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Post #158,143 by ben_tilly 6/2/04 2:53:56 PM Reply	That problem is easily enough solved... Arrange for some of the existing computers to have strategically timed "accidents". Then say that you obviously need a new computer or 3. :-D Cheers, Ben To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link\|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]
Post #158,254 by lincoln 6/3/04 11:52:48 AM Reply	But the solution will force me to abandon many programs that I've acquired over the years that ran on pre-Win 98 operating systems: I've tested some on my work laptop running XP Pro and they won't work properly or at all. I'm not going to give up years of data that's locked inside freeware/shareware program files that never followed Microsoft's "upgrade path" or were purchased from companies that are no longer in existence. And I still want to salvage the data files from the drive if that's possible. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #158,264 by folkert 6/3/04 12:28:34 PM Reply	But many of those program run just fine under DOSEMU or other emulators in Linux distributions. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* I've decided to become a perfectionist. That way I'll have more reasons to hate people. Your recycled electrons annoy me. Please use new electrons.
Post #158,280 by ben_tilly 6/3/04 2:40:20 PM Reply	What will you do if THOSE machines crash? You should work out your upgrade path sooner rather than later. Cheers, Ben To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link\|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]

And now this... - (lincoln) - (40) - June 2, 2004, 08:48:48 AM EDT

Mirrored drives. - (inthane-chan) - (18) - June 2, 2004, 08:56:01 AM EDT

Links on how to set one up? - (lincoln) - (11) - June 2, 2004, 10:59:04 AM EDT

For Win98? - (inthane-chan) - June 2, 2004, 11:14:12 AM EDT

Screw Win98 - (deSitter) - (9) - June 2, 2004, 01:07:20 PM EDT

Can't - (lincoln) - (8) - June 2, 2004, 02:37:38 PM EDT

That problem is easily enough solved... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 02:53:56 PM EDT

But the solution will force me to abandon - (lincoln) - (2) - June 3, 2004, 11:52:48 AM EDT

But many of those program run just fine under DOSEMU or - (folkert) - June 3, 2004, 12:28:34 PM EDT

What will you do if THOSE machines crash? - (ben_tilly) - June 3, 2004, 02:40:20 PM EDT

Easy to upgrade. - (admin) - (2) - June 2, 2004, 03:09:12 PM EDT

Me? - (folkert) - (1) - June 2, 2004, 03:34:12 PM EDT

Not a problem here . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 2, 2004, 09:26:43 PM EDT

Well, 2k then - (deSitter) - June 2, 2004, 05:44:18 PM EDT

RAID 0? RAID 1 - (lister) - (5) - June 2, 2004, 03:31:49 PM EDT

Nightly offsite backups. - (inthane-chan) - (4) - June 2, 2004, 05:37:57 PM EDT

Re: "offsite" - (altmann) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 07:34:46 PM EDT

Where do you find such stuff? And another thing... - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 2, 2004, 07:44:08 PM EDT

Product of a warped imagination, and Google to flesh it out. -NT - (altmann) - June 2, 2004, 07:49:10 PM EDT

Ah.. an understandable confusion - (Ashton) - June 2, 2004, 08:02:37 PM EDT

never put anything on a machine that you care about - (boxley) - June 2, 2004, 09:02:03 AM EDT

Remember all HD are measured in MTBF - (jbrabeck) - (7) - June 2, 2004, 10:36:24 AM EDT

My customers ask how long a hard disk lasts. - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - June 2, 2004, 11:09:58 AM EDT

What about laptop drives? - (deSitter) - (5) - June 2, 2004, 01:08:12 PM EDT

Question back to you - (jbrabeck) - (3) - June 2, 2004, 02:06:01 PM EDT

My main machine is my laptop - (Yendor) - (2) - June 2, 2004, 02:49:50 PM EDT

Yeah, but NOW... NOW it has a problem - (folkert) - (1) - June 2, 2004, 03:35:52 PM EDT

But that ain't got nothin' to do with the HD - (Yendor) - June 2, 2004, 03:42:16 PM EDT

Two. - (inthane-chan) - June 2, 2004, 02:19:20 PM EDT

From your description I see no evidence . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (10) - June 2, 2004, 11:13:41 AM EDT

My thoughts also. I'd check the power supply too ... -NT - (Another Scott) - June 2, 2004, 11:36:18 AM EDT

concur -NT - (deSitter) - June 2, 2004, 01:08:52 PM EDT

Don't know how to check DIMMs from DOS - (lincoln) - (4) - June 2, 2004, 02:43:59 PM EDT

MemTest86 and ... - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 2, 2004, 02:46:20 PM EDT

I've used MemTest86 - (lister) - June 2, 2004, 03:33:27 PM EDT

The newer KNOPPIX CDs have it as a boot option. -NT - (folkert) - June 2, 2004, 03:36:34 PM EDT

Actually, everything can be perfectly OK . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 2, 2004, 09:07:23 PM EDT

So if Win98 crashed and the HD didn't crash - (lincoln) - (2) - June 3, 2004, 09:33:34 AM EDT

How I do this. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 3, 2004, 12:11:46 PM EDT

Thanks Andrew - (lincoln) - June 3, 2004, 02:26:38 PM EDT

Linux + ext3 - (pwhysall) - June 2, 2004, 11:46:55 AM EDT

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