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Windows horror story.
« on: June 02, 2010, 02:11:06 pm »
Recently my computer started acting funny, i knew there was a few viruses hanging out because my anti virus would go off every now and then so i decided to whip out my system restore disks and start fresh again.  Well i have 2 hard drives, one for windows and my other one for downloads and such.  I boot up my system restore disk and let it work its magic.  Well when vista starts up for the first time i started thinking "why is my windows drive have so much space and my other drive so little?".  Vista decided to format and partition my download drive and install itself there, and i screamed FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Funny thing is is that i have 2 external drives with plenty of space but i got really big headed and thought, oh nothing is gonna happen to my computer.  Oh well ship happens i guess.
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2010, 02:20:26 pm »
Quote from: jamesjones626 on June 02, 2010, 02:11:06 pm
Vista

Well, that's your problem, right there.
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2010, 02:25:57 pm »
I thought this would be another thread about air-conditioning and an a/c unit falling from a window.
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2010, 02:50:21 pm »
Quote from: HarumaN on June 02, 2010, 02:20:26 pm
Quote from: jamesjones626 on June 02, 2010, 02:11:06 pm
Vista

Well, that's your problem, right there.
Oh man, I've been putting off upgrading my home computer from Vista for a while...this post is lighting a fire under my butt for sure!
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2010, 02:52:33 pm »
Quote from: opt2not on June 02, 2010, 02:50:21 pm
Quote from: HarumaN on June 02, 2010, 02:20:26 pm
Quote from: jamesjones626 on June 02, 2010, 02:11:06 pm
Vista

Well, that's your problem, right there.
Oh man, I've been putting off upgrading my home computer from Vista for a while...this post is lighting a fire under my butt for sure!
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2010, 04:00:28 pm »
I blame this on user error. Next time you do an install, pay attention to the drive letter. Personally, I go so far as to disconnect all drives except for the primary one, just to make it impossible for me to make a mistake like that.
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2010, 05:29:17 pm »
I've tried a lot of different operating systems in my time and I've never seen one that will install itself to the right hard drive after you tell it to wipe the wrong one.
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2010, 06:05:37 pm »
Quote from: RayB on June 02, 2010, 04:00:28 pm
I blame this on user error. Next time you do an install, pay attention to the drive letter. Personally, I go so far as to disconnect all drives except for the primary one, just to make it impossible for me to make a mistake like that.


+1 to this.

I've done a few hundred installs ( Maybe thousand :S ) all always disconnect anything that is not completely necessary. Stops anything unfortunate like missing which drive letter it is installing to from being a problem.
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2010, 08:46:07 pm »
Quote from: Edwards80 on June 02, 2010, 06:05:37 pm
Quote from: RayB on June 02, 2010, 04:00:28 pm
I blame this on user error. Next time you do an install, pay attention to the drive letter. Personally, I go so far as to disconnect all drives except for the primary one, just to make it impossible for me to make a mistake like that.


+1 to this.

I've done a few hundred installs ( Maybe thousand :S ) all always disconnect anything that is not completely necessary. Stops anything unfortunate like missing which drive letter it is installing to from being a problem.
well i agree i should have disconnected my drive, but when i fire up my restore disk it doesnt give me an option to install anyware, all it says is to press next to begin the system restore.  I always watch out were windows is gonna install, but this is a restore disk not an actual windows oem disk.
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2010, 02:37:09 am »
Ah too be fair I have seen oem restore disks to all sorts of annoying things. Best use for them is a Frisbee :)
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2010, 04:18:55 am »
Tiny7 anyone?

Also, this is most likely a PEBKAC or PICNIC error.

In all of the various computer systems I have used (half of which are not x86) I have never had a major problem. Those pesky PEBKAC's and PICNIC's can happen tho, just usually not to me. (I may have jinxed myself tho)

Anyway, Tiny7 or TinyXP...
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2010, 12:32:54 pm »
PEBKAC?  PICNIC?   Maybe I'm not as big a geek as I thought I was because I have no idea what you are talking about.

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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2010, 12:46:54 pm »
Quote from: CCM on June 03, 2010, 12:32:54 pm
PEBKAC?  PICNIC?   Maybe I'm not as big a geek as I thought I was because I have no idea what you are talking about.



PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair
PICNIC = Problem in Chair, Not in Computer

You use them alot when you work in IT :) - Another is 1D-10T Error
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2010, 03:11:46 pm »
Good thing you regularly backup all your data though...

Right?
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2010, 03:30:30 pm »
System restore did this! Now that's weird.... HMMM
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2010, 03:47:47 pm »
He's not talking about Windows System Restore.  He's talking about a restore CD or DVD that came with his computer....
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Re: Windows horror story.
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2010, 04:15:43 pm »
So in reality it's not a Windows horror story, it's a <Insert Manufacturer Name Here> horror story...
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