XP - Crashed

Ragnarok · #1 December 14th, 2004, 01:12 PM

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Mephisto said:
I too have a blessed Xp Pro Version running here and I like experimentation and tweaks. No problems so far.

Ditto. I run XP Pro at home and on all my machines here at work. We have around 30 computers that are running XP Pro and we have never had a serious problem. Yes, we have had small issues, but we had even more small issues when we ran WIN2K or earlier Versions of windows.

Captain Kwok · #2 December 14th, 2004, 01:46 PM

The problems I've experienced with XP Pro on my computer are due to motherboard and graphics driver issues (Asus and ATI respectively), not the OS itself.

On my old system with XP Pro, I never experienced any problems until my hard drive died.

Spoo · #3 December 14th, 2004, 02:17 PM

No problems with my copy either. It does live on its own partition, and gets reformatted one or two times a year.

Aiken · #4 December 14th, 2004, 06:35 PM

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Spoo said:
No problems with my copy either. It does live on its own partition, and gets reformatted one or two times a year.

Kill me, but I can't call it a stable OS (which needs to be reinstalled 2 times a year, that is).

Spoo · #5 December 14th, 2004, 07:33 PM

Consider it maintenance. Besdides, It's a good way to remove the crap that unnistalled programs leave behind.

Never have I reformatted because XP spontaneously died. It's always been because of a hardware upgrade (new mobo, new primary hard disk) or because I've felt like it.

Kevin Arisa · #6 December 14th, 2004, 11:25 PM

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aiken said:
Kill me, but I can't call it a stable OS (which needs to be reinstalled 2 times a year, that is).

Cars need regular oil changes and the like. It is the nature of machines to need maintenance from time to time. Aren't computers just a machine like any other?

Fyron · #7 December 14th, 2004, 11:43 PM

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Kevin Arisa said:

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aiken said:
Kill me, but I can't call it a stable OS (which needs to be reinstalled 2 times a year, that is).

Cars need regular oil changes and the like. It is the nature of machines to need maintenance from time to time. Aren't computers just a machine like any other?

It is like changing the oil every week...

mottlee · #8 December 18th, 2004, 12:29 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:

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Kevin Arisa said:

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aiken said:
Kill me, but I can't call it a stable OS (which needs to be reinstalled 2 times a year, that is).

Cars need regular oil changes and the like. It is the nature of machines to need maintenance from time to time. Aren't computers just a machine like any other?

It is like changing the oil every week...

I have had to do that....

Aiken · #9 December 15th, 2004, 06:01 AM

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Kevin Arisa said:

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aiken said:
Kill me, but I can't call it a stable OS (which needs to be reinstalled 2 times a year, that is).

Cars need regular oil changes and the like. It is the nature of machines to need maintenance from time to time. Aren't computers just a machine like any other?

OS is an enviroment. The correct analogy would be changing whole passenger compartment (including steering wheel, pedals and control panel) to the new one twice a year. Sounds silly, isn't it?

AgentZero · #10 December 15th, 2004, 09:25 PM

Actually, since the OS is what runs everything on the computer, it's like having to pull out the engine, strip it donwn to it's basic components, clean them all and stick the whole thing back together, then hope you didn't forget anything. I'm getting ready to to a format and re-install at the moment, but I've run into a problem. I sorta stepped on my WinXP install CD and then lost one of the pieces, so I got a copy off our tech guy at work. Problem it's not a bootable install CD, so if I format my drive I'm going to up a certain creek without a paddle.
Anybody know how to make a bootable install CD for WinXP? I know there's some programs out there that'll make one for you but I can't remember what they're called...