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From: Daave on 20 Jul 2010 15:16 Don Phillipson wrote: > "(PeteCresswell)" <x(a)y.Invalid> wrote in message > news:1sr946pvqcd8ihav5t3si53mnn92kf7imb(a)4ax.com... > >> With teenagers banging on a box couple hours a day, re-imaging >> has become something I'm totally comfortable with and I'll do it >> the moment the sys even *seems* flaky. Takes all of 30 minutes >> and any problems go away.... and if there weren't actually any >> problems, that's OK too.... > > Rather than backing up only "the moment the sys even *seems* flaky," > it may be wiser to back up all (or clone) when the system seems rock- > solid stable and thereafter at appropriate intervals, e.g. once a > week. True. Hopefully, OP meant he would *restore* the image the moment the system seems the slightest bit off. Images need to be current!
From: SC Tom on 20 Jul 2010 15:13 "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message news:i24p4e$tsq$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > "(PeteCresswell)" <x(a)y.Invalid> wrote in message > news:1sr946pvqcd8ihav5t3si53mnn92kf7imb(a)4ax.com... > >> With teenagers banging on a box couple hours a day, re-imaging >> has become something I'm totally comfortable with and I'll do it >> the moment the sys even *seems* flaky. Takes all of 30 minutes >> and any problems go away.... and if there weren't actually any >> problems, that's OK too.... > > Rather than backing up only "the moment the sys even *seems* flaky," > it may be wiser to back up all (or clone) when the system seems rock- > solid stable and thereafter at appropriate intervals, e.g. once a week. > > -- > Don Phillipson > Carlsbad Springs > (Ottawa, Canada) > I think he's saying that as soon as the system *seems* flaky, he restores it from a previous image before it totally goes down the crapper. Or that's what I got from "re-imaging." -- SC Tom
From: SC Tom on 20 Jul 2010 15:44 "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message news:Rzm1o.20027$lS1.17116(a)newsfe12.iad... > > "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message > news:i24p4e$tsq$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> "(PeteCresswell)" <x(a)y.Invalid> wrote in message >> news:1sr946pvqcd8ihav5t3si53mnn92kf7imb(a)4ax.com... >> >>> With teenagers banging on a box couple hours a day, re-imaging >>> has become something I'm totally comfortable with and I'll do it >>> the moment the sys even *seems* flaky. Takes all of 30 minutes >>> and any problems go away.... and if there weren't actually any >>> problems, that's OK too.... >> >> Rather than backing up only "the moment the sys even *seems* flaky," >> it may be wiser to back up all (or clone) when the system seems rock- >> solid stable and thereafter at appropriate intervals, e.g. once a week. >> >> -- >> Don Phillipson >> Carlsbad Springs >> (Ottawa, Canada) >> > > I think he's saying that as soon as the system *seems* flaky, he restores > it from a previous image before it totally goes down the crapper. Or > that's what I got from "re-imaging." > -- > SC Tom > God, I love Charter!!
From: Daave on 20 Jul 2010 17:25 SC Tom wrote: > "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message > news:i24p4e$tsq$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> "(PeteCresswell)" <x(a)y.Invalid> wrote in message >> news:1sr946pvqcd8ihav5t3si53mnn92kf7imb(a)4ax.com... >> >>> With teenagers banging on a box couple hours a day, re-imaging >>> has become something I'm totally comfortable with and I'll do it >>> the moment the sys even *seems* flaky. Takes all of 30 minutes >>> and any problems go away.... and if there weren't actually any >>> problems, that's OK too.... >> >> Rather than backing up only "the moment the sys even *seems* flaky," >> it may be wiser to back up all (or clone) when the system seems rock- >> solid stable and thereafter at appropriate intervals, e.g. once a >> week. -- >> Don Phillipson >> Carlsbad Springs >> (Ottawa, Canada) >> > > I think he's saying that as soon as the system *seems* flaky, he > restores it from a previous image before it totally goes down the > crapper. Or that's what I got from "re-imaging." If you ask me, Tom, something might be flaky on your end. ;-)
From: SC Tom on 20 Jul 2010 21:58
"Daave" <daave(a)example.com> wrote in message news:%23p78NIFKLHA.4796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > SC Tom wrote: >> "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message >> news:i24p4e$tsq$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>> "(PeteCresswell)" <x(a)y.Invalid> wrote in message >>> news:1sr946pvqcd8ihav5t3si53mnn92kf7imb(a)4ax.com... >>> >>>> With teenagers banging on a box couple hours a day, re-imaging >>>> has become something I'm totally comfortable with and I'll do it >>>> the moment the sys even *seems* flaky. Takes all of 30 minutes >>>> and any problems go away.... and if there weren't actually any >>>> problems, that's OK too.... >>> >>> Rather than backing up only "the moment the sys even *seems* flaky," >>> it may be wiser to back up all (or clone) when the system seems rock- >>> solid stable and thereafter at appropriate intervals, e.g. once a >>> week. -- >>> Don Phillipson >>> Carlsbad Springs >>> (Ottawa, Canada) >>> >> >> I think he's saying that as soon as the system *seems* flaky, he >> restores it from a previous image before it totally goes down the >> crapper. Or that's what I got from "re-imaging." > > If you ask me, Tom, something might be flaky on your end. ;-) > Yeah, it's an unfixable virus called Charter Communications :-) |