the proposed
'universal health care'
excludes congress?
- Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
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Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
LarryT wrote:
Hi Mitch - so you are saying SP3 contains
with no changes...
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:05:52 -0400
From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I just saw something else in this, XP HOME... Go on eBay, buy a real copy of XP
with SP2 (or 3 preferred) and try that.
Or don't, I'll give you $100 for the Toshiba...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:24:04 -0400
From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
To: Mercedes
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From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
LarryT wrote:
Hi Mitch -
Preparing to try SP3 - while looking for SP3, I came across this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950722
i paid $399 for a closeout new in box previous generation mac mini at
microcenter. maybe that is the answer?
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Mitch Haley wrote:
Loren Faeth wrote:
Problem is that the older OS must be installed first for a dual boot
Problem is that the older OS must be installed first for a dual boot
system using 2 M$ os's. That means you need a real Wissta install cd.
One possible workaround is with wista installed, run a linux install
cd and do the partitition stuff then install XP from within the linux
install
care'
excludes congress?
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From: Russ Williams rawil...@eatel.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
Larry,
Try installing the hard drive in your external enclosure. Then hook
: Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com writes:
Have you low level formatted the drive and started from scratch?
I don't think there's really any such thing as a low level format
anymore on modern hard drives is there?
Allan
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: Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
Any chance a slipstreamed SP3 CD would install to it?
The symptoms are different than what I've been getting with my 1TB drive.
I installed SP1 onto the drive (it formatted to 127GB), then upgraded XP
to SP3, and used Linux
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Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:24 PM
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On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:13:00 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I then tried to use my factory restore disk to install Vista on another
partition, but instead of asking me which partition
Loren Faeth wrote:
Problem is that the older OS must be installed first for a dual boot
system using 2 M$ os's. That means you need a real Wissta install cd.
I hope to get around it thusly:
1. Partition 25GB, 25GB, 50GB and 850GB. (done)
2. Install wista on the 50GB. (done)
3. Make wista
LarryT wrote:
Hi Mitch - so you are saying SP3 contains the drivers and SP1 does not?
I'm saying SP3 (and I believe SP2) can handle a hard drive 130GB. I don't know
if that's part of your problem or not.
Can I skip slipstreaming SP12?
As far as I know, if you download the full SP3,
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From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
LarryT wrote:
Hi Mitch - so you are saying SP3 contains the drivers and SP1 does not?
I'm saying SP3 (and I
Mitch Haley wrote:
Loren Faeth wrote:
Problem is that the older OS must be installed first for a dual boot
system using 2 M$ os's. That means you need a real Wissta install cd.
I hope to get around it thusly:
1. Partition 25GB, 25GB, 50GB and 850GB. (done)
2. Install wista on the 50GB.
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excludes congress?
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
LarryT wrote:
Hi Mitch - so you are saying SP3 contains the drivers and SP1 does not?
I'm
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:34:01 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I'm about ready to buy Norton Ghost (or look for a freeware equivalent)
and make a copy of my existing XP drive to put on the new drive.
With Linux, you could use the dd comand.
Craig
'universal health care'
excludes congress?
- Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
LarryT wrote:
Hi Mitch - so you are saying SP3 contains
Yes, you can. The Mac will recognize a PC drive and happily copy
files over. It can also format drives for PC's, either format.
One of the multitude of reasons I have a Mac.
Peter
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Hi Peter, problem is, I'm going the other day, old Mac to new PC. I've
always used Mac's, so have a bunch of old ones. This is my second PC. My
thoughts were, get everything onto on comp, then dump it on an external
drive, so it's easy to just plug into whatever comp comes along next, which
LarryT wrote:
Hi Mitch -
Preparing to try SP3 - while looking for SP3, I came across this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950722 where it tells of MS Key
recognition problems. But I hope I'll find a way around it. See what
you think --
That link was what saved me, Larry. It seems
Ed:
Microsoft products don't read Mac. The trick is to get an empty
external drive and dump the Mac data onto a PC formated drive (Drive
Utility will format an external drive with either FAT32 or whatever
the new extended format is). Your Mac should happily copy files onto
the disk
Thanks Peter. Problem is, some of these Mac's are now so old, using USB on
some of them is a problem, that's why I was just pulling the howl HD and
sticking them in an external drive to load into the newer comp. Once I have
everything in one place and sorted, I'll then dump it all onto an
Wow, Redmond magazine? For a pre-release 'no-one will want to downgrade'
seems a bit premature...
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.comwrote:
Personally, the more I use OSX, the more i like it. No 64 bit migration
problems. It has always been 64 bit.
I
Subject: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
According to Redmond Magazine today, M$ will allow buyers of higher end
versions of Win 7 to downgrade to XP at no extra charge.
By Doug Barney
Editor in Chief, Redmond magazine
http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=2828309:1060387Windows 7: You Can
Go Back
When
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On Behalf Of LarryT
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
The Toshiba Laptop I bought in late march has Vista Ultimate. I have been
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To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 3:58 PM
Larry -
That seems strange to me as my 3 year old Dell desktop has
a 320Gb SATA hard
drive and I just recently purchased an OEM copy of XP pro
.
MacDan
--- On Sat, 6/20/09, LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 3:24 PM
The Toshiba Laptop I bought in late
march has Vista Ultimate. I
come the proposed
'univ health care'
excludes congress?
- Original Message - From: Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:16 PM
Subject: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
According to Redmond Magazine today, M$ will allow
wanted to play.
MacDan
--- On Sat, 6/20/09, LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 3:24 PM
The Toshiba Laptop I bought in late
march has
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Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
Now that I think about this it sounds bogus. We were using HP desktops
downgraded to XP a year ago that had SATA drives in them.
Have you low level formatted
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
Now that I think about this it sounds bogus. We were using HP desktops
downgraded to XP a year ago that had SATA drives in them
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Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
Now that I think about this it sounds bogus. We were using HP desktops
downgraded to XP a year ago that had SATA drives in them.
Have you low level formatted the drive and started from scratch?
Dan
, 2009 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW
I haven't tried this yet Larry, but being a computer guy, maybe it's
something you use, or are familiar with. I'm not really into spending big
bucks on software either, only to have it redundant in a few months, or
requiring more expensive updates
Larry,
Try installing the hard drive in your external enclosure. Then hook it up
to the lappy and boot up your XP CD see if it sees the hard drive.
If it does then do the install. External drive enclosures have their own
SATA
controller. If you are LUCKY and this works then reinstall the hard
LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com writes:
Have you low level formatted the drive and started from scratch?
I don't think there's really any such thing as a low level format
anymore on modern hard drives is there?
Allan
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For
Not really, but you can re-partition it and create a new file system.
Low level formatting has been a thing of the past for at least 20
years now. All modern drives have one surface used as a servo signal
for the heads to locate the tracks -- that head cannot write to the
disk.
Peter
Any chance a slipstreamed SP3 CD would install to it?
The symptoms are different than what I've been getting with my 1TB drive.
I installed SP1 onto the drive (it formatted to 127GB), then upgraded XP to SP3,
and used Linux to redo the partitions. I then tried to use my factory restore
disk
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:13:00 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I then tried to use my factory restore disk to install Vista on another
partition, but instead of asking me which partition, it just threw out
the partition table, reformatted, and installed. Say goodbye to the XP
Craig McCluskey wrote:
What does slipstreaming a CD mean?
Rebuilding a prior version install CD with a later service pack update built in.
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/slipstream-xp-service-pack-3.shtml
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According to Redmond Magazine today, M$ will allow buyers of higher
end versions of Win 7 to downgrade to XP at no extra charge.
By Doug Barney
Editor in Chief, Redmond magazine
http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=2828309:1060387Windows 7:
You Can Go Back
When Vista came out, many new
Many large corporations with proprietary software will not upgrade
since their software (for things like maintenance scheduling, parts
ordering, and personnel management) will NOT run on Vista or Win 7.
It took the company I consult for until three years ago to upgrade
from Win 2000, I
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