Computer Jargon

[Madaz]

i need to format soon computer running slow again grrrr

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

I did mine last month. I format once a year to keep the speed. I hate doing it as I make far too many little customizations to Windows and my programs which I end up forgetting.

[Madaz]

im a sucker fro trying demo's and trial software so i try to do mine a lot sooner

next format ill be trying installing from usb key

i hate it when you think you've backed everything up only to find you forgot a save game or .doc or some crap

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

Agreed, losing files sucks. You would be surprised how many people come to me asking me to recover files lost in formats. To save time and avoid exactly that I have my files sitting on another internal hard drive that doesn’t get touched when I format. I simply point the desktop, documents and other similar system folders to that drive and so all my documents, music, desktop icons and other stuff I want to keep is instantly restored without any loss. I just have to remember to unplug that drive when I need to format.

[SLED]

Yeah I do the same.....point the Documents folder with all my pics, videos etc to a large internal HDD and use the SSD for the OS and Programs only.

What do you do for a crust Adam.........and did you get a quote for your car?

[bezender]

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

Yeah I do the same.....point the Documents folder with all my pics, videos etc to a large internal HDD and use the SSD for the OS and Programs only.

What do you do for a crust Adam.........and did you get a quote for your car?

Love the speeds SSDs pump out. They are especially mad in RAID 0.

Well, my main occupation is a third year uni student however when I am not doing that I am a freelance computer tech.

I’m off to my repairer tomorrow to see what the go is. Currently my car is in the garage with the front end stripped. Got myself a front bar today so just need a new stock side mount, a left-hand headlight and the electric engine overheat fan (as the mounts are now cracked). My crash repairer will have to straighten the edge of my guard and my bonnet as well as repaint them. At this stage can’t see much more damage thankfully. I'm going to post up in the SA Wanted to Buy thread to see if anyone can help me out with some parts I need.

[SLED]

goodluck with it mate

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

Thanks I miss driving it already.

[Nightcrawler]

Love the speeds SSDs pump out. They are especially mad in RAID 0.

Well, my main occupation is a third year uni student however when I am not doing that I am a freelance computer tech.

I’m off to my repairer tomorrow to see what the go is. Currently my car is in the garage with the front end stripped. Got myself a front bar today so just need a new stock side mount, a left-hand headlight and the electric engine overheat fan (as the mounts are now cracked). My crash repairer will have to straighten the edge of my guard and my bonnet as well as repaint them. At this stage can’t see much more damage thankfully. I'm going to post up in the SA Wanted to Buy thread to see if anyone can help me out with some parts I need.

I have a stock R33 SMIC here you can have for $50 if you want it.

[Volk34]

Hey up, looking at going to buy an external hard drive on my lunch break, is there anything i should be looking of in particular? All I need it for is backup files, storage & transferring stuff between computer and ps3

[Aberax]

Hey up, looking at going to buy an external hard drive on my lunch break, is there anything i should be looking of in particular? All I need it for is backup files, storage & transferring stuff between computer and ps3

Stay away from the WD 3.5" External Hard Drives, they keep failing, ie Power Supplies, the Case, or the Hard Drive itself, not a day goes by at work we have someone ring up or come in looking for a Power Supply for one. Also the PS3 can only read a FAT32 file system, and FAT32 only supports up to around a 30GB Partition, so you are going to have lots of partitions on a hard drive. Yes, there is software out there that does make larger then 30GB partitions for FAT32, but it will be really unstable, and FAT32 does not support long files names or files over 4gb in size. But if just storing general stuff and back up, leave it as NTFS, you wont have any issues there....unless your gonna use it on a Mac.

As for transferring stuff between your PC and PS3, I would suggest streaming the audio/video over a network to the PS3 with either TVersity or PS3 Media Server.

[Volk34]

Oh ok, i thought the hard drive were essentially the same as a usb stick?

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

Stay away from the WD 3.5" External Hard Drives, they keep failing, ie Power Supplies, the Case, or the Hard Drive itself, not a day goes by at work we have someone ring up or come in looking for a Power Supply for one. Also the PS3 can only read a FAT32 file system, and FAT32 only supports up to around a 30GB Partition, so you are going to have lots of partitions on a hard drive. Yes, there is software out there that does make larger then 30GB partitions for FAT32, but it will be really unstable, and FAT32 does not support long files names or files over 4gb in size. But if just storing general stuff and back up, leave it as NTFS, you wont have any issues there....unless your gonna use it on a Mac.

As for transferring stuff between your PC and PS3, I would suggest streaming the audio/video over a network to the PS3 with either TVersity or PS3 Media Server.

Aberax you know that I have never ever had a WD drive fail on me? Not once, but I do have Seagate drives fail quite a bit for myself and clients. The Western Digital external range is quite good in my opinion. I have the WD 1TB My Book Essential drive which works quite well and it has a visual disk capacity gauge on the front. A cheaper version would be the Elements Desktop range which is essentially the same thing but no fancy features, just a standard drive. There are also portable pocket drives. Depends on what you need really. As Aberax mentioned, keep in mind that if you are going to use this drive with the PS3 you will need to format it in the FAT32 file system which prevents single files exceeding 4GB in size and that can be a problem with video files and so on.

You can always build your own external drive with a drive of your choice and a good external enclosure, however it is now cheaper to purchase an off the shelf prebuilt solution.

Yeah, TVersity is quite good, have a look into it.

[Aberax]

Oh ok, i thought the hard drive were essentially the same as a usb stick?

Yes and No, a USB Flash Drive uses Flash memory, so NAND Gates, or is a Solid State Media if you will, where as a Hard Drive has mechanical moving parts, hence why it requires more power. A Flash drive is more versatile then a Hard Drive as it has no moving parts, but has a limit number of Read and Write operations per sector of addressing, but this is in the hundreds of thousands. Yes, they can both use the same file systems, ie FAT32 and NTFS, Yes they both store information, and that is about where the similarities end.

[Volk34]

hummm... alright then glad i asked lol thanks guys, i was gunna just role up n grab whatever :|

[jrm]

Stay away from the WD 3.5" External Hard Drives, they keep failing, ie Power Supplies, the Case, or the Hard Drive itself, not a day goes by at work we have someone ring up or come in looking for a Power Supply for one. Also the PS3 can only read a FAT32 file system, and FAT32 only supports up to around a 30GB Partition, so you are going to have lots of partitions on a hard drive. Yes, there is software out there that does make larger then 30GB partitions for FAT32, but it will be really unstable, and FAT32 does not support long files names or files over 4gb in size. But if just storing general stuff and back up, leave it as NTFS, you wont have any issues there....unless your gonna use it on a Mac.

As for transferring stuff between your PC and PS3, I would suggest streaming the audio/video over a network to the PS3 with either TVersity or PS3 Media Server.

FAT32 supports quite large partitions - up to 2TB (up to 8TB with larger 32KB clusters)

Yes, it does have a limitation on files no larger than 4GB.

FAT32 does support long files names.

[Aberax]

Aberax you know that I have never ever had a WD drive fail on me? Not once,

I didn't before, but I do now , I was only referring to the WD 3.5" External Hard Drives, Internals are great, especially the black labels, but my comments only come from Personal Experience of customers coming into/ringing the store looking for advice as to why the device they didn't buy from us is no longer working.

but I do have Seagate drives fail quite a bit for myself and clients.

I have found this a bit of the reverse at work, the WD externals have issues, where the Seagate's are fine, but the Seagate internals have maybe more issues then the WD internals.

2.5" Range of both are fine....but also be careful of some of the WD's - the type that use's 1 USB cable. Here is a little story;

Customer came into the store with a WD 2.5" External they bought from DickSmith. They said it was making their system bluescreen etc, and took it back and had it swapped, but still the same issue. I plugged it into one of our store display pc's and sure enough it made the system crash, no idea why, my guess is too much current or something on the USB. Tried a brand new HP *Shudder* 2.5" External, still used 1 USB cable, and it worked fine on their system. They then took the WD back to DickSmith for a refund.

Oh btw, if anyone is looking for a job let me know, as we have a position available soon, must know computer software/hardware/troubleshooting/etc...sales experience would be very nice.

Edit:

FAT32 supports quite large partitions - up to 2TB (up to 8TB with larger 32KB clusters)

Yes, it does have a limitation on files no larger than 4GB.

FAT32 does support long files names.

My guess is you read that on Wikipedia? If not, sorry. In theory yes it does, in practicality no, it doesn't. Mind you, the file name can be up to, i think off hand about 128 characters, but if you start having folder within folder with long file names, then you can forget it.

[CRoNic...]

Long file names in folders upon folders upon folders f**ks up everything.

Had a dude with a file that was like a sentence, which he put in like 40 sub folders... Oh god. That was a nightmare.

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

heh good times. I’ve come across that many times before. Makes backing up peoples hard drives fun!