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Siegfried
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I had a similar problem with my laptop earlier this year. For some reason, ScanDisk refused to run when operating in Windows, and Defrag would crash Windows after spending two hours checking about 5%. It kept syaing that the contents of the hard drive had changed, so it had to restart defragging. It was a nuisance that I was never able to correct. In the end, I archived all of my files, stored them on my friend's computer, and I reformatted the damn computer. Doing a clean-sweep of the drive and reinstalling Windows did the trick.
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PsyLiam
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"I never allow myself to have less than 60% free space."

Isn't that a bit like buying a house, and only using two rooms?

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Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.


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The_Tom
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There's a far simpler explanation, Omega. Your computer voted for Gore.

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
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Windows Scandisk can be very useful, especially for correcting minor physical damage to sectors on your HD. But the problem with getting it to run at all can be insurmountable.

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Wes
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quote:
Originally posted by Hobbes:
[QB]..Meanwhile on my computer I make it a point to defrag once a week. [QB]

one a month should work, hobbes. too often and you physically wear out your drive faster.


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MC Infinity
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quote:
Originally posted by PsyLiam:
"I never allow myself to have less than 60% free space."

Isn't that a bit like buying a house, and only using two rooms?


Yes, but you get to brag about having the other rooms, and you'll always have the extra space incase guests drop in

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Me- Hi Jen! What's up!
Jen- You again??!?! Listen kid, I'm not interested in you. Stop bothering me, I'm a lot older than you and I have a boyfriend. How did you find my ICQ number anyways?
Me- Oh, so just cuz you're a movie star now, and you're new album made millions, you think you're too good for me?
Jen- Yes!!! Get it thorough your head! I am a person, I am not Jennifer Lopez the hottest woman on earth that everyone wants to sleep with, I'm a person, leave me alone!!!
Me- Fine! Be that way!
Me- Jen.... Where'd you go.... I love you... please come back.... please....


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MC Infinity
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Windoze 98 is a repulsive, memory-hogging piece of shit!! Image

[Image transformed into link because it was huge and clunky.]

[ July 09, 2001: Message edited by: Sol System ]



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Me- Hi Jen! What's up!
Jen- You again??!?! Listen kid, I'm not interested in you. Stop bothering me, I'm a lot older than you and I have a boyfriend. How did you find my ICQ number anyways?
Me- Oh, so just cuz you're a movie star now, and you're new album made millions, you think you're too good for me?
Jen- Yes!!! Get it thorough your head! I am a person, I am not Jennifer Lopez the hottest woman on earth that everyone wants to sleep with, I'm a person, leave me alone!!!
Me- Fine! Be that way!
Me- Jen.... Where'd you go.... I love you... please come back.... please....

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Sol System
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Gee, I just cannot imagine why your resources would be so low.
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MC Infinity
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That was just a game I was downloading at the time, usually my desktop doesn't contain nearly as many icons. Infact, there are usually quite few of them, and I only run my firewall, msn and icq on a normal day. at the time i was running download accelerator, as well as winamp, but neither take up a lot of memory, it's the damn windows garbage with it's memory leakage, it's never happened to me on 2000

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Me- Hi Jen! What's up!
Jen- You again??!?! Listen kid, I'm not interested in you. Stop bothering me, I'm a lot older than you and I have a boyfriend. How did you find my ICQ number anyways?
Me- Oh, so just cuz you're a movie star now, and you're new album made millions, you think you're too good for me?
Jen- Yes!!! Get it thorough your head! I am a person, I am not Jennifer Lopez the hottest woman on earth that everyone wants to sleep with, I'm a person, leave me alone!!!
Me- Fine! Be that way!
Me- Jen.... Where'd you go.... I love you... please come back.... please....

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Daniel
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Don't you people know? People these days buy homes with a formal living, dining, an eating, dinette, parlor, drawing room, library, den, sitting room, loft, office, media room, sunroom, and use only the family room tucked in the very back of the house, and the kitchen table to eat off of. 99.76% of a house remains unused.

P.S. I AM being sarcastic.

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PsyLiam
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*looks at Infinities playlist* Dear God. I don't know what to say about that selection. The Blondie song along would require at least a paragraph.

I should also point out that people who say "Windoze" are hilarious. Really.

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Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.


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MC Infinity
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I run a business, it was a request, I didn't delete it, what are you gonna do, sue me? More than half my songs are requests from customers that I forgot to delete because someone else might want it too and I don't feel like downloading it again. And I don't care how funny you find it, I will say Windoze as much as I fucking feel like, because I think you're an asshole and I'm thru arguing with you.

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Me- Hi Jen! What's up!
Jen- You again??!?! Listen kid, I'm not interested in you. Stop bothering me, I'm a lot older than you and I have a boyfriend. How did you find my ICQ number anyways?
Me- Oh, so just cuz you're a movie star now, and you're new album made millions, you think you're too good for me?
Jen- Yes!!! Get it thorough your head! I am a person, I am not Jennifer Lopez the hottest woman on earth that everyone wants to sleep with, I'm a person, leave me alone!!!
Me- Fine! Be that way!
Me- Jen.... Where'd you go.... I love you... please come back.... please....

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
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A business? Of what, selling pirated music? That's, um... highly illegal, not to mention immoral...
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MC Infinity
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quote:
Originally posted by TSN:
A business? Of what, selling pirated music? That's, um... highly illegal, not to mention immoral...

Surely you jest....
I beleive that it is right for people to enjoy music freely without shelling out massive bucks to recording companies of which the artist receives a half a procent or similar.
I cannot beleive I have met a person that finds the free exchange of information immoral, why should people have to listen to shit-quality radio that blares out advertisements most of the time. When there is a viable and cost-effective alternative to trading music and offering it to others that are not as fortunate to be blessed with a high-speed connection, I will stop doing it, until then, you can take your morals to someone else, because I feel quite well with mine.
And I also beleive that there is no suitable use for a CD burner if you're not gonna make some money off of it.

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Me- Hi Jen! What's up!
Jen- You again??!?! Listen kid, I'm not interested in you. Stop bothering me, I'm a lot older than you and I have a boyfriend. How did you find my ICQ number anyways?
Me- Oh, so just cuz you're a movie star now, and you're new album made millions, you think you're too good for me?
Jen- Yes!!! Get it thorough your head! I am a person, I am not Jennifer Lopez the hottest woman on earth that everyone wants to sleep with, I'm a person, leave me alone!!!
Me- Fine! Be that way!
Me- Jen.... Where'd you go.... I love you... please come back.... please....

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Fabrux
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Oh, gee, heaven forbid you would back up your HD on CDs...

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