Comments on: A Computer Conundrum http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/05/01/a-computer-conundrum/ What you get when my brain crashes... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:39:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lupin http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/05/01/a-computer-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-113432 Lupin Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:37:30 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1094#comment-113432 I understand the pride of doing an fresh install once and once only ;-). My XP is running for 5 years now (first install on new hardware). I did move the whole "document and settings" folder to a new partition and used a mount point on the system drive. I also install programs on another partition. I've got some problems with it, but I already wrote that in a comment on another of your posts ("Really Annoying Flaw in NTFS Mount Points") I understand the pride of doing an fresh install once and once only ;-) . My XP is running for 5 years now (first install on new hardware).

I did move the whole “document and settings” folder to a new partition and used a mount point on the system drive. I also install programs on another partition. I’ve got some problems with it, but I already wrote that in a comment on another of your posts (“Really Annoying Flaw in NTFS Mount Points”)

]]> By: Keithius http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/05/01/a-computer-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-98544 Keithius Fri, 02 May 2008 12:43:36 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1094#comment-98544 I haven't had to "refresh" my Windows installation like that since Windows ME - and I'd like to keep it that way. There's a certain amount of pride involved - that I can say I don't have to reformat & re-install Windows every year or so. It's a testament to how well I keep my computer. Besides... I don't have original installation media for this computer. :-) I haven’t had to “refresh” my Windows installation like that since Windows ME – and I’d like to keep it that way. There’s a certain amount of pride involved – that I can say I don’t have to reformat & re-install Windows every year or so. It’s a testament to how well I keep my computer.

Besides… I don’t have original installation media for this computer. :-)

]]> By: Keith Bertelsen http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/05/01/a-computer-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-98543 Keith Bertelsen Fri, 02 May 2008 12:38:34 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1094#comment-98543 I've run into similar issues in the past. At one point, I hooked my "huge" 200-GB drive in an external unit, and kept files there that I wanted to keep but wouldn't often use (video and the like). Of course, I also had a laptop, which changes the equation. Though what I ended up doing was buying a new laptop drive and replacing the drive on my laptop at the time--oddly enough, in between my ordering the drive and it arriving, the hard drive on my laptop died. That made the choice easy. With a desktop, I would strongly consider installing the new hard drive as a primary with the smaller one as a secondary, and just going with a fresh installation of Windows. After all, that needs to be refreshed every so often. This is also why my latest computer purchase has two 1-TB hard drives in it :) I’ve run into similar issues in the past. At one point, I hooked my “huge” 200-GB drive in an external unit, and kept files there that I wanted to keep but wouldn’t often use (video and the like). Of course, I also had a laptop, which changes the equation.

Though what I ended up doing was buying a new laptop drive and replacing the drive on my laptop at the time–oddly enough, in between my ordering the drive and it arriving, the hard drive on my laptop died. That made the choice easy.

With a desktop, I would strongly consider installing the new hard drive as a primary with the smaller one as a secondary, and just going with a fresh installation of Windows. After all, that needs to be refreshed every so often.

This is also why my latest computer purchase has two 1-TB hard drives in it :)

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