true, a pattern has not been established, i just deduced reasonalby that
vista will eat shi' at a rate of once for every 9 months ---- i'm still
having trouble setting it up the way i had it before i had to
einstall ----- i wonder why i spent 30$ at geek squad for a repair disk
that didn't work at all, i should just format my hard drive once a month for
a clean install........................................

"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "mataeux" <mataeux@basicISP.net> wrote in message
> news:C4E5245D-5BDE-45D0-ABF7-363552B57A1C@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> when i get it reinstalled, (no the repair feature didn't work) i'll let
>> you know how smart i was to have a separate hard drive just for data -too
>> bad MS isn't smart enough to keep all my settings, email, downloads,
>> updates (that reminds me - i think i have to download service pack again
>> (i'm on dialup)) high scores and program files on a separate drive --
>> because i DON'T WANT TO DO THIS EVERY 9 MONTHS[/color]
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> Why would you have to do this "every 9 months"?[/color]