What is the impact of moving a program from C to D drive? - Page 2

RoSs_bg2_rox · 11-05-2006, 08:21 PM

I'l just give a heads up for Partition Magic too. I have it, and have used it on another PC to get a bit more room on a partition. Worked fine and always handy.

Mellagar · 11-06-2006, 12:56 PM

"What is the impact of moving a program from C to D drive?"

Your head will explode.

ZFR · 11-06-2006, 01:58 PM

Just be careful when using Partition magic. back up your registry first. I used it once some time ago and started getting BSOD every 5 minutes (it was win 98).

You can try editing registry yourself (again, back up first).

Try HKEY_Local_Machine -> Software or HKEY_Current_User -> Software and find your program there. Try and edit obvious parameter like InstallPath or somesuch.

[ 11-06-2006, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

Memnoch · 11-07-2006, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Krustin:
I've always found stuff like that (fiddling in the registry) to be a pain, at best.

You *could* download a "backup" from a torrent site. Seeing as you own the software, having bought it with the laptop, technically it shouldn't be illegal.

Cheers for the suggestions, guys. You know what? I have no frigging idea how to use Torrents. How do they work? (KISS principle, please)

Harkoliar · 11-07-2006, 02:35 AM

there are various torrent sites for you to choose from in regards to torrents. An easy way to do is use share programs such as shareaza (edited spelling doh!)(similar to kazaa with no spyware), and search thu thier networks. Note: you will need to configure your firewall to specify in opening specific ports for the torrents.

good information can be found here
http://www.zeropaid.com/

too bad my own wireless network doesnt support the torrents.

[ 11-08-2006, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: Harkoliar ]

Mellagar · 11-08-2006, 08:35 AM

utorrent is probably your best torrent program that I've stumbled across. I think they blow kazaa and morpheus right out of the water, but that's not saying much I suppose.

T-D-C · 11-08-2006, 04:35 PM

Yeah I use Utorrent as well and torrent spy to find my torrents.

Sir Krustin · 11-09-2006, 05:41 PM

Torrents are used for P2P filesharing, with one significant difference from other P2P programs - all downloaders are also uploaders. The upshot to this is the more popular a download is, the faster the file transfer will proceed - the opposite of what happens with other P2P networks. (my personal record is 450kb/sec downloading knoppix)

The way torrents work, is you go a torrent search site (Torrentspy is good) and download a torrent file, which is a small file that tells your torrent client how to access the seeder that is serving the file.

Most torrent clients (I use bittornado, utorrent is popular as well) start when you double click the torrent file. Once the download is complete, you can continue uploading as a service to fellow users. It's considered good netiquette to upload at least as many bytes as you download.

11-05-2006, 08:21 PM	#11
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 5,225	I'l just give a heads up for Partition Magic too. I have it, and have used it on another PC to get a bit more room on a partition. Worked fine and always handy. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

11-06-2006, 01:58 PM	#13
ZFR Legion Symbol Join Date: February 14, 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 39 Posts: 7,367	Just be careful when using Partition magic. back up your registry first. I used it once some time ago and started getting BSOD every 5 minutes (it was win 98). You can try editing registry yourself (again, back up first). Try HKEY_Local_Machine -> Software or HKEY_Current_User -> Software and find your program there. Try and edit obvious parameter like InstallPath or somesuch. [ 11-06-2006, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ] __________________ ZFR

11-07-2006, 02:35 AM	#15
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 41 Posts: 5,556	there are various torrent sites for you to choose from in regards to torrents. An easy way to do is use share programs such as shareaza (edited spelling doh!)(similar to kazaa with no spyware), and search thu thier networks. Note: you will need to configure your firewall to specify in opening specific ports for the torrents. good information can be found here http://www.zeropaid.com/ too bad my own wireless network doesnt support the torrents. [ 11-08-2006, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: Harkoliar ] __________________ Catch me if you can..

11-08-2006, 04:35 PM	#17
T-D-C Ironworks Moderator Join Date: October 26, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 4,415	Yeah I use Utorrent as well and torrent spy to find my torrents. __________________

11-09-2006, 05:41 PM	#18
Sir Krustin Symbol of Cyric Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: Peterborough, ON, CANADA Age: 60 Posts: 1,394	Torrents are used for P2P filesharing, with one significant difference from other P2P programs - all downloaders are also uploaders. The upshot to this is the more popular a download is, the faster the file transfer will proceed - the opposite of what happens with other P2P networks. (my personal record is 450kb/sec downloading knoppix) The way torrents work, is you go a torrent search site (Torrentspy is good) and download a torrent file, which is a small file that tells your torrent client how to access the seeder that is serving the file. Most torrent clients (I use bittornado, utorrent is popular as well) start when you double click the torrent file. Once the download is complete, you can continue uploading as a service to fellow users. It's considered good netiquette to upload at least as many bytes as you download. __________________ If I say \"Eject!\" and you say \"Huh?\" - you\'ll be talking to yourself! - Maj. Bannister, <b>Steel Tiger</b>

11-06-2006, 12:56 PM	#12
Mellagar Avatar Join Date: June 16, 2001 Location: Far from where I was, nearer where I wish. Age: 41 Posts: 563	"What is the impact of moving a program from C to D drive?" Your head will explode.

11-08-2006, 08:35 AM	#16
Mellagar Avatar Join Date: June 16, 2001 Location: Far from where I was, nearer where I wish. Age: 41 Posts: 563	utorrent is probably your best torrent program that I've stumbled across. I think they blow kazaa and morpheus right out of the water, but that's not saying much I suppose.

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