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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Hardware</title>
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	<description>News and views from a Software Architect and Entrepreneur on Java and Web 2.0</description>
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		<title>How To Copy Master Boot Record (MBR) Between Hard Disks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Linux you can use the dd command to copy MBR from one hard disk to another. You can also use dd to backup your master boot record to a different (or same) media. One of the common use of MBR copying is to ensure transparent fail-over in RAID-1 hard-disk array, should one  hard-disks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-copy-master-boot-record-mbr-between-hard-disks/</link>
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		<title>Experience with Pentium Dual Core 3 Ghz CPU &#038; Lenovo?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have any experience with Pentium Dual Core 3 Ghz CPU? I am looking at an offering from Lenovo, currently in negotiation, for purchasing several PC's. Specifically I am looking to know:
1. With their reputation for heat generation, how suitable are they for east-Indian climate of Kolkata?
2. How is Lenovo's reputation in Kolkata in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/experience-with-pentium-dual-core-3-ghz-cpu-lenovo/</link>
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		<title>Great Deal For Lenovo Desktop PC (India) at Rs. 21,100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lenovo (formerly IBM division) announced very good price for Lenovo H Series (531188Q) Desktop with Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor E2140 (1.6 GHZ), 512MB RAM, 80GB  HDD and 17&#8243; Flat CRT monitor.
E2140 Mini Review
E2140 processor has 1MB L2 cache at 1.6Ghz speed. It has 800 Mhz front side bus. Thermal design power is 65 Watts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/great-deal-for-lenovo-desktop-pc-india-at-rs-21100/</link>
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		<title>Terabyte Thumb Drive For Everyone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a low-cost (1/10 of Flash memory), low-power (1/1000 times more energy efficient as Flash memory) computer memory that could put terabyte-sized thumb drives in consumers' pockets within a few years.
"A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says Michael Kozicki, director of ASU's Center [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/terabyte-thumb-drive-for-everyone/</link>
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		<title>How To Connect Broadband &#038; EPABX on Same Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In small businesses you will often have the ADSL broadband and telephone line from the same connection. You may also need to setup an EPABX on the connection to share the phone line. For example we use an EPABX to provide 16 internal connections over two external lines, one of which also has the broadband. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-connect-broadband-epabx-on-same-line/</link>
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		<title>Converting RAID1 + LVM (Fedora Core) To EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) Experiences&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I currently use RAID1 with LVM on Fedora Core including RAID 1 on boot partition. This provides a fully redundant storage system with the ability to expand volume size in future. However RAID &#038; LVM has to be managed from command line tools like mdadm in raidtools package. EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/converting-raid1-lvm-fedora-core-to-evms-enterprise-volume-management-system-experiences/</link>
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		<title>Hard Disk Crash Recovery Using Bootable SystemRescueCd (Free)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains lots of system utilities (GParted, parted, partimage, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hard-disk-crash-recovery-using-bootable-systemrescuecd-free/</link>
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		<title>Partimage: Free Norton Ghost / DriveImage Alternative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Partimage is a Linux utility which saves partitions having a supported filesystems (see below) to an image file. It is a free and open source alternative to the popular software Norton Ghost or DriveImage. Most Linux and Windows filesystems are supported. The partition image file can be compressed with the gzip / bzip2 programs to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/partimage-free-open-source-norton-ghost-alternative/</link>
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		<title>Terabyte Data Storage on Inexpensive Removable Disks in 3D</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mempile from Israel has developed a removable optical storage technology allowing for the storage of 1 Terabyte (1,000 Gigabytes) of information on a single inexpensive disc. The device builds on the existing know-how attained through the development of CDs and DVDs, extending it so as to write layers upon layers of stacked information. This quantum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/terabyte-data-storage-on-inexpensive-removable-disks-in-3d/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 Regrets After Migrating From Windows To Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been several months that I fully migrated to Linux. The whole company has moved 100% to Linux, all servers, desktop &#8230; every machine. The only traces of Windows are in two of my personal laptops, the IBM ThinkPad with Windows 2000 and the Compaq Presario with Windows XP, which I have kept for [...]]]></description>
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