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Unknown
And now you display YOUR stupidity, My OS AND data is on the C drive.
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Kevin
Unknown said:And now you display YOUR stupidity, My OS AND data is on the C drive.
Well then you are an idiot!!!! Go home quickly and partition your HD and save
your data on D drive before you forget what I have just told you.
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John John - MVP
Kevin said:Now you are demonstrating your stupidity. When you install your OS, you do it
in your C: drive (usually) and so your data in D drive is completely safe! Did
you get this in your thick skull?
Well, I wouldn't say that the data on D drive is completely safe.
Anything can happen when you install an operating system, glitches and
clumsy fingers can make mincemeat out of your data in the blink of an
eye. Nothing is 100% sure and that certainly applies to doing disk work
and installing operating systems. We do at times see posts from
exasperated users who failed to take proper precautions. Even well
seasoned pros can get distracted and press on the wrong keys! The only
difference is that the pros don't usually tell anyone that they slipped
up...
John
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ANONYMOUS
John said:Well, I wouldn't say that the data on D drive is completely safe.
Anything can happen when you install an operating system,
What do you know about installing an OS. Two weeks ago you didn't know
about time zone and now you are getting involved with installing an OS?
Are you mad? Ask your sleeping partner Ken Blake {(M)ost (V)aluable
(P)ig} who has taken my advice and has never formatted a HD since
Windows 95? He is also mad like you losing everything even when
copying a single file from a flash drive!!!
U
Unknown
What makes you so dense? Are you really that stupid? My data is saved on a
backup external drive.
backup external drive.
U
Unknown
Why do you keep changing your name from ANONYMOUS to Kevin?
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Kevin
Unknown said:What makes you so dense? Are you really that stupid? My data is saved on a
backup external drive.
Save it also on D drive for ready access! Monkey b@st@rd!
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Twayne
Wow, unk is certainly out of whack! Not even worth a retort. Both points 1
and 2 are logical and useful points.
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and 2 are logical and useful points.
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Twayne
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Same here. Knoppix is enough for me so far.
Twayne
Gordon said:Comprehension a bit dodgy? I did say in my original post that putting
data on a separate partition is NOT a substitute for a proper backup
schedule.
And if your data is on a separate partition if you have to re-install
the OS, your data does NOT (usually) have to be restored AT ALL. Isn't
that preferable to having to faff about restoring data?
Well one day, when you can't boot Windows, you might be very glad to
have a Linux Live CD in order so save your sorry bigotted arse.
I and many other IT pros use them quite frequently so save data off an
un-bootable Windows machine...
Same here. Knoppix is enough for me so far.
Twayne
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Twayne
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No, because you format the drive letter, not all partitions on the drive.
That's why C for OS and D for data works out so well. Even better if you
happen to have two physical drives.
Twayne
Unknown said:If you reformat the drive, don't you have to reinstall your data?
No, because you format the drive letter, not all partitions on the drive.
That's why C for OS and D for data works out so well. Even better if you
happen to have two physical drives.
Twayne
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Twayne
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Well, in all fairness, as long as one keeps 0 and 1 and 1 and 2 properly
oriented in their heads. Some don't bother to read and end up installing
the OS on the wrong drive. All it takes to prevent that is to READ the data
on the screen. Sort of an RTFS if you will. Especially if/when they decide
to remove/recreate partitions bad stuff happens<g>. And then there are the
ones with Media Centers who insert the XP DVD instead of bothering to read
the proper procedures. And so on.
As true as what you said is, I simply mean that a complete backup is
ALWAYS smart to do before messing with the OS in any way. So many people
won't back up ... .
Twayne
John John - MVP said:No, because your data is on a different drive. If Windows is on C:
and your user data is on D: you can format C: and reinstall Windows
without needing to then restore the user data.
Well, in all fairness, as long as one keeps 0 and 1 and 1 and 2 properly
oriented in their heads. Some don't bother to read and end up installing
the OS on the wrong drive. All it takes to prevent that is to READ the data
on the screen. Sort of an RTFS if you will. Especially if/when they decide
to remove/recreate partitions bad stuff happens<g>. And then there are the
ones with Media Centers who insert the XP DVD instead of bothering to read
the proper procedures. And so on.
As true as what you said is, I simply mean that a complete backup is
ALWAYS smart to do before messing with the OS in any way. So many people
won't back up ... .
Twayne
U
Unknown
Cheeseeeeeeeeee! Are all you Limeys dense and insulting? I don't have a D
hard drive.
hard drive.
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Unknown
Logical and useful???? And you say I'm out of whack. Your problem is that
you had too many birthdays.
I have 2 drives. C drive (internal) and an external drive which happens to
be F. I use F as backup.
you had too many birthdays.
I have 2 drives. C drive (internal) and an external drive which happens to
be F. I use F as backup.