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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Repairing Windows XP boot problems

There's a great article here

"Bootcfg /rebuild" - there's a command I never saw before. You learn something new every day!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Some more Ajax scripts

I've just been sent a link by 2kreative to another great web developer site.

here's the link:
http://www.twinhelix.com/

It's got Javascript, DHTML, and even Ajax tooltips and loads of class other stuff. check it out.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Dual boot HOWTOs

Ok. Here are some of the most common dual-boot scenarios these days:
  • You want to dual-boot XP and Vista (with XP installed first)
  • You want to dual-boot XP and Vista (with Vista installed first)
  • You want to dual-boot XP and Linux (with Linux installed first)
  • You want to dual-boot Vista and Linux (with Linux installed first)
  • You want to dual-boot Vista and Linux (with Vista installed first)
Now all of these things can be troublesome if you don't know what you're doing, a bit about MBR, bootloaders etc. However, there is an answer (probably quite a few)-

You can probably find all the info you need here:
The definitive dual-booting guide

also, a nice related article:
Preparing for dual-booting by doing an image-based backup

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Cheap + Cheerful 2.5TB Hot-Swap Array

I found a very nice article on ZDNET about setting up a cheap 2.5Terabyte Hot-Swap Array in a PC that is far speedier that some of todays storage servers costing thousands more.
When I get a few quid, I'll probably make one of these mini servers.....
It looks handy!

the article is here