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| 02-15-11 07:54am - 5021 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Avoid crash when browsing porn Maybe another off topic - and then again maybe not - since porn search is maybe THE most hazardous fun.. So just some questions, comments ect. to all here about trying to be safe and what to do if and when things go wrong - I hate nothing more than PC crashes - not being able to do what you do a lot - and then using days to get restored ect. Had the second Windows-crash the other day could not even get Windows started, not even in safe mode.. Luckily I downloaded a free program (Macrium Reflect) some week earlier, made back up of the C-drive at one of the external drives and made a boot cd..or I probably would not be here yet.. What are your experience about avoiding crash - oh, I know there's a lot of forums worldwide and domestic, but still a lot here got to have some knowledge - being porn browsers..  So: What do you do to keep your computer safe - as safe can be? Safe from virus - of course - but also safe from a lot of other mysterious stuff when downloading all kinds of files.. Anybody tried that System Mechanic program? Downloaded the trial version - and it keeps finding errors daily - is it (the program) reliable or just "hey, buy me ($ 49.95)" - "because I find a lot wrong with your PC". I got recommendations for the free CCleaner, but that System Mechanic find many more registry errors than CCleaner - so what's right? And can you rely on that this SM-program can really optimize your computer? Bottom line: Any (other) good hints to stay more safe???  "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" Edited on Feb 15, 2011, 07:57am | |
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| 02-15-11 10:39am - 5021 days | #2 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
I guess everyone's experience is different from everyone else's, Denner. I've had four unrecoverable computer crashes over the years, all tied to failing hard drives. No software could correct that.  I have had plenty of Blue Screens Of Death with Windows 7, though. Things will get really jerky and sticky on me for no apparent reason and then it will do a memory dump and shut itself down. I usually just power the computer up again and everything is fine. Almost looks as if there's a memory problem there but W7 keeps telling me everything is okay. Sorry, I couldn't respond with a suggestion on how to stay more safe! Hope someone knows of another good program to keep you protected. | |
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| 02-15-11 10:51am - 5021 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I'm no computer expert. A "real" expert's opinions would have much more validity than any opinions about computers than what I think. Most registry cleaners give a lot of "error" reports to encourage you to buy their program. You already know that. I don't know how much any of those programs really help in making a PC faster to run. On my other PCs I used to run one or more registry cleaner programs on a daily basis, but I think it was really mainly wasted time. That's my guess. I would get a daily report that I had a bunch of registry errors that had been cleaned, and every day I would get a similar report that a bunch of registry errors had been cleaned. Maybe that's the way it has to work. But I came to the conclusion: How many times, actually every day, does the registry have to be cleaned or fixed? So when I got a new laptop several months ago, I have not run any registry cleaner, and the laptop is still running fine. My protection is Norton Internet Security. That is a low-cost solution to security. It provides anti-virus, firewall, and identity protection. Some people I've talked to said Norton is crap, and I should delete it from my PC and get a different security program. But I've had my laptop for several months now, and have had no serious security problems. So I am sticking with Norton Internet security for now. | |
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| 02-15-11 10:56am - 5021 days | #4 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Edit 01: Didn't you talk about this same problem several months ago? You said your security program (anti-virus, etc.) was trying to charge you a very high price for renewal, and you were looking for a different program. I think you said you didn't renew the old program, because of the high price. | |
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| 02-15-11 11:11am - 5021 days | #5 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Guess you're right - sorry if it's too much of a repetition - but man, like others I get 'flabbergasted' when the computer goes DOWN... and, well, yes And BTW: It's nice to hear that others here at PU have some thoughts about that being a bit safe and.....thanks for those inputs about programs - You're right: everybody got a meaning about each and every one of these - this is crap, this is good....ect. Man - sometimes it seems like a jungle - just to keep your computer and yourself happy...  "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 02-15-11 11:12am - 5021 days | #6 | |
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otoh (0)
Active User Posts: 159 Registered: Sep 17, '10 Location: UK |
Indeed, as messmer said, it's worth remembering that hard drives can - and do - fail, physically, so if anyone's got a cache of paid-for smut on theirs, it's worth having a backup. I should be able to offer advice, since IT is what I do, but I don't use Windows day-to-day. Yes, I'm going to be the smug bastard before someone else is, and say that everything works fine on the Mac, without any need for security software.  (Notwithstanding such hardware failures, which are just as applicable to me.)There is admittedly a price premium in using a Mac - but if anyone fancies trying something different, eg if it's time for a reinstall or you have a spare PC, it's worth trying Linux - the distros around now, eg Ubuntu - are great, secure, reliable and easy to use. | |
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| 02-15-11 11:36am - 5021 days | #7 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I don't think it's too much of a repetition.  I think almost everyone who uses a PC worries at least some of the time about PC problems: security, hard drive failure, etc. etc. You would think that PCs would become more reliable as the years go by, because they've been building them since the 1970s or so. But it's big business to fix all the PC problems that people have, so maybe that helps explain why the problems won't be going away any time soon.  | |
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| 02-15-11 11:58am - 5021 days | #8 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Yup, buddy - and every time it's a fuck up. and BTW - it's special that an amount of four crashes is due to failing hard drives - special, at least to me. I got Vista now, but considering to buy a second computer - a saving number 2 - crazy maybe - but can't stand not to be able to get online - and a new computer means W7, probably - don't know if it's better or worse than Vista - time will show... "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 02-15-11 01:05pm - 5021 days | #9 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
win7 is supposed to be a big improvement over Vista. I never had Vista, but do have Win7. It doesn't crash very often. I liked WinXP better, but when I got a new laptop, I had no choice, but had to go with Win7, because that's all that was being offered. But computers get cheaper every year. It's one of the few things that do get cheaper. You get more features, more hardware (memory, hard drive space, etc.), and a cheaper price, so that's a great deal. | |
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| 02-15-11 02:16pm - 5021 days | #10 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Hey Denner, Vista is a much maligned operating system but I never had one single crash with it during the time I had it on my computer. Windows 7 on the other hand crashes on me at least twice a week. At first I thought that Firefox might be the culprit because it is known to be a memory hog but then, when some of the crashes occurred shortly after I started my computer, I began to doubt that theory. I just got a program that checks for driver updates and since I replaced about 25 drivers with up to date ones I haven't had a blue screen yet. So I am keeping my fingers crossed. Maybe they were the cause. On the other hand, why was there always a memory dump connected with the event? In any case, experience has taught me that if I have Internet or Cable TV problems, pulling the power cord on the modem or Cable Box will correct them most of the time. And if it is a computer problem a re-boot usually fixes that! | |
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| 02-15-11 03:30pm - 5021 days | #11 | |
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exotics4me (0)
Active User  Posts: 664 Registered: Jan 12, '07 Location: USA |
I'm probably in the minority since I don't want to move from Vista to Windows 7. I haven't had any problems at all with Vista. I had been using Kaspersky Security, but switched to Norton Internet Security last year and now prefer it. One thing I do that may be harder depending on the brand of computer you use. About once a year, sometimes every 6 months if things get cluttered. I move all the important files from my internal hard drive to an external. My main computer is a Hewlett-Packard, it comes with a factory image stored on the D: drive partition. This resets the computer to the way it was the day I bought it. Takes about 20-30 minutes. No discs to put in. It does wipe your hard drive out and clears the software you have put on it, but that's another hour or so to go back and download, re-install your browsers, media players, etc... I've been doing this since 2007 and have yet to have a problem with the computer I'm using. That's about 10 TB of porn downloaded, transferred from external to external and still no problems by using the factory reset feature. My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich. - Chuck Palahniuk | |
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| 02-15-11 03:44pm - 5021 days | #12 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
messmer: On Windows versions starting with Windows 2000, the software creates a memory dump whenever the system crashes. The dump files are supposed to contain information that might help identify why the computer crashed. An average of 2 crashes a week sounds extremely high. I've had some crashes (blue screen, or the PC just stopped responding to the keyboard, or whatever), but only once in a while. Certainly less than once a month. I have Win7. My guess for your crashes would be a software conflict, which you might have fixed with your driver updates. But a memory dump is not a problem; instead, it's a regular feature of Windows that is supposed to help solve/identify the problem of why a PC crashed. Edited on Feb 15, 2011, 03:47pm | |
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| 02-15-11 06:21pm - 5021 days | #13 | |
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graymane (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,411 Registered: Feb 20, '10 Location: Virginia |
I have a registery cleaner called Reviversoft, which pops up at every boot and provides a full but brief sweep of my registery. It finds hundreds of errors, and gives me a complete list identifying each -- which then will ask if I want to repair these errors. My registery errors showing up on these scans are always something called "empty registery keys." And so far have repaired over 5000 of these named errors. To be honest, though denner, dispite the appearance of this registry manager's hard work in keeping my registry clean, I ain't visually noticing any dramatic results ...albeit neither of the others I've ever had in the past has either. I'm not really qualified to recommend these registery programs, but will say I haven't experieced any crashes or blue screens ( this after updating from vista to series 7 home edition). Anyway, I wish you well in whatever decision you ultimately make. | |
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| 02-15-11 06:26pm - 5021 days | #14 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Thanks, lk2fireone. I had no idea that the memory dump was part of the solution. In my non-tech mind I was using too much system memory for some reason and that's why I kept crashing. I kept getting little Microsoft messages after the system re-booted itself .. "you just had a fatal error (or some such thing) do you want Windows to find a solution to your problem." I always clicked "yes" but the crash kept recurring. I have the feeling you are right, it must have been the drivers because I've been okay since I got the new driver updates software. Strangely enough through all this that little flag in the tray, representing the action center, kept giving me the message: no current issues detected. | |
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| 02-15-11 08:00pm - 5021 days | #15 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
My computer repair guy - who has helped me twice and has proven to me that he knows what he's talking about - tells me that the Norton Security program that I get with Comcast is really strong - not 100% bullet-proof, but really strong. I've looked around at mal-ware protection, but when I look for skeptical criticism there's a lot of critics that say that a lot of these "cleaners" are identifying stuff that's not very harmful - so do I need more junk programs clogging up my system? No - I just need to have enough self-discipline to pay attention when my Norton anti-virus is warning me that I'm in dangerous territory - or I can go buy a Mac, I suppose. | |
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| 02-15-11 11:54pm - 5020 days | #16 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
I would also recommend you check for updates on all your drivers messmer. And don't use Windows to check for the drivers, go to the hardware maker's site and look for yourself. My computer crashed all the time with Win7 when I first got it, and I was certain it was the video card driver, but Windows kept telling me it was up-to-date, until I finally checked AMD's site myself to realize the driver Windows was finding was out of date as well. Vista was an ok OS, I always found it to be a huge resource hog, and it always seemed like there must have been some kind of memory leak going on. I like Win7 fine, and I do something similar to exotics, although I used to do it more frequently, it can take a fair amount of time to install all the Windows updates that have been released since you bought your computer, I guess I'm just getting lazier. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 02-16-11 06:41am - 5020 days | #17 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Sound like a good idea for some serious clean out - and it's easy and fast to reinstall browsers - BUT - what do you do with all those important bookmarks - they vanish in that kind of re installation..? "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 02-16-11 07:36am - 5020 days | #18 | |
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otoh (0)
Active User Posts: 159 Registered: Sep 17, '10 Location: UK |
Depends what browser you are using... eg if you are using Firefox, you can go to Bookmarks > Organise bookmarks - then the star button there lets you backup and restore to/from a file (which you can obviously keep safe during the process...) | |
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| 02-16-11 10:32am - 5020 days | #19 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
MSIE allows you to export your Favorites (bookmarks) and for that matter, your cookies too. Look under: File > Inport/Export ... Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 02-17-11 08:39am - 5019 days | #20 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Where do you export those bookmark to? Can you save them in some way at one of your external HDs - AND get them back to your 'new' browser?? I may be a little slow here, sorry... "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 02-17-11 09:07am - 5019 days | #21 | |
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otoh (0)
Active User Posts: 159 Registered: Sep 17, '10 Location: UK |
It will just let you save the file, same as you'd save anything else - eg a word document or whatever, or when you choose where to save the files you download. So, if you either save them directly to your external HD, or if you save them to your internal and copy the file to your external, it will be safe there - you can then import it again when you're all restored! | |
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| 02-17-11 09:39am - 5019 days | #22 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
as otoh said, it just saves them as an html file. You can import them later or use them by loading that file in your browser. Obviously, you can move the file to anywhere you want. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 02-17-11 12:36pm - 5019 days | #23 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Does anyone know if Mozilla Firefox has a similar feature (I only see an "import" function, not an export) or if there is an app that allows for exporting your bookmarks to a separate document? | |
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| 02-17-11 02:02pm - 5019 days | #24 | ||
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otoh (0)
Active User Posts: 159 Registered: Sep 17, '10 Location: UK |
As above, I found it in FF:
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| 02-19-11 06:07am - 5017 days | #25 | |
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elephant (0)
Active User  Posts: 583 Registered: Jan 11, '07 |
Firefox started to go wrong on my windows 7 64-bit machine a few weeks ago with random crashes, I didn't like it before when I installed Google Chrome but after the crashes and I read about firefox's memory prob I decided to give it another go, so glad I did as I've got used to it now and much prefer it, runs without any problems for 3 weeks now, so so far so good. "Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand." WILLIAM CONGREVE | |
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| 02-19-11 10:14am - 5017 days | #26 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
The one thing that keeps me using Firefox is the ability to eliminate all traces of my web browsing when I shut it down yet it will keep all my passwords safe and only accessible through a master password. I found that, in other browsers, if I deleted cookies and history at the end of a session the passwords were gone as well. I also missed that master password when I tried them out. This is my biggest reason for not using MSIE .. no master password. This is such a handy feature. You can use it to stop someone else from using your profile in a browser, you can use it to stop someone unauthorized from looking into your Google mail etc. It's a great feature and I haven't found this in any other browser except for the late Netscape 8. Does Chrome have a Master Password? | |
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| 02-19-11 02:54pm - 5017 days | #27 | |
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elephant (0)
Active User Posts: 583 Registered: Jan 11, '07 |
I'm not sure it has the same thing as you desire Master Password as that's something I've never used, it does have Lastpass and other password extensions though and may have what you want. I tell you what it does have that I love, you can sync your bookmarks and preferences onto other machines when you have a google account, I find this great, it seems faster to me also and takes a couple of days to get used to but I now and I've tried them all rate it my fav. "Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand." WILLIAM CONGREVE | |
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| 02-20-11 03:16am - 5016 days | #28 | |
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mistresskent (0)
Active Webmaster  Posts: 188 Registered: Feb 02, '09 Location: Kent, UK |
Guys... as I search on the internet 24/7 and download etc, I am on Vista, I use only ever opensource security and it works for me. Disk cleanup once a week and defrag once a month. 3 years, same computer and no issues. CCcleaner has been the best so far. Yes it picks up lots of registry issues, but it also backs up, so, if it does mess up, you can roll back. I also run windows updates on advanced so not to install any unnecessary updates (i.e bing toolbars etc) Don't click on links automatically if sent to you, always ask the sender if the link is valid. Can I just highlight the new browser called RockMelt I think you will all find that this browser is going to be here to stay. I've been using it in the test phase and was unable to talk about it really until now. It is geared towards social networking but it very friendly towards media also. RSS feeds for sites can be saved in the application edges and is much quicker than most browsers currently and is surprisingly light on the old RAM. Hardrives = you get what you pay for, I've learnt that lesson recently. Mistress Kent xx http://www.mistresskent.com http://www.mistresskent.co.uk | |
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| 02-20-11 03:39am - 5016 days | #29 | |
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otoh (0)
Active User Posts: 159 Registered: Sep 17, '10 Location: UK |
MistressKent, can you expand on that with your experience? I'm interested because there are only about 5 companies that make actual hard drives, and I'm not aware of much difference in reliability between them - the pricier models just tend to have faster access times which means very little for the majority of us. | |
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| 02-20-11 04:03am - 5016 days | #30 | |
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mistresskent (0)
Active Webmaster Posts: 188 Registered: Feb 02, '09 Location: Kent, UK |
Patriot Valkyrie and iOmega are serious favourites of mine. I did have Western Digital and a external samsung.. but alas they died on me x Mistress Kent xx http://www.mistresskent.com http://www.mistresskent.co.uk | |
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| 02-20-11 04:20am - 5016 days | #31 | |
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mistresskent (0)
Active Webmaster Posts: 188 Registered: Feb 02, '09 Location: Kent, UK |
With all hard-drives (SATA is generally it) think of it this way... Its a bit like having a vase and not packing it properly when you move, the housing is just as important as the drive, the difference between newspaper and bubble wrap! Mistress Kent xx http://www.mistresskent.com http://www.mistresskent.co.uk | |
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| 02-21-11 12:14am - 5015 days | #32 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
misstresskent, SATA is the interface (Serial ATA), and while I agree this is an excellent interface for data transfer, it has little to nothing to do with drive reliability. I'm glad to have an eSATA external drive, although drive manufacturers still make other interfaces, I belive SCSI is still used in servers? Personally, I think as long as the case prevents the drive from overheating, it doesn't really matter. I have a friend that bought a super cheap dual drive exernal mount a few years ago and he has had no problems with them at all, although it looks crappy. Those that have drive failures often have tainted opinions of that company (I've had Iomega failures, so I dislike them). My guess is most drive failures are a result of small manufacturing defects, wear and tear, or overheating of the drive, two of which are unavoidable. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 02-21-11 01:33am - 5015 days | #33 | |
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mistresskent (0)
Active Webmaster Posts: 188 Registered: Feb 02, '09 Location: Kent, UK |
Agreed! Anyone tried out Rockmelt yet???? Mistress Kent xx http://www.mistresskent.com http://www.mistresskent.co.uk | |
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| 02-21-11 07:43am - 5015 days | #34 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
What is Rockmelt?? Went to their site and got a video, that did not make me much wiser - it just seemed/looked like a commercial with clips going to my "grandfathers 90th birthday" - but bottom line: what's the difference between this browser and the onces we know - and a lot use, like Firefox? "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 02-21-11 09:13am - 5015 days | #35 | |
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otoh (0)
Active User Posts: 159 Registered: Sep 17, '10 Location: UK |
I use these often, and swap out the actual drives. Very occasionally something goes wrong, but it's just the interface, as opposed to the drive - plug it into a new case and it should work. I don't think there's much difference in reliability of drives - as you say, sometimes you have a bad experience and it puts you off a brand. But brands like Iomega and Patriot don't actually make disks - they could easily have a Western Digital drive in them. Making hard drives is a fantastically precise business and WD are 1 of only 4/5 (Hitachi, WD, Samsung, Seagate/Maxtor plus Toshiba for 2.5") companies that have the facilities to make them. It's worth bearing in mind that if you buy a cased drive from anyone else, they are shopping around and likely putting the cheapest one of those 5 they can find inside it for any given batch. | |
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| 02-21-11 09:48am - 5015 days | #36 | |
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otoh (0)
Active User Posts: 159 Registered: Sep 17, '10 Location: UK |
Hmm... I'll probably give it a wide berth since it's geared specifically towards social networking - although I work in IT, I try and keep a low profile online and so don't use Facebook etc... | |
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| 02-21-11 11:33am - 5015 days | #37 | |
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mistresskent (0)
Active Webmaster Posts: 188 Registered: Feb 02, '09 Location: Kent, UK |
Its fast, yes its geared towards social networking, but it's also geared massively towards RSS feeds, makes them really easy to use etc, rather than signing into lots of programs.. i.e favourite porn-star blogs etc. Mistress Kent xx http://www.mistresskent.com http://www.mistresskent.co.uk | |
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