Ian Hoare wrote:

> Salut/Hi Malke,
>
> le/on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:43:37 -0800, tu disais/you said:-
>
>>Ian Hoare wrote:
>>
>>> As it happens I'll be going back to the Uk at the weekend, for 3
>>> weeks. I think that would be my best bet, though I'll try to make a
>>> start. All my data is safely backed up at least.
>>>
>>> Thanks again, though I'd appreciate a hint as to what to do to make
>>> a bootable CD. I use Nero 6.
>>
>>Hi, Ian. I don't like the rattling noise. You should replace that fan.
>
> Agreed. I _will_ remove and replace the fan, they cost nothing and it
> would be loony not to.
>
>>I'm not sure what you mean by how to make a bootable cd. Usually the
>>file you need to make a bootable cd - like for Memtest86+ or SeaTools
>>or the like - is an .iso. You d/l the .iso and in Nero choose to burn
>>an image file. Then just burn it.
>
> Ah but not quite!
>
> You see, I'd never explored the "lower reaches" of the burning options
> in Nero, and I had no idea that one of them was "CD-ROM (boot)". So I
> kept trying to burn a CD data disk and it wouldn't boot! In the end, I
> found sufficiently detailed instructions. I know, I know, RTFM and all
> that, but when you're working 16 hours a day slogging your way through
> 160 pages is quite demanding.
>
> All that to say that I've now burnt a bootable CD of WinXP
> slipstreamed, and used it to build a new version of Windows on my
> newer, larger HD. Since then, I've had not one single crash even when
> using my anti-virus to scan the old C-drive - which was crashing the
> whole time and made me very suspicious.
>
> Win xP is now back up to speed, which is brilliant. The only boring
> part is having to re-install all my old software. I've juggled around
> with the HD allocations, so only C&D are reversed, which makes some
> things a bit easier. I'm also taking the opportunity to work _with_
> windows instead of against it, as I now understand its logic better,
> as it differentiates between "my" account, "default" account, "all
> users" and "administrator". Hey ho! Wish me luck, and thanks very much
> indeed for your help.
>
> When I've dealt (migrating some to C, archiving or delating many
> others) with all 30k files on the old C drive, the 7k files on the E
> partition, the 21k files on the F partition, and the 3k files in H
> (just done that), I can reformat C, and use that either to have a
> mirror, or else possibly to experiment again with Linux.
>
> Thanks again for your generous help.
>
>
Lovely! I'm so glad you got everything sorted and I appreciate you
taking the time to let me know what happened. I still think you should
replace the fan if it's making noise. ;-)

Have a lot of fun!

Malke
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