On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:10:30 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:07:52 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Now what?

Buy a new computer.

Yeah but..yeah, but... oh ****.
--
John H

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:10:30 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:07:52 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Now what?
Buy a new computer.

Yeah but..yeah, but... oh ****.

Rather than using backup, can you just copy the files manually using
windows explorer. Or perhaps different backup software?

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:54:37 -0600, Del Cecchi
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:10:30 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:07:52 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Now what?
Buy a new computer.

Yeah but..yeah, but... oh ****.

Rather than using backup, can you just copy the files manually using
windows explorer. Or perhaps different backup software?

That's what I've been doing. Do you delete all the old folders and files
first, or do you just copy on top of the old?
--
John H

wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:54:37 -0600, Del Cecchi
wrote:

Rather than using backup, can you just copy the files manually using
windows explorer. Or perhaps different backup software?

That was my thought. I have several big drives scattered around my
network and I copy stuff I don't want to lose to them. There are
several copies of things like my MP3s and pictures spinning on oxide
in raw form. Backup files may use less disk space but you need the
matching restore program to retrieve them. The only thing these are
handy for is your system files that don't "copy" well.
Even with that if you are a W/9x person you can get a reasonably good
backup restore using XCOPY/S/H/E/R/C. There is a short file name
problem that could bite you but you need to have done some strange DOS
stuff to have it happen. Your Windows system files will come back
fine.
I am not running XP yet but I have a shrinkwrapped "pro" sitting here
for when I need to. 98SE still seems to be doing fine for what I do.


Hmmm. Have you considered MS DOS 1.1? :}

HK wrote:

wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:54:37 -0600, Del Cecchi
wrote:

Rather than using backup, can you just copy the files manually using
windows explorer. Or perhaps different backup software?


That was my thought. I have several big drives scattered around my
network and I copy stuff I don't want to lose to them. There are
several copies of things like my MP3s and pictures spinning on oxide
in raw form. Backup files may use less disk space but you need the
matching restore program to retrieve them. The only thing these are
handy for is your system files that don't "copy" well. Even with that
if you are a W/9x person you can get a reasonably good
backup restore using XCOPY/S/H/E/R/C. There is a short file name
problem that could bite you but you need to have done some strange DOS
stuff to have it happen. Your Windows system files will come back
fine.
I am not running XP yet but I have a shrinkwrapped "pro" sitting here
for when I need to. 98SE still seems to be doing fine for what I do.



Hmmm. Have you considered MS DOS 1.1? :}
No way, He *needs* MDOS 2.0 for hard disk support and so he can run
Windows ;-)
(Also a 98SE site here - though I've got Win4WG 3.11 installed to run in
DOS mode from the 98 if I want some nostalgia. Its also in a VM on the
only XP box which gets switched on less than once a month)

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Ian Malcolm wrote:
HK wrote:

wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:54:37 -0600, Del Cecchi
wrote:

Rather than using backup, can you just copy the files manually using
windows explorer. Or perhaps different backup software?


That was my thought. I have several big drives scattered around my
network and I copy stuff I don't want to lose to them. There are
several copies of things like my MP3s and pictures spinning on oxide
in raw form. Backup files may use less disk space but you need the
matching restore program to retrieve them. The only thing these are
handy for is your system files that don't "copy" well. Even with that
if you are a W/9x person you can get a reasonably good
backup restore using XCOPY/S/H/E/R/C. There is a short file name
problem that could bite you but you need to have done some strange DOS
stuff to have it happen. Your Windows system files will come back
fine.
I am not running XP yet but I have a shrinkwrapped "pro" sitting here
for when I need to. 98SE still seems to be doing fine for what I do.



Hmmm. Have you considered MS DOS 1.1? :}
No way, He *needs* MDOS 2.0 for hard disk support and so he can run
Windows ;-)
(Also a 98SE site here - though I've got Win4WG 3.11 installed to run in
DOS mode from the 98 if I want some nostalgia. Its also in a VM on the
only XP box which gets switched on less than once a month)



Well, I still have a set of beta floppies from the first beta of Windows
95. 23 or 24 floppies, if memory serves. Usually, when you got to the
install of floppy 18, there was something wrong with the media and the
install bombed.

These days for backup I use commercial backup software. Set it up, no
fuss, no muss, runs at 2 am, has recovery CD. In the old days, I'd use
XCOPY to backup files but there's no reason to do so anymore. I use
Acronis, but there are plenty of choices out there in softwareland.

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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:17:29 -0500, HK wrote:

I am not running XP yet but I have a shrinkwrapped "pro" sitting here
for when I need to. 98SE still seems to be doing fine for what I do.


Hmmm. Have you considered MS DOS 1.1? :}

I used PCDOS 1.0 on my PC1 but I kept upgrading as long as I saw
benefit. 6.3 is about as good as DOS got. I haven't seen the benefit
in XP yet and Vista is a virus.

I have Windows 98SE on an older laptop that I use for a midi interface and
sequencer for the keyboards. It runs fine, but I haven't used it on the
'Net for a long time. The other computers, (this one on the boat) and my HP
both run XP.

I am no computer guru, but XP Pro has been the most stable Microsoft OS
since Windows 3.1, in my experience.

Eisboch

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:08:04 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I have Windows 98SE on an older laptop that I use for a midi interface and
sequencer for the keyboards. It runs fine, but I haven't used it on the
'Net for a long time. The other computers, (this one on the boat) and my HP
both run XP.

I am no computer guru, but XP Pro has been the most stable Microsoft OS
since Windows 3.1, in my experience.

I run XP Pro on my primary laptop because it came that way but all of
my other machines run Win2K. I've probably overlooked a few but there
are only two things about XP that I perceive to be an improvement:
The image/slideshow viewer, and the network "repair" function.

Vista? Who needs it. Maybe after SP3 or so.

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:09:07 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:08:04 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I have Windows 98SE on an older laptop that I use for a midi interface and
sequencer for the keyboards. It runs fine, but I haven't used it on the
'Net for a long time. The other computers, (this one on the boat) and my HP
both run XP.

I am no computer guru, but XP Pro has been the most stable Microsoft OS
since Windows 3.1, in my experience.

I run XP Pro on my primary laptop because it came that way but all of
my other machines run Win2K. I've probably overlooked a few but there
are only two things about XP that I perceive to be an improvement:
The image/slideshow viewer, and the network "repair" function.

Vista? Who needs it. Maybe after SP3 or so.

IrfanView has a great slideshow/image viewer, and does well at small
changes to images. It's still free.

http://www.irfanview.com/
--
John H

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:15:39 -0500, wrote:

XP boots a hell of a lot faster than 2000 and has native support for far more
hardware.

It does boot faster but I don't boot very often.

With hardware I usually go out to the vendor site for the latest
drivers.