13urnzz
Banned
+5,830|6711

does the laptop have a floppy drive?
-Whiteroom-
Pineapplewhat
+572|6872|BC, Canada

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Thanks

Here's another thing. I've been working as a computer technician for a while now for friends. Only problem is now I've fell upon an old laptop, about 7cm thick xD It's an old toshiba, and she wants me to format it. It has Windows 98, so she wants me to format and then install XP. It's got 40mb of RAM

I really don't know what I can do. So I'm trying to format this thing, it's not reading the Vista disk (which I want to just use the first part to format then quit the installation). It's not detecting the Vista disk. So I'm going to try a Windows XP disk from a friend.

I went into the MS-DOS and tried FORMAT C: and it formatted 100% then recuperated the shit I formatted

I don't know what to do, I'm assuming the XP disk formatting will work right?
how much is she paying to do this?
Ilocano
buuuurrrrrrppppp.......
+341|6880

Finray wrote:

Yes, yes, yes.
What?  Old computer to a not so old computer?  Different motherboards, different other hardware.  Driver issues.  Back that shit up first if you are going to use it as the primary boot drive.
-Whiteroom-
Pineapplewhat
+572|6872|BC, Canada

Ilocano wrote:

Finray wrote:

Yes, yes, yes.
What?  Old computer to a not so old computer?  Different motherboards, different other hardware.  Driver issues.  Back that shit up first if you are going to use it as the primary boot drive.
I was gonna say, whats wrong with just copying the files over to the new computer? Why put an aged shitty HDD into a newer comp? If he would be fucked at losing the info, why is it not saved to an external drive as well? Shit should be saved multiple times if its all his work for the last number of years.
-Sh1fty-
plundering yee booty
+510|5687|Ventura, California
No, the laptop does not have a floppy drive. Just some weird big whole (cassettes? ) and CDs.

She paying me with blowjobs. No jk, it's a formatting and she's a friend. How much should I charge if I did?
And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.
SonderKommando
Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....
+564|6873|The darkside of Denver

-Sh1fty- wrote:

No, the laptop does not have a floppy drive. Just some weird big whole (cassettes? ) and CDs.

She paying me with blowjobs. No jk, it's a formatting and she's a friend. How much should I charge if I did?
Tits or GTFO
-Whiteroom-
Pineapplewhat
+572|6872|BC, Canada

-Sh1fty- wrote:

No, the laptop does not have a floppy drive. Just some weird big whole (cassettes? ) and CDs.

She paying me with blowjobs. No jk, it's a formatting and she's a friend. How much should I charge if I did?
I was just thinking, if your charging her anything to touch up something that old, she would be better off getting a second hand newer laptop for cheap and have windows re-installed.
mtb0minime
minimember
+2,418|6868

Anyone know of any good plugins/addons for Firefox that'll let you download YouTube videos? Right now I've just been going to keepvid.com and pasting the link, but it's a little tedious Being able to right-click and hit "save youtube video" or something like that would be nice
FloppY_
­
+1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

mtb0minime wrote:

Anyone know of any good plugins/addons for Firefox that'll let you download YouTube videos? Right now I've just been going to keepvid.com and pasting the link, but it's a little tedious Being able to right-click and hit "save youtube video" or something like that would be nice
I don't use it personally but Flashgot can download all embedded flash including youtube videos...

also, it's probably one of the most popular google searches
­ Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6002|Catherine Black
Internet Download Manager also works pretty well.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
Rod Foxx
Warblgarbl
+78|6197|Perth, Australia

FloppY_ wrote:

mtb0minime wrote:

Anyone know of any good plugins/addons for Firefox that'll let you download YouTube videos? Right now I've just been going to keepvid.com and pasting the link, but it's a little tedious Being able to right-click and hit "save youtube video" or something like that would be nice
I don't use it personally but Flashgot can download all embedded flash including youtube videos...

also, it's probably one of the most popular google searches
Yeah flashgot is my personal favourite.
CammRobb
Banned
+1,510|6343|Carnoustie MASSIF
Why the hell am I working away on an amd sempron 2800+ 1.6ghz comp with 512 mb ram??
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6411|Winland

CammRobb wrote:

Why the hell am I working away on an amd sempron 2800+ 1.6ghz comp with 512 mb ram??
Because it's completely sufficient for working on?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
FloppY_
­
+1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CammRobb wrote:

Why the hell am I working away on an amd sempron 2800+ 1.6ghz comp with 512 mb ram??
Because it's completely sufficient for working on?

CammRobb wrote:

512 mb ram

Freezer7Pro wrote:

sufficient
no

Last edited by FloppY_ (2010-05-25 07:33:29)

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CammRobb
Banned
+1,510|6343|Carnoustie MASSIF

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CammRobb wrote:

Why the hell am I working away on an amd sempron 2800+ 1.6ghz comp with 512 mb ram??
Because it's completely sufficient for working on?
No it's not
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6002|Catherine Black
My, what did we do before we had such machines..
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
FloppY_
­
+1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Finray wrote:

My, what did we do before we had such machines..
Well for once you were running win2k and not win7/Vista on them

silly boy




That is like me asking you why you haven't been on the moon yet, your computer is more powerfull than those NASA had back then no?!
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Surgeons
U shud proabbly f off u fat prik
+3,097|6703|Gogledd Cymru

The Lunar Lander had 2KB of Ram, quite yer bitchin.
CammRobb
Banned
+1,510|6343|Carnoustie MASSIF

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CammRobb wrote:

Why the hell am I working away on an amd sempron 2800+ 1.6ghz comp with 512 mb ram??
Because it's completely sufficient for working on?
No it's not
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6411|Winland

CammRobb wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CammRobb wrote:

Why the hell am I working away on an amd sempron 2800+ 1.6ghz comp with 512 mb ram??
Because it's completely sufficient for working on?
No it's not
I've written quite long essays on computers far slower than that.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Surgeons
U shud proabbly f off u fat prik
+3,097|6703|Gogledd Cymru

Surgeons wrote:

The Lunar Lander had 2KB of Ram, quit yer bitchin.
This was over 40 years ago too.
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6866
https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/12568/fuckyeah.jpg

Why doesn't Youtube have this option by default? Without this script the normal max size is tiny
https://i.imgur.com/HTmoH.jpg
FloppY_
­
+1,010|6499|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CammRobb wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:


Because it's completely sufficient for working on?
No it's not
I've written quite long essays on computers far slower than that.
Using operating systems & office software newer than Windows XP ?
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ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|6863

mtb0minime wrote:

Anyone know of any good plugins/addons for Firefox that'll let you download YouTube videos? Right now I've just been going to keepvid.com and pasting the link, but it's a little tedious Being able to right-click and hit "save youtube video" or something like that would be nice
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006/
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6002|Catherine Black

Lucien wrote:

http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/12568/fuckyeah.jpg

Why doesn't Youtube have this option by default? Without this script the normal max size is tiny
Wow, that's way better.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png

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