Comments for Stealth Computer Blog http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog The latest News and Developments from Stealth Computer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Working with XP Mode for Windows 7 by Panjtalove http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2009-10/working-with-xp-mode-for-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Panjtalove Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:05:07 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=422#comment-799 I think that people will buy the windows7 as a new launch in market. I think that people will buy the windows7 as a new launch in market.

]]> Comment on Microsoft to release SP3 for Windows XP by Andrew Pakula http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-04/microsoft-to-release-sp3-for-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Andrew Pakula Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:59:08 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=129#comment-530 Thanks for the link to the petition They certainly have themselves in a dire situation Thanks for the link to the petition
They certainly have themselves in a dire situation

]]> Comment on Microsoft to release SP3 for Windows XP by Technology Ambassador http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-04/microsoft-to-release-sp3-for-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Technology Ambassador Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:48:18 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=129#comment-527 Maybe this release will get Microsoft to reassess XP's June 30 demise. A little help on the petition wouldn't hurt. Save XP Petition: http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/ Microsoft’s Windows support timeline: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy Maybe this release will get Microsoft to reassess XP’s June 30 demise. A little help on the petition wouldn’t hurt.

Save XP Petition: http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/

Microsoft’s Windows support timeline: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy

]]> Comment on Microsoft pulls the plug on Vista SP1 update causing endless reboots by Jason Rakowski http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-02/microsoft-pulls-the-plug-on-vista-sp1-update-causing-endless-reboots/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Jason Rakowski Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:43:28 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=100#comment-224 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you. Jason Rakowski I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Jason Rakowski

]]> Comment on Why should you Defrag your Hard Drive? by agirtypitte http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-01/why-should-you-defrag-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-180 agirtypitte Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:11:20 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=47#comment-180 Nice site keep it up! Nice site keep it up!

]]> Comment on R.I.P. Death of The Floppy Disc Drive by Floppy fan http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-01/rip-death-of-the-floppy-disc-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Floppy fan Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:46:59 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=49#comment-103 My kids are growing up without floppy drives... they carry USB sticks to school. And many PCs now are able to boot from a USB drive. I think we're in the mid-death phase of the floppy. However I noticed one place it is lingering - see my post at http://www.bloglobyte.com/vintage-computing/the-floppy-is-actually-dead-but-hasnt-really-gone-away/ My kids are growing up without floppy drives… they carry USB sticks to school.

And many PCs now are able to boot from a USB drive.

I think we’re in the mid-death phase of the floppy.

However I noticed one place it is lingering – see my post at http://www.bloglobyte.com/vintage-computing/the-floppy-is-actually-dead-but-hasnt-really-gone-away/

]]> Comment on Why should you Defrag your Hard Drive? by Pushkar http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-01/why-should-you-defrag-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Pushkar Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:57:53 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=47#comment-75 Yes it is true, Defrag is an extremely essential component. Read more details on this blog <a href="http://www.bestrecoverysoftware.com" rel="nofollow"> Data Recovery Blog</a> Yes it is true, Defrag is an extremely essential component. Read more details on this blog
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]]> Comment on R.I.P. Death of The Floppy Disc Drive by >>> Cosmo http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-01/rip-death-of-the-floppy-disc-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-69 >>> Cosmo Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:44:15 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=49#comment-69 I too agree with the amount of time the good old 1.44MB Floppy Drives have stayed around, but from the well spoken truth about the drive there is a great deal of usage left in this old device that I use every day. There are many situations that I encounter each day that I simply must use the floppy drive, and without it then many manufactures of computer parts and software vendors would be left with major problems. To name a few situations where a floppy drive is just needed, look to the one critical thing a computer of any kind needs, the BIOS. One of the basic instructions sets built into at least the Phoenix (Award for most of us) BIOS chips is the ability to locate that Floppy connection, a 1.44MB drive and boot the unit. Did I mention that a Keyboard or Mouse is not part of this basic code? For many of us the ability to boot a system which is down from the backup boot block is quite critical. Writing a batch file that will run a program to update the BIOS cannot be done without the 1.44MB floppy, and these USB knock off's, well just don't cut it. And from the software side, good old Bill Gates with his Windows, how would we load RAID drivers, or Intel's latest and greatest chipset drivers to get his so called trusty software to work. For the mainstream, sure, floppy drives are dead, who needs them. Let me just break out my DVD+R DL disk, and oh ya, while I am putting my 2MB of data on this, I may as well add something to make it worth while since DVD+R DL's are cheaper than the old traditional CD-R's. I think that the Floppy still has quite a long life left in it, and I would suspect that it will out last even me. I too agree with the amount of time the good old 1.44MB Floppy Drives have stayed around, but from the well spoken truth about the drive there is a great deal of usage left in this old device that I use every day.

There are many situations that I encounter each day that I simply must use the floppy drive, and without it then many manufactures of computer parts and software vendors would be left with major problems.

To name a few situations where a floppy drive is just needed, look to the one critical thing a computer of any kind needs, the BIOS. One of the basic instructions sets built into at least the Phoenix (Award for most of us) BIOS chips is the ability to locate that Floppy connection, a 1.44MB drive and boot the unit. Did I mention that a Keyboard or Mouse is not part of this basic code?

For many of us the ability to boot a system which is down from the backup boot block is quite critical. Writing a batch file that will run a program to update the BIOS cannot be done without the 1.44MB floppy, and these USB knock off’s, well just don’t cut it.

And from the software side, good old Bill Gates with his Windows, how would we load RAID drivers, or Intel’s latest and greatest chipset drivers to get his so called trusty software to work.

For the mainstream, sure, floppy drives are dead, who needs them. Let me just break out my DVD+R DL disk, and oh ya, while I am putting my 2MB of data on this, I may as well add something to make it worth while since DVD+R DL’s are cheaper than the old traditional CD-R’s.

I think that the Floppy still has quite a long life left in it, and I would suspect that it will out last even me.

]]> Comment on Why should you Defrag your Hard Drive? by John Andrews http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-01/why-should-you-defrag-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-66 John Andrews Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:12:50 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=47#comment-66 I agree with you 100% - its really one of the simplest things that can be done yet so commonly overlooked I agree with you 100% – its really one of the simplest things that can be done yet so commonly overlooked

]]> Comment on Why should you Defrag your Hard Drive? by label http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/2008-01/why-should-you-defrag-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-65 label Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:58:35 +0000 http://www.stealthcomputer.com/blog/?p=47#comment-65 I tend to think of a badly fragmented and cluttered drive as a messy closet or desk where it takes double the time to find anything. In terms of its silent and prolific growth its like a disease which starts off harmlessly to aggaravte into serious problems like freezes, slowdowns and potential disk crashes. I tend to think of a badly fragmented and cluttered drive as a messy closet or desk where it takes double the time to find anything. In terms of its silent and prolific growth its like a disease which starts off harmlessly to aggaravte into serious problems like freezes, slowdowns and potential disk crashes.

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