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| 562684 | 2007-06-26 21:23:00 | lol, I just finished downloading 320mb on dialup last week for Ubuntu. You thought updates for Windows was bad! And a spare partition/hdd for XP/2K/Vista/x64 updates. Stuffed if I'm getting them again if I have to format. I am a bit set back by this statement.If the one and only Speedy thinks he may have to reformat at some time,what hope is there for the rest of us????? |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 562685 | 2007-06-26 21:59:00 | I usually do a deliberate format and clean install every 6 months or so. Beats the hell out of trying to improve performance and search for those other elusive gremlins in the background. Admittedly I've only been doing it this way since our broadband service has "improved" (even if it is a pitiful "improvement") However, I do understand the frustration... I recall a few years back when I 1st came to NZ I had my vinyl collection converted to mp3 and put on my hard drive for the flight over to AKL... bout 6 months later I had a system crash and lost most of my music... vinyls were stolen back in SA so had no way of re-recording them. I think I'm only just starting to download and buy the last ones I have missing... Ever since then I've had a separate disk drive for software, music and general storage plus one more for the obligatory new OS trial such as Vista, Linux and Solaris etc. Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 562686 | 2007-06-26 23:28:00 | I am a bit set back by this statement.If the one and only Speedy thinks he may have to reformat at some time,what hope is there for the rest of us????? You make him sound like god. He aint and anyone who talks enough will eventually sound like he knows what he talks about. Eventually everyone will need to reformat because drives don't last forever. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 562687 | 2007-06-26 23:50:00 | Eventually everyone will need to reformat because drives don't last forever. That would mostly apply to PC users. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 562688 | 2007-06-26 23:51:00 | I am a bit set back by this statement.If the one and only Speedy thinks he may have to reformat at some time,what hope is there for the rest of us????? I think what Speedy is trying to say is that no system is completely fault tolerant and that eventually no matter how often you update, scan, immunize etc there will always be a point that a format and clean install will be needed. I think Speedy's gripe is more that there is significantly more work connected to getting updates nowadays than there is to just re-install OS and other software... a definite sign that even in todays age software/hardware vendors cannot provide us with products that are 100% guaranteed to not die on the user at some stage. You make him sound like god. He aint and anyone who talks enough will eventually sound like he knows what he talks about. I think the use of the word "god" by the poster is merely to indicate that based on the advice given by Speedy on a daily basis he is more knowledgeable than most. This would be especially true for our less experienced PF1ers who compared to Speedy would coin the "god" phrase as a comparison based purely on the fact that he has sooo much knowledge. Whilst Speedy may not be infallible he certainly is one the most elite and foremost sources of computing help and tips on this forum, I for one hold him in very high regard because of this and in fact the cold hard truth is that Speedy DOES know what he's talking about. :thumbs: :thumbs: Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 562689 | 2007-06-26 23:52:00 | I think the use of the word "god" by the poster is merely to indicate that based on the advice given by Speedy on a daily basis he is more knowledgeable than most . This would be especially true for our less experienced PF1ers who compared to Speedy would coin the "god" phrase as a comparison based purely on the fact that he has sooo much knowledge . Whilst Speedy may not be infallible he certainly is one the most elite and foremost sources of computing help and tips on this forum, I for one hold him in very high regard because of this and in fact the cold hard truth is that Speedy DOES know what he's talking about . :thumbs: :thumbs: Cheers :thumbs: |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 562690 | 2007-06-27 00:23:00 | Like a lot of people Speedy and I have a "working relationship" dateing way back when I worked to stuff things up and he worked to help get things working again.I posted my comment here with tongue in cheek hopeing to get heaps of LOL. Bit sorry for that as the original thread has been sidetracked. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 562691 | 2007-06-27 00:36:00 | That would mostly apply to PC users. That is nearly correct. Certain applies to all PC users (Personal Computers)(includes macs and all) but implies anything that uses a hard drive as they are simply mechanical devices with a limited life even though they are usually quite long. Allways backup. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 562692 | 2007-06-27 00:43:00 | I usually do a deliberate format and clean install every 6 months or so . How awful . I couldn't go through that all the time, all the installing and then hours and hours of ripping, tweaking and removing . Which is why I just restore my prepared image . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 562693 | 2007-06-27 00:51:00 | I am a bit set back by this statement.If the one and only Speedy thinks he may have to reformat at some time,what hope is there for the rest of us????? lol, well actually I havent formatted for about a year and a half now And the reason I download the updates, instead of updating thru Windowsupdate. 1. I'm on dialup. 2. Even tho I've got XP slipstreamed with SP2, there's over 100+ mb of updates alone for XP. Which is why I prefer downloading the updates. 3. There's 2 computers here with XP. So, its easier to get them once, then xfer the updates across the network. Which will save me getting the updates twice. 4. And the only reason I formatted last time was the old mobo killed itself. It was pretty flaky. Things went off and on, BUT the onboard LAN and the modem PCI port were shot. Neither worked. So, there was no point in using it. I think this happened, over time (since the power zapped my old CPU, and zapped 1/2 of the old mobo in the process). So, I had to replace the mobo and reformat.. If you thought you guys were bad with protection / security, Probation Officers are / were definitely worse. They may know the law. They know nothing about computers lol. I must have fixed 6-7 PC's belonging to Probation Officers, and they were RIDDLED with malware/trojans. You name it, they had it. And thanx for your comments Chief....I appreciate it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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