Computer hard drive help

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  1. lukewarmplay

    lukewarmplay Hired Goons

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    Mine died- and the laptop came with no software cd's. Anyone know how to get my copy of Vista back onto the replacement drive? Or if I can snag a copy of XP somewhere?
     
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    if you have the receipt and serial #, microsoft will usually mail you a replacement copy of whatever OS you had.

    i recommend UBUNTU a very cool linux, that comes with an office clone, a photoshop clone, etc, etc, and is absolutely free. google it. and never get a virus again. or any of microsofts crap alerts and such.
     
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    Ma3oxuct Nets Preview Team

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    I second the Ubuntu recommendation. You might as well try it out while you are waiting to get a hold of a M$ Windows CD.
     
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    lukewarmplay Hired Goons

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    Yeah, but can I use skype or my poker program on linux? It's true I might as well take a look at so I can use the new drive, though.
     
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    Ma3oxuct Nets Preview Team

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    Skype, yes. Poker game, depends. Feel free to PM me if need help with Ubuntu or Linux in general. VC is to basketball as I am to Linux....well I don't make as much money as VC, but I know Linux inside out :). With a little bit of tinkering you can get most Windows programs working under Linux.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I'm using kubuntu (KDE4 desktop version) on most of my systems. I run vista in virtualbox in a window for the few windows apps I really need to run. It runs flash and java, so it'll possibly run your poker program.

    If you haven't bought a new drive yet, you might look at the WD Raptor drives. At 10K RPM, they're noticably faster than other drives, and using your computer will feel a lot faster with one of those.
     
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    lukewarmplay Hired Goons

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    Yeah, I've noticed my roommate's computer is much faster than mine, despite having pretty much the same processor speed and the same RAM. It might be partially be her hard drive- but I already bought the same 5200 version. The other thing I think it is that she runs XP.
     
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    Screenshot of kubuntu (my desktop)
     

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    How full is your hard drive? I've noticed that not having a lot of hard drive space free can really slow down an OS.
     

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