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How to get a file's sector location/number?
I want to know the sector location of a particular file on my hard drive.
Can I get that by any means?
I am running Mac OS X (Intel) with a Hitachi HDD.
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Linux installs - where should I put them?
I am relatively new to Linux, I am using Xubuntu 10.04.
A lot of the software I download from the net, e.g. Aptana/Eclipse are just ZIP files that I open and run.
I wish them to be in a specific ...
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Hosts file location in Windows 7
I know the hosts file should be under
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\
But for some reason, I don't have the etc directory there at all. In fact, I searched for "hosts" under C:\Windows and found ...
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Backup additions made to the apple dictionary?
In Mac OS X you're able to add unknown words to the global dictionary with the "Add to Dictionary" option. "Refactoring" is a word I often have to add, for instance. Presumably these additions are ...
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Is there a POSIX pathname that can't name a file?
Are there any legal paths in POSIX that cannot be associated with a file, regular or irregular? That is, for which test -e "$LEGITIMATEPOSIXPATHNAME" cannot succeed?
Clarification #1: pathnames
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Specifying the location to save a file for Vuze
I was a long time user of Azureus and I recently installed Vuze after my upgrade from XP to Windows 7. Azureus used to ask me where to save a file for each torrent I downloaded. Vuze seems to put ...
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Manualy Backing Up Locked-down Outlook 2003 sp3
My work has a terrible implementation of NTLogins, Profiles and Outlook 2003 sp3.Basically everyday I have to change move and chose all kinds of stuff. I did some digging and found where some of the ...
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Where does Audacity keep a user's configuration files?
I've just installed Audacity on SLED 11, from the Education repository if it matters. I'm trying to set some defaults, but need to know where the audacity configuration files live.
