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    torrent download

    thanks for quick answer.i think i will go with utorrent.thanks for the help.bill
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    torrent download

    i have a copy of win10 with the latest updates.when i ran the virus checker it removed my downloader bitcomet.now when i try to reinstall it it blocks the download.i went to the virus security settings and set the file to allow.but it made4 no difference.any help would me happy.bill
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    change email

    hello every one been a while since i was here but i have been moving house after 16yrs and did not realise how much extra stuff i collected.my question is how do i change my email address.i changed to a new isp and now i have a new email.any help and i would be grateful.:)
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    hard drives

    i did what you said and took out the battery for 1hr put it back in and turned the computer on.lo and behold the hard drives showed up as well as the dvd drive.you mate are a god send.i thank you so much.i thank every one else also for all your help i thought i was going to have to put the...
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    hard drives

    my motherboard is a rog maximas v11 and my hard drives are both western digital one is 3tb the other is 2tb.i bought it brand new approx 2yrs ago.i have had no trouble with it at all.i have tried to reset to default but it didnt make any difference.i also tried to reset the cmos but no...
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    hard drives

    I went into the bios but my cd drive has been disabled as have both my hard drives.when I click on the disabled to try and renable them it stays on disabled .how do I renable my drives.i have tried everything.i am becoming frazzled trying to get them enabled.some one please help.bill
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    hard drives

    i have a 64bt motherboard and 64bt windows 64bt pro.i also have 32gb of ram.i tried to get a partition program but that did not help.i am at my wits end trying to activate the rest of the hard drive.would you be able to help with why the other hard drive doesnt bshow on the boot up?any thing...
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    hard drives

    hello again i am asking if some one could help me get my 3tb hard drive instead of 2 tb that windows lets you have.i have formatted and deleted the partition and have gotten the full drive,but when i installed windows i have gone back to 2tb.also i have 2 hard hard drives in my desktop but it...
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    my windows number

    thanks DVDR_DOG it worked fine.thank you again.bill
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    my windows number

    hello everyone,i bought a windows 10 number from the internet last august and i printed out the number and the receipt.i have lost the print out and i cant find it on the computer.is there a program that can bring up the windows 10 number so i can print it out again?thank you bill.
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    bios not saving

    hello again,it was the battery as you said now every thing is working fine.now that it is i have 2 hard drives on my computer i am thinking about trying a linux program but i dont know which is the best one to try.if any one could point me to the best one to try i will give it a go.once again...
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    bios not saving

    thanks for quick reply.i suppose i should have thought of that myself.i am learning a bit more every time i come to this very helpfull site thanks to you and thumper especialy.i thank you once again.bill
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    bios not saving

    hello everyone hope you all had a good christmas and good new year.i am having trouble saving in the bios.when i turn my computer on it comes up with having to fix the bios and i have to hit f1 to enter bios to fix it.but every time i go into the bios and reset some of the bios and save it...
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    external wd hard drive

    how are you DVDR_Dog,thanks for quick reply.i worked out that the drive had some partitions on it.so what i did was go into disc management to check the drive and i did a format on the drive and gave it a new full partition and a new letter.now i have full use of the drive and there are no more...
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    external wd hard drive

    hello again i have a wd external 1tb hardf drive.when i try to down load any programs onto the drive it comes up with a notice saying i only have 31 gig space to download.i have checked to see how much is spare with with wd program and it shows 969 gig.i have downloaded all the drivers for it...
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