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One Click Backup w/ Sabrent & Hitachi – FAIL

I can’t get a full drive backup. I’ve tried multiple settings. First I tried to backup all files: It kept failing, presumably because I was using the computer during the backup. So, i finally just backed up only the...

by Christopher McCulloh

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One Click Backup w/ Sabrent & Hitachi

I’ve been trying to get Mozy backup to work for two months now. First of all, my harddrive is 300GB, and apparently this will take two weeks to backup over my connection. On top of that, there is no “start where you...

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Fixing Dell XPS 410 Front Panel Error Codes 3 & 4

Does your Dell XPS 410 just sit there with a solid green 3 & 4 and refuse to boot up? Mine does! Have you tried the suggested Dell method of removing RAM to find the bad stick? I Have! Does your computer, even with no RAM ...

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“Dell Wars” Episode VII – Death of an Empire

Hey, wait, I thought I was done with Dell? Especially after the first six episodes? Yeah, and I thought Lucas was done making movies, but they keep coming, and it just keeps getting worse. So, yesterday I decided to buy a new l...

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My new horse

This thing is awesome. I know they call it big “dog”, but it reminds me of a horse. Watch all the way until the end, where it jumps. Then during the slo-mo replay, note where it’s feet go, and that it successf...

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The Digg Button… (a reflective)

I’ve always wanted to know how to build little electronic things. When we were kids, my brother built a robot. I thought it was the coolest thing ever (I still think it’s pretty rad that he did it). That’s the...

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