Thought I'd query the group following a discussion with a sales rep @ Tiger Direct last evening. I had to order a new hard drive after the one I had yesterday shorted out and burned when trying to make a backup copy of it (that's another story) Anyway, after I ordered my new u s b external adapter to plug hard drives into and a new 750 GB Western Digital drive, the rep asked me if I would be interested in some new program (can't remember the name) that did everything to enhance your new hard drive, handle viruses, spy ware, etc, etc. etc.... He asked what I used to set up my hard drives and protect my system. I explained I used diskpart to set up partitions and image for windows to move partitions around and back up hard drives. I also told him I had a lynksys router and used Microsoft's MSE program. After listening to him for about 5 minutes trying to sell me this new program he almost had me believing I had virtually no protection. So my question is this, I've been using MSE for about two months now on my three networked computers in the house. I have also successfully installed and used two new 750 GB Western Digital hard drives with no problems. I have not installed all this utility software or upgraded my BIOS to support them. I've had no viruses or spy ware detected when MSE scans my machine. I also remember someone on this list submitted an article stating MSE had performed pretty well in tests. Oh yes, the other thing this guy said was the reason Microsoft offered MSE free was to get you to buy their paid version of Window's live one cares. I was under the impression MSE replace the program. Anyway any thoughts or comments from anyone?
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