:35PM EST the price has increased. There are two prices shown for new drives shipped from a vendor shown as Electronica Direct. Apparently you can choose to pay Electronica Direct either $118.19 or $107.97 for the same drive. Shipping is shown as $7.87. After two bad experiences I will not sh...

I just ordered the Samsung HD203WI. The price finally dropped to a level I couldn't resist.

Newegg lowered the price of the 2TB HD203WI to $149.95 with free shipping. My four 1TB Samsungs have been quiet and reliable.

I have used many Samsung SATA drives mostly three platter models in 500GB and 1TB. All have been very quiet. Right now I have 3 HD103UJ drives and 1 HD103SJ drive in an Antec Solo. Three of the drives are suspended and one is in a sled. The Solo contains chassis, cpu and psu fans all of which are ve...

I don't think he will get anyone here to bite.

ces, Windows 7 can be installed completely without entering a key. The first time you install from the upgrade disk leave the key blank and uncheck the box that says activate online. After Windows 7 has installed the first time boot to your upgrade disk for a second time and reinstall but enter your...

If you want to see two of the funniest political parodies ever check out the full Daily Show episodes of November 5, 2009 (Susan Rice guest) and March 18. 2010 (Gary Locke guest). Jon Stewart spends the first fifteen minutes of each show by performing an insanely funny parody of supreme nutjob Glenn...

Not at all unusual to discover a self-loathing politician. At least he shares the popular view of political hacks.

Hey God, what time is it?

Did he try to put you on prescription drugs? When I used to be hyperactive I just smoked a joint.

Autopatcher is great, but it lacks Win7 support for now. :( edit: But it seems Win7 support is on the way. "as promised, seven support was added for apup.exe and autopatcher.exe. the releases for seven will be online shortly. so, stay tunned…" Yay! :D The Autopatcher team seems to be moving fast ...

The following information may be useful for people who either do not like Windows Update or who do multiple installs. I use Autopatcher to fetch Windows updates since SP3. Autopatcher also fetches Windows add ons and extras that can be selected. The program has an installer to mass install everythin...

I do not have the link but Microsoft has posted a procedure for reinstalling Windows with the manufacturer's OEM key instead of the key on the COA attached to the case. My Digital Life Forum threads are also informative.

aristide1 wrote:Why not Cheney/Palin?

Well Cheney will call all the shots as VP and Palin will be the public face doing her "fancy pageant walkin'". You Betcha!

I cannot imagine the fun to be had if the republicans were to run a ticket with Sarah Palin for president and Dick Cheney for VP. Assuming they don't go hunting together and shoot each other the comedians would have a field day. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey would go ape sh*t!

I hate it when American football broadcasters call a game and say about the losing team "it's too early to panic".

Why don't they ever tell me when the losing team should panic?

The excellent partitioning and data recovery application Easeus Partition Master Professional is being offered for free right now. This version is compatible with both 32 and 64 bit Windows 7.

http://www.partition-tool.com/giveaways/epmpro/

You probably do not need front fans with the Antec Solo. The hard drives have ample airflow with no obstructions. I run four Samsung hard drives which rarely exceed 35 degrees with all airflow provided by a rear Slipstream running at 700 rpm. I threw the metal front fan mount in the trash can. Even ...

Go with the Antec Solo unless you plan to use a very long video card. Also, don't try to think too much.

This thread is a little old but in reply to Shamgar. I think it would be better to install Windows 7 on a primary partition created by Easeus Partition Master. When the partitioning is handled by Windows 7 a hidden partition is created. I have used Easeus Partition Master to increase the size of a p...

My choice was the Logitech Di Novo Edge in spite of its premium price. The key action and mouse pad are both a joy to use. I also like never having to buy batteries. A short charge of the Di Novo lasts for a couple of months.

I am always a little leery of OS patches so I manually backup the registry with ERUNT before installation. If I had to I could use the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows to boot from an optical drive and run ERUNT to restore the backup. I am not a fan of Windows Update either. I disable the update service...

Religion is the perfect scam. Preachers are selling the promise of life after death. The cost of goods sold is zero, the proceeds are tax exempt and the dead cannot demand a refund when the afterlife fails to materialize. People are easily victimized partly because the fear of death is very strong. ...

Hi, if you install Windows 7 on a clean disk it creates a small partition for something. Even if you try to partition the disk as one large one taking the whole space it still does it as it needs it. Seb When I install Windows 7 on a clean disk it does not create the hidden partition. In fact it cr...

I have used Samsung drives exclusively since the first SATA 1 160GB units with JVC or Nidec motors. My two 160GB drives were both silent JVCs so maybe I got lucky. I have since bought one 400GB, two 500GB with Nidec motors. I also have four 1TB drives with no identification. All of my Samsungs have ...

Here is my suggestion. Use free versions of Active Killdisk and Easeus Partition Magic. First use Killdisk to blank and initialize the volume. Second use Easeus Partition Master To create and format two primary partitions of the sizes desired and a third logical partition for data.. Next install xp ...

Why introduce a crippled and practically useless device and then name it after a feminine hygene product?

Go with the Solo. With a quality silent PSU it does not matter that there is no isolated chamber. As a plus the benefit of suspended drives is very significant.