[dba-Tech] Petulant PC

I'll tell you, I spend more time on stuff like this, which is exactly why I
am trying to get my house in order.  A good RAID backup platform and a good
backup / imaging program will go a long way. 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:18 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Petulant PC

John and Arthur,

The system admin here at work thinks that my registry needs to be rebuilt
from the registry hive.  I'm first going to try to start with the Last Known
Good Configuration from the Windows XP install disk tonight.  If that
doesn't work, I'll pull the drive and bring it to work for him to do his
magic on it.

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI

On 6/4/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> Arthur,
>
> I think the first thing to do is determine what you want installed and 
> then install the OS and all of those programs, THEN ghost.  If you 
> ever need to restore all of the programs are preinstalled.
>
> After installing all of my required programs my laptop sits at about 40gb.
> That includes everything though from Spy sweeper AV and Comodo 
> firewall, to Adobe, VNC, UltaEdit and 3DFTP to Office 2003, Streets 
> and Trips, Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005.
>
> It is amazing how quickly it all adds up, and how long it takes to 
> install it from scratch.
>
> John W. Colby
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