Re: Backup software--like GHOST

[Brian A.]

It may take a few times to get used to it, yet I think you'll get it. I say
it's a myth that "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", and I'm sticking to
that. I hit that half a century mark in two weeks.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:OeP01E3wIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Brian. It's ok, the .vbs shortcut method mentioned before works out
> fine, and I've got that in the Start Menu now (and on the QL bar). Now, if I
> could only remember to use it that way more often. (That's what happens
> when you get to be 60+, LOL).
>
> Brian A. wrote:
>> I've tried Bill, but can't get it to work properly. I got it into the
>> Search
>> submenu but it opens to the default lookin all drives. I think it's time to
>> put the question to an XP ng to see what they can do for you.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
>> Conflicts start where information lacks.
>> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>>
>> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>

 

[Bill in Co.]

Rick Chauvin wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:OeP01E3wIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl
>
>> (That's what happens when you get to be 60+, LOL).
>
> ....you got me by a few years then...
> ...no wonder you are so set in your ways... <smile>
>
> Rick

Yup. Perhaps so. Been around the block waaay too long, for some of
this newage BS.

 

[Bill in Co.]

I use it when I remember.
If I don't, I end up back with the standard one, LOL. Things could be
worse.
Although I'm still pissed off about the removal of the autocompacting of OE
folders to protect the bimbos.

Brian A. wrote:
> It may take a few times to get used to it, yet I think you'll get it. I
> say
> it's a myth that "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", and I'm sticking
> to that. I hit that half a century mark in two weeks.
>
> --
>
>
> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
> Conflicts start where information lacks.
> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>
> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:OeP01E3wIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Brian. It's ok, the .vbs shortcut method mentioned before works
>> out fine, and I've got that in the Start Menu now (and on the QL bar).
>> Now, if I could only remember to use it that way more often. (That's
>> what
>> happens when you get to be 60+, LOL).
>>
>> Brian A. wrote:
>>> I've tried Bill, but can't get it to work properly. I got it into the
>>> Search
>>> submenu but it opens to the default lookin all drives. I think it's
>>> time to
>>> put the question to an XP ng to see what they can do for you.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
>>> Conflicts start where information lacks.
>>> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>>>
>>> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
>>> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Rick Chauvin]

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:e2UXtr4wIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl

[...]

> Although I'm still pissed off about the removal of the autocompacting of
> OE folders to protect the bimbos.

Actually it's still there in automatic mode, even though not listed. iow,
on occasion I've seen when I shut down OE that up pops a prompt that asks
if I want to compact all folders to be efficient.... Granted my
C:\Documents and Settings\Rick\Local Settings\Application Data
folder has a few hundred MB of dbx files from all my techgroups within them
and so perhaps when it reaches a certain point it asks. I manually do it
once a month anyway. I've never had a database corruption that you'll hear
others talk about, but if it ever happened to me I'll just restore the
entire current dbx folder out of the True Image tib in 5 seconds flat, or
for that matter any other OS related problem, and so there is really
never any situation you can't recover from if you use imaging, from a
single file, folder, or entire partiton(s).

Rick

 

[Bill in Co.]

Rick Chauvin wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:e2UXtr4wIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl
>
> [...]
>
>> Although I'm still pissed off about the removal of the autocompacting of
>> OE folders to protect the bimbos.
>
> Actually it's still there in automatic mode, even though not listed. iow,
> on occasion I've seen when I shut down OE that up pops a prompt that asks
> if I want to compact all folders to be efficient....

I know, it supposedly runs after 100 uses? (or maybe it was 100 days?) in
OE, or whatever, IF one does not compact the folders manually.

> Granted my C:\Documents and Settings\Rick\Local Settings\Application Data
> folder has a few hundred MB of dbx files from all my techgroups within
> them
> and so perhaps when it reaches a certain point it asks. I manually do it
> once a month anyway.

I manually do it almost every day. (otherwise it keeps getting
bloated)
I spend a LOT of time in OE in newsgroups, so it quickly adds up.

I wish OE would automatically remove old messages, but it doesn't (you HAVE
to run a rule to delete old messages, yourself) So, I have a news rule
set up to delete old messages from a newsgroup (actually I do it for all
newsgroups) after 7 days, but I have to run it manually.

(If you look at the OE Maintenance Tab (Tools, Options, Maintenance), it
almost implies it will be automatically done after xx days, but it isn't.


> I've never had a database corruption that you'll hear
> others talk about, but if it ever happened to me I'll just restore the
> entire current dbx folder out of the True Image tib in 5 seconds flat, or
> for that matter any other OS related problem, and so there is really
> never any situation you can't recover from if you use imaging, from a
> single file, folder, or entire partiton(s).
>
> Rick

Yup, I use True Image to backup my system regularly too.