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RE: Could one use one of those USB memories ...

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rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com

In Reply to: RE: Could one use one of those USB memories ... posted by cics on April 08, 2008 at 08:20:50

Dear cics,

The more I checked into the "memory stick" I see that it is not ideal.

And your comment makes it moot.

I am curious as to where you found a 2.5GB hard drive.

Would you mind giving a little more detail on how you have your hard drives configured?

Are you still using the TOSHIBAs in RAID 0? Is this "boot" drive attached to an IDE header?

Some guidance (as always) is needed!

THANKS, yet again!!!

Rick McInnis

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RE: Could one use one of those USB memories ... - cics 06:50:40 04/09/08 (2)
I have SATA RAID 0 on the main system and the second uses normal SATA.

When you install Windows you have the option to create partitions - create a small partition of 2500MB (2.5GB) for system installation. This becomes your C drive which contains Windows and all other software. From Windows (disk manager), you then create and format another NTFS partition for the remaining space on the HDD. This new partition becomes drive D which would contain all your music. Additional HDDs will have new drive letters.

The advantage of doing this is you can do as many system reinstalls without affecting content in other drives. That is music data is unaffected.
- Sure wish I had known that before!!!! - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 09:06:05 04/11/08 (1)
  Dear cics,
  
  Finally got around to doing this last night.
  
  Had to get a new hard drive. I wanted one anyway, but whatever I did was not going to allow me to reinstall WINDOWS and I hope it will work out for the best. I hope my music files are still recoverable from the other disk. What I read made me think I should just leave it alone.
  
  Now I will have 1500 GB of storage.
  
  As I am doing this I am trying to think what is the best order to implement the TUNINGS. This is what I am thinking:
  
  1. disengage WINDOWS file protection.
  
  2. try out MINLOGON and make sure you do it correctly. Then go back to WINLOGON.
  
  3. Install BIOS software
  
  4. Install FOOBAR, EAC, autoruns, cpuz, JULI@ soundcard, updated JULI@ drivers, cMP
  
  5. Do autoruns changes
  
  6. Inplement MINLOGON
  
  7. Implement all of the (other than autoruns) ART OF COMPUTER TRANSPORT changes along with the additonal instructions with cMP.
  
  8. Change the bios settings as per AoCT and cMP instructions.
  
  9. Listen to music
  
  I figured: if MINLOGON is going to require changing settings again after implementation why not wait for it to be installed to do "those" changes?
  
  Does this protocol seem sensible?
  
  I would appreciate your comments, as always!
  
  THANKS,
  
  Rick McInnis
  - RE: Sure wish I had known that before!!!! - cics 11:40:27 04/11/08 (0)
    Step 3, If you did this before, its not necessary. I'm assuming this is the BIOS update.
    
    Step 7, other Autoruns changes are done - make these before Minlogon.
    
    Otherwise it looks like it should work.

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