I hope this wipes the smug grins off their faces!

[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?