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  1. pmonett

    Doubt hdd impact

    I can't say if it is common, I haven't used all that many models. I do have an SSD that I cannot eject. When it is connected via USB, the first time I looked for the icon in the taskbar to shut it down, like I do for all USB peripherals (except the printer). Never found it. So I just pull the...
  2. pmonett

    Doubt hdd impact

    I would venture to say that, with today's hardware, I would doubt that. Twenty years ago, it definitely wouldn't have been a good thing, but the external HDDs of today are sturdy beasts. I think you'll find that it will be fine. Besides, all you need to do to check is reconnect and peruse the files.
  3. pmonett

    What has happened here to Tek-Tips??

    Okay, I'm fed up with the mail notifications. I've gone through my Preferences and I have no notifcation activated whatsoever. Yet, I still get notified when there's a new thread in a forum I'm watching. Can anyone tell me what I have to lock down to get rid of that ?
  4. pmonett

    What has happened here to Tek-Tips??

    I had to send a support request to get my bookmarks back. I don't remember getting any email warning me about this change, but boy am I getting emails now (that I'm absolutely not interested in). What you need to do is go to your usual forums (good luck finding them back) and mark them as Read...
  5. pmonett

    How to Transfer Licence to New PC

    As far as needing a new key is concerned, the vendor is indeed correct and Microsoft would tell you the same thing. I have an old laptop with an Office 2010 license. I have since bought a new laptop and, when I tried to install my Office 2010 on it, it replied that my was invalid. I contacted MS...
  6. pmonett

    Unallocated space on hard/ssd Drive

    Can't the Disk Manager help you ? Press the Windows key, type disk and choose Settings/Create and Format hard disk partitions. I'm sure that should be able to do something for you. I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  7. pmonett

    Need to change OS on HP laptop

    You're right and I thank you for pointing it out. Don't worry, I burned the proper ISO image at 8x. It worked :) I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  8. pmonett

    Need to change OS on HP laptop

    Oh, and pro tip : don't burn bootable ISOs to a DVD-RW. For some strange reason, they don't work on RW media. Lesson learned. I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  9. pmonett

    Need to change OS on HP laptop

    UPDATE : Okay, my bad. Microsoft's Vista Home Premium ISO is not boot enabled. I'm going to have to redo the damn thing with boot enabled. Pfft. Forget about this. Sorry to have bothered you for nothing. I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  10. pmonett

    Need to change OS on HP laptop

    I have come into posession of an HP Pavilion dv9500 that has CentOS installed. I need to change that to a different OS, I have burned the ISO to DVD. On startup, I entered the Setup and made sure that boot options had DVD before laptop drive, but when I boot up, the DVD unit briefly spins, then...
  11. pmonett

    Problem with the hard drive

    Ah, backups. You only learn the hard way. I'm glad you got your important files back. Now you know how to avoid the problem in the future. Let me suggest a simple thing : buy a rewritable DVD, and burn your important files on it regularly. If you have to buy an external RW DVD reader, do so...
  12. pmonett

    Limits in Excel

    Google spreadsheet is not Excel. Excel's specifications are 1,048,576 rows by 16,384 columns. You are using Google's product, as such, you are constrained by Google's limitations. I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  13. pmonett

    What application do you use

    I don't think it's a question of which app you want to use, it should be a question of which app has your IT department approved and is expecting. You should ask them and they should provide you with the application. As a freelance programmer and consultant, I deal with many clients and I have...
  14. pmonett

    Risk of running unsupported server version

    We have cloud backup" Personally, I would prefer having another backup somewhere physical I control. Someone else's server is not a reliable guarantee. I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  15. pmonett

    Suppressing #REF!

    You can use ISERROR like this : =IF(ISERROR(MOD(IF(ROW()=2,0,IF(C2=C1,T1,T1+1)),2)),"",MOD(IF(ROW()=2,0,IF(C2=C1,T1,T1+1)),2)) I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  16. pmonett

    Formula Advice

    If you're importing from a csv file, I'd first load it into a good text file editor (i.e. Notepad++) and do a Search & Replace to remove all occurences of anything before (and including) the = sign. Then you make sure the first line has the titles, and then you can import the data into Excel...
  17. pmonett

    Why does a 4TB SSD format to a 2TB drive ?

    I have just purchase a Crucial 4TB SSD (MDL : CT4000MX500SSD1 / SN : 2315E6C772EC). I connect it to my Win 1 0 platform and try to format it with the Disk Manager. I am offered two options, with MBR, or with GUI (if I recall correctly). I chose GUI and end up with a 2Tb drive. What did I do...
  18. pmonett

    What is this now ?

    Thanks for the link. I think I'll give it a try, when I can :) I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
  19. pmonett

    What is this now ?

    No need to uninstall. I stopped the program and, lo and behold, no more temp file messages. I somehow doubt that there is any launching though. I agree, these are ISO files, but this is a change in behavior. I have been seeding these files since they came out and I never got those messages...
  20. pmonett

    What is this now ?

    Ah ha ! So that's it. Yes, I'm using µtorrent. I am seeding various Linux distros (haiku and Mint among others). Now I know where to look. And now I wonder why now ? Apparently there needs to be an update, because something got screwed up. Thanks for the info ! I've got nothing to hide, and I...

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