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Topic: Install hard drive

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Most admires:

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs

Favorite possession(s):

Windows computer, Apple Computer, Linux box

Currently has on their coffee table:

Mac Today, PC World

Favorite body part(s):

Ears

Favorite book(s):

"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams

Favorite animal(s):

Penguin

Interest(s):

Computers

Favorite computer game(s):

Myst, PacMan, Hacking

Favorite online activity(s):

Downloading MP3's, Chatting on ICQ, Finding warez

Favorite quote(s):

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands

Expert Talk

The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.

Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

VSW is software that installs on your hard drive and consists of a Viewer that allows you to peruse the many articles, workshops, and tutorials on design techniques for Aircraft Factory in Window's Help File Format.
If a thief removes the hard drive and installs it in another computer, PC Security Bundle� will silently contact the registrant's command center with its exact coordinates.

Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

The RISS ScreenSaver Randomizer installs on your hard drive like any other screensaver.

Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist

To access the data, the thief simply removes the hard disk drive and installs it into another PC.
It just installs on the hard drive--a particularly troublesome tactic that some have dubbed "drive-by download.

Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

If it is from a CD, you will need to install the CD-ROM drivers on you hard drive so that you can use the CD-ROM drive or you need to boot from a floppy disk that already has them installed.
Apple's Drive Setup installs drivers compatible with Mac OS X, as does Intech's Hard Disk SpeedTools.
The Hard Drive Mechanic installs on a single floppy disk so it can be used after the crash, after all what good is a repair program if it is installed on the drive that is crashed.

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