How can I go about transferring my OS to a new SSD but leave my other programs without totally breaking everything?
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posted by _DB_
on Jul 23, 2012 -
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What netbook should I buy for my mother who has very limited experience with computers?
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posted by vidur
on Dec 21, 2011 -
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My home computer seems to have been attacked, and possibly wiped of all programs and files, by some kind of virus. Is there hope for my computer or is all my data (which includes 75% of a rough draft of a novel) hopelessly lost?
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posted by orange swan
on Nov 15, 2011 -
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Are my odds of working in a technical field substantially lower because I don't "buy into" the lifestyle?
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posted by Nomyte
on May 23, 2011 -
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Please help two hardworking yet poor 30 year olds get careers and move out of this tiny one-bedroom apartment.
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posted by powerbumpkin
on Apr 7, 2011 -
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Please help me figure out how to most productively complain to Sony about my absolutely craptastic Vaio laptop.
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posted by AthenaPolias
on Sep 15, 2010 -
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I'm ready to buy a new desktop PC with Windows 7, and I can't decide whether to spend more money on a faster CPU or more memory, if either. Which would be better in the long run: i7-860 (or even i7-920) with 6 GB RAM, or i5 with 8 GB of RAM? Considering the CPU alone, is an i7 instead of an i5 worth the extra money?
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posted by Tin Man
on May 7, 2010 -
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When I run some programs in full screen under Windows 7, they either crash or have odd colour effects.
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posted by Pope Guilty
on Dec 4, 2009 -
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What do I do with several Apple IIs (and a Commodore, and maybe a few other "vintage" comptuers) that I have?
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posted by niles
on Oct 1, 2009 -
19 answers
Someone hacked my laptop! What do they know now, how much can I find out, and how can I keep it from happening again?
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posted by atchafalaya
on Sep 10, 2009 -
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Spreadsheet question: Display Greater Value? I know this is one of those "you-either-know-it-or-you-don't" situations, and I just don't know.
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posted by guptaxpn
on Feb 5, 2009 -
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What are external links, and what value do they provide to my site ranking? Are they important?
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posted by Nixie Pixel
on Jan 21, 2009 -
3 answers
Tell me about Network Attached Storage ( NAS )? In particular what current manufactuers should I avoid for a typical 1 terabyte (or greater) RAID array? I'm also interested in general information and pitfalls for NAS devices and implementations.
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posted by loquacious
on Aug 10, 2008 -
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Is there a website that tests computer hardware like Tom's Hardware does, but publishes comprehensive comparison artilces more regularly?
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posted by ErWenn
on Jun 9, 2008 -
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2 used laptops: what to do with them? One will be new to me (from my wonderful girlfriend), one will be new to my grandma (from me)
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posted by whiskey point
on Apr 8, 2008 -
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How do I get PHP to send an e-mail. Is there a way to do it without recompiling PHP/Apache. If not, how do I recompile PHP/Apache on a linux system to do this?
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posted by kaozity
on Aug 7, 2007 -
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I'm a power user, but I am NOT at all a gamer. Would I still benefit from buying a "gaming PC" (Dell XPS 710)?
Or, would I just be an idiot who wasted money on something they didn't need/won't use?
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posted by creative
on May 5, 2007 -
27 answers
I have a legal copy of Windows XP running as my OS right now, the problem is I no longer have the original installation disks. Is there a way for me to somehow make a copy ...
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posted by 517
on Apr 19, 2007 -
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What's the best way to get my foot in the door or "create my own door" in a computer security-related field without a degree?
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posted by joshrholloway
on Feb 12, 2007 -
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Shopping for a cheap used laptop: What are the minimum specs I should be looking for with respect to CPU, RAM, HD? I'm planning to use WinXP (maybe I'll settle for 2K), Open Office, and FireFox (including some AJAX-heavy web sites such as gmail, Google Docs, del.icio.us), with a wifi card. And not much else. I want to avoid "I'm always waiting for this stupid slow computer!" but not spend much more than the minimum needed to avoid that.
posted by Leonard of Vince
on Dec 18, 2006 -
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Please recommend or disparage your supposedly "quiet" or "silent" XP desktop computer; unlike some recent posts here, pre-assembled rather than home-brew. Have you used a Dell XPS 400 or Dimension 5150 in a quiet bedroom? I'd appreciate advice based on recent personal experience. I'm aware of endpcnoise and quietpcreview.
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posted by Dave 9
on Jun 25, 2006 -
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My iBook has started freezing on me. When I start it up, it starts making a buzzing, whirring sound from under the left of the trackpad, then won't do anything else. I'm thinking it's some sort of a fan problem or HD-related issue, but I'm at a loss, and very frustrated. Can you help?
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posted by macdara
on May 17, 2006 -
10 answers
What is the best morning routine, especially for someone who is (a) in college and (b) wants to fight something starting to look like internet addiction?
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posted by Ash3000
on Apr 17, 2006 -
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What type of router typically has a gateway of 10.1.9.1, I'm used to seeing the typical router use 192.168.*.* but I'm trying to figure out what routers the local apartment unit is using to run their wireless.
posted by skEwb
on Jan 30, 2006 -
18 answers
I'm thinking about buying a new iMac G5, and I'd like to bump the RAM up to 1GB from the standard 512MB. The Apple customization menu gives you the option of getting 1GB in two DIMMs or one; the latter is $50 more expensive. Is there any performance benefit in having all the RAM in one place, or is it just a question of keeping a slot open?
posted by logovisual
on Jul 13, 2005 -
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While in the middle of doing my taxes the other day, my monitor went to displaying a weird character over and over over the entire screen. The computer wouldn't respond at all, so I shut it off manually via the power switch on the back. Since then, whenever I've attempted to start it up, the fans come on, the hard drive clicks a couple times, as usual, and then nothing. The fans keep whirring but there's no beep, no usual startup process, and nothing ever gets displayed to the monitor.
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posted by DyRE
on Apr 16, 2005 -
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EMFilter- I have my old classroom-style record player set up next to my computer monitor, which is causing mild screen jitters. Moving them farther apart is not an option, and I don't want to buy any prefab stuff. Are there any homebrew tinfoil-type solutions?
posted by The White Hat
on Jan 17, 2005 -
4 answers
