Comments on: Bit rot finally hits my Vista install http://www.formortals.com/bit-rot-finally-hits-my-vista-install/ Because technology isn't just for geeks Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: jmjames http://www.formortals.com/bit-rot-finally-hits-my-vista-install/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 jmjames Tue, 12 May 2009 18:18:06 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=181#comment-1492 The funny thing is, my desktop PC is actually architected well for that... two separate RAID 1's, one for the system, one for the documents. The problem is, I never go around do doing system images (although I do backup nightly).<br><br>J.Ja The funny thing is, my desktop PC is actually architected well for that… two separate RAID 1′s, one for the system, one for the documents. The problem is, I never go around do doing system images (although I do backup nightly).

J.Ja

]]> By: notgonnatellya http://www.formortals.com/bit-rot-finally-hits-my-vista-install/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 notgonnatellya Tue, 12 May 2009 18:05:55 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=181#comment-1491 Justin, you left out DRM. I distinctly recall people worried that MS would do something to monitor and possibly prevent playback of unauthorized MP3s (which could mean stolen or just ripped from your personal CD collection).<br><br>I think he best thing for vista, xp or linux is to just have a few images of your boot drive (and put all your documents on a separate drive or partition).<br><br>If something goes wrong, you're less than an hour away from getting back to where you were<br><br>The only vista problem I've had (and it may be a H/W issue) is when I add a drive.....that regularly seems to screw up my vista partition.....to be clear, I'm adding a drive that may have been in another PC to grab data off of (or in the case of a 7 install, I pulled my vista drive, I installed 7 on a new drive, then added vista back). the last time it screwed up vista and in all cases it wiped out my system restore save points.<br><br>Acronis saved me each time :D Justin, you left out DRM. I distinctly recall people worried that MS would do something to monitor and possibly prevent playback of unauthorized MP3s (which could mean stolen or just ripped from your personal CD collection).

I think he best thing for vista, xp or linux is to just have a few images of your boot drive (and put all your documents on a separate drive or partition).

If something goes wrong, you’re less than an hour away from getting back to where you were

The only vista problem I’ve had (and it may be a H/W issue) is when I add a drive…..that regularly seems to screw up my vista partition…..to be clear, I’m adding a drive that may have been in another PC to grab data off of (or in the case of a 7 install, I pulled my vista drive, I installed 7 on a new drive, then added vista back). the last time it screwed up vista and in all cases it wiped out my system restore save points.

Acronis saved me each time :D

]]> By: jmjames http://www.formortals.com/bit-rot-finally-hits-my-vista-install/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 jmjames Mon, 11 May 2009 14:39:05 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=181#comment-1486 A few months ago, I was researching something, and I found a lot of posts from people around 2002, 2003 bashing XP. Basically, the same laundry list of things that people knock Vista for (resource hog, looks dumb, too much security, breaks applications, no drivers, blah blah blah). They all swore that they'd stick with W2K forever and ever. Change is not always good, but just as some people change for the sake of change, some people resist change for the sake of resisting it.<br><br>J.Ja A few months ago, I was researching something, and I found a lot of posts from people around 2002, 2003 bashing XP. Basically, the same laundry list of things that people knock Vista for (resource hog, looks dumb, too much security, breaks applications, no drivers, blah blah blah). They all swore that they’d stick with W2K forever and ever. Change is not always good, but just as some people change for the sake of change, some people resist change for the sake of resisting it.

J.Ja

]]> By: nuCrash http://www.formortals.com/bit-rot-finally-hits-my-vista-install/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 nuCrash Mon, 11 May 2009 14:28:14 +0000 http://www.formortals.com/?p=181#comment-1485 Vista is however, drastically different. Six years without a new OS and people lose sense of what an upgrade is. Windows 7 however, gives you the appearance of a new and snappy OS. More systems are out that can handle the specifications of Windows 7. That and the advent of Netbooks has driven Microsoft to recognize that computer specifications won't always advance forward. <br><br>I will still be sure to include my Vista jokes where I can. Vista is however, drastically different. Six years without a new OS and people lose sense of what an upgrade is. Windows 7 however, gives you the appearance of a new and snappy OS. More systems are out that can handle the specifications of Windows 7. That and the advent of Netbooks has driven Microsoft to recognize that computer specifications won’t always advance forward.

I will still be sure to include my Vista jokes where I can.

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