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Tails Shyguy Level: 15 Posts: 52/98 EXP: 13910 For next: 2474 Since: 04-10-05 From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Since last post: 139 days Last activity: 10 days |
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| I'll be upgrading from Windows ME "finally" into Windows 2000 or XP; not sure which one yet. I have so many pests on my computer, that I can't get it completely clean without a full format, which I'll be doing right before the install. I have 2 blank discs. I'll be using one for an OS upgrade, but then I have this other disk.. What essential programs/files would you put on such a disk? I already know I'll be putting on Firefox, Ad Aware SE, and the AcmlmBoard distributable  Does anyone else have any ideas on what to put on this program backup disk of mine? |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 4480/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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*cough*  I recommend Textpad, Proxomitron, AVG, Hex Workshop, Winamp, Trillian, and VLC Player. More good programs can be found here. Also, this may be of interest. You can make a custom install CD that has all your stuff installed for you.  |
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mrmenz Slime Level: 30 Posts: 259/347 EXP: 157982 For next: 7887 Since: 03-15-04 From: USA/PA Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 39 days |
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| You could just create a partition where you keep all important data and another for your operating system. I would put anything on the disk you cant easily download or get access to. | |||
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Tails Shyguy Level: 15 Posts: 56/98 EXP: 13910 For next: 2474 Since: 04-10-05 From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Since last post: 139 days Last activity: 10 days |
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No I don't think I can back anything up.. I'm still using the fat32 file system, and I'd like to change this.  Thank you for that list R2H2. I'll be sure to take loads of stuff from it.  |
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tuna ... Level: 3 Posts: 318/2 EXP: 51 For next: 77 Since: 12-02-04 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| Wether or not you use the FAT32 FS shouldn't matter -- burning to CD uses a different file system entirely (afaik)... That, and I'd go with 2000. I've tried both and have to say 2000 rocks XP's socks. It makes my 800MHz computer seem almost as fast as the 2.x GHz XP computer. Believe me, 2000 rocks. Definitely use that. (not to mention XP has that damned activation "feature") |
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Mel (USER WAS TOTALLY AWESOME FOR THIS POST) Level: 47  Posts: 802/991 EXP: 762490 For next: 3713 Since: 03-15-04 From: secure tripcodes are for jerks Since last post: 17 min. Last activity: 16 min. |
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| Activation really isn't a problem unless you've blown out four or five computers and used the same CD for all of them. And even then, dealing with the activation hotline isn't that difficult. You know how everybody complains about outsourcing to India? I actually found the guy I got helpful and relatively easy to understand. (There was only one number I missed through the entire fifty-something character long activation code.) | |||
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kitty Come on babe, pet the pussy ;) Level: 70 Posts: 1335/2449 EXP: 2962406 For next: 53405 Since: 03-15-04 From: Scranton, PA, USA Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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Originally posted by AlexaI have to disagree. I've used both and I have to say XP is superior in terms of speed and stability. XP also doesnt seem to have any memory leak issues - at least not any I've noticed. Of course, if you keep visual themes on in XP, that uses resources and makes it about even with 2K, if not a bit slower - but I don't use themes. I'd suggest XP SP2. Also, I suggest putting ALL YOUR DRIVERS on that CD beforehand to save a lot of time! For me, I'd need a CD with at least: -AIM and DeadAIM -Codecs - Nimo codec pack, or FFDShow and XViD codecs -Drivers -Firefox 1.0.4 -Java "JDK" package -mIRC/other IRC client -Nero -PSP 7 -Winamp -WinRAR and WinZip (WinRAR uncompresses too slow for me) Also, don't forget... -Backup your entire Desktop and My Documents directories -Backup any program logs or saved profiles |
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Kasumi-Astra Administrator Level: 62  Posts: 1485/1867 EXP: 1971846 For next: 12840 Since: 03-15-04 From: Reading, UK Uni: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 12 hours |
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| For me: XP SP2 AIM MSN WS_FTP Tortoise SVN Textpad (Java) Java 2.0 SDK Notepad ++ (PHP and HTML) Python + IDLE Adobe Photoshop WinRAR Winamp WinDVD Stepmania + Stepfiles World of Warcraft Half Life 2 + Steam Winblinds Gens (Genesis, Megadrive) SNES9X (Super NES) Project 64 (N64) Free Rip MP3s ROMs Images Documents HTML + PHP backups Coursework backups. |
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