By Logan Decker
If Windows doesn’t feel like starting up and your files are being held hostage, booting into a DOS environment with a floppy disk or floppy emulation won’t do you much good because you can’t access NTFS partitions.
This floppy-less method gives you access to all your files (provided the problem isn’t with your drive; if it is, you have our sympathies).
There’s a Mafia-style war raging around your PC. The MPEG-2 decoder card? Found face down in a Dumpster. The LAN card? Gunned down as he was leaving his social club. And no one’s seen the poor modem since he was “Hoffa’ed” in the 1990s.
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In the PDF archive of the Holiday 2005 issue, you can find:
- Head2Head: ATI Crossfire vs Nvidia SLI
- Upgrade!
- The Great Case Race
- Gifts for Geeks
- Awesome Product Reviews including the Zalman CNPS9500 LED and Logitech G5!
- Ask the Doctor
- Rig of the Month
- The Watchdog
- And a whole lot more!
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In the PDF archive of the September 2005 issue, you can find:
- Dream Machine '05!
- Creative's Top-Secret Soundcard!
- CPU Heatsink Showdown
- How To: Identify and eliminate all the sources of noise in your PC
- Latest Product Reviews
- Ask the Doctor
- Rig of the Month
- The Watchdog
- And a whole lot more!
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We can't remember the last time we heard someone say, "What the world needs now is a good set of 3D goggles," but we're happy this apparent lack of demand didn't stop eMagin from designing the best 3D goggles we've ever tested.
Technically, the Z800 3DVisor isn't a pair of goggles; rather, it's a pair of OLED (organic light-emitting diode) micro-displays that you wear on your head like eyeglasses.
In the PDF archive of the August 2005 issue, you can find:
- Heal Your PC!
- Picture This!
- Taming the SATA Beast
- How to: Protect yourself from Internet ne’er-do-wells
- Product Reviews including the XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra!
- Ask the Doctor
- Rig of the Month
- The Watchdog
- And a whole lot more!
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By Logan Decker
The menu templates included with most DVD authoring applications are too fugly for even ironic use.
1TB of storage, dual cores, and overclocking... on a Dell? When you’re the No. 1 PC manufacturer on planet Earth, it’s hard to make machines that will appeal to Auntie Wendy while fronting an attitude that appeals to gamers and the power user elite.
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In the PDF archive of the July 2005 issue, you can find:
- The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Guide
- 27 Invaluable How-To Projects!
- Answered: All your questions about Microsoft's latest operating system!
- Doom 3 Expansion: Our Shocking Review!
- Powerful Portables Reviewed
- Ask the Doctor
- Rig of the Month
- The Watchdog
- And a whole lot more!
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In the PDF archive of the June 2005 issue, you can find:
- Dual-Core Processors First Benchmarks
- Which micro-size MP3 player reigns supreme?
- Next-Gen Wi-Fi Reviewed
- How To: Build the Ultimate Entertainment PC
- Flash Storage Tech Guide
- Ask the Doctor
- Rig of the Month
- The Watchdog
- And a whole lot more!
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In the PDF archive of the May 2005 issue, you can find:
- Motherboards A to Z
- MMORPGs
- Water Cooling
- A behind-the-scenes look at product testing
- Product Reviews including the Asus Vento 3600 Gaming Case!
- Ask the Doctor
- Rig of the Month
- The Watchdog
- And a whole lot more!
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In the PDF archive of the Holiday 2005 issue, you can find:
- Hardware Gospel
- The Geek Quiz
- Turn your Videotapes into DVD's
- Head2Head - Smartphone square off
- Product Reviews including the M-Audio StudioPro 4!
- Ask the Doctor
- Rig of the Month
- The Watchdog
- And a bunch more!
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