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Forum: Hardware & Devices 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 4
Views: 215
Posted By daydr3am3r
Sorry for my late reply and thanks for your...

Sorry for my late reply and thanks for your answers.

It doesn't really matter how many torrent I have active but usually if it's more than 2-3 and the speed goes over 2MBs. And usually my speed in...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 4
Views: 215
Posted By daydr3am3r
Weird behavior & bad performance with new HDD

Hi everybody

About 1 month ago I had some weird issue with my HDD after a power failure (http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/283012-hdd-dying-problems-cloning.html) so I had to change the...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 01 Apr 2013
Replies: 2
Views: 217
Posted By daydr3am3r
In my case SeaTools and WinDLG didn't show...

In my case SeaTools and WinDLG didn't show anything. Same thing happened in the past with other HDD that were actually dying and Crystal Disk Info, Acronis Drive Monitor & Windows were reporting...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 31 Mar 2013
Replies: 2
Views: 217
Posted By daydr3am3r
"Miraculous" HDD recovery

Hi all,

I had some problems lately with one of my HDDs ("Current Pending Sector Count" = 1) and nothing seamed to fix it so I had to clone it & replace it....
Forum: Software 25 Mar 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 484
Posted By daydr3am3r
Not on all. I have it on my main system and on my...

Not on all. I have it on my main system and on my laptop. On other systems I work with I have MSE.
Besides, I only use N360 since v3-4 and I had the problem before that.

But I'll give it a try....
Forum: Software 24 Mar 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 484
Posted By daydr3am3r
Programs hang at start

Hi all

I have this weird problem that keeps bugging me for years but usually it's not that frequent: whenever I start a program it seams to hang for a while before starting and sometimes this can...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 22 Mar 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 404
Posted By daydr3am3r
I know. I was actually quite surprised about it,...

I know. I was actually quite surprised about it, especially since it kept on saying there are errors. It took a /verifyonly & another /scannow to figure it out.

Thanks for your help.

BTW, do...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 21 Mar 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 404
Posted By daydr3am3r
OK. I managed to resize the partitions the...

OK.

I managed to resize the partitions the way I wanted, do a full system defrag & cleanup and it seams to be working.

Most of the errors mentioned above after a system restart. However, this...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 20 Mar 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 404
Posted By daydr3am3r
Sorry for the late reply. It took more than...

Sorry for the late reply. It took more than expected.

Acronis stumbled upon a bad sector and I clicked Ignore All.
Now it seams to have cloned the disk but I am a little worried that I don't know...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 19 Mar 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 404
Posted By daydr3am3r
Thanks. I will do so when WD free Acronis stops....

Thanks. I will do so when WD free Acronis stops. I decided to try it since someone on Ubuntu forum suggested that it the version provided by WD uses file by file copy method instead of sector by...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 19 Mar 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 404
Posted By daydr3am3r
HDD dying - problems cloning

Hi all,

A few days ago I experienced some power failure and now my HDD (WD Caviar Black 640 Gb 64mb 7200 SATA 2) is dying.
Crystal Disk Info shows a warning: Current Pending Sector Count with RAW...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 17 Feb 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 217
Posted By daydr3am3r
Thanks bobkn. As I said, I intend to get a new...

Thanks bobkn.
As I said, I intend to get a new system in the future(don't know exactly when) and I wanted to make sure this one keeps on going for secondary stuff.
I still have an old Intel P4...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 17 Feb 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 217
Posted By daydr3am3r
Thanks. I planning on changing my system...

Thanks.
I planning on changing my system somewhere in the future but I don't wanna end up with a bunch of other components without a use.
I wasn't that cheap when I got it.
Forum: Hardware & Devices 16 Feb 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 217
Posted By daydr3am3r
Alternative to ASUS Striker II Formula

Hi all

This is only a hardware related question so it doesn't have anything to do with Windows 7 but here it goes.
About a year or so ago my network card & implicitly my motherboard got stroke by...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 07 Feb 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 223
Posted By daydr3am3r
Cannot boot any Linux media

Hi guys,

I know this is not a Windows problem but I asked on every single forum that crossed my mind without luck.
So bare with me please.

I got an almost 5 years old HP Compaq 6730s laptop...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 08 Jan 2013
Replies: 2
Views: 422
Posted By daydr3am3r
Thanks. Kinda expensive. In fact, a little too...

Thanks. Kinda expensive. In fact, a little too expensive.

I also heard of the SD Card method but most MCs I used don't actually have e hardware protection, dispite the hardware switch.
Most of...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 08 Jan 2013
Replies: 2
Views: 422
Posted By daydr3am3r
Write protected USB drive (hardware protection)

Hi all

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask since this is not necessarily a Windows 7 related question but here it goes.

I have this USB drive I'm using to install Windows/Linux from,...
Forum: Music, Pictures & Video 15 Dec 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 567
Posted By daydr3am3r
Yes I did. KMPlayer is the program associated...

Yes I did. KMPlayer is the program associated with MKV files.
Forum: Music, Pictures & Video 15 Dec 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 567
Posted By daydr3am3r
WMP starts when trying to open MKV files without playing the clips

Hi

I'm having some strange issue lately.

I'm using KMPlayer as my default media player and Win7 Codecs by Shark007(for other players that don't come with integrated codecs).
I usually use...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 10 Nov 2012
Replies: 6
Views: 266
Posted By daydr3am3r
I get it, thanks.

I get it, thanks.
Forum: Hardware & Devices 10 Nov 2012
Replies: 6
Views: 266
Posted By daydr3am3r
Yeah, I heard this before. The problem is it has...

Yeah, I heard this before. The problem is it has 2 labels, 1 on the actual fan and 1 on the fan's case (sorry I just can't find the right word for this right now).
I assume you are talking about the...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 10 Nov 2012
Replies: 6
Views: 266
Posted By daydr3am3r
How to mount case fans to suck in and remove air!

Hi all
I'm having some issues lately with my system and something tells me I mounted the fans wrong last time I removed the dust.

So my question is simple: how do I mount the fans to suck in cold...
Forum: News 28 Oct 2012
Replies: 104
Views: 8,025
Posted By daydr3am3r
Been reading about this in the past few days and...

Been reading about this in the past few days and even if I don't like it I understand why MS is doing this.

Windows 7 and 8 are both Windows Vista, if you consider the fact that Vista is 6.0, 7 is...
Forum: Software 25 Oct 2012
Replies: 12
Views: 881
Posted By daydr3am3r
Of course I did :)). I also tried using other...

Of course I did :)).
I also tried using other apps to delay it but the thing is it does not appear in those apps.
I tried with Tune Up Utilities, CCleaner, Revo Uninstaller but there is no trace of...
Forum: Software 25 Oct 2012
Replies: 12
Views: 881
Posted By daydr3am3r
Thanks for the suggestions. Done this too. It...

Thanks for the suggestions. Done this too.
It seamed to work for a short period of time but now it started all over again. :|
I don't get it. I didn't install any toolbar or other ads Yahoo! comes...
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