Re: [H] Vaporware or..
It hasn't been released yetnext year is a long ways away. :-) At 01:58 PM 9/3/2010, It was written by CW that this shall come to pass: Gearbox says they will release Duke Nukem Forever next year. Does anyone care? Kind of sad the greatest vaporware story of all time may end.. http://kotaku.com/5629655/your-first-look-at-duke-nukem-forever-in-action
[H] Backing up Win7 woes
Hi, I recently bought my mom a laptop with Win7. Fine. Not so fine is that the C: partition seems to occupy +34 gigabytes. What I want is to be able to make a ghost image within reasonable limits. +34 gigabytes doesn't seem so. As of yet unexperienced with Win7, is this the normal disk (ab)use of the O/S? Slipstreaming? /s
Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes
Win7 install footprint is nowhere near that. Not even remotely close. But most oems load it down with things, swap file and a hibernation file can add a couple gig, etc. Win7 has most of the basic drivers built in for the most part. A 32bit win7 install can be done in a 16g drive. A 64 in a 20. My sizes at base were: 10.7, 13.9. Ymmv. Note: is is about 60% of a vista install, so its slimmed down quite a bit --Original Message-- From: Soren Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Backing up Win7 woes Sent: Sep 3, 2010 3:37 PM Hi, I recently bought my mom a laptop with Win7. Fine. Not so fine is that the C: partition seems to occupy +34 gigabytes. What I want is to be able to make a ghost image within reasonable limits. +34 gigabytes doesn't seem so. As of yet unexperienced with Win7, is this the normal disk (ab)use of the O/S? Slipstreaming? /s Sent via BlackBerry
Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes
It can appear to be that large depending the method used to check volume usage because of all the symbolic links. On 9/3/2010 2:02 PM, tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Win7 install footprint is nowhere near that. Not even remotely close. But most oems load it down with things, swap file and a hibernation file can add a couple gig, etc. Win7 has most of the basic drivers built in for the most part. A 32bit win7 install can be done in a 16g drive. A 64 in a 20. My sizes at base were: 10.7, 13.9. Ymmv. Note: is is about 60% of a vista install, so its slimmed down quite a bit --Original Message-- From: Soren Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Backing up Win7 woes Sent: Sep 3, 2010 3:37 PM Hi, I recently bought my mom a laptop with Win7. Fine. Not so fine is that the C: partition seems to occupy +34 gigabytes. What I want is to be able to make a ghost image within reasonable limits. +34 gigabytes doesn't seem so. As of yet unexperienced with Win7, is this the normal disk (ab)use of the O/S? Slipstreaming? /s Sent via BlackBerry
Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes
I just installed Win7 64-bit Ultimate on one of my partitions. It's taking up about 20 GB, which includes a 3 GB hibernation file and a 4 GB pagefile. No OEM apps or utilities. Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail) -- -Original Message- From: Soren Not so fine is that the C: partition seems to occupy +34 gigabytes.
Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes
Inline.. tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Win7 install footprint is nowhere near that. Not even remotely close. Nope, I figured that out pretty quick :) But most oems load it down with things, swap file and a hibernation file can add a couple gig, etc. Oh yes, tons of useless apps, but these are already either uninstalled or disabled. This is why I'm a bit lost... Win7 has most of the basic drivers built in for the most part. A 32bit win7 install can be done in a 16g drive. A 64 in a 20. My sizes at base were: 10.7, 13.9. Ymmv. My thoughts, too. The install is a 32/64 hybrid of the Premium Home version. Don't know if that particular version is special for Europe or not. Note: is is about 60% of a vista install, so its slimmed down quite a bit I hear you. Slipstreaming is the next subject on the menu. /s --Original Message-- From: Soren Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Backing up Win7 woes Sent: Sep 3, 2010 3:37 PM Hi, I recently bought my mom a laptop with Win7. Fine. Not so fine is that the C: partition seems to occupy +34 gigabytes. What I want is to be able to make a ghost image within reasonable limits. +34 gigabytes doesn't seem so. As of yet unexperienced with Win7, is this the normal disk (ab)use of the O/S? Slipstreaming? /s Sent via BlackBerry
Re: [H] write protected thumb drive ?
Mr. Fred, maybe using one of the so called live-distros, e.g. knoppix.org, would help? The util Gparted will tell u which properties the drive has, including write protection. Enable/disable is then just a flag away. HTH. FORC5 wrote: Have a flash drive my son got at ASU, has the school manual on it. Copied that off. Can not use the drive because it is write protected. There is no switch on the unit Diskpart does not see it. have nothing with fdisk on it anymore (do not think anyway) drive management will not let me delete the partition. Partition magic (8) does not see it. pretty sure done with sw, anybody have a clue. This will move me up a step on the daddo ladder :-D , son is a Computer Engineer student ( freshman) thanks still looking fp
