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[TheTurnipKing]

Drag and drop into another folder?

Yep, that'd probably do it.

Cut and Paste into another folder on the same drive and it shouldn't even take long, because it should just just juggle the file allocation table rather than physically moving the data?

[False]

Or.. keep the series or whatever in its folder as you normally would then use a sub folder.

eg.

C:\\Totally Cool Show SE01
4.avi 5.avi 6.avi

C:\\Totally Cool Show SE01\Watched
1.avi 2.avi 2.avi

Will take zero copy time. Assuming you arent using any cross drive dodgy symlink stuff but who really does that.

[Trelliz]

Or.. keep the series or whatever in its folder as you normally would then use a sub folder.

eg.

C:\\Totally Cool Show SE01
4.avi 5.avi 6.avi

C:\\Totally Cool Show SE01\Watched
1.avi 2.avi 2.avi

Will take zero copy time. Assuming you arent using any cross drive dodgy symlink stuff but who really does that.

I strawberry floating love Totally Cool Show.

[Moggy]

Or.. keep the series or whatever in its folder as you normally would then use a sub folder.

eg.

C:\\Totally Cool Show SE01
4.avi 5.avi 6.avi

C:\\Totally Cool Show SE01\Watched
1.avi 2.avi 2.avi

Will take zero copy time. Assuming you arent using any cross drive dodgy symlink stuff but who really does that.

I strawberry floating love Totally Cool Show.

It jumped the shark after episode 6.

[Oh Teh Noes]

What about putting a shortcut in another folder? Saves moving the actual file.

[TheTurnipKing]

What about putting a shortcut in another folder? Saves moving the actual file.

If you're going down that route, why not just keep a list of what you've watched?

[Joer]

Figured it'd be a bit of a long shot. I thought about the things like a watched folder inside the actual folder and so on, but my OCD wouldn't allow me to do that as it wouldn't look as neat as it currently does.

Cheers anyway guys.

[False]

Tag the filenames?

1.avi.w 2.avi.w 3.avi 4.avi

[Joer]

I just found this while looking for something and gave it a try, apart from the fact it looks dodgey as strawberry float, "lisence" as an example of the dodgeyness. It seems quite handy, although it only marks things in the program, not in your folders. I'm sure there's something out there somewhere.

[Johnny Ryall]

Use something like boxes and it will grey out seen episodes.

[Lotus]

Can anyone help me with a RAM install please?

My motherboard has four slots, in two pairs. Each pair has one blue slot and one white slot.

When I opened my PC, the two sticks were both in the blue slots, so one stick in each separate 'pair' as it were.

I've got two more 1GB sticks...where do I put them? I put them in the white slots, but my PC only detected 2GB still, and when I put the new RAM in one pair of slots and the older RAM in the other pair, it only detected 1GB...

[False]

The matched colours are channels. Blue is a channel, and white is a channel.

You want to match the sticks in the channel and realistically, across the whole lot. Step 1, check your mobo documentation and find out channel 1, put the 2 sticks in there and try. If that works, populate the other channel.

If that doesnt work, swap the sticks around on step 1 and try again.

Rather critically, make sure your mobo will take 4 gigs.

[Lotus]

I don't have the documentation to hand, but I did find this, which is my motherboard: http://www.okmemory.com/Foxconn-G_Motherboard_Series-G33M_S_%28G33M03_8EKRS2H%29-D27306-memory.html

I used the Crucial memory scanner thing before buying the extra 2GB, and both the new and old sticks are DDR 2, PC2-6400.

I'm on W7 32-bit, and I read something about it not recognising more than 2GB of RAM. Is there any truth in that? Although, I used a different programme (SIW) and that only detects 2GB as well.

EDIT: And the Crucial memory scanner only detects 2GB as well.

[HSH28]

32bit systems can recognise 4GB of RAM total, this however includes whatever is on your graphics card.

Either way your BIOS should see the whole 4GB if its working. When the machine boots up what does your BIOS report?

[Lotus]

When the machine boots up what does your BIOS report?

2GB.

[TheTurnipKing]

I'd probably double check the BIOS revisions, make sure that there wasn't some issue with ram support in earlier BIOS versions, but I'm having trouble finding and accessing foxconn's support pages.

[Grumpy David]

Would something like this http://www.lambda-tek.com/PCI-SATA3-DYN ... =gbase16.5 solve my lack of SATA ports due to fatty card? It seems easier than breaking apart a cable ghetto solution style and for £6 it's not exactly going to break the bank either.

[False]

It looks like it only does up to SATA2 and doesnt explicitly support Win7.

[Grumpy David]

It looks like it only does up to SATA2 and doesnt explicitly support Win7.

Fast response! I just edited my post to provide a link to a different PCI card. Then as I wrote this post, I saw this http://www.dabs.com/products/startech-c ... -72H8.html good bit more expensive but I could really benefit from having access to more than two SATAII ports (DVD drive would remain in motherboard SATA) whilst both SSD and HDD would go to PCI card.

[False]

Looks like it'd work, but a few concerns.

I wouldnt run the SSD and HDD through that. I understand that the performance would be affected for starters, but also I dont think it'd just 'work' as they do straight onto the mobo. You generally have to use extra software to configure cards like this and Im not sure it would support a boot drive. Finally, wouldnt it block one of the fans on the graphics card?