Re: [H] Vaporware or..

2010-09-03 Thread Gary Jackson


  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

2010-09-03 Thread Soren

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

2010-09-03 Thread tmservo
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

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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


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Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-03 Thread Josh MacCraw
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

2010-09-03 Thread Gary VanderMolen

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)
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-Original Message- 
From: Soren


Not so fine is that the C: partition seems to occupy +34 gigabytes.



Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-03 Thread Soren

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


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Re: [H] write protected thumb drive ?

2010-09-03 Thread Soren

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