Forced upgrade
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Comosicus
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Forced upgrade
I finally managed to buy a new hard drive (Western Digital JB400 40 Gb 8Mb cache) for about 62 euros and tommorow morning I'll have to buy a new CD-ROM drive too, as the old one also droped dead. There is a saying here that a misfortune never comes alone.
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TrailerParkJawa
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Re: Forced upgrade
Replace the CD drive with a DVD drive. Practically no price difference, but a great increase in the media you can read. Or by a CD/DVD writer combo.Comosicus wrote:I finally managed to buy a new hard drive (Western Digital JB400 40 Gb 8Mb cache) for about 62 euros and tommorow morning I'll have to buy a new CD-ROM drive too, as the old one also droped dead. There is a saying here that a misfortune never comes alone.
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"One Drive, One Partition, the One True Path" ~ ars technica forums - warrens - on hhd partitioning schemes.
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"One Drive, One Partition, the One True Path" ~ ars technica forums - warrens - on hhd partitioning schemes.
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Uraniun235
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Well then, that corny saying "The future is now" comes to mind.Uraniun235 wrote:Even if you never ever intend to watch DVDs on your computer, there's still the possibility that someday in the distant future they may finally start putting more software onto DVDs, negating the need for swapping CDs during install (or worse, during gameplay).
They are already releasing new 4-5 CD games on 1 DVD, just DVD drive adoption rates are so damn poor in the USA, games are released on +5 cds instead of offering it as a single DVD.
"Okay, I'll have the truth with a side order of clarity." ~ Dr. Daniel Jackson.
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." ~ Stephen Colbert
"One Drive, One Partition, the One True Path" ~ ars technica forums - warrens - on hhd partitioning schemes.
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." ~ Stephen Colbert
"One Drive, One Partition, the One True Path" ~ ars technica forums - warrens - on hhd partitioning schemes.
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Re: Forced upgrade
We have that saying too..."Misery loves company."Comosicus wrote:There is a saying here that a misfortune never comes alone.
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Comosicus
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The CD-ROM was not on my upgrade list, as I intended to get a CD-RW or a combo. That was all I could afford right now.
And I plan to upgrade in time the rest of the system (it's really old) and getting a combo or a CD-RW will come in discussion. But I have to save more to achieve that.
And I plan to upgrade in time the rest of the system (it's really old) and getting a combo or a CD-RW will come in discussion. But I have to save more to achieve that.
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Also considering the low pricees of DVD today it is better to buy DVD drives instead of CD drive.Uraniun235 wrote:Even if you never ever intend to watch DVDs on your computer, there's still the possibility that someday in the distant future they may finally start putting more software onto DVDs, negating the need for swapping CDs during install (or worse, during gameplay).
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.