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| Which Internet browser do you prefer? | | Firefox 3 |  51% | | Firefox 3.1 (Minefield) |  18% | | Safari |  13% | | Opera |  4% | | Internet Explorer 7 |  4% | | Internet Explorer 8 |  3% | | Chrome | | 2% | | Camino |  2% | | Internet Explorer 6 |  1% | | SeaMonkey |  1% | | Konqueror |  0% | | Netscape |  0% |
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| Who Will be the next Dr. Who? | | Alan Davies | | 20% | | Other | | 14% | | James Nesbitt | | 12% | | Stephen Fry | | 11% | | Russell Brand | | 11% | | Bill Bailey | | 9% | | Catherine Tate | | 8% | | James McAvoy | | 6% | | Jason Statham | | 3% | | David Walliams | | 2% | | Paterson Joseph | | 2% | | Ralf Little | | 2% | | Robert Carlyle | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 21/11/08 |
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| What's your company's primary network topology? | | gigabit Ethernet | | 47% | | 10/100 Ethernet | | 47% | | Fibre | | 7% | | Token Ring | | 0% | | Wireless | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 30/10/08 |
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| Which brand of ext. BYOD HDD box would you prefer to use? | | Icy-box | | 26% | | Macpower | | 20% | | Qnap | | 13% | | Thecus | | 9% | | Netstor | | 9% | | Synology | | 6% | | Axus | | 5% | | Infortrend | | 5% | | Sonnet | | 5% | | Promise | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 24/10/08 |
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| How do you find items on this site? | | Using a 3rd party site search (google,etc) | | 46% | | Using the Categories on the left | | 27% | | Using the search box | | 23% | | Using the EasyFind sections | | 4% | | Using the Manufacturers drop down | | 0% | | Using the New Products section | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 14/08/08 |
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| Why did you last reformat your hard drive? | | To upgrade or switch to a new OS | | 37% | | To increase performance | | 17% | | Had system problems I couldn't resolve | | 13% | | The file sytem become corrupted | | 9% | | I have never found it necessary | | 8% | | Viruses and spyware made a mess | | 7% | | The drive died | | 5% | | To sell or get rid of hard drive | | 3% | | I accidentally did it | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 14/07/08 |
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| What takes up the most space on your hard drive? | | Video | | 46% | | Music | | 16% | | Photos | | 13% | | Software | | 12% | | Games | | 6% | | Documents | | 6% | | Other | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 03/06/08 |
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| What's the best way to transfer large files between computers? | | Local-area network | | 49% | | Portable hard drive - eSATA | | 23% | | Cross-over cable | | 14% | | FTP server | | 6% | | Portable hard drive - USB | | 6% | | Portable hard drive - FW | | 3% | | CD-R/CD-RW | | 0% | | DVD-R/DVD-RW | | 0% | | Floppy or Zip drive | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 13/05/08 |
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| Do you use encryption? | | I don't feel a need to run encryption. | | 42% | | I encrypt email and certain files on my hard drive. | | 33% | | Full hard drive encryption | | 16% | | Encryption?!? What's that? | | 4% | | I encrypt my email | | 4% |
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This Poll ended on 01/05/08 |
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| How does your company store critical data? | | Backed up on dedicated server onsite | | 28% | | Backed up on tape/cd/dvd, onsite | | 25% | | Backed up on dedicated server offsite | | 19% | | Backed up on tape/cd/dvd, offsite | | 13% | | Not Backed Up | | 9% | | Backed up with specialist backup/recovery solution | | 6% |
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This Poll ended on 07/04/08 |
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| Have you ever paid for professional hard drive recovery? | | Nope, I back up my stuff, thank you very much. | | 51% | | Nope. I'm still living on the edge--no backup, and no crashes. | | 16% | | No, but ever since that crash I've got backup religion. | | 14% | | Yes, and what a ripoff! | | 13% | | Yes, and it was worth every penny. | | 5% | | I would have, but my drive was too far gone. | | 1% |
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This Poll ended on 11/03/08 |
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| Which payment method would you use? | | PayPal | | 41% | | Credit Card | | 36% | | Debit Card | | 8% | | Bank Transfer | | 6% | | Google Checkout | | 5% | | Payment on Collection | | 4% | | Cheque | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 22/02/08 |
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| Which backup format do you use regularly? | | HDD | | 52% | | DVD/CD | | 19% | | Ultrium (LTO) | | 10% | | Blu-ray | | 7% | | DLT | | 6% | | DDS/DAT | | 2% | | Travan | | 2% | | Magneto Optical | | 1% | | AIT | | 1% | | VXA | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 02/02/08 |
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| What is the main Operating System you use? | | Mac OS X | | 30% | | Windows XP | | 29% | | Linux/Unix | | 21% | | Windows Vista | | 12% | | Windows Server 2003 | | 3% | | Windows 2000 or older | | 2% | | Solaris | | 2% | | Mac OS9 | | 0% | | Windows Server or SBS 2008 | | 0% | | Netware | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 11/01/08 |
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| Which brand of hard drive do you trust most? | | Seagate | | 42% | | Western Digital | | 23% | | Hitachi-HGST | | 11% | | Samsung | | 9% | | Maxtor | | 8% | | Fujitsu | | 5% | | Toshiba | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 20/11/07 |
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| Which green-friendly technologies do you use? | | Turn off PCs outside working hours | | 38% | | Energy-efficient processors | | 20% | | None of the above | | 16% | | Server virtualisation | | 12% | | Reducing paper use from printing | | 12% | | Recycle PCs or donate to charity | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 18/10/07 |
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| How often do you backup? | | Daily | | 31% | | Weekly | | 14% | | backup??? | | 14% | | Happy using RAID | | 13% | | Monthly | | 12% | | Never | | 11% | | Yearly | | 5% |
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This Poll ended on 17/09/07 |
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| What is the biggest free PCI-Express slot you have? | | PCI-E x16 | | 39% | | None | | 25% | | PCI-E x1 | | 13% | | PCI-E x8 | | 8% | | What is PCI-E? | | 7% | | PCI-E x4 | | 5% | | Not sure... | | 4% |
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This Poll ended on 25/05/07 |
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| What is your display resolution set to? | | 1280 x 1024 | | 45% | | 1600 x 1200 | | 34% | | 1024 x 768 | | 17% | | 800 x 600 | | 2% | | 640 x 480 | | 1% | | 1152 x 864 | | 1% |
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This Poll ended on 17/04/07 |
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| When was the last time you restarted your computer? | | Today | | 47% | | A few days ago | | 19% | | Yesterday | | 11% | | Over a month ago | | 11% | | Over a week ago | | 6% | | Over a year ago | | 4% | | A month ago | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 27/03/07 |
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| Which type of external storage connection is best for you? | | Gigabit LAN | | 26% | | eSATA | | 21% | | USB2 | | 16% | | Firewire800 | | 13% | | 10/100 LAN |  10% | | MuliLane SAS/SATA | | 8% | | Firewire400 | | 7% |
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This Poll ended on 05/03/07 |
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| Which hard drive tech are you looking forward to the most? | | Hybrid (Solid State) Drives | | 41% | | 1 TB+ Capacity Drives | | 36% | | Over 15,000 RPM Spindle Speed | | 18% | | 32 MB+ Cache Buffers | | 6% |
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This Poll ended on 01/02/07 |
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| What changes would you like to see to the website? | | Clearance section | | 20% | | Downloads section | | 18% | | Bulk buy prices | | 18% | | Wider range of products | | 11% | | Easier navigation | | 9% | | Special offers | | 9% | | Improved layout | | 5% | | Other... | | 5% | | Forum | | 4% | | More graphics/colour | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 13/11/06 |
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| Would you buy an OEM OS with a new Hard Disk? | | No, use linux/unix | | 22% | | No, get OS from Apple | | 19% | | Yes, XP Pro | | 17% | | Yes, Vista | | 16% | | No, have legal copy of OS | | 12% | | No, not installing OS | | 8% | | Yes, XP Home | | 6% |
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This Poll ended on 10/08/06 |
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| Primary PC DVD Burner Use? | | Backing Up Data | | 36% | | Watching DVD Movies | | 24% | | Creating DVD Videos | | 16% | | Creating Audio CDs | | 12% | | Reading Data Discs | | 12% |
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This Poll ended on 04/07/06 |
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| When was your last Hard Disk Failure? | | Over 5 years ago | | 26% | | 1-2 years ago | | 18% | | 7-12 months ago | | 13% | | last week | | 12% | | 2-6 months ago | | 11% | | last month | | 11% | | 3-5 years ago | | 9% |
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This Poll ended on 21/06/06 |
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| Do you use RAID? | | RAID 5 | | 23% | | No | | 22% | | RAID 0 | | 18% | | Whats RAID? | | 16% | | RAID 1 | | 14% | | RAID Other setup | | 9% | | RAID 6 | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 24/05/06 |
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| Which Internet browser do you prefer? | | Firefox | | 58% | | Internet Explorer 6 | | 22% | | Opera | | 9% | | Other | | 8% | | Netscape | | 1% | | IE 5 or less | | 1% |
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This Poll ended on 05/04/06 |
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| Which Operating System are you using? | | Windows XP / XP MCE | | 38% | | Mac OS X | | 34% | | Linux | | 11% | | Windows 2k | | 4% | | Windows XP 64 | | 3% | | Windows Vista | | 3% | | Windows 95/98/ME | | 3% | | Mac OS 8/9 | | 1% | | Dos | | 1% | | Unix | | 1% | | Windows NT | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 27/03/06 |
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| Which is your favorite search engine? | | Google | | 78% | | Yahoo | | 9% | | MSN | | 4% | | AOL | | 3% | | Other | | 3% | | Ask Jeeves | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 23/02/06 |
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| What are you most looking forward to in the future? | | Bigger Flash Drives | | 25% | | Blu-Ray/HD DVD | | 24% | | Faster HDD | | 16% | | Hybrid disks | | 13% | | Wireless USB | | 10% | | Bigger HHD | | 7% | | FCAL 10gb | | 3% |
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This Poll ended on 02/02/06 |
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| What is on your Xmas list? | | DVD Drive | | 20% | | External HDD | | 20% | | Complete System | | 15% | | SATA Hard Drive | | 11% | | Raid Card | | 7% | | Motherboard | | 7% | | RAM | | 5% | | Media Player (DivX) | | 5% | | Scanner or Printer | | 4% | | Flash Storage | | 4% | | Monitor | | 4% | | PATA Hard Drive | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 20/01/06 |
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| What optical media do you use the most? | | DVD-R | | 30% | | CD-R | | 17% | | DVD+R | | 15% | | DVD+RW | | 12% | | DVD-RAM | | 11% | | CD-RW | | 6% | | DVD-RW | | 5% | | DVD+R DL | | 2% | | DVD-R DL | | 1% |
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This Poll ended on 16/12/05 |
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| Which backup format do you use regularly? | | DLT | | 27% | | Ultrium (LTO) | | 25% | | DDS | | 15% | | Travan | | 9% | | AIT | | 8% | | Magneto Optical | | 8% | | VXA | | 5% | | SLR | | 3% | | Mammoth | | 0% |
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This Poll ended on 15/11/05 |
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| Whose hard drives have you found to be the most reliable? | | Seagate | | 30% | | Maxtor | | 25% | | W.Digital | | 15% | | Hitachi-GST | | 11% | | IBM | | 9% | | Toshiba | | 4% | | other | | 3% | | Fujitsu | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 17/08/05 |
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| How do you connect to the internet? | | T1 | | 21% | | 512kbps DSL | | 19% | | 1Mbps DSL | | 18% | | 2Mbps DSL | | 18% | | 8Mbps DSL | | 7% | | 4Mbps DSL | | 7% | | Unknown | | 4% | | Leased line (T3) | | 3% | | ISDN | | 1% | | 56k dial-up | | 1% |
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This Poll ended on 11/07/05 |
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| What is your favourite storage interface ? | | SATA | | 28% | | SCSI | | 15% | | ATA/IDE | | 13% | | Firewire 800 | | 13% | | USB 2 | | 11% | | Firewire | | 10% | | FCAL | | 6% | | iSCSI | | 3% | | SAS | | 2% |
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This Poll ended on 30/06/05 |
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