Posted on 11/12/2001 8:56:28 AM PST by John Jorsett
According to The Inquirer, Microsoft has admitted that under certain circumstances, the repairing, reinstalling or upgrading of Windows XP may lead to data loss on your hard drive. Though some of this data might be on a backup that XP makes, there could still be data lost that can't be retreived. There's no word on an upcoming fix.
At this point I reinstall the OS, and put Office 2000 on it. That went better. Then I tried to get the CD burner working with EZ CD Creator 5 and I was back in the MS ditch again. I found patches that were needed for that software to work with XP. I downloaded them and tried to install them. No go. They said EZ CD was not installed. But, it was. Hummm.....reformat the hard disk and go with Windows ME.
Much smoother install and everything's working just fine. Screw XP.
Oh, and getting XP off the disk was a chore too. I had to research how to get it off. I couldn't just boot on a Start Disk and fdisk to remove the NTFS partition and create a DOS partition and format. ....Nooooooo, had to boot back up on the XP CD and remove the XP NTFS partition and then I could boot on floppy and get the DOS partition and format the disk. What a nightmare....
Why don't you try, www.langalist.com & see if you find him & his info useful?
I now *subscribe* to Fred's "pay" newsletter titled, "LangaListPlus."
Let me tell you, Fred charges a *whopping* $10 p/year (w/ NO SPAM!!) for not only the best expertise in the business when it comes to Windows et al (IMO); BUT, also an assortment of unbelievable links to 100s of computer hardware & software sites.
Each site's first checked-out & approved for safety, content, & credibility first, by FredL himself.
There's a poster here by the name of, "Kermit" (whose also been known to go by the name, "JabbaTheTuft") who referred me to FLanga a couple years ago.
I'm so thankful to this Kermit guy for turning me onto FredL, I'd by him a case of Heineken if I knew how to find him.
Try it.
I'll check it out. ...as soon as I get these Unixware 7 bootable floppies remade after my customization. hehe, I am hands on for sure. "Senior Research and Development Engineer" for a computer company. ha! What a title.....should just be hacker/cracker/slacker :-)
Thanks again.
Consider SUSE also. Too bad about Microsoft. I think Bill is a bit over the edge with some of his recent initiatives. To wit: Product Activation and .Net.
Sounds good, but aren't you bothered about having to buy something you can't use? (Try buying a computer with no operating system these days).
Consider SUSE also. Too bad about Microsoft. I think Bill is a bit over the edge with some of his recent initiatives. To wit: Product Activation and .Net
Just installed SuSE 7.3 (after trying Mandrake for a week): Yeahhh Baby! So long , Microsuck
Why no comment when your darling company's OS upgrade erases files?
Why wait? Set up one of those machines with SuSE 7.3 and start learning Linux today. You'll get the refreshing feeling that can only come from using what is obviously a superior operating system (albeit one that takes more effort to learn). Just think, you'll never have to input an installation code again. And you'll never be forced to register, or have hundreds of megabytes of idiotic "trial offers" from service providers spewed all over your hard drive.
Then, after you've come to the inevitable conclusion that it really is better, you can load it on the rest of your machines without having to feel like an "evil pirate". Heck, you can even start burning copies and handing them out to your friends, family, and business associates. All with the comforting thought that no one is ever going to accuse you of a crime. Get started today and you'll have plenty of time to get the feel of those thousands of free programs that come with it!
Just installed Mandrake and I'm literally overwhelmed by the choices I now have with respect to both front-ends and software applications in general. Very cool.
To me this kind of personal control is worth paying for. I know I could've gotten the distribution for free somewhere, but for some reason I felt good paying for it. :)
CD-Burners are wonderful things. ;)
LOL - I'm not saying a word..... Cheers, CC :p
Build it... cheaper too.
c,mon b2k. you should have included windows in there, or left out the linux. the world is filled with clueless windows users and programmers.
[seperated out, cause addison wesley rules] read Watts Humphrey's "A Discipline for Software Engineering" (Addison-Wesley)
twelve bucks off for this ($47.50) at bookpool
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