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Posted September 17, 2020
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Truth007: How come HDD is more prone to fail if used externally?
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teceem: It could be cooling related. But in my experience (I have 7 active USB hard drives), they don't run that much hotter than my internal ones (in a big case with good cooling).

Usually, when people mention USB drive failure, they don't differentiate between HDD failure and enclosure failure.
Interesting, would you say HDD is still more reliable for backup purposes?
Posted September 17, 2020
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Truth007: Interesting, would you say HDD is still more reliable for backup purposes?
Compared to SSD you mean? I've never read an in-depth study that concluded that one or the other is more reliable, on average, for backup purposes. The thing is, SSD haven't been used for that purpose as much as HDDs.

Personal experience is meaningless, you'd need big numbers - that only data centers can provide.

I use HDDs for backup - because it's the only option to get the amount of storage I need and can afford.
Post edited September 17, 2020 by teceem
Posted September 17, 2020
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Truth007: How come HDD is more prone to fail if used externally?
They are mechanical wonders but are very sensitive to impacts. To keep it simple, even a slight impact during use can damage a HDD.
Posted September 17, 2020
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Truth007: How come HDD is more prone to fail if used externally?
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Dark_art_: They are mechanical wonders but are very sensitive to impacts. To keep it simple, even a slight impact during use can damage a HDD.
That's an easy one... just don't touch or move that HDD while in use (or be very careful).
Posted September 17, 2020
You can still make offline Windows account. There is no need for your daily use account to be an admin account. It is actually a very good idea to NOT use an admin account except when you absolutely must.
Posted September 18, 2020
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timppu: Ah, so you use the start menu after all.

So if you never navigate the menu to find even the rarely used applications or settings, that must mean you have magically memorized each and every application and setting in your system, so that you can always find all of them with a mere search, never having selected them from the Start menu even when running them for the first time in order to pin them to the taskbar. Magic.
Search bar isn't the start menu dude. And I don't know how many programs you're using that aren't on your taskbar or desktop already, but I'm not using that many. Even if I did need to "look one up" I'd google search it first anyway, but I can't say that's ever happened. Dxdiag, device manager, paint, calculator... it's all simple to launch from search bar.

Anyway, argue with me all you want. My experience is my experience, yours is yours. My only point is your "99.99999% use the start menu!" thing is B.S.
Posted September 18, 2020
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StingingVelvet: Search bar isn't the start menu dude. And I don't know how many programs you're using that aren't on your taskbar or desktop already, but I'm not using that many. Even if I did need to "look one up" I'd google search it first anyway, but I can't say that's ever happened. Dxdiag, device manager, paint, calculator... it's all simple to launch from search bar.

Anyway, argue with me all you want. My experience is my experience, yours is yours. My only point is your "99.99999% use the start menu!" thing is B.S.
Most of the time, I use search or the taskbar to start a program - but once in a while I still use the start menu for some tool that's installed but don't use regularly (and forgot the name of it).
Posted September 18, 2020
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nightcraw1er.488: download the portableapps program from website and run it.
I was hoping for a single big download vs a few hundred small ones... Though i'm not sure which apps i'd get, only really have a few browsers portable, and little else.

Alright, thanks.
Posted September 18, 2020
I recommend a third-party registry manager, like Piriform's CCleaner. It will safely uninstall software and clean up the registry in seconds. It also performs secure wiping of any discs attached to the system, but this takes a long time (days).

While we're talking about Win10, I must register my disgust with Edge. I think it's meant to be some sort of new-fangled browser.

Whatever the reason for its deployment it is not equivalent to a normal PDF viewer, which it supplants by default; for one egregious example it prevents the selection (and therefore copying) in-line text! (Probably some sort of copyright management initiative.)

The menu has hidden the commands I use the most (like zoom) so they require a traversing multiple levels to adjust the view. Also, the controls are all centred on the pointing device, too, so normal Adobe keyboard commands, like PgUp, Home and End, don't work. I suppose a touch screen would benefit, if I ever thought to use one.

(For the last couple of months Micro$oft has been trying to push the Edge app as an "essential security" update for this (Win7) machine and I have had to continuously tell it not to dare to download this steaming pile of useless frippery. It also keeps telemetry data.)
Posted September 18, 2020
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timppu: 3. The copy protection of many CD/DVD games doesn't work in Windows 10, they are blocked in Windows 10. By default they are blocked also in Windows 7, but in 7 you can "unblock" them manually. The same doesn't appear to be possible in Windows 10, so the only option in 10 to get those games to work is to find and apply some kind of noCD crack.
Thank you for typing that out! Not looking forward to fiddling with extra software just to get some games to run. : ( Never had any rainbow problems with games and I've used 7 for years now.

As to #3 here, are you saying that win10 can't read the copyprot of old CDs, and so those disks can't be used to run games? I'm not sure what you mean, as I've never had a problem with any of my CDs/DVDs in 7 (though I suppose it's possible I somehow fixed that so long ago I don't remember). That would seem to be a security failure, forcing end users to get noCD cracks or DL pirated versions. Just as one can separately add .NET to one's OS, surely there would be some software one could add as well, no? I remember there was some driver present in XP that wasn't in 7, so I couldn't activate the F1 help file in Heroes of Might and Magic games. But I was able to find and DL that driver and HOMM help worked fine.


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Carradice: Fresh install from a USB
Do you know of a value in using an ISO versus an installer? The microsoft page gave me the option of getting a win10 installer for my thumbdrive or an ISO, and I chose the installer.
Posted September 18, 2020
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nightcraw1er.488: download the portableapps program from website and run it.
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rtcvb32: I was hoping for a single big download vs a few hundred small ones... Though i'm not sure which apps i'd get, only really have a few browsers portable, and little else.

Alright, thanks.
TBH I would t recommend a big download of a lot of them, you may find a torrent or something. As it’s a collection of apps they are at different versions and update cycles. I would just start fresh and add in what you actually need to use, otherwise you will end up with a massive list that you never use.
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timppu: 3. The copy protection of many CD/DVD games doesn't work in Windows 10, they are blocked in Windows 10. By default they are blocked also in Windows 7, but in 7 you can "unblock" them manually. The same doesn't appear to be possible in Windows 10, so the only option in 10 to get those games to work is to find and apply some kind of noCD crack.
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BlueMooner: Thank you for typing that out! Not looking forward to fiddling with extra software just to get some games to run. : ( Never had any rainbow problems with games and I've used 7 for years now.

As to #3 here, are you saying that win10 can't read the copyprot of old CDs, and so those disks can't be used to run games? I'm not sure what you mean, as I've never had a problem with any of my CDs/DVDs in 7 (though I suppose it's possible I somehow fixed that so long ago I don't remember). That would seem to be a security failure, forcing end users to get noCD cracks or DL pirated versions. Just as one can separately add .NET to one's OS, surely there would be some software one could add as well, no? I remember there was some driver present in XP that wasn't in 7, so I couldn't activate the F1 help file in Heroes of Might and Magic games. But I was able to find and DL that driver and HOMM help worked fine.

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Carradice: Fresh install from a USB
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BlueMooner: Do you know of a value in using an ISO versus an installer? The microsoft page gave me the option of getting a win10 installer for my thumbdrive or an ISO, and I chose the installer.
Certain drm modules which were used on old cds such as securom, had their drivers blacklisted from win 10 effectively meaning you could not use those discs on win 10. This is however a good thing as those forms of drm were dreadful things. Get a nocd patch and disc image any cd you want to keep (I did all mine (100’s) back when and have not used one for 5+ years now). You can still install the drivers for those, however would highly recommend not to. Better to search the seething underbelly of viruses dodgy porn and other criminal activity searching for a patch than install drm modules!
Post edited September 18, 2020 by nightcraw1er.488
Posted September 18, 2020
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scientiae: I recommend a third-party registry manager, like Piriform's CCleaner. It will safely uninstall software and clean up the registry in seconds. It also performs secure wiping of any discs attached to the system, but this takes a long time (days).

While we're talking about Win10, I must register my disgust with Edge. I think it's meant to be some sort of new-fangled browser.

Whatever the reason for its deployment it is not equivalent to a normal PDF viewer, which it supplants by default; for one egregious example it prevents the selection (and therefore copying) in-line text! (Probably some sort of copyright management initiative.)

The menu has hidden the commands I use the most (like zoom) so they require a traversing multiple levels to adjust the view. Also, the controls are all centred on the pointing device, too, so normal Adobe keyboard commands, like PgUp, Home and End, don't work. I suppose a touch screen would benefit, if I ever thought to use one.

(For the last couple of months Micro$oft has been trying to push the Edge app as an "essential security" update for this (Win7) machine and I have had to continuously tell it not to dare to download this steaming pile of useless frippery. It also keeps telemetry data.)
Also, there is geekuninstaller which I have found works wonders at uninstalling software, rooting out tricky to find leftovers, and force removing that which M$ in their wisdom think we shouldn’t uninstall. First and foremost of those being any browser from M$ including edge. Almost any other browser is better. In fact all M$ products have been getting worse each iteration since Gates left, Hotmail is now a mess of advertising color blobbing, multi tab, spam collector. Office has a joke “open” file format, rubbish ribbon, now gone online only, and is incompatible with anything. Windows game offerings have always been an affront to the world (who can forget such wonders a GFWDead). Win vista and 8 were awful, 7 being a suprise. Win 10 is better, but with all the surrounding issues like telemetry, bloatware etc. (And we won’t talk about phones!).
Posted September 18, 2020
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nightcraw1er.488: ...
Also, there is geekuninstaller which I have found works wonders at uninstalling software, rooting out tricky to find leftovers, and force removing that which M$ in their wisdom think we shouldn’t uninstall...
Does it also work wonders at uninstalling Visual Studio? (if you've ever tried uninstalling it as usual you'll know what I mean)
Posted September 18, 2020
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nightcraw1er.488: ...
Also, there is geekuninstaller which I have found works wonders at uninstalling software, rooting out tricky to find leftovers, and force removing that which M$ in their wisdom think we shouldn’t uninstall...
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Panaias: Does it also work wonders at uninstalling Visual Studio? (if you've ever tried uninstalling it as usual you'll know what I mean)
Visual studio is (and always has been) a nightmare to uninstall, that’s one of the reasons I like sharpdevelop which is portable and lightweight.
What I would do if you want to remove it, first use the installer (assuming a recent edition) to uninstall what you can through that. Then use geekuninstaller to go through and purge any remaining components which have been left over. Then look through program files (x86 and the other and see if any folders are left. Then Documents, then users areas. This will get rid of a lot of it. Unfortunately, as with most things M$, once installed they don’t think you will want to remove it and so copy files and folders into every nook and cranny of the system which means flattening the hdd and reinstalling windows is probably the simpler option.
Don’t get me wrong, VS is a complete, great, environment, but it’s so bloated, slow, with so many links and components it’s just aaargh!
Posted September 18, 2020
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nightcraw1er.488: ...
Don’t get me wrong, VS is a complete, great, environment, but it’s so bloated, slow, with so many links and components it’s just aaargh!
100% agree on the first part, 100000% agree on the "but" part.

I'm on the C++ side here but still haven't found a IDE as competent as VS. (Sharpdevelop looks nice, though, if you're working in C#)
Post edited September 18, 2020 by Panaias
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