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Ron Gibson wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:58:40 +0000, EvilBill wrote:
>
>> I've used every Microsoft OS since DOS 3.1 except WinME. I found it
>> hard enough to keep 95/98 working at all without reinstalling every
>> month, let alone run games on them well. Personally I've always
>> found Windows 2000 to be the most stable gaming platform, but XP
>> comes a close second. I might note here that I could never get sound
>> or Internet to work on Windows
>> 95... but it works right out of the box on 2000 and XP. I think one
>> of the
>
> Well that's just total nonsense. You never should have to reinstall if
> you've learned anything in all those years. And today with the low
> cost of mass storage there is no excuse not to have your ass covered
> with a backup solution. If you do otherwise you must not have any
> important data or are just reckless.
>
> You restore your last good backup if something goes wrong NOT
> reinstall.
>
> I keep the OS on one partition and the apps and data on another.
> Should things go south after say installing some application of
> partition D (one of three for data and apps), I simply hook up a
> backup drive, restore the OS on C drive and restore D drive only.
> There is more to say but that's enough to make the point.
>
> That takes me maybe 15 minutes to back out with no loss of data.
>
> I've got applications and data on my machine that are also 12 years
> old like ACAD drawings and various simulations with engineering
> applications.
>
> If I reformatted and reinstalled every time something went wrong that
> would make it highly unlikely for that to happen with some data loss
> and very probably a LOT of data loss = Lost work and $$$.

Back when I had 98 I had no backup solution at all (I was a piss-poor
student at first, then out of work for a while, so I didn't have money to
spend on CD burners and extra HDs.) The last time I reinstalled XP was when
I got a new rig :) ATM I have two HDs, one for the OS and apps and the other
for data, but I've got a DVD burner too so every so often I just blast all
the stuff I need to keep onto DVD. Simplistic solution I know, but better
than what I had back in my 98 days: a single tiny HD and 72 floppies ;)

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