Has an OS been installed on the external drive yet?
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§ ita § - Oct 23, 2009 8:54:21 pm PDT #11448 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
flea - Oct 24, 2009 2:00:21 am PDT #11449 of 25501
information libertarian
I love my netbook, but the screen *is* pretty small, and I do a lot of scrolling. Is there a way (plugin?) to make the top inch of the Firefox browser vertically compress itself? It's just taking up a huge proportion of my screen, ith a decent amount of wasted real estate, and if I could make it wee I could still see to click things okay I think.
dcp - Oct 24, 2009 2:34:25 am PDT #11450 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Try View-->Toolbars and de-select some toolbars, or select Customize to drag&drop what you want where. I keep mine pretty minimal -- I have the Print icon and the Search window on the command bar, below that the Navigation toolbar, and below that nothing but the window tabs.
You can do without the Navigation toolbar if you want to free up that space, all the commands on it are available under the File command or by keyboard shortcut.
Tom Scola - Oct 24, 2009 2:52:38 am PDT #11451 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
You can hit F11, and browse in full-screen mode, which will eliminate some of the cruft.
You can also try the Chrome browser, which has less cruft to begin with.
Sue - Oct 24, 2009 5:44:46 am PDT #11452 of 25501
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If you use full screen mode (F11), then the tabs and the address ba appear when you mouse to the top of the screen.
erin_obscure - Oct 24, 2009 8:47:46 am PDT #11453 of 25501
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
uh, i have no idea if there is an os installed on the external hd. how would i have done that?
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2009 8:58:24 am PDT #11454 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you don't know, then it is unlikely to be. That's why you can't boot--you have no operating system. You'd have to install one on the external drive, assuming the PC can recognise it as a boot device.
erin_obscure - Oct 24, 2009 9:08:39 am PDT #11455 of 25501
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
aaaaah... hrm, how would i do that? hook up the hd to someone else's computer with a disc drive and then try to copy it over?
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2009 9:16:51 am PDT #11456 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No-you'd need Windows installation media and to boot off that and see if it recognises the external disk as a target.
NoiseDesign - Oct 25, 2009 2:20:47 pm PDT #11457 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Just thought the Mac people might be interested to know that the new Magic Mouse is actually really nice. The multitouch interface on it works like a charm.