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koonaone writes:
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Is it possible the Ram usage of XP is a consequence of some XP
applications ram requirements?
Probably; as I said, I've so far not felt the need to get around to
fitting the 2G module I bought, so this netbook still has (and runs fine
on) the 1G it came with. (Since my first computer - which I built with a
soldering iron - had 1K, then upgraded to 8K - and yes, I do mean K not
M - I still can't believe 1G is now considered small.)
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0up ERUNT. Isn't the built in restore accessable from DOS? can you
not run regrestore etc?
The default disc system for XP is NTFS (XP will run fine on FAT32, but
that isn't the default). DOS - even assuming you could find a way of
booting into it (remember you haven't got a floppy drive, usually -
certainly not on any netbook I've seen) - can't access NTFS: it would
say it couldn't find any hard drive. Yes, you _can_ use the restore
console from the XP CD (assuming you have one), and _possibly_ boot into
it even if you don't have one, but my understanding is that it's
somewhat fiddly to use. ERUNT works like the old ('95, though it worked
fine on '98, and I believe Me) ERU/ERD - it just backs up certain files,
and makes a utility (in the same directory as the files) that you just
run to restore them. In order to be able to get at the files, though,
you need something that can read NTFS discs, and I used BartPE (on the
recommendation of the chap - Lars, I think - who wrote ERUNT, when I
asked him that very question [how do I get at my backups]). System
restore requires you to at least be able to get some way into Windows to
use it; regrestore I haven't heard of.
(Though keeping the left pane in Explorer showing the tree has taken
some cuffing,
and still doesn't always work, such as when opening a .zip file.)
Exactly why I installed XYPlorer and made it default shell..
I get on OK with Explorer most of the time.
(As a rough rule, I've often found that old friends whose
latest version will work with XP, but will still work with '9x, tend to
have remained speedy and simple to use.)
Now that is a great tip, thanks
Not foolproof of course!
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I've used a "dot matrix" [impact] printer with XP
I rue the day I came home to find my landscape wide epson dotmatrix
had
been relegated to a dump. run by a short term overly enthusiastic
bunkmate.
Ouch! (A few years ago you could get big old laser printers for nothing
too; probably too late now as they've all been dumped.)
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progress is in general good.
I turned 65 a while back, you just blew your covers young fellow.
Ah, you're OK; I'm 50 next month - not the best time (I know there's
never a good time, but YKWIM) to be made redundant, as I am being.
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That worked better than any windows till
w3.11 for workgroups I think it was. So no, I never did use norton
commander type
Oh yes, that's coming back to me now - it was a suite of utilities,
wasn't it. XTree was almost entirely just a file management GUI (or TUI
or COW [see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_shell]).
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Have you run across a russian affair called Connect, or sometimes the
IBM handshaker?
Nope.
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Now the cow is bawling.
yours
douglas
If only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.
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