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

"mataeux" <mataeux@basicISP.net> wrote in message
news:C4E5245D-5BDE-45D0-ABF7-363552B57A1C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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]
The repair feature wouldn't work if your HD failed, as the repair 'drive' is
only a partition on the main one. That's why all of us need to have our data
on separate drives (I have a 500GB Firewire setup) - and a set of backup
discs, just in case it wasn't a HD failure that caused the problem. Oh, and
all our downloads saved to DVDs etc., too. Good luck with your restoration.

"mataeux" <mataeux@basicISP.net> wrote in message
news:C4E5245D-5BDE-45D0-ABF7-363552B57A1C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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]


Why would you have to do this "every 9 months"?

vista did not eat shi
vista IS shi

"mataeux" <mataeux@basicISP.net> wrote in message
news:C4E5245D-5BDE-45D0-ABF7-363552B57A1C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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]

"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:eG9F$6m3IHA.4856@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "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]
>
>
> Why would you have to do this "every 9 months"?[/color]

One word, WinRot. Look it up on Google. Any MS-Windows product needs at
least one enema in it's life cycle.

"Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
news:486f23a9@newsgate.x-privat.org...
[color=blue]
> vista did not eat shi
> vista IS shi[/color]

Insightful.

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
news:eG9F$6m3IHA.4856@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "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]
>
>
> Why would you have to do this "every 9 months"?[/color]

Well, I have always heard...You are what you eat...


Is that what happened to Frank? LOL

Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
news:486f23a9@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
> vista did not eat shi
> vista IS shi[/color]

Not Me wrote:

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Guess what's going to happen to you.
Canyou say "GM"?...LOL!
Loser!