Logan Deathbringer

To test the drives and see if they are starting to fail I'd use Seagates SEATools diagnostic testing. For SATA drive I've found it to be the most reliable and gives the least false readings. Depending on the variables you use be prepared for the drives and computer to be in use for hours possibly, depending on the size of the drives.

Damn, can you say "digital camera on Steroids"?I can't believe they packed all that into a point and shoot camera. Compare that to a professional Digital DSLR and you have a almost comperable camera, the only thing they didn't throw in was the ability to change out lenses. If they had given you the ability to change out lenses it would have been an unbelieveable deal. I honestly never thought I would see the day a camera like that was actually built. To quote yu manuleka, "WOW".

Ok in that case I would definetly say that you have the correct driver installed, if your still concerned I would suggest running windows update just to be sure. As for the Video Card driver prompt, I would go to your card manufacturers website and just check your driver version against their current and update as necessary.

That depends on the interface type are they IDE, SATA, or SCSI? If it's an IDE drive I use a program called DFT (disk failure test) I can't remember where I got it, pm me. If its a SATA drive, DFT will kick out a possible false failure...I'd use an updated version of Western Digital disk test software. If its a SCSI drive, go to the manufacturers website and see if they offer test software, if not give me the information on the drive and I'll see if I can come up with software that will test it for you.

In that case, as long as your computer will boot from USB, I think you should be good to go. I'd stick with the Acronis True Image program I suggested and get your image set up. After that, your system reinstalls should go a lot easier then they currently are.

If Apple is in trouble I'd love know more, however the link you put up isn't working for me.

You could also do a fresh install then use a program like Acronis True Image to create an image of the drive prior to installing any software. If you want an image with software installed then you can image after you install, though that image will be a heck of a lot larger.The last version of True Image I used allowed images to be burned to CD/DVD, and large ones I had stored on external drives.

Reinstalling Windows shouldn't need to be reinstalled. If your worried about the driver being proper for the processor, I'd go into the device manager and uninstall the CPU driver and reboot, then run Windows update.I don't think Intel chips require specific drivers, I know some AMD chips do. However if you do try this please let me know how it goes and if you see a change in performance.

While your correct about the possibility of the cross connection of the power connection in the micro-USB, from experiance I've found that cross connection of the power lines is slim. I've plugged my HTC EVO into my computer and wall outlet to USB converter while both were powered up for over two years now and have never actually shorted out. I might just be lucky but the only cross connection I've ever run into was the data lines and I had to replace the cable.

@manuleka: I have to agree that you example is much better. However the original others, for the most part, show just basic HTML and don't show the more indepth parts that could, will, lead to questions about doc types and what not. I know when I started learning HTML years ago I started with an example like yours and tore it appart trying to figure out what everything in it was. While I have to admit that was one of the most productive and learning intensive points of my HTML experiance I also have to admit that it give me one major headache. Some times its necessary to give a very basic example of a single section rather then try to explain a simple idea inside a complex example.

Another problem with using your personal home computer to host your website is that at that point you leave your computer open to security risks. Remember this is the same system you use to surf the web and possibly shop online. You can possibly have banking information on it and other personal information of a sensitive nature.If your wanting to run a personal webserver from your house then I would suggest finding a decent second hand computer from somewhere and run your webserver program from it. There are various Linux flavors that are simple to install and use (mint for one) that I'm sure you can find a webserver program for and be up and runnin in no time.

I agree that it would help make them a BIT thinnner, however the weight difference between a USB port and a micro USB port is minimal. The biggest difference would be in the visual asthetics of the device. They would allow for more USB ports however as you could put 2 micro-USB ports for every 1 standard USB port.

Surprisingly enough your right, they don't. From my experiance they only really happen when the cord/connector is seriously abused. Even for their small size they are quite resiliant, however even unintenional abuse can cause damage.

Actually its not all that weird at all. If you look at the "pins" on the micro-USB connector you will see that there is very little space between them. As such if one gets bent even slightly a cross connection is entirely possible and actually I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. When talking about external connecters and such the micro-USB is one of the more popular ones and its amazing, in my opinion, since its one of the easiest to damage.

One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, One OS to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.When purchasing anything, especially electronics, research is everything. One must know the manufacturers history when it comes to product reliability and failure rate.