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I used to have the same problem with towing trailers... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Probably because they spin faster, fly closer, and pack data more densely.
I agree about how the older ones seemed to last the life a a PC. The problem is not so much the data density/speed/etc., but rather the source of manufacture and the attitude.
It turns out that, with the reduced cost of manufacturing in China, doing QC at the user end is cheaper than the real thing. If the drive dies - give them a new one! Look at how many drives (from any manufacturer) are DOA, or join the legions of the dead within a few weeks. As for your data? Not their problem, is it?
My philosophical outlook (and why I don't by > 1TB drives) is: An unreliable Hard Drive is overpriced at "Free"
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Good information because I have the same problem.
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Yeah - I'll never go back to HDDs, and Win10 is a lot faster on things like boot and wake-up. Way faster.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I use Windows 8/10 boot-up speed as an example in training/discussions to prove that performance improvement is a never-ending process and never hits a wall.
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OriginalGriff wrote: An elderly lady I do PC support for
Hope your mom was pleased and that she can once again browser her cat pictures at a reasonable speed... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I don't think my mum ever used a computer - or even a digital timer!
Iris does well - she does things with Word that I don't even try, like making one-page-folding-booklets.
If I could just stop her clicking "OK" on every dialog on the internet...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Speaking as one who never shuts down a computer unless forced, kicking and screaming, to do so, I don't really give a damn about start-up times. We all need to get coffee or do toilet-paper origami some time, no?
But transferring my weven systems and {pf}s to SSD made such a difference in general performance that I don't think I'd ever be happy to use HDDs for them again.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I don't really give a damn about start-up times.
Nor do I.
But with a lappie, being able to just open it up and it's out of hibernate and ready to rock in a second or so is a big plus as far as battery life goes!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Curious about what, sharks are only curious about one thing. It's trying to decide if were food or not!
Which movie?
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Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
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Sharkcando
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Sharkcando
What's that? A new social network for 'advanced' users?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: Shark can do
No, it's a support group for sharks with poor confindence and low self esteem...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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The shark chef
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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"How to play poker"? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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"Java curiosity killed the PC".
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Jaws, of course!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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V. wrote: It's trying to decide if were food or not!
Jaws 19[^] - Revenge of the apostrophe. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Actually, it's Imdb that's wrong on that one
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