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what's the best way to wipe a HDD?

I currently have an old PC with a 500gb HDD that I would like to put into my newer PC as a third storage drive, but it also has windows on it. I've backed up everything I want from it so i'm ok to wipe the whole thing.

Can I just put it straight into my new PC and wipe it on this (i'm worried it might have viruses on it though) or use some program to wipe (maybe from booting with USB drive?)

Have a Linux machine or live CD?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=4M

Replace sdX with whatever device your disk shows up as. You can use /dev/random or /dev/urandom if you want to use random bytes instead of just zeros, but zeros are close enough for government work and a whole lot faster.

pretty stupid question here, but
would I encounter any problems at all by using a HDD through SATA -> USB ? Just bought a WD Blue to be used for a future build, but I want to use it to transfer data from my laptop for now. > really dont want to fuck it up

I want to downgrade from Win7 to Win XP on a last decade laptop but when the WinXP install program shows me partitions it doesn't show me the Win7 NTFS partition

look for xp with sata drivers

I bought a new monitor today and sometimes it like turns off/restarts for like 3 seconds, basically turns black and I think the activity led turns off for that moment
It's connected through DVI, because there wasn't a DP cable with it, I will buy it in upcoming days, could that be the problem or what ?

it will work fine lmao dont even worry about it
it will just be slower due to the USB bottlenecking
you could also plug in the sata directly in the motherboard if you want higher transfer speed, you dont have to fix the HDD into the PC for that, just leave the case open while u copy stuff or whatever
make sure the power cable for the monitor is plugged in properly
same for the DVI cable

I'm considering getting my own website

what tld should I use?

How far can a tv cable (the one that attaches to the antenna) be before it loses signal quality? I ask cause i know aux cable loses a lot of quality after about 1meter

Should I upgrade my RAM to 16 gigs? I'm already at 8 gigs, but it looks totally worth it so any current gen games

A good coaxial cable can go quite far, a couple of hundred metered depending on wire gage, shielding,...
Monitor your RAM usage for a day, see if you are ever at your upper limit. Other wise it would be a wasteful upgrade

1980x1080 144hz or 3840x2160 60hz for gaming and anime?

depends on PC hardware. Personally i don't care for over 60 Hz, because i'm not a competative player. But if you play cs:go with a passion, go for the 1080 screen.

ok that makes sense, thanks alot brehh

i got NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, 8Gt GDDR5X

Do 240hz actually allow for 240fps (if i get true 240hz, not that fake standard). How big should i get for a room that has a viewing distance of 4 meters? I currently have 44 inch but its not enough i think.

You may survive with 8 gigs for now, but 16 will reduce your loading times in modern games, that's for sure.

Do you play games competitevly?
Also, think down the line with gf/bf. 4k might be more futureproof

What public tracker do people use nowadays since kat was taken down, tpb again?

If you have the cash for a 1080 then you can get one of those 1440p144hz ips memes.

i just want to chill while playing mostly so nope. i also only have around 500-600€ at max to use for monitor or my wife will murder me. i think i go with 144hz

thanks

Why do nvidiots need to compensate so much? Do they feel sad that their ugly gimped cards cuck them hard?

Whats the difference between polkit and pam ?

>your wife will murder you
If its your money dont be a pleb, spend it on what you want

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amazon.com/BenQ-S-Switch-Tournaments-Professional-XL2720/dp/B01H5KKVLK?th=1 was thinking of this one. can't seem to find anything wrong with it

it's a meme you dip

I want to text a fake number so that it looks like I bothered messaging a certain someone if someone else was to look through my phone. How do I do this? Only something I need to do once.

By not lying. Explain your predicament

Can HDMI 2.0 carry 2560x1080 at 75Hz?

Well if it can carry 4k at 240fps

My parent wants me to get w33d. I am done dealing with "my guy", he's a shady prick, but if I tell my parent that they will get pissed off at me. So I want to make it look like "my guy" isn't responding. Need that little string of proof otherwise my parent will take his lack of durgs aggression out on me. I've spoken about how this guy makes me super paranoid before to my parent so they might say "oh he's not responding? prove it!"

too drunk to do maths, but that sound about right

when i choose GPU i always look at MEMORY BANDWIDTH am i doing it wrong?

well first, you need to be 18 to post on this website.
second buy a burner prepaid phone and text it. you can not respond to yourself, or respond to yourself with any plausible message you choose.

I have a modem connected to the phone line and get internet that way. However the wifi signal is very weak. Is it possible to hook up another better router to the modem and let it take care of the wifi? I can't switch the modem since i also get my regular phone through it.

MIUI doesn't let me disable bloat. Is there an app that'll work as an alternative to ManageApplication?

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Yes, but it will be at cost of a somewhat higher latency. Especially if you gonna go for a cheap one.

I've been out of the loop all year so I need to catch up for Christmas-related purposes. I've read up on Skylake, Pascal, and Polaris. But are there any other major hardware releases that shook things up in the last several months that I should be aware of?

SSDs? HDDs? Coolers? Cases? PSUs? Monitors?

In android, how can I know if there are important app files in my SD card? I'm planning to upgrade my SD card and I dont want to rekt my apps if there are important files in it.

the other router is somewhat expensive, around $100. used it in my last apartment, got the same or better ping than another computer which was wired. it supports openwrt if that makes a difference

what is this called? so i can google it? tried "bridging" but that seemed to be something else.

or can just plug it into a wired connection and disable the wireless on the modem?

bit of a hack solution but if you open it in a computer, there will probably be a android (or .android?) folder. Just back it up and put it on the new card before you install it in the phone.

is there any way for windows 7 to actually list what programs it's choosing to NOT boot in safe mode vs a normal startup?

i had an issue that's solved in safe mode, but i have no idea how to actually narrow down why that is.

this but you can skip buying a burner phone and use a texting app on your current phone. Should work out cheaper unless its a regular thing.

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It's shit but it's good enough for most mainstream stuff.

EVGA PSUs are pretty top notch for peanuts. Nothing new in the way of coolers or HDDs. Phanteks are still making top notch cases. Monitors never fucking change.

Just google "dsl (or whatever you have ther) modem through router".

> or can just plug it into a wired connection and disable the wireless on the modem?
Thats pretty much the plan. You will probably need to tell to the router to use the modem as a source of internet though.

I'm on windows but lately I feel the same way with it as when I've eaten too much junk food in one go. I feel bloated and I can't settle down.

I usually do front- and back-end web development but I've been trying to get into game development in spare time. I'm looking into moving to linux but will the work I currently do translate nicely to whatever distro I pick?

Does diplayport cable carry USB singal ? As in if the monitor has USB hub, do I still have to connect the USB-B to it or should DP handle that ?

okay, thanks!

I've never tried it but maybe look into Selective Startup?

Displayport does have a spec for carrying a USB signal, but that's not a guarantee your monitor won't need a separate cable.

Whats the story of the "Kevin"often referred to here?

ScoreCloud (scorewriter software) has this thing where it can annotate whatever you play directly but my internal and cam mics have 16khz and it say that input and output (44khz) need to match for it to work.
The only other usable mic I have is my tascam dr-40, but I have no fucking clue if it's even possible to connect it via usb and use it as a live mic. Help?

It so happens that my monitor does not carry USB through DP, but is that all on monitor or does DP version has to do something with it, I know mine is 1.2 on the monitor, the same on the GPU, and I'm not sure what version the cable is itself
I know the newest DP is 1.4 ?

Framerates are sometimes in ratio of 1001. Like 24000/1001.
Why 1001?

I heard that it could either be to reduce resonance in electronics, I also heard it could be due the the absence of a progressive frame before a key frame. I try to google it but google is not my friend. So what is the real reason?

It is supported on 1.2 and up, not sure if its an optional spec
The manufacturer may have just decided to have separate cables so even if you had an older displayport device you could still hook up the USB ports.

I've wondered about those Intel Atom tablet/laptop hybrids and I want to ask - can you buy a decent one for less than $400 without getting overheating piece of shit that barely runs its own OS or not?

.xyz they are VERY cheap

How do I get VLC to let me rate songs?

I'd rather they decided DP does carry USB and you can still connect with USB-B if you use DVI/VGA

Who is this Kevin that everyone keeps mentioning?

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I'm noticing in GPU-Z that the Bus Interface for my GTX 980 says "PCI-E 3.0 x16 @ 16 v1.1", but the card says it supports v3.0.

I'm not sure why it's running v1.1 instead of v3.0. Can anyone explain how I can make sure the card is running v3.0, and what exactly that means?

What panel do you recommend buy from panelook.com?
I want at least High dpi.

now since utorrent 2.2.1 causes memory leaks on W10, which torrent client should I use?

UTORRENT IS DEAD

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>there are literally reditors here
I thought this was a memem

most likely a samefag too. he probably asked the question that he answered.

qbittorrent is great
transition and deluge are fine too.

Sup Forums Sup Forums gamerfag weeaboos arn't allowed in here.

>Phone connected to bluetooth but plays through built in speakers
Happens sometimes when it connects to my car head unit, anyone had/solved this?
Xpera Z2 - CM12.1. Using blackplayer.

I had qbit, but it's been getting "I/O error" issues and simply lose folders/downloads. did they fix it?

what are some good guides on how to update and stay safe with Windows XP after the end of microsoft support ?
i ended up setting my HDD option in BIOS to IDE just to install XP
will swith to AHCI later on

>what are some good guides on how to update and stay safe with Windows XP after the end of microsoft support ?
none
git gud and upgrade to 7 or 10

Enable AHCI and XP will most likely hang during startup.

in old machines its either WinXP or linux
Win7 is a waste of time when you have less than 3 gigs of ram or a last decade laptop
i know that, but in Win7 and probably WinXP too you can change the registry to enable AHCI without any issue
if it didnt boot in AHCI i could just switch back to IDE and see whats wrong anyway

>change the registry to enable AHCI
didn't work for me. But that doesn't imply it won't work for you. I'm just saying because I spent a *lot* of time on trying to get it work and failed.

Where do you guys get the cheapest ram? A few months ago I was able to get 8gb of preowned ddr3 ram on eBay for about $20 but for some reason the prices have gone way up.

I bought a SSD upgrade for my laptop. Can I just copy everything like literally everything from the old to the new drive or do I have to do a fresh install?

You can use a drive cloning tool, but its not just copy/paste

what's a good pair of speakers for $100-$200

these must be active speakers

Kay thanks
Is there a g approved tool for that? Just googled it and found Macrium Reflect...

Sup Forums approved is dd but that should work fine

>werockyourweb.com/windows-wont-resume-standby-hibernation/

Does nu-firefox really cause win7 to be stuck in hibernation mode? Because i just had this for the first time yesterday and had to do a manual reboot because of this shit

it was easy as fuck in Win7
hope i can do it in Win XP
in linux its not even required as the system automatically detects if you have IDE or AHCI

Stalking someone on FB will reveal my actions to the other user? For instance will I appear in 'People you may know' thing?

>Word 2013 professional suddenly just changed from a legit key to saying it has no key at all literally 5 minutes ago for no reason
What the fuck?

What the fuck can I do to fix this

Can I use the amazon ebook reader for .mobi ebooks that I didn't bought in Amazon? My internet has been going at literal KB/s for weeks so I don't wanna waste time downloading it just to find out I can't.

Contact Microcuck support? If your key is legit they should help you. If not well try uinstalling and reinstalling I guess.

I got a Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W psu and an rx480. There is an 8 pin cable that goes into the psu itself and it says PCI-E on it. Am i supposed to plug that shit to the 480?

Iv just tried scanning my computer and it has absolutely no key, and im overseas with no chance of finding the case or anything

Just my fucking luck this would happen a day before exams. Ill have to buy a copy.

Sup Forums help quick

should I buy ddr3 1866mhz for 75$, or 2400mhz for 99$?
>2400
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Don't be a retard, just get a pirated copy until you get back home.

yeah just do it. not sure if 8 is really enough anymore and an extra 8 is pretty cheap. worth it

what the FUCK do I need to in order to make media files of ANY fucking kind compatible sony vegas

>ANY
Do you have any idea just how many types of media files there are?

is single drive nas a bad idea?

im getting one since its cheap
just storing movies, pirated games and applications, porn

i mean does it warn me before it dies like the smart thingy

SMART warnings usually come after data has already been lost

what i meant is that no file of any kind is compatible, for some reason.