I hope this wipes the smug grins off their faces!

[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?

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by August

Maybe it was you calling him stupid that did it?

I never called him stupid. Learn to read, perhaps? I said that if he did not mean his comments (a bad install of windows can physically destroy your hard disk) seriously, but instead humourously, then I applauded him on his impression of a very stupid person. He responded saying that he did not mean his comments seriously as he infact said that a bad install of windows did not in fact destroy your hard disk.

Actually, I'd like to withdraw my previous comment of 'learn to read' as you obviously can read, yet you do so with wild abandon for said writings and you wish to post things that are contrary to the meaning of the thread. In which case, learn to make a positive difference, yeah?

Why on Earth would you state that someone said that someone else was stupid? That's a stupid thing to do. Unless you want to cause disharmony of course...

[August]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

I never called him stupid. Learn to read, perhaps? I said that if he did not mean his comments (a bad install of windows can physically destroy your hard disk) seriously, but instead humourously, then I applauded him on his impression of a very stupid person. He responded saying that he did not mean his comments seriously as he infact said that a bad install of windows did not in fact destroy your hard disk.

Actually, I'd like to withdraw my previous comment of 'learn to read' as you obviously can read, yet you do so with wild abandon for said writings and you wish to post things that are contrary to the meaning of the thread. In which case, learn to make a positive difference, yeah?

Why on Earth would you state that someone said that someone else was stupid? That's a stupid thing to do. Unless you want to cause disharmony of course...

That's right I can't read. As a matter of fact i'm not even reading your rather tardy attempt at backpedaling right now...

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by August

That's right I can't read. As a matter of fact i'm not even reading your rather tardy attempt at backpedaling right now...

You apparently can't, as I withdrew my comment of 'learn to read' in the body of the text above, that you didn't/couldn't/pretended not to be able to/ read above.

Well done again for not adding anything positive!

[Reaves]

Awesome thread... MACS = Crap plus a flame war!!

Wooohohoh!!

/get's some popcorn