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Hi Doc,
I’ve never used Kerio but I can’t believe that a valid, un-corrupted error/log file should ever get to a size of 181,093 KB(!) unless an arbitrary limit on it had been de-selected in the options (as with NAV log files).
I’d suggest Phil deletes it via the Recycle BIn temporarily, and then reclaims his disk space when he’s happy that it is not needed. As for moving it, you must have bigger (or more) floppy disks than me, and any friend who tried to send me a 180MB email (even with broadband!) would end up storing it in a place where the sun don’t shine, assuming that the ISP delivered it!

Hi Doc,
I’ve never used Kerio but I can’t believe that a valid, un-corrupted error/log file should ever get to a size of 181,093 KB(!) unless an arbitrary limit on it had been de-selected in the options (as with NAV log files).
I’d suggest Phil deletes it via the Recycle BIn temporarily, and then reclaims his disk space when he’s happy that it is not needed. As for moving it, you must have bigger (or more) floppy disks than me, and any friend who tried to send me a 180MB email (even with broadband!) would end up storing it in a place where the sun don’t shine, assuming that the ISP delivered it!

Hi Kiddo,
I’ve also been researching this for my lady, prior to her spending the cash! She’s looking to do much the same as you want to. The links below should give you some useful info. Try to go for one that will provide SVGA rather than VGA to get a larger, better picture. Give us some feedback on your opinions when you get the chance. It depends of course on the particular PDA having a compact flash slot. My Dell Axim has and I think most PDAs have, but don’t quote me on that! It seems unlikely at the moment that the function can be built into a SD card but they keep making things smaller, so you never know!

http://www.imaginegraphics.co.uk/products/…hic/voyager.htm%5B/url%5D

http://www.mobileplanet.com/private/pocket…70846&listing=1%5B/url%5D

http://www.pretec.com/index2/product/Mobil…ctPresenter.pdf%5B/url%5D

Try also the Pocket PC lounge.
HTH

Hi Kiddo,
I’ve also been researching this for my lady, prior to her spending the cash! She’s looking to do much the same as you want to. The links below should give you some useful info. Try to go for one that will provide SVGA rather than VGA to get a larger, better picture. Give us some feedback on your opinions when you get the chance. It depends of course on the particular PDA having a compact flash slot. My Dell Axim has and I think most PDAs have, but don’t quote me on that! It seems unlikely at the moment that the function can be built into a SD card but they keep making things smaller, so you never know!

http://www.imaginegraphics.co.uk/products/…hic/voyager.htm%5B/url%5D

http://www.mobileplanet.com/private/pocket…70846&listing=1%5B/url%5D

http://www.pretec.com/index2/product/Mobil…ctPresenter.pdf%5B/url%5D

Try also the Pocket PC lounge.
HTH

Hi Bob,
No argument with your logic – all fair points. I was just going for the cautious approach as sometimes users are nervous about ‘lifting the bonnet’ (or ‘hood’ to you – at the risk of starting another thread about two peoples divided by a common language!) of their PC.
BTW – Am I going crackers or has Tao99 edited his original post since we started replying?

PS – At this 60th anniversary of D-Day, I would like to salute the USA and its people, and long live the friendship between our nations.

Hi Bob,
No argument with your logic – all fair points. I was just going for the cautious approach as sometimes users are nervous about ‘lifting the bonnet’ (or ‘hood’ to you – at the risk of starting another thread about two peoples divided by a common language!) of their PC.
BTW – Am I going crackers or has Tao99 edited his original post since we started replying?

PS – At this 60th anniversary of D-Day, I would like to salute the USA and its people, and long live the friendship between our nations.

Considering the time, effort and possible risk of damage by opening up 2 PCs and moving a drive between them, compared to the slow but fairly cheap (Belkin) Direct Cable Connection cable (//port to //port) and the ‘free’ Windows software (albeit not installed by default in a Windows installation), I would say that DCC is the safest method. There are other alternatives that I’ve found useful in the past, working on old Win95 machines when the users couldn’t afford to upgrade!

1) If the source PC has a PCMCIA slot, then you could try a PC Card Adapter (eg Lexar) for either SmartMedia or Compact Flash cards. No driver required even in Win95.
2) My preferred solution is the FlashPath Floppy Disk Adapter (for SmartMedia) by SmartDisk which works with Win95 through to XP and will accept at least a 128MB card. The SmartDisk installation files will also fit on a floppy (very useful on prehistoric machines with no CD-ROM drive).

I’m assuming that your modern XP machine has an internal or external media reader though. (These are also very useful).
HTH and Good Luck.

Considering the time, effort and possible risk of damage by opening up 2 PCs and moving a drive between them, compared to the slow but fairly cheap (Belkin) Direct Cable Connection cable (//port to //port) and the ‘free’ Windows software (albeit not installed by default in a Windows installation), I would say that DCC is the safest method. There are other alternatives that I’ve found useful in the past, working on old Win95 machines when the users couldn’t afford to upgrade!

1) If the source PC has a PCMCIA slot, then you could try a PC Card Adapter (eg Lexar) for either SmartMedia or Compact Flash cards. No driver required even in Win95.
2) My preferred solution is the FlashPath Floppy Disk Adapter (for SmartMedia) by SmartDisk which works with Win95 through to XP and will accept at least a 128MB card. The SmartDisk installation files will also fit on a floppy (very useful on prehistoric machines with no CD-ROM drive).

I’m assuming that your modern XP machine has an internal or external media reader though. (These are also very useful).
HTH and Good Luck.

In more detail for anyone not sure:-
Control Panel—>System Properties—>Device Manager—>select CDROM and expand—>select the particular drive (if more than one)—>Properties—>Settings—>Reserved Drive Letters, and make your choice from the drop-down menu, selecting the same letter in both the Start and End boxes. Voila!

In more detail for anyone not sure:-
Control Panel—>System Properties—>Device Manager—>select CDROM and expand—>select the particular drive (if more than one)—>Properties—>Settings—>Reserved Drive Letters, and make your choice from the drop-down menu, selecting the same letter in both the Start and End boxes. Voila!

And to think I was worried about going off-topic, asking what an SUV was! I’m surprised that the moderator hasn’t banished us in this thread to the Scuttlebut or some other area!

BTW, referring back to PCMCIA on desktops (or lack of), I remembered that I have an old piece of kit made by Chase Technologies which consists of:-
1) a 3.5 in bay carrier with a cct. brd.,female PCMCIA socket, and two IDE sockets;
2) an ISA card with female PCMCIA socket and two IDE sockets.
I believe the modules are intended to connect together via 2 IDE cables. I got mine from a computer fair for

And to think I was worried about going off-topic, asking what an SUV was! I’m surprised that the moderator hasn’t banished us in this thread to the Scuttlebut or some other area!

BTW, referring back to PCMCIA on desktops (or lack of), I remembered that I have an old piece of kit made by Chase Technologies which consists of:-
1) a 3.5 in bay carrier with a cct. brd.,female PCMCIA socket, and two IDE sockets;
2) an ISA card with female PCMCIA socket and two IDE sockets.
I believe the modules are intended to connect together via 2 IDE cables. I got mine from a computer fair for

Hi all,
After following this thread for a while, I’d like to add my . I’m very happy living in Dell !!!
I got 5 years heavy usage from a ’98 Latitude on the original Win95 OSR2 installation until one of my cats relieved itself (or something) over the unit and docking station and I awoke to the smell of fried capacitors. It was retired with an honourable discharge after that (the Dell, not the cat!). I’m currently running an OptiPlex 240, bought 2/h from bankrupt stock and it is performing very well (in a cat-free zone). I would say that to anyone buying a Dell, go for the business orientated OptiPlex rather than the consumer Dimension.

Going back to John Gray’s earlier comments:-
1) What is an SUV? Do tell.
2) A while back, one of the more prolific loungers (? DaveA, Mark, etc) recommended an external adapter for plugging into a HDD and transferring data via an attached USB cable. I bought one, it works great – very useful. I don’t use RAID but couldn’t one of these adapters or a similar external HDD enclosure be used via a PC’s USB port without upsetting a RAID configuration? If I’m wrong, then come back and tell me and I will have learnt something new, which is one of the great features of this Lounge.

Hi all,
After following this thread for a while, I’d like to add my . I’m very happy living in Dell !!!
I got 5 years heavy usage from a ’98 Latitude on the original Win95 OSR2 installation until one of my cats relieved itself (or something) over the unit and docking station and I awoke to the smell of fried capacitors. It was retired with an honourable discharge after that (the Dell, not the cat!). I’m currently running an OptiPlex 240, bought 2/h from bankrupt stock and it is performing very well (in a cat-free zone). I would say that to anyone buying a Dell, go for the business orientated OptiPlex rather than the consumer Dimension.

Going back to John Gray’s earlier comments:-
1) What is an SUV? Do tell.
2) A while back, one of the more prolific loungers (? DaveA, Mark, etc) recommended an external adapter for plugging into a HDD and transferring data via an attached USB cable. I bought one, it works great – very useful. I don’t use RAID but couldn’t one of these adapters or a similar external HDD enclosure be used via a PC’s USB port without upsetting a RAID configuration? If I’m wrong, then come back and tell me and I will have learnt something new, which is one of the great features of this Lounge.

Hi squares,
re , caveat emptor! They look a lot less attractive for the average punter after they buy the first set of new cartridges at the high street retail price! IMHO, any cheap inkjet (especially L*****k) is only worth having if you were given it for free and/or don’t have to pay for replacement cartridges! In my local area, it has been cheaper to throw the printer away and buy another identical one when the cartridges run out in the first one. This is partly due to large stocks of Lexmark models (e.g. Z13) being off-loaded in the market place prior to Lexmark’s tie-in with Dell. One can of course try re-filling cartridges at home but that’s another ball game (hassle). I’m sure that other loungers will have plenty of opinions on the relative merits of that!
Also, I have found that the software installation for the low-end Lexmarks (and Xerox) to be more buggy and less user-friendly than HP and Epson with Canon in the middle, so to speak. Just my worth.