I hope this wipes the smug grins off their faces!

[XabbaRus]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm

Ha, oh so superior.

Can't say I have ever had a data loss of any kind when upgrading WinXP.

[SteamWake]

Anyone whom doesent back up their data prior to a major upgrade is begging for trouble.

But yea.... oops

As to 'never loosing data during a windows upgrade' I can personally say bunk.

All it takes is for a install to hang halfway through for whatever reason and your left with a paper weight instead of a hard drive.

So back it up !

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

All it takes is for a install to hang halfway through for whatever reason and your left with a paper weight instead of a hard drive.

If you are saying that an operating system upgrade caused your hard disk to fail completely, such that it could not be re-formatted, I would say that you should NOT be installing said software with a hammer.

The only ways to toast a hard disk (of ANY computer type) is to bang it particularly hard with a large phsyical object, or to pass a very powerful magnet near it (like one out of the monitor) or to turn it off whilst its firmware is being wiped. None of these happen during an operating system upgrade.

Although, if your comments were meant humourously, then haha, yes, you portrayed yourself sufficiently as someone that has no clue about PC hardware. I laugh at your portrayal of someone very stupid. Well done.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

If you are saying that an operating system upgrade caused your hard disk to fail completely, such that it could not be re-formatted, I would say that you should NOT be installing said software with a hammer.

The only ways to toast a hard disk (of ANY computer type) is to bang it particularly hard with a large phsyical object, or to pass a very powerful magnet near it (like one out of the monitor) or to turn it off whilst its firmware is being wiped. None of these happen during an operating system upgrade.

Although, if your comments were meant humourously, then haha, yes, you portrayed yourself sufficiently as someone that has no clue about PC hardware. I laugh at your portrayal of someone very stupid. Well done.

Well gee thanks for the compliment

All I meant was that if an install of winders hangs for whatever reason halfway into the install the drive will have to be reformatted and all data lost.

But hey your an expert right you know that.

The fact that Ive been building, maintaining, pc's and networks for the last 20 years clearly displays my lack of knowledge.

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

All I meant was that if an install of winders hangs for whatever reason halfway into the install the drive will have to be reformatted and all data lost.

What you meant and what you said are two different things. You SAID that installing windows could cause a permanent failure in your hard disk, such that it was rendered as useful as a paper weight. This is clearly not right and portrays a falsely detrimental picture of the Windows suite of software.

Originally Posted by SteamWake

But hey your an expert right you know that.

Yes, I know what you said was a vast over exageration and not at all true in any way.

Originally Posted by SteamWake

The fact that Ive been building, maintaining, pc's and networks for the last 20 years clearly displays my lack of knowledge.

When you say 20 years - is that another over exageration? What network were you maintaing in 1989? Sorry to 'call your bluff' but as you have agreed with me that installing Windows cannot destroy your hard disk in the manner that you previsouly described, I really don't know why you are now having a go at me?

[August]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

I really don't know why you are now having a go at me?

Maybe it was you calling him stupid that did it?

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm

Ha, oh so superior.

Can't say I have ever had a data loss of any kind when upgrading WinXP.

I have, but that was when SP2 just came out. Was a huge pain in the ass but slowly microsoft fixed the problem

[Dowly]

My dad lost his HD when SP2 came out (no, not the data, but the whole HD stopped working).

[XabbaRus]

Well regardless of who has lost what, the Mac brigade can no longer bang on about how their OS is so cool and doesn't screw up.

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Well regardless of who has lost what, the Mac brigade can no longer bang on about how their OS is so cool and doesn't screw up.

They never could to begin with, they just don't talk about all the problems mac has. Those mac pc attack ads on are full of a lot of lies, exaggerations, and half truths.

[XabbaRus]

No doubt but Iknow a few Maccies who don't know this and are adamant the Mac is the best.

Anyway I thought it was a good laugh.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Well regardless of who has lost what, the Mac brigade can no longer bang on about how their OS is so cool and doesn't screw up.

As a Mac user, I've never complained that my machine never screws up. It just screws up a lot less.

I actually prefer Windows because of the software support, but when my Windows gets screwed to hell, like it is right now, I always have my Mac partition to fall back on. That's what I'm typing this post on, and when I have the time and patience, I can restore my Windows partition with Time Machine, even though it is completely non-functional now (malware problem, my fault.)

Still, I'd like to brag about how my desktop computer is a flatscreen monitor

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Still, I'd like to brag about how my desktop computer is a flatscreen monitor

Then what do you use to heat the room and put your legs up on?