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18-12-2007, 14:51
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Still on my desk, left hand side
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18-12-2007, 18:41
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So I got home and fired Phoenix up... Jumped into the BIOS and ensured that the onboard audio wasn't turned on (it was
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18-12-2007, 19:27
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If you have data you want to save I'd leave the current disk alone until you've done that dude. Keep poking it and, if it is faulty, sooner or later it'll tell you to f*** off.
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18-12-2007, 19:36
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18-12-2007, 21:08
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You guys'd talk far more if I was spending that much time with a 'he'
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19-12-2007, 09:11
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Much against everyone's advice.....
...I've been poking the HDD this morning. Running in safe mode I have managed to back up all the important stuffs to my secondary drive and am just transferring my music collection off. New drive is at the delivery branch and so should get shipped out to me soon (I hope) and I can rebuild her... I can make her stronger, faster, better 
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19-12-2007, 16:56
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HOLY **** SHE'S FAST!!!
That old 200gig drive must've been proper knackered, everything is running seriously fast and smooth on the new build
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32MB cache on the drive will help there I'll wager - most are 16MB or less.
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