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If under various circumstances you had to install a second Windows OS on the same system, you should have already met the dual boot option. For those who do not know, the dual boot option appears when two or more Windows systems reside on the same computer at the same time. It will pop up before booting the system permitting the user to select which OS will boot.

This option is very useful for those who own computers with older mainboards that do not provide a quick boot selection option. Newer motherboards have this option by default and whenever two or more operating systems are available, you can simply press an F key which will determine a Bios window to emerge offering you the possibility to select the desired drive to boot.

I must confess that I am a fan of the quick boot option provided by these motherboards. In case I want to format the second HDD that stores the second Window, I can do it without needing to edit the dual boot option. Just removing the second OS won’t determine the dual

boot option to disappear.

It will be still shown before booting although there is just one OS available. Very unpleasant I can say.

My advice, in case you want to use only the quick boot option (not the dual boot), is that when you install the second OS, make sure you remove the IDE/SATA cable for the HDD that holds the primary Windows. Because of this, the installation won’t detect that you already have a primary OS installed and won’t enable the dual boot option. Otherwise, the cables plugged into the primary HDD will automatically enable it.

Boot.ini, the house of the dual boot option

Boot.ini is a system file found in the system root. Because it has a major importance for the booting process, Windows developers gave it hidden, system and read-only attributes. Don’t worry though, you can easily view it and even change the attributes by yourself. Just go to My Computer/Windows Explorer > Folder Options > View and check “Show hidden files and folders”.

How to edit Boot.ini

Let’s assume that you have the dual boot option enabled and because your second HDD broke down or you simply formatted it losing the second operating system, you want to get rid of the dual boot option. To do it, you need to edit the Boot.ini which can be done in multiple ways.

Manual edit using the notepad or any other text editor

Being a plain text file editor isn’t a big deal, as all it takes is a simple text editor. Therefore, the common Notepad provided by my Windows would be more than enough. First of all, remove the read-only attribute because you need to save the file after you have edited it. Because we are dealing with an important system file and any mistake would lead to the impossibility of booting the system, be smart and make a backup copy. In case something happens, you can copy back the file from another source such a floppy, USB flashpen or other HDD.

Comfortable method to change the “timeout”

When the dual boot option works, you are provided with a timeout in order to select the desired OS. By default, this timeout is 30 sec. If no OS is selected, after 30 seconds, the primary Windows will boot. In case you consider the timeout too high, you can lower it.

Go to Start > Run and type msconfig. Once the system configuration window pops up, you will notice that Boot.ini has its own tab. Select that tab and where you see “timeout,” set it to a lower or higher value.

Remove/Add Operating Systems in the dual boot menu

This is the main issue. How to remove a dual boot option from the menu? Right click on My Computer icon and select Properties. From the properties window go to Advantage > Startup and Recovery > Settings. Here, you can both edit the timeout value and modify the Boot.ini file by clicking Edit. If you remove the second operating system from Boot.ini, the dual boot option won’t appear before booting.

Don’t forget to backup the file in any situation. It will keep you out of trouble!

Source :http://news.softpedia.com/news/Manage-Remove-Multi-Boot-Option-45811.shtml

Sony Releases Firmware 4.01…
4.00M33 Custom Firmware by Dark-Alex end of this Week…

You can now grab firmware 4.01 via Network Update

Whats on this firmware?

- Display of search results under Internet Search has been
improved for certain languages.

- Playback of video content under Video has been improved for
certain file types.

Source : www.dark-alex.org

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Just posting my old video card
its a Leadtek A6600gt with Jetart vc2600 copper installed
and Arctic silver 5 thermal compound applied.
lots of memories with this card. rock solid!
this one beats the hell out of the old ATi 9800Xt!

Hello all!!!, I Assembled Cari’s mid range gaming pc
last night for a cheap price :). It took me some time to wire the thing,PSU cables are
long. Components on this pc are available locally if you know where to find them. Well here are the specs

Worth- 28k service fee not included

AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.0Ghz
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Mainboard
Inno 3d 8600GT 256mb DDR3(no other brands available)
Corsair XmS2 DHX DDR2 800 2×1gb dual channel mode
Silverstone ST56F 560watt PSU
LG 22x DVD burner
seagate 250gb 7200rpm barracuda
seagate 80gb 7200rpm barracuda
Generic(orient brand) Casing

Thanks Cari,
Another Happy Customer!!!
Happy Gaming….

Here are the pics:
Camera used:Canon Eos 350D Digital @high settings 8mp
due to server space limitation I resized the pics to 800x..

DigitalM

Tired of getting viruses from USB external drives?
well just download this program here from microsoft
called tweak UI and disable the “Auto play feature” of
all drives available from A to Z.

How to get rid of the virus?
since autoplay is already disabled,you can
open My Computer and look for the drive
and scan with you antivirus software manually
and delete whatever malware,virus etc..
is in there.Hope this helps.

Mozilla Firefox seems to be bloated that it has become slower. Maybe it’s because of all those themes and plugins we all install. My Firefox have over a dozen active add-ons already and perhaps these 3rd party extensions are the ones making the browser a little buggy than ever.

However, I heard that Firefox was built with the intention to be optimized for slow systems and even slower internet connection.

So, instead of tweaking the browser configs manually (by typing about:config in the address bar), here’s my recommendation:

DOWNLOAD HERE!

FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x / 2.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts. Usually you have to optimize Firefox manually, which can be time consuming and difficult for the novice user. FireTune helps you here - it includes all the performance optimizations. The only thing you must do is: make your selection. FireTune does the work for you.

According to your specific computer speed and internet connection speed, FireTune will optimize several internal settings of Firefox for better performance. FireTune does NOT modify the Firefox executable, or any other Firefox binary file. Everything can be undone easily provided you saved your original profile configuration file with FireTune’s profile backup feature before.

This is our work/playstation.This is the place where we usually spend our time when we’re at home.

Average Download Speed: 2MB

Maximum Download Speed: 235kB/s

Service Plan: 1MB at Php 988.00

My toys primary use: Gaming,downloads,movies etc..

Rig1
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LG lglwtq “22″ inch wide LCD 2ms Latency
ALtec Lansing model 251 5.1 channels speaker
Creative Audigy 2 Zs sound card (sound card 1)
Creative X-Fi Fatality Extreme Gamer Pro (Sound 2)
Silverstone ST56F 560WATT crossfire certified Dual rail Power supply
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ 2.4GHZ(OC)
Epox 8Rda + pro Mainboard
Kingston Hyper X 2×512mb(1gb) Low Lantency DDR400 2-2-2-5 @ 1T
Leadtek A6600GT AGP with JEtart Pure copper heatsink with blue leds(Arctic Silver 5 Thermal paste Applied)
Lite-on 16X DVD ROM drive
Samsung 20x DVD burner Combo Light scribe
Cooler Master Musketeer 1 Front Panel
Silverstone MFP-51 Front Panel LCD with Remote
Thermaltake Front Panel Fan Controller
Logitech Mx 518 Gaming Grade Mouse
A4-tech Gaming Keyboard( Rubber wasd buttons)
Thermalright SP-97 Pure copper Heatsink(Arctic SIlver 5 Thermal Paste applied to processor)
Thermaltake 5500 RPM 80mm fan
4x 80mm Cooler master Led Fan
1X blue Cold Cathode
1x 160gb Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM (SATA II)
1x 120gb Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM (SATA II) For Win XP Pro (ORIGINAL)
1x 40gb Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM (IDE) for windows 2003 server corporate (ORIGINAL)
1x External 500GB MAXtor one Touch
1xExternal 160GB 5400rpm samsung
1xExternal 100GB iOmega Hitachi Drive
WifiMAx 802.11G wifi Dongle
Logitech Wingman Gamepad
Logitech Wheel
Dragon 2.4Ghz wireless Gamepad
600 VA ups connected to AVR
500 WATT Servo mechanical AVR

Some old pics

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new pics here
www.digitalmasacre.com/photo
Rig 2
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Samsung 740N 17inch LCD
Amd sempron 2500+
Msi K7N2 Delta 2 LSR
2×512 kingston Value Ram 3-3-3-8 timing @ 1T
Seagate 40gb Barracuda
Benq 16x Dvd Burner Combo
Gecube ATI 9550 OC
Generic Keyboard and Mouse

RIg 3
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15.1 inch Hp Pavillion AMD x2 Turion Tk-53 1.7ghz
Windows Vista Home premium OEM(original)
Nvida 630A chipset
nvidia 7050 onboard video
2x 1gb (2gb) kingston value ram Sodimm
120Gb hitachi 5400rpm drive
16x dvd burner with light scribe
media center edition HP remote control
Logitech vx revolution 2.4Ghz cordless mouse

Rig 4
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12 inch Fujitsu lifebook
WIndows Xp PRo(original)
intel celeron 1ghz
i830g chipset
20gb hitachi drive
256mb pc133 3-3-3-8
24x cd writer combo
realtek 802.11g usb dongle

Rig 5
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Coming soon………