Re: My PC just broke down.... :(

In article <o7iuf1p75m6ko446uvrv01i756rmvb8rjh@xxxxxxx>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> If you'd had the required backup set and the floppy you'd be done by
>>> now. Failing that you could set it up how you want and Ghost it.
>>
>> The problem is MS not having a HD utility on their installation CDs,
>> not whatever backup precautions the users may or may not take, since
>> the issue here is determining WHAT went wrong, not THAT it went
>> wrong. It's quite obvious that something went wrong. Launching Disk
>> Utility in the Mac installer is a great way to checkup on HD's
>
> And of course if they did you'd be amongst the first to start
> screaming that Microsoft was out to put disk utility makers out of
> business.

*yawn* Lacking anything to counter the facts with, Clyde resorts to his silly
Maccie myths again.

>>> Its a disk utility. If you want to look at some blinky lights while
>>> its running break out your Chrismas tree lights.
>>
>> Oh my god. Well, this is the Mayor - he really is that stupid.
>
> I'm not the one that screwed my PC up, now am I, genius?

How did I screw my PC up, Mayor? Please detail the process, I'd really like to
know.

> I know you Maccies think information isn't real unless its surrounded
> by a GUI, but trust me, its still the same at a command line.

Again - this is the Mayor. He has a physical *knob* on the front of his PC to
*manually* adjust the fan speed. Why trust a computer to do something you can
do by hand? Easier? Bah!

I am a linux server *admin*, Mayor. I admin about ten servers with nothing but
SSH. Windows, however, is supposed to be a desktop user OS, in spite of its
lacking installation process.

>>> Just put the disk in and let it reinstall. At worst you'll need to
>>> reapply SP2.
>>
>> It clearly says I will loose all my applications and even the My
>> Documents folder. Do you use Windows as often as you use MacOS?
>
> Actually, I screw up my machine to the point where this is necessary
> about as often as I use MacOS. But then again I have an ASR backup
> ready to go, floppy and all. It takes about a half hour to be up and
> going again. How long have you been working on it so far?

Haha! A floppy. Good god. And you think you're advocating Windows. :-D

>> A re-install will explicitly wanr you about there already being a
>> \WINDOWS folder and that proceeding will delete every file in it. My
>> Documents won't be deleted (I think) but renamed and put elsewhere.
>> All accounts on the machine are deleted.
>
> Which is why you rename the current Windows directory before you
> start.

Actually, you are given the option to rename the NEW windows installation,
which means that you would have two valid windows installations on the same
disk, which incidentally is something the installation process vehemently
encourages you NOT to do.

>> Hahaha! And you really want to advocate Windows? You're hilarious.
>
> Half an hour from start to finish and its all back like nothing ever
> happened. How long are you going to spend screwing around with
> reloading everything, laughing boy? But remember the floppy is
> useless. You might want to repeat that with every CD you shove in. 8)

The floppy is indeed useless. The mere fact that an operating system asks for a
recovery floppy in the year 2005 astounds me.

Let me guess - it is *impossible* to create a recovery CD?

--
Sandman[.net]
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