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| Thread ID: 58044 | 2005-05-19 17:53:00 | Do computers slowly die? | ProMaz (34) | Press F1 |
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| 356775 | 2005-05-20 05:18:00 | i reformat mine about once or twice a year, there is a noticable speed increase too, it really cleans out the junk. but all i have to do is pop my image disk in and im away :) | Prescott (11) | ||
| 356776 | 2005-05-20 13:53:00 | i reformat mine about once or twice a year, there is a noticable speed increase too, it really cleans out the junk. but all i have to do is pop my image disk in and im away :) Yes, a good idea. Alas I now have tons of stuff on my hard drive and the Ghost I have doesn't let you exclude folders/files with NTFS :yuck: |
gibler (49) | ||
| 356777 | 2005-05-20 14:14:00 | gibler do you know what version of Ghost will do this job. I want to save an image of my Win2KPro OS complete with all programs, files etc, I am using NTFS. I am using approx 4 Gig of a 6 Gig partition. How large will the image be approx? Will it fit onto one Cd? If not, can I put it onto a slightly smaller partition on the same hard drive, this partition being FAT32. Or maybe onto multiple Cd's. I have never had the opportunity to use Ghost due to financial constraints but I hope to get the right version soon. Thanks in advance, Robert. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 356778 | 2005-05-20 14:21:00 | Now that we're talking about Ghost... I love it. Only problem is that the personal version sucks. I'm used to the corporate one at work and the difference is so large I just can't be bothered. Ironically, I just finished making a pristine install for use as a Ghost, but it's just so lame compared to the corporate edition that I didn't bother to continure making it (that and the fact that my image would be about 17GB). Maybe when I get that multicast server going... |
Growly (6) | ||
| 356779 | 2005-05-21 03:31:00 | Hmm. I have the personal version of Ghost. I love it. Does the job. If you make an image of PARTITION rather than drive it tends to come out smaller. Even if the drive only has one partition. But what I do, is put it on a DVD if its over CD size. Or store it on another HDD. Theres heaps of 10Gb Seagates on Trademe lately (out of XBoxes), so its not an especially expensive thing to do... | pctek (84) | ||
| 356780 | 2005-05-21 04:13:00 | Years ago when I was regularly writing for Datafile the local computer club magazine there were huge arguments about leaving computers on or off all the time. The are advantages for both actions but just for interest I worked out how much electicity was being used if the things were left on 24/7 throughout the country. I forget the figures now but it shook us all. NZ just cannot afford this waste. If for nothing else turn the things OFF when they are not being used. Could save a heck of a lot of water and or air pollution. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 356781 | 2005-05-21 04:35:00 | A PC (assume average 150 watts) running 24/7 costs around $200 per year in power. 1,314 kWh per year. That $ cost is rapidly rising with power cost increases. Assume half of that time is not needed it is still $100 per year just wasted. Yet I still encounter people that will not turn them off "because the hard drive will last longer if not powered down". You could buy a new hard drive every year at that price. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 356782 | 2005-05-21 04:45:00 | Lol, thats hard out penny watching but well pointed out. And what do you mean reformats put stress on the computer, how on earth could that be?? | ProMaz (34) | ||
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