Don't get me wrong, I agree that it can be quite refreshing to have a default factory system. But For example I was doing a re-install on Xmas eve last year and that was a pain. An imaging program to back up to a flash drive or external hard disk like the other chap said. Looks like the way to go. At least then you could back it up once all of your software was in, logs and radio software, bookmarks, tools, e-mail addresses etc and THEN back up. I should try something like that now as my Ahem system appears to be working fine at the moment.
What size do these image programs make the image? Do they really work in the event of total system failure? It is a rather old PC here also and I think doing anything like this is going to cripple it. Sorry to high jack the thread but seems a good topic for all of us. Toby -------Original Message------- From: Rud Merriam Date: 11/06/2009 15:31:56 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Boot discs for emcomm/ham radio Actually, I find recovering from a crash with a bare install to be beneficial. It gets rid of all the junk that builds up over a year or so. One thing that helps is I copy all install CDs to a hard drive. (Actually they are in a version control system - Subversion - if you know what one of those is.) With them on a hard drive the install goes faster and I don't have to get everything installed all at once. I just add things back as I need them. - 73 - Rud Merriam K5RUD ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX http://TheHamNetwork.net -----Original Message----- From: Toby Burnett [mailto:ruff...@hebrides.net] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:29 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Boot discs for emcomm/ham radio I also would be interested as to booting windoze from a memory stick like a live cd of Linux. It takes so long for me to re install everything should I have a system wide crash. Just to get back back onto win XP pro I have to load XP home first and then all of XP Pro. With that and all the driver disks etc and whatever else you loose in the process it can take a good day at least just to get back to a blank windoze system with everything working. My Laptop which I just got (Vista) gave the option to make a recovery disk set (4 DVD's!!!!!) which took the best part of 4 - 5 hours to create. That's a lot of data even for a memory stick and I dread the day I have to use them. -------Original Message------- From: Simon \(HB9DRV\) Date: 11/06/2009 14:18:21 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Boot discs for emcomm/ham radio Just keep a memory stick with a Windows installation. These are now so cheap they make a good solution for netbook-portable. Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew O'Brien" <k3uka...@gmail.com> >I had a PC problem last night and Windows would not load. I was able to >get on the Internet and active in digital modes within a few short minutes >by booting a CD that contained Fldigi via Linux. This simple way of >getting on the air when a HD crashes of Windows fails made me wonder if >there is a Windows CD somewhere that we can boot and it also contains a >browser, digital mode software, etc?
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