Do not buy a replacement for a problem you do not have · Proposed air date:
A caller is ready to replace an external hard drive because his computer boots slowly whenever it is attached. Dr. Dave first separates the drive from the boot process and identifies a likely firmware setting, then warns that buying a new disk before testing the diagnosis may spend money only to reproduce the exact same delay.
This excerpt runs from 1:07.234 to 5:21.182 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2008-10-11. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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