[jhb] Re: Windows XP
- From: Kev Townsend <175@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:17:40 +0000
I am a great believer in bi-annual rebuilds.
I reckon that it is prudent to replace, or shift
down the main hard drive regularly.
This has been my regimen for the past 10 years,
even when upgrading machines I transfer my out-going hard drive.
Having had a total failure of the C: drive I
definitely don't want to suffer this again.
Colleagues ask advise regarding slow Windows
machines, which invariably are 4-5 years old.
They say they only use the thing for office type
applications and don't want the "bother" and
expense of investing in a new machine when the old one is just running slow.
I suggest the purchase of a new drive, (larger
and cheaper generally) a re-install of Windows and the latest updates/drivers.
Re-install those programs which are used weekly,
and install the old drive as back-up/repository
after importing relevant saved files.
£75 and a half day and the machine is generally
as good as new. They then talk about the 100's of
magazine programs installed and then "deleted",
all the trial stuff downloaded which was no good etc etc
K
On 1/7/2008 15:43:59, Mike Lucas (mhlucas@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Frank
>
> As well as some features (encrypting file system, access control,
> offline files) which I want but which are not available in XP Home, the
> obvious thing is that there is no upgrade path from Win 2K Pro to Win XP
> Home.
>
> You mention availability of OEM versions. As I said in my initial post,
> I already have the OEM version - but it does not allow upgrading an
> existing Windows o/s. I would prefer to upgrade rather than install XP
> from scratch, in order to avoid the considerable added burden of
> re-installing a LOT of software. From my experience last week
> installing XP Pro from scratch on a spare Win 2K box, together with all
> patches, security updates, then all applications and settings, it took
> the best part of a day. With Linux this would take 15 minutes - you can
> see why I prefer it.
>
> Mike L
>
> franklyn fisher wrote:
> > Mike
> >
> > Any particular reason for XP Pro as against plain XP?
> >
> > OEM versions are available for around £60 for a good search.
> >
> > Frank F
> >
> >
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