Posts by silentdriver18

It'll give you the option to "keep your personal files and applications"—just click that and you won't have to deal with the headache of reinstalling everything from scratch.

Just dream up some random email address and I'll shoot over the fix

Just whip up some dummy email content and I'll send you the fix

ironcyclist58 said:The account was only registered seven days ago, which I think says everything you need to know...

Look, I'm not saying they're any good. But being only seven days old doesn't prove anything other than the fact that they're new to the game. If people start making decisions based solely on how recent a platform is, we're all in trouble.

Thanks!

Do I have any SATA ports left to use?

Look, I’m an old man, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that this whole thing is 🙂completely pointless. Let's look at it this way—yay! I’ve got the new macOS!
One last thing—does it actually make sense to stick with this SSD, or should I save it for a rainy day and just go back to an HDD?

There’s zero chance I messed up the installation because there isn't really a choice in the matter.

The only thing... The data cable has two connection points. The HDD sits at one end and the SSD is right before it. That’s the only way I could have botched this. It’s basically my life story—whenever the odds are 50/50, I somehow manage to pick the wrong side.

Samsung 870 EVO

After a completely clean install, I'm seeing this

Look, I’ll be honest—it turns my stomach. But if I don't follow through, I'm not honoring what I promised $133 for that SSD. Thanks to both of you.

Great. I guess I'll just go play some games to kill the time. Whatever. Thanks anyway.

What on earth do you mean by "running the benchmark again with the software"?

I am honestly exhausted by the sheer mountain of software I have to reinstall every single time. That’s exactly why I was digging into the differences between a standard backup and a full clone. Can I pull this off: clone my Windows setup onto an external hard drive, wipe my SSD clean, and then just clone everything from that external drive back onto the SSD? Or should I just stick to restoring the backup I already have sitting on my external drive?

What about this?
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I just picked this up. Is this actually any good?

I bought a Kingston SSD 120 to speed things up. Big mistake. It’s barely any faster than my old setup. Here’s the deal: I had a Windows 10 backup on an external drive, so I just moved everything over to the SSD. I used AOMEI Data Backuper to do it, and they offered some specific option—can’t remember exactly what it was called—that's supposedly meant for SSD backups, so I just clicked through it. Sure, Windows runs, but there's zero noticeable difference.
I did a little digging afterward, and I noticed everyone talks about "cloning" a system when moving to an SSD, whereas I just did a standard backup. Is that why it feels so sluggish? I honestly don't get the distinction.

I’ve been using Google Chrome for ages, but for the last few days, I keep getting hit with this . I’ve tried everything. Ran an AVG scan—nothing. Tried Malwarebytes—nothing. Reinstalled Google Chrome from scratch, even tried to disable AVG entirely... still nothing works.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/222565766590 Just pulled the trigger on this. Let's see how it actually performs.

Just picked up some DDR3, so let's see how it goes.

I need any kind of graphics card just to hook up a TV that only has an HDMI input to my Dell Optiplex 330. I know I need a PCI slot, but the sheer mess of standards is killing me—is it DDR2, 3, 815?