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I got tired of the noise which my 3 harddrives are producing (inside the computer case). Even the “turn off hard disks after X minutes” option in the power options of the windows xp control panel did not help much as some applications in the background were turning the drives on again after a few seconds during the standby mode.

After removing them I suppose that I can also remove 1-2 fans to furtherly remove noise as the majority of the heat in my case is being produced by the harddrives.

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If you’re seeking a comparison between the most popular container encryption programs, then this will be most likely the final station of your search.

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