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How to mount a HFS partition in Ubuntu as Read/Write?

I plugged in my external harddrive (which was formatted on my Mac into HFS+ journaled) to my Ubuntu desktop 9.04 64bit. I am not able to get the drive to mount with write capability, how do I do that? Right now all I'm getting is read access, I…
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How to mount read-write an ext4 partition on Windows?

I want to use ext4 on my external HDD, but it must be cross-platform. (At least Linux, Win7 & WinXP). Unfortunately, I haven't found any proper driver allowing Windows to WRITE to ext4. I've found Ext2Fsd, but it only reads ext4. 9. ext4 extent…
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chmod 700 -R ~ - is it safe?

I'm thinking of doing 'chmod 700 -R ~'. Can it be dangerous? What can happen what I don't expect? Also, is there any way to keep all files on $HOME to be -rwx------?
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External HDD appears to be mounted rw, but switches to ro

When I first mount my external HDD, it claims to be mounted rw: # mkdir /media/external-hdd # mount /dev/sdb1 /media/external-hdd # mount | grep sdb1 /dev/sdb1 on /media/external-hdd type ext3…
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Does writing to SSD influence SSD Read spead?

I use my SSD to read and write at the same time, and I found that writing influences read performance quite a lot. Example: Without write, my read may be X MB/s, but with write, my read became 0.5X MB/s. And the Read performance would be influenced…
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Bluray Drives: 2x vs 4x vs 6x vs 8x read/write speed comparison

I couldn't find a duplicate question, but I was wondering what the differences are between different read/write speeds for Bluray drive. I'm planning on buying one for a build but don't know if I can cheap out on getting a Bluray 2x drive or spend…
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Can one prevent Antimalware Executable to start hogging CPU for extended periods each time some network adapter gets active?

Another article told me that the memory hogs is caused by Windows Defender scans. I followed the instructions that tell me to uncheck the boxes in Idle, Power, and Network for each of the 4 tasks that Defender has. The process is still in task…
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What happens when a file has restrictive permissions and the owner is not available?

I'm curious as to what happens to a file if let's say, it's permissions only allow the owner to read and write, and the group and everyone have no access at all. (700, or rwx------). Let's say the file is on an external drive, so it's possible that…
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What is the data transfer speeds within the disk, to other devices?

I use Debian 6 on a HP Elitbook 6930 with 2Gigs of RAM. I was copying two AVI files, 1.5 GB in total, and noticed that the data copying was done at the rate of 4MB/sec. When I copy same AVIs to my Western Digital Passport 25G USB plugin drive the…
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Is debugging bad hard-drives possible by intercepting SATA packages?

My question Is there any way of debugging bad (as in no longer recognized) hard-drives? Ideally an open-source tool that can interact with the device to capture/interpret SATA communication and issue error codes such as "platters stuck", "head…
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Keep Background Intelligent Transfer Service off

It seems to be starting every single time I boot up my edit:new Windows 8.1 computer, hogging disk. I went into services.msc and disabled it but it still somehow re enables itself. This is my own computer so no group policy or whatnot. I know it's…
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FTP user permissions Ubuntu

I have a question about ftp rights on Ubuntu. I want to give a user only permission on 2 or more directories. The user may only see this directories. What file do I need to edit and what do I need to edit.
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Open read-only file on OSX

There is a file in my /opt/local/include folder on OSX that I wish to edit. This is currently set to 'Read only'. So, to allow me to edit, I have selected get info, then under sharing and permissions I have added myself, and given me the privileges…
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I cannot open any other programs while hard disk is reading/writing

The laptop becomes very slow that opening chrome while moving files get the laptop unresponsive. Windows explorer uses all disk resources. Laptop: ideapad 330-15ikb CPU: i7 8550u ram: 8gb HDD: seagate 5400rpm, the hdd is in a good health I had…
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Where to put XAMPP HTDOCS Confusion

Is it okay to put the XAMPP Directory in your SSD? ...considering such cases like you're a web developer and performing small writes to the files under its HTDOCS directory when you make changes / fix errors in your web dev files in it, and at the…
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