The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Downloads help?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by info_mouse, Jul 8, 2006.

  1. info_mouse

    info_mouse Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    23
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I'm not sure which thread this post would go under so bear with me.

    For university Im going to "try" to get a very nice laptop to do the majority of my computing needs. However I am also interested in getting programs like limewire and other p2p programs for music and movie downloads and to be honest some porn too. I want to ensure that if i get a virus on my system that i will not loose all of my school files or corrupt the ones i save to my external hard drive. Should i get another smaller external hard drive for the downloads or is there any other solutions to prevent the downloads from corrupting my files.

    Also I have a friend who is trying to sell his laptop that is about a year old for around $250 bucks. it doesnt have much on it but it has enough computing power for internet downloads. should i consider buying the laptop just for internet downloads
     
    info_mouse, Jul 8, 2006
    #1
  2. kidA

    kidA Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    56
    Messages:
    840
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    an external for backup would be great. Also, you can do what i did and partition the hard drive. All my downloads go on the c: drive so that if something goes horribly wrong i can just reformat and keep the important files on the d: drive and my external and discs for complete surety.

    honestly though, as long as your careful with your downloads, get good anti virus software (even avg, which is free is great) and check regularly for spyware, adware, etc with spybot or ad aware, you should be fine. You can also use CCleaner to clear up all your junk temp and log files including your porn histories ahem
     
    kidA, Jul 8, 2006
    #2