Industry standards meet the real world · Proposed air date:
A caller’s supposedly standard hard drive setup fails in every expected configuration. Dr. Dave explains that computer industry standards often contain troublesome exceptions, weighs unusual experiments against risk and closes with the practical rule that troubleshooting has to deal with reality as it is, which is also what makes his work frustrating and rewarding.
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Proposed recording date: 2006-03-11. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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