Needed to reformat my drive and start totally from scratch (as a fresh installation - which is probably better anyway!) - my system wouldn't even recognise the hard drive boot block!
Sorted it now tho' - bloody Microsoft!!!
Had a massive system crash... good job I backed-up all of my files etc.
Needed to reformat my drive and start totally from scratch (as a fresh installation - which is probably better anyway!) - my system wouldn't even
recognise the hard drive boot block!
Sorted it now tho' - bloody Microsoft!!!
Yuk.. never upgrade windows over top of something else!
Especially to XP. Fresh start is always best, computer will run better too
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Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
Yuk.. never upgrade windows over top of something else!
Especially to XP. Fresh start is always best, computer will run better too
take it from a professional systems engineer. NEVER upgrade any microsoft product. ALWAYS back up your data and do a clean installation then apply the
appropriate patches (but be careful here as well as these may also bugger things up !!!!)
"if I had a penny for every system (and many of them are large corporate systems) that has been completely buggered by some tinkerer running an
upgrade disk, I be VERY rich"
ps setting the windows update to automatically install all available patches is also asking for your system to get buggered without your asking.
tread carefully paying people like me to fix the above problems can cost £££
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Originally posted by givemethebighammertread carefully paying people like me to fix the above problems can cost £££
I've only ever upgraded OS's, about 10 times, never had a problem 
I'm all for people upgrading and tinkering with their IT systems keeps me in a job. That and Mr Gates line of rather sub-standard products.
microsoft s**t but it pays the bills !!!
So... I'm about to install 4 updates for my new windows XP. Should I click install or not? 
I've always updated 98SE with no problems.... I'm a tad worried now!
dont do the second service pack
Downloaded as part of update that's all, what do you reckon yae or nae?
SP2 for XP..?
Yeah go for it! if your really that masochisitc and you fancy having a very expensive new doorstop!
Seriously don't beleive all the hype in the press about this new service pack - It is the devils own personal upgrade and is guaranteed to drive
you to suicide
Cheers
Made the mistake of installing that POS 'upgrade' at the weekend....
Slowed my PC considerably and now gives aggro trying to connect to the 'net...
Don't bother with it.
Well, there is an alternative for the brave - I run Mandrake 10 Linux!
Can be (i.e. "was" ) an absolute bar-steward to initially get running exactly as I wanted, but now it runs like a dream.
I worked out the cost of the free software that I use regularly, if I had to buy similar packages for Windoze - C++ compiler, "office"
software, good graphical bitmap editor, and so on - and decided to give up when I got past £2000.
I shall now put my head back below the parapet and wait for..."INCOMING!"
David
(who has a dual-boot machine, and rarely goes into Windows any more)
I agree with David.
Fedora Core 2, Firefox and a whole host of programming tools.
I've a Mandrake 9.2 box that's been up since Christmas. Never crashed or done anything wrong.
Dual boot for when I need it (doing stuff for school etc)
Cheers,
Neil.