[dba-Tech] New install

There were no error messages. The machine would boot, I'd momentarily see
the XP logo, then we're rebooting again. Safe mode with any of the options
resulted in the same behaviour. The important thing is that I got back my
data.

Makin' a list and checkin' it twice. Backup to CD every day is nice!

On 7/22/07, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >endless loop of reboots
>
> Did you catch the error msgs? What had the new monitor 'done'?
>
> PB
>
> -----
>
> Arthur Fuller wrote:
> > A horrible thing happened to me yesterday. I purchased a new monitor and
> > unplugged my old one and shut off the box and plugged in the new one and
> > turned it back on and suddenly everything went sideways -- endless loop
> of
> > reboots. I took it to the local store and got Johnny to plonk in a new
> HD
> > and to boot from there, and whew! It worked and I still have all the
> data on
> > the big fat HD -- it's tough to back up a 250GB even when it's only
> about
> > half full.
> >
> > Once I got the box back, I immediately backed up the important stuff and
> > burned a CD and also copied it to my memory stick and thence to another
> box.
> >
> > What a relief! Oh God, this kind thing is tough on the heart of an old
> man
> > like me. We're saved! More precisely, the work I did in the last couple
> of
> > weeks is saved -- which at the most modest of our rates, represents lots
> of
> > loot.
> >
> > There's an even better part to this story. My pal Johnny plonked in a
> new
> > HD, made it the bootable one, reinstalled XP Media Edition,
> re-registered my
> > copy and called me to tell me the box was ready. I got all my data back,
> > although I do have to do some re-installing of software, but the
> performance
> > is WAY WAY better than it was. This is not due to a faster HD. I think
> it's
> > due to a clean registry. I run RegClean fairly often but apparently that
> is
> > nowhere near enough to optimize performance.
> >
> > As a writer and developer and experimenter, I often put a lot of stuff
> on
> > and then forget that's even there, which perhaps explains why more than
> half
> > of the 250GB disk is occupied: things I used once or maybe twice, such
> as
> > JDeveloper. Apparently this stuff adds up and you end up with a machine
> that
> > runs at about 25% of what it's capable of with a clean install.
> >
> > So this time I'm going to try something new: install only what I need
> and
> > only when I need it.
> >
> > I can't believe the difference in performance. You don't timers to
> notice.
> > Compared to how the box performed before the crisis, the current
> performance
> > is like lightning vs. sound. Suddenly computing is fun again, instead of
> > "hurry up and wait".
> >
> > So, this story ends with a happy ending and a very happy camper. The
> only
> > thing worse than writing code once is writing it twice. Fortunately,
> thanks
> > to Johnny, I'm rescued and don't have to.
> >
> > I'm now attempting to set up a backup system that will be reliable and
> > foolproof (wot a concept). In days of old there was a fantastic utility
> > called JET from (IIRC) Pioneer Software. It was essentially a smarter
> xcopy,
> > but with fabulous arguments that would let you do just about anything. I
> > wish I could find a replacement for it, that would do the following:
> >
> > 1. copy all files changed today to the target;
> > 2. copy all files, comparing dates on the target's file system, and
> copying
> > newer versions + new files (recursively);
> > 3. list all files changed today;
> > 4. fix all the bugs in all files I changed today LOL.
> >
> > Somehow I guess the fourth requirement is beyond scope, but the other
> three
> > ought to be within scope. Anyone know of a tool that can do the first
> three
> > requirements?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Arthur
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