Comments on: Format C: http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Tom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3408 Tom Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:48:28 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3408 Fond memories? I envy you. I have memories of corrupted disks and swapping stuff out with parts all over the place to replace a system drive and reformat. Case dust, little screws all over the place, driver disks (floppies, of course), Syquest disks with (hopefully) good backups and therefore SCSI ID hell, and so on. This kind of stuff only seemed to happen at 11:00 at night with a noon deadline the next day. Fond memories? I envy you. I have memories of corrupted disks and swapping stuff out with parts all over the place to replace a system drive and reformat. Case dust, little screws all over the place, driver disks (floppies, of course), Syquest disks with (hopefully) good backups and therefore SCSI ID hell, and so on. This kind of stuff only seemed to happen at 11:00 at night with a noon deadline the next day.

]]> By: Dave Fourputt http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3389 Dave Fourputt Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:03:05 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3389 I'm showing my age but i also have fond memories of fdisk along with format c: I’m showing my age but i also have fond memories of fdisk along with format c:

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3364 Doug Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:56:59 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3364 Well Tom, I'm there: up and running. I couldn't get Vista to connect to the wireless at home last night, but that's about the only configuration problem I have to work out right now. And I still have a few more programs to re-install, but so far I love it. <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dmahugh/archive/2006/10/10/Vista-RC2_3A00_-goodbye_2C00_-XP.aspx" rel="nofollow">I posted a few more observations over on my work blog.</a> Well Tom, I’m there: up and running. I couldn’t get Vista to connect to the wireless at home last night, but that’s about the only configuration problem I have to work out right now. And I still have a few more programs to re-install, but so far I love it.

I posted a few more observations over on my work blog.

]]> By: Tom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3330 Tom Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:42:36 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3330 format c: was one of the first things that taught me that I need to pay attention. I did it once, hitting Y-enter willy-nilly while talking blithely to a friend (okay, a girl) I was trying to impress. I very efficiently overwrote everything on my drive while confidently talking about how there were so many simple ways to accidentally destroy your data, but all you really have to do is pay attention. This person is not the person who is currently my wife. I learned my lesson. I've been thinking about the disk-wipe thing lately, as everything is getting slower and slower. But all the product activation has me thinking twice - I'd rather be slow than spend two days talking to customer service around the world from various software companies about why I had to reload their stuff. It makes me blog angrily and carelessly, at the very least! ;p Anyhow, let us all know if you met your goals - I'm interested to find out if it's still possible to completely rebuild a machine in one day. format c: was one of the first things that taught me that I need to pay attention. I did it once, hitting Y-enter willy-nilly while talking blithely to a friend (okay, a girl) I was trying to impress. I very efficiently overwrote everything on my drive while confidently talking about how there were so many simple ways to accidentally destroy your data, but all you really have to do is pay attention.

This person is not the person who is currently my wife. I learned my lesson.

I’ve been thinking about the disk-wipe thing lately, as everything is getting slower and slower. But all the product activation has me thinking twice - I’d rather be slow than spend two days talking to customer service around the world from various software companies about why I had to reload their stuff. It makes me blog angrily and carelessly, at the very least! ;p

Anyhow, let us all know if you met your goals - I’m interested to find out if it’s still possible to completely rebuild a machine in one day.

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3313 Doug Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:39:22 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3313 OK, I've had to do some crazy things to get access to my own blog, but I <i>think</i> I'm live now with Vista RC2 and Office 4518.1006. If I click "Submit Comment" and don't get one of those pesky PRECONDITION FAILED errors, that will be a good sign. Oh, and after figuring out how to set up FTP access, I think I managed to post a <a href="http://www.mahugh.com/images/blog/2006/10/09/vista.jpg" rel="nofollow">screehshot</a> of my newly rebuilt laptop too. OK, I’ve had to do some crazy things to get access to my own blog, but I think I’m live now with Vista RC2 and Office 4518.1006. If I click “Submit Comment” and don’t get one of those pesky PRECONDITION FAILED errors, that will be a good sign.

Oh, and after figuring out how to set up FTP access, I think I managed to post a screehshot of my newly rebuilt laptop too.

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3292 Doug Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:31:36 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3292 Hey Mom, good to hear from you! Are you still in Spain? Feel free to share some details with us ... or send me an email and I'll post it as a guest-post or something. Hey Mom, good to hear from you! Are you still in Spain? Feel free to share some details with us … or send me an email and I’ll post it as a guest-post or something.

]]> By: Mom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3287 Mom Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:35:32 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2006/10/09/format-c/#comment-3287 I am not sure what you used on your flight , doug, but I don´t think they had it in the coach class on the plane I flew from Sea-Tac to London on. They had small TV screens on the back of each seat, and I thought that was neat. I didn´t have to dodge other people's heads to see the screen. There are so many new devices and things I don´t understand! I am not sure what you used on your flight , doug, but I don´t think they had it in the coach class on the plane I flew from Sea-Tac to London on. They had small TV screens on the back of each seat, and I thought that was neat. I didn´t have to dodge other people’s heads to see the screen. There are so many new devices and things I don´t understand!

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