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data recovery tools
data throughput rates for various I/O technologies
date and time (system)
     setting
     setting back or forward
DB-25 female connectors
DB-9 and DB-25 male connectors
defragmenting
     hard drive
     Windows pagefile
delayed-write-caching
Desktop setting (typical roles, Windows 95)
Detonator driver (nVidia)
device drivers
     installing before hardware
     installing without certification
Device Manager (Windows), finding COM ports
devices
     configuration, controlling
     resource use and conflicts, determining under Windows
digital cameras, drive letter assignments
digital signatures for device drivers and applications
DIMMs (Dual inline Memory Modules)
DIP (dual-inline package) switches
disk drive repair and data recovery tools
disk drives
     Basic and Dynamic disks
     BIOS or firmware updates
    caching
         delayed-write, avoiding
         fixing Windows 95 bug
     cloning your hard disk
     creating a new partition
     creating new partition with PartitionMagic
     DOS bootability, restoring
     failed Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003 bootups, fixing
    FAT partitions
         converting to NTFS
         fixing MBR with FDISK
     file placement and file reads
     filesystem, determining
     filesystems, types of
     formatting 2nd
     imaging utilities for
     Linux, fixing GRUB or LILO boot problems
     logical drive assignments under DOS
     logical drive letters, changing
     merging partitions with PartitionMagic
    NTFS partitions
         converting to FAT
         creating/deleting with DISKPART
         FIXBOOT program
         FIXMBR program
     partitioning and formatting
     partitioning during Windows setup
    performance hacks
         choosing fastest hard drive
         fastest IDE driver for Intel chipsets
         fastest IDE driver for Via chipsets
         Linux HDPARM utility
         RAID technology, using
         serial ATA, using
         speeding up DOS with SMARTDRV
         upgrading hard drive cable
         upgrading IDE interface
         VCACHE, speeding up Windows with
     predicting drive failure
     swappable hard drives for multiple operating systems 2nd
disk imaging software
DiskCheck utility
diskettes, formatting
DISKPART utility
DMA (Direct Memory Access) channels 2nd
     requirement for best disk performance
     sound card settings
DOS
     bootable diskette
         with BIOS file and update program
     booting from BOOT.INI file
     CONFIG.SYS file, hacking
     customizing boots
     FAT filesystems
     FDISK program
     hacking the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
     logical drive assignments
     non-DOS partition
     PCI network cards, use of
     RAM and
     restoring bootability
     speeding up with SMARTDRV
Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM modules
Downloaded Program Files folder
Drive Image
drivers [See device drivers]
Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs)
dual-inline-package (DIP) switches
DVD drive letters
Dynamic disks 2nd

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