I have tried fdisk /mbr and it didn't work. (both on the hdd and the CF card) The card I was using was a 2GB CF card. It was correctly...
I've been testing an old 386 system. It is in very good condition, very clean inside, no corrosion, the (flat) cmos battery is on the end of a...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/264827126806?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2546137.m43663.l10137 Nexgen PCI motherboard with cpu. Collectors...
I still have an old Amstrad PPC512 and it still worked last time I fired it up. Non-back lit mono LCD, 2x 720k floppy drives and no hdd. Was great...
Was that the Coles promotion where students collected $120,000 worth of Coles dockets and got a free computer for their school? I remember that...
Coles and Woolworths still don't seem to have wholemeal flour in stock. Plenty of white in both plain and self raising, but no wholemeal.
Work computers have been upgraded to Windows 10 which means that I no longer exist in the third dimension. I have entered the 2D world of Windows...
I'm surprised that WD used SMR on the smaller 1 and 2TB models. I thought SMR was used to squeeze a bit more capacity out of platters that were...
The power brick says it delivers 2A on both 5V and 12V.
Been trying to test some old hard drives. Using an IDE-USB adapter, most of them would spin up and be detected by the computer but they would get...
Has there ever been data successfully recovered from a drive that had been overwritten just once? If I want to wipe a drive I just format it, fill...
The 486 era was quite an interesting time in computing history. I had a 486DX4-100 (Intel Overdrive) for a year or two back in 1998/9. I skipped...
Those trees are truly amazing! One day I'd like to visit the redwood and sequoia forests. I've seen the odd one growing in Australia and other...
I use Classic Shell on Windows 7 because the Windows 7 GUI was not Windows XP enough for me. Even Classic Shell could not make Windows 8 and...
This is true. I can't understand why Microsoft hasn't brought out a version of Windows that is Windows 10 underneath and Windows 7 on top. 99% of...
I'm a lot more fussy. The interface in your pic is not remotely like Windows 7. The flat 2D look is really bad.
I'll continue to use it. I used Windows 98 till late 2009.
For me, it is almost entirely due to the fact that you can no longer customise the user interface. You can choose a background colour and a...
Ice cream. Where do you get good old fashioned ice cream nowadays? Most modern ice cream is light and fluffy. It still comes in the same 2...
I don't see any logical problem between free will and God knowing what will be chosen. It is my choice what I have for breakfast tomorrow. God...
