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Strange Laptop Drive Noise: “Whoosh”

Posted on 2011/07/07 by The Geez

I recently upgraded the 320G 7200RPM drive in my ThinkPad T400 to a 500G 7200RPM drive.  The new drive works, but intermittently makes a really annoying “whoosh, whoosh…” noise. I had a perfectly fine Hitachi 320G drive in the StinkPad, … Continue reading →

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Acronis Backup vs. Lenovo Rescue & Recovery

Posted on 2011/06/20 by The Geez

In the past, I used Lenovo Rescue and Recovery to back up my ThinkPad, and for disk migration.  This time I used Acronis True Image Home. Rescue and Recovery – the backup and restore solution provided with ThinkPad laptops – … Continue reading →

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Yum!

Posted on 2011/06/19 by The Geez

Add some Maguro Sashimi, and  you’ve got yourself a party!

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Repairing Boot Problems Without a Windows DVD

Posted on 2011/05/10 by The Geez

Yike. Windows won’t boot.  Microsoft says to boot the Windows install DVD, and run the windows recovery environment, like this:  How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment… (Note the note about trying the Startup Repair option … Continue reading →

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Sudoku Solver

Posted on 2011/05/06 by The Geez

The Mrs. is a Sudoku solving machine.  Me, not so much.  I don’t think I’ve ever gotten one right.  I aways screw up something with fatal results.  Out of desperation, I wrote a tcl/tk program to help. This little toy … Continue reading →

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