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by IrateAdmin
Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:21 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Large Hard Drive Defragging
Replies: 61
Views: 22273

Re: Large Hard Drive Defragging

I use Defraggler every so often on my HDDs.

http://www.piriform.com/defraggler

Works great. Doesn't seem to take that long.
by IrateAdmin
Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: HDD partition resizing
Replies: 11
Views: 3332

Re: HDD partition resizing

Backup your data to another drive or the original partition, delete the partition that you want to expand to and then resize the original partition to add the unallocated space.
by IrateAdmin
Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:13 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: My farewell to extreme PCs
Replies: 98
Views: 9696

Re: My farewell to extreme PCs

Everything I own is ghetto. But it all works, it makes me happy, and I am not an iota jealous of all you who dump $500+ on a video card! lol pfft I got the money for it and I like hassle free gaming. Turn all the graphics to max and go to town. It's fantastic. While I shouldn't have spent $570 on a...
by IrateAdmin
Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:57 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Question for the experts on Spanning Trees
Replies: 7
Views: 2157

Re: Question for the experts on Spanning Trees

All things considered, if you are gonna screw around with the timers, be prepared to spend some time in the lab with a mirror setup of your production enviroment before you commit to anything. I have exactly zero experience with Alcatel Lucent, but if they support something that works like the Nort...
by IrateAdmin
Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:43 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: About Buying Win7 Pro (or Greater)...?
Replies: 6
Views: 1050

Re: About Buying Win7 Pro (or Greater)...?

I would say for most people you don't need the higher end versions unless you plan on using more than 16GB of ram.
by IrateAdmin
Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:32 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Looking for GPU upgrade
Replies: 2
Views: 566

Looking for GPU upgrade

I currently have a 4870x2 and I am looking for something with similar or better performance with less power draw and heat. I was thinking of getting a gtx 570 or a 6950(flash to 6970). I have always been on the red team but I am not opposed to going green this time. I run a lot of BOINC projects and...
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