[or-roots] New computer

[W David Samuelsen]

hard drive partition is extremely risky because of hard drive failure. 
This I learned from my Chinese expert who warned against it, preferring
two hard drives instead.

In fact the Family History Library (in Salt Lake City), they have TWO 
hard drives in every computer. One for programs and one for data only 
and they use Windows XP. All of the computers are on network.

David Samuelsen

Barbara Wulf wrote:
> Or with Windows 2000P you can partition the hard drive and use one partition
> for data and another for the operating system.  However, either partitioning
> or a physically separate hard drive does not protect from certain viruses.
> Once one drive talks to the other the virus can spread.  [Does the same
> thing on a network.]
> 
> 
> 
> Barb
> wulf at bendcable.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "W David Samuelsen" <dsam at sampubco.com>
> To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] New computer
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>>Better to have two hard drives and keep data on drive d so that data
>>won't get wiped out by virus or hard crash as result of notorious MS
>>operating systems problems.
>>
>>I have two hard drives and keeps all data on 2nd hard drive. Never
>>regretted it and it was done on advice of my tech savvy Chinese computer
>>dealer who also do diagnostic and repair at very affordable price. He
>>suggested that I have two hard drives and told me I won't regret it.
>>He's right because he don't like any of Microsoft 95 and upwards because
>>of their persisent operating problems.
>>
>>David Samuelsen
>>
>>DanM wrote:
>>
>>>I went from 10 to 40 gig, its nice to have that freedom, can say I need
>>
> any
> 
>>>more room tho, cant fill this one up with all I have <G>
>>>   Use Drive copy , put the new drive in as D and put in drive copy and
>>>boot.
>>>It will copy the whole old drive to the new one.
>>>Dan
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
>>>To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
>>>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:25 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [or-roots] New computer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Jacqueline wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>putting the hard drive into the new
>>>>>computer....however, grandson is going to get it,
>>>>
>>>>Hard drives are cheap (relatively) -- by the kid a new one, it will be
>>>>much bigger than your old one, and even if your just keep the old one on
>>>>a shelf, the data will still be there (most likely), besides, big hard
>>>>drives keep kids happy with what all they do with computers ...
>>>>
>>>>Bill
>>>
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