On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:08:08 +1000, hopper
<Troll5layer@acting.invalid> wrote:
>sewsandy <sewsandy@here.com>, wrote
>>Sorry I vanished without warning , had major computer problems and am
>>now back up and running with many lessons learnt! lol.
>
>Positives in all of it, eh ? :)
>
>>will be sending
>>a photo asap of the bsa logo , the gentleman loved it !
>>
>I do hope it wears well :-)
>
>As you can see I am no sewer and thus my 'engineering' is
>largely based on what others (who do know) produce and
>recommend. There is then always the risk of something
>"undoing". It is only my mistakes that will assist me in
>growing. As devout are my efforts I am aware they
>are not like the rest of me... perfect :-^
>
>>Anyway will be back in full swing as soon as my computer has
>>everything back on it (took me ages to get this sorted). PC
>>housekeeping is going to be top priority now!lol
>>Have consumed much tea the last 2 weeks.
>>
>.. and no doubt broken many a matchstick in maintaining
>an open eye..???? :-)
>
>For future thought?
>
>I have done this before, not with a lot of success in ABCP I will admit..
>but it may be worth another run as the noise has abated some these days.
>It is this...
>For XP users/devotees (only) I have a "method" for archiving and restoring
>a new computer that does away with "reformat and reinstall", as such.. and
>greatly simplifies the restoration of a box as the user has set it up.
>We all know it can take days.. weeks even, to get a new install back
>to that same configuration used when the whole thing went BANG!.
>Today.. with Microshaft having largely left XP users behind
>(as they do with all their GUIs) there is no chance XP is going beyond
>XP-SP3 as an "upgrade on line".
>For the majority of users SP3 will fulfill all functions well into the future
>and MS is unlikely to place restrictions on hardware that will outdate that
>version of the XP GUI ... in the foreseeable future.
>I can see people looking to using a stable system well beyond
>Windows 7 (another social experiment of MS doing) and therefore
>quietly offer an upload with directions that will allow the astute user
>to maintain control of their box in a 32bit environment AND restore
>the whole thing to "as I had it" in just a <1 hour timeframe.
>This method is what I use on the Windows boxes I control and have
>done since XP-SP1 "hit the streets".
>IF that "speil" promotes any interest, merely tag the post for
>directions to an upload.
Would like to have some tute on restoring a PC using xp.xp3 is on this
comp. I crashed awhile back and had to do everything took weeks. Now I
backup every week. Learned my lesson?
>
>>talk soon my friend.
>
>Looking forward to that.. and your thoughts on my 'David'
>so far I have only had not so complimentary feedback.. and that is
>good too :-)
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