Wynter wrote:

I just printed this and handed it to the sis. She said "THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP, GUYS!" She's pretty upset. She's had her PC for five years and she's a bit nervous about getting a new one. Thanks for making it easier for her.

Hope it helps...

The tough part will be reinstalling all the programs you two use and other stuff (bookmarks, address books, themes, etc.)... It helps to inventory everything that's installed on paper, then check things off as you install them on the new PC.

bmwracer wrote:

Hope it helps... The tough part will be reinstalling all the programs you two use and other stuff (bookmarks, address books, themes, etc.)... It helps to inventory everything that's installed on paper, then check things off as you install them on the new PC.

Bookmarks is easy: Just use Foxmarks http://www.foxmarks.com/

bmwracer wrote:

Hope it helps... The tough part will be reinstalling all the programs you two use and other stuff (bookmarks, address books, themes, etc.)... It helps to inventory everything that's installed on paper, then check things off as you install them on the new PC.

Well, the thing is, her computer DIED.

After the second blue screen of death, she backed EVERYTHING up onto external harddrives, so I think she's okay in the file area. She'll have to reinstall everything, like you said.
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Wynter wrote:

Well, the thing is, her computer DIED. After the second blue screen of death, she backed EVERYTHING up onto external harddrives, so I think she's okay in the file area. She'll have to reinstall everything, like you said.

Was it the computer itself or the hard drive?

If the hard drive is okay, you can still attach it to the new PC (or another PC) via IDE, SATA, or USB adapter to extract the data...

bmwracer wrote:

Was it the computer itself or the hard drive? If the hard drive is okay, you can still attach it to the new PC (or another PC) via IDE, SATA, or USB adapter to extract the data...

Hmmm... I'll have to ask my sister (she's still at work right now). She did mention something about her RAM? I think that's what died.
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Wynter wrote:

Hmmm... I'll have to ask my sister (she's still at work right now). She did mention something about her RAM? I think that's what died.

The memory?

Hmm, how would she know that the RAM is dead in the PC?

bmwracer wrote:

The memory? Hmm, how would she know that the RAM is dead in the PC?

I dunno...
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Wynter wrote:

I dunno...

Any decisions from your sis?

I tried updating my K-lite codec pack to 4.80 from 3.65, but after installing it, trying to open most audio/video files would lead to the player closing on its own. Installed 3.65 and it seems to be working again. Anyone know why?

So I finally bought a new computer. It's a Dell Studio, and here are the specs. Let me know what you guys think. Here are the basics.


Processor Type: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
Processor Speed: 2.33GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Hard Drive: 1.28TB
Optical Drives: Multiformat DVD�}RW/CD-RW
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit

I wanted to wait for Windows 7 to come out, and then buy a PC, but that would have taken too long. I just couldn't use a MAC anymore.

I just need some time to get used to my widescreen monitor. It's 20" and seems so small.

uhno wrote:

So I finally bought a new computer. It's a Dell Studio, and here are the specs. Let me know what you guys think. Here are the basics. Processor Type: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 Processor Speed: 2.33GHz RAM: 8 GB Hard Drive: 1.28TB Optical Drives: Multiformat DVD�}RW/CD-RW Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit I wanted to wait for Windows 7 to come out, and then buy a PC, but that would have taken too long. I just couldn't use a MAC anymore.

Looks like a pretty awesome setup, except for Vista, but I guess you don't have a choice in that regard...

Hardsubbing and authoring should be quite quick with that hardware.

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I just need some time to get used to my widescreen monitor. It's 20" and seems so small.

Compared to what?

Very similar to my comp here at work, except I don't have a decent graphics card and I only have 4GB ram. And only 80G HD... but that's not needed here. It does drama authoring really quickly, that extra 4G of ram will sure help

Anime Dad wrote:

Very similar to my comp here at work, except I don't have a decent graphics card and I only have 4GB ram. And only 80G HD... but that's not needed here. It does drama authoring really quickly, that extra 4G of ram will sure help

4GB is more than adequate, I think.... And a great video card isn't really required...

bmwracer wrote:

4GB is more than adequate, I think.... And a great video card isn't really required...

Not for me, it's not No gaming at work.

Anime Dad wrote:

Not for me, it's not No gaming at work.

Oh.

I don't game, so that's never been a worry of mine...

bmwracer wrote:

Compared to what?

Well I had a 19 inch monitor before - but it wasn't a widescreen. The height on the one right now is just throwing me off I guess. I just have to get used to a widescreen.

uhno wrote:

Well I had a 19 inch monitor before - but it wasn't a widescreen. The height on the one right now is just throwing me off I guess. I just have to get used to a widescreen.

You'll learn to appreciate it when you watch dramas and/or movies.

bmwracer wrote:

Any decisions from your sis?

She ended up buying one.
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Wynter wrote:

She ended up buying one.

So I hear.

News from down under:

Swinburne University research leads to DVD that will store 2000 movies

From correspondents in Paris Agence France-Presse
May 20, 2009 10:45pm

SCIENTISTS have unveiled new DVD technology that stores data in five dimensions, making it possible to pack more than 2000 movies onto a single disc.

A team of researchers at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, have used nanotechnology to boost the storage potential nearly 10,000-fold compared to standard DVDs, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

"We were able to show how nanostructured material can be incorporated onto a disc in order to increase data capacity, without increasing the physical size of the disc,'' said Min Gu, who led the team.

Discs currently have three spatial dimensions. By using gold nanorods Gu and colleagues were able to add two additional dimensions, one based on the colour spectrum, and the other on polarisation.

Because nanoparticles react to light depending on their shape, it was possible to record information in a range of different colour's wavelengths at the same physical location on the disc.

Current DVDs record in a single colour wavelength using a laser.

The fifth dimension was made possible by polarisation. When light waves were projected onto the disc, the direction of the electric field within the waves aligned with the gold nanorods.

"The polarisation can be rotated 360 degrees,'' explained co-author James Chon.

"We were, for example, able to record at zero degree polarisation. Then on top of that, were able to record another layer of information at 90 degrees polarisation, without them interfering with each other,'' he said in a statement.

The researchers are still working out the speed at which the discs can be written on, and say that commercial production is at least five years off.

They have signed an agreement with Korea-based Samsung, one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers.

Last month, US technology giant General Electric said its researchers had developed a holographic disc which can store the equivalent of 100 standard DVDs.