On that line (which has nothing to do with your problem). On a couple of our multi-purpose machines (sometimes used as dev servers, sometimes used as testing machines, etc) we have hard-drive drawers installed, and we've bought the cheapest, smallest drives we could find. The drawer hardware is super cheap, and that way I can slide in the XP Pro dev disk and work on that, and if I need to do some testing on NT 4 workstation, I just swap the drive and turn it on.
Considering I've never seen another company utilize these drawers, it must not be very widespread, but it's a great saver when we have a limited number of machines that we are allowed to "play" with. Josh -----Original Message----- From: Pete Ruckelshaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:06 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Macromedia DONT help me now. so where do i turn now? Something to consider -- buy a "spare" hard drive, pull out your current one, put in the new one, and start your installation process. If you need to get back to business, stop at a convenient point in the installation process, shut down your PC, and switch back to your old hard drive. Shoot me a ticket to NSW and I'll take care of it for you :-) (I'm growing weary of Winter in the Northeastern US) Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: RE: Macromedia DONT help me now. so where do i turn now? > Yes, thanks Dave, and the others who are giving me the benefit of their > experience in these things. Dave I did see your advice about > rebuilding the system. I took so long to build it the first time - only > a couple of months ago, that I really want to exhaust all the other > possibilities first. That's a BIG job for me - not really up to speed > on XPPro things. However I'm fast running out of other things to try. > > This machine isn't just used for my web development. I have a really > tiny business - just me - this machine does a multitude of jobs for me, > my business, my family etc. Rebuilding it isn't a trivial task, but as > I said, there aren't many other possibilities left to try. > > > Thanks for your suggestions, and thanks for giving a damn. > > > Cheers, > Michael Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP Webworks. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2003 12:32 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Macromedia DONT help me now. so where do i turn now? > > a clean install is the best way to go, as I suggested too you a few days > ago. > but xp also has a repair feature to where it goes over your install and > fixes its files but I'm not sure I'd trust that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:40 AM > Subject: RE: Macromedia DONT help me now. so where do i turn now? > > > > I'm starting to think that perhaps the problem might lie in the > Windows. > > Does anyone know if there is a self-repair kind of thing in WinXPPRo? > > If I do a reinstall, will it safely install with all my tweaks and > > setting or will it take me all the way back to the initial > installation > > again and I'll have to reinstall all my apps again? > > > > > > Cheers, > > Michael Kear > > Windsor, NSW, Australia > > AFP Webworks. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2003 4:02 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Macromedia DONT help me now. so where do i turn now? > > > > I'm just thinking along the lines that there may be something wrong > > with the computer, maybe a corrupted nic driver, or a somehow broken > > IIS install...I've seen both of those cause many strange problems. The > > Metabase can get corrupted, but IIS will still function to a point, > > and corrupted nic drivers can cause all sorts of odd things to happen. > > > > I've installed MX on 3 machines, some old, some new, and had problems, > > but nothing like what you are seeing, and haven't seen people > > mentioning this kind of problem, so the problem would seem to be with > > your setup somewhere.Trying to install on another system would at > > least give concrete proof that the problem is with the computer if it > > succeeds. At which point I'd say it's time for a Windows reinstall, or > > at least download a copy of Metaedit to make sure your IIS metabase > > isn't corrupt, and reinstall the nic drivers. > > > > Forgive me if I'm off base, I've followed the threads but there have > > been quite a few and I may have missed some relevant point. > > > > -- > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Monday, March 10, 2003, 11:30:08 PM, you wrote: > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
