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Report: A Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

What follows below is a repost of  Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure , I found on line: For any copyright problems please contact me, I will remove this post. I have also added additional information. I found the site looking for a fix for error 6e 74667363686b2e b34 I had running chkdsk /f /r /b Bootable Hard Drive Diagnostics This is intended to be a one-stop shopping spot for testing your hard drive outside of Windows.  If you're able to get into Windows, some of the manufacturer's offer tests that will work inside of Windows.    Suggestions are welcomed! What you'll need: A blank CD; A computer with an internet connection where you can download a file, install a small program, and burn a CD (doesn't have to be the computer that you'll be testing). 1.    Determine the make and model of your hard drive(s), do one of the following: In Windows: Go to Start...Run...and type in "devmgmt.msc" (without the quotes) and press Enter. Click o...

Microsoft Windows shortcut keys

Microsoft Windows shortcut keys Always seem to loose these.So from the website above: Microsoft Windows shortcut keys Microsoft Windows they are supported in. Shortcut Keys 3.x 9x ME NT 2K XP Vista 7 Description Alt + Tab X X X X X X X X Switch between open applications. Alt + Shift + Tab X X X X X X X X Switch backwards between open applications. Alt + double-click X X X X X X X Display the properties of the object you double-clickon. For example, doing this on a file would display its properties. Ctrl + Tab X X X X X X X X Switches between program groups or document windows in applications that support this feature. Ctrl + Shift + Tab X X X X X X X X Same as above but backwards. Alt + Print Screen X X X X X X X X Create a screen shot only for the program you are currently in. Ctrl + Print Screen X X X X Creates a screen shot of the entire screen Ctrl + Alt + Del X X X X X X X X Reboot the computer and brings up the Windows task mana...

What me worry OR how not to worry

Worry is it worth it, or how to not worry Turning worry in to concern is what you would like to do with all worries, heatlh, wealth, love and life. Here are some thought I have gathered in understanding a Anxious part of my life, and how to get around it: William Janes quote; “When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome” from MAD magazine An attitude we wish to adopt. To deal with worry: - gather facts objectively as if you are an outsider - use those facts when the thing you are worrying about actually happens. Action List - create a plan to stop worry From Gayland Richie: four questions to answer. You must write down and answer: 1. What am I worrying about? 2. What can I do about it? Write down scenarios or facts 3. What am I going to do about it or here's an action list 4. When am I going to start doing it? So look at facts. Write down the questions to the ans...

Motivational Ideas

There are many motivational people out there, and many techniques. Over the last month I have had to reflect back on this stuff and look for new messages from old. Whether it be John Kehoe, Louise Hay, Depak Chapra, Dale Carnegie or the secret there are some principles that seem to stick out. Learn to appreciate yourself. Louise Hay says look in the mirror and say to yourself something like this I am wonderful intellegent and a beautiful. Watch your expressions and see at which point you stop believing if at all. If there is a point then that is the point at which you are running through a negative message that has been planted in you by your past. Affirm it 5 minutes at night and 5 minutes in the morning, to release that negative message. This will help rebuild the cognitive pathways to reverse the negative. Appreciate what you have, your health, your position, your friends and give thanks for it Use the belief that "Only good lies in front of me" A...

South African national Museum

As part of our Dad's day out we went to the SA museum in Gardens Cape Town. I have not been there for years. I was very impressed. Firstly they are open each day from 10:00 to 17:00. The kids are free and adults only pay R20.00 so the is more than reasonable. The displays are excellent. In fact done we so vivid that my kids thought that there was real blood on one. The marine exhibition has more info than the aquarium, and the Dino's are cool. They also have an exhibiting of living and recently extinct animals. The kids loved the interactive displays, walking like a dinosaur on the one mat and we were lucky enough to be there when there was snatching band playing. I was with a set of younger kids so we did not Do the planetarium, but that is a good reason to come back in a year or 2. Well done, we will go back

SAN Cicrus mostly a winner

The South African National circus. Is now running shows daily. They say they are heard to stay and I hope they are. For the most part it was a great almost 2 hrs of entertainment. And for R18 for a family of four it is reasonable. The acts are good and local. If you want to enjoy the circus evenings then here are two things a recommend you do: Take your own pop corn and drinks. They sell there but you have to queue for coupons then queue for food. And they ran out of pop corn. My kids almost did not get but the kids that did not started their experience negatively Take cotton wool for your ears. The music was so loud I clocked it at almost 110 decibels o. My app. That is almost as loud as a rock concert. I spent most of the performance with my fingers in my ears, as did some others. I tried to find someone to get them to turn it down but they obviously could not hear what I was saying. Do those two things and them the show will be enjoyable. My girls lived it.

How to stop SPAM Text Enhance on your browser (Chrome)

I recently went to a wholesale chinese site that sounded to go to be true, and after googling foudn it was to god to be true. Afterwards however random text on websites would pop up an add that seemed to be run by Text Enhance. After blowing through forums, and their help I figured that it was an extension that was not correctly named. So I went to my browser's Extension Manger in my case Tools->Extensions. Disabled all the extensions,  went back to the page with the "enhancements" Pressed refresh and saw that the enhancements where disabled I then went through each extension and enabled them one by one to find the misbehaving on. Now fixed. So the malware / virus or whatever had obviously affected the extension, or was an extension automatically installed.