Charlie
Wed Jul 02 09:55:26 PDT 2008
I've been using Windows Home Server for this, Carlos. I love it. Faster and
more "automatic" that Acronis by a significant margin. (And I used to use
and like Acronis for this.) And restores are quick - either individual
files, or entire partitions.
There's a public beta of PP1 which includes x64 Vista support.
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"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Denise,
> Having to reformat every two months is quite uncommon.
> Here are a couple of suggestions that can make your life easier.
> Once you have your installed your OS and put all the necessary drivers, do
> a
> full backup to an external media.
> Acronis True Image Home is an excellent choice for doing it.
> That way you won't have to install your OS again when things go wrong,
> just
> bring the image back and you are in business again.
> OS's don't get screwed up by themselves so there must be "things" that you
> do along time that finally break it down.
> So, before installing any new piece of software or hardware, do manually
> create a system restore point.
> That way you will be able to fold back in case new problems show up.
> When you have a problem, analyze very carefully what did you do that might
> have created it. Try to undo your last actions. That's the way to learn
> and
> gain experience without having to nuke your installation every two months.
> Also once a month, if you find your OS stable and reliable, do an
> additional
> backup to an external media.
> Finally, visit this NG after the first problem starts.
> :)
> Carlos
>
>
> "Denise" wrote:
>
>> Well, the 4th try was a piece of cake.
>>
>> The other times, I did the same thing. I'm used to formatting because
>> I'd
>> rather format than try to find and remove problems that my pc picks up
>> over a
>> few months' time. I'm on it at least 12 hrs a day. This was about my
>> 9th or
>> 10th format in about 18 months.
>>
>> I went into bios and told it to make my dvd drive the first in the boot
>> sequence. I put my XP Pro x64 disk in the DVD drive. When my computert
>> restarted, it asked if I wanted to boot from the CD and I pressed 'any
>> key'.
>> The next few questions were about whether I wanted to format or repair
>> and
>> then, press Enter to format and the F to format the C drive. The first 3
>> times, it got to 20% and I received a pretty long message that said that
>> I
>> can't install Windows XP Pro x64 on that drive because Vista x64 was on
>> it.
>> I don't remember the exact wording. I tried it 2 more times and I
>> received
>> the same response. I asked a friend about it who has several computers
>> and
>> he couldn't get it to install over Vista x64 either. I decided to try
>> one
>> more time and it went smoothly along. I can't tell you why. I didn't do
>> anything different each time.
>> --
>> Denise
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>>
>> > Did it say why? I assume from your description that you booted with
>> > the cd,
>> > right? What are the "right things" that you did?
>> >
>> > "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:2A4DDB3E-B587-48E6-A4C2-5FAF4D70BF53@microsoft.com...
>> > > What do I need to do to format my pc to XP Pro x64? I did all the
>> > > right
>> > > things but when I pressed F to format my C drive, it said that I
>> > > couldn't
>> > > do
>> > > it.
>> > > --
>> > > Denise
>> > >
>> > >
>> >