Vista - Re: What New Hell Is This?!?

I am a self admitted retard that is running Vista RC1 on his primary computer
at home. I am willing to take the risk of losing my data, a seperate larger
hard drive helps keep the loss to a bare minimum. On my first Drive I got a
160 gig thing broken up into three parts, one for 30 Gigs for XP
Professional, 50 gigs for Vista and the rest was where I would keep the my
documents folders and whatnot
Only data related disaster was when I was actually in my XP Professional
Side of of my drive when I was in Disk Management and I accidently deleted
both drives D and E, and it wasnt until I got to C that I was unable to
delete anything more, I had an external 160 Gig that I was going to blow out.
I laughed, smacked myself in the head, and recovered what I needed.


My cobra went crazy because I play the wrong tune and it hit me in the eye
with it''s teeth.

P4-530 3.0 Ghz
1GB RAM
Toshiba 160G SATA
Western Digital 250G SATA
Nvidia GeForce 6600GT
ASUS P5 P-800
ATI TV-Wonder Elite
Motorola L7 SLVR


"JewelsH" wrote:

> Well that's the problem. I didn't have the drive withed the data that I was
> trying to save attached to the system. I hooked it up after the Vista
> install to get the data files over to an external drive. It looked like it
> did that but now can't find a lot of the files or folders that I had
> transferred. I didn't realize that Vista would do something different to the
> files and folders that I copied to an external drive than what XP would have.
>
> After I copied all my data, I wiped the drive because I could not repair the
> XP os. It was stuck in what the log called a hardware error loop. I
> reformatted the drive and installed XP. Then I installed Vista on another
> partition as a dual-boot. Guess I made a big mistake because I can't find
> the really important stuff on that external drive anymore whether I boot to
> XP or Vista.
>
> I think I should have installed XP on that extra drive instead of Vista to
> try to save my data.
>
> "Donald L McDaniel" wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:01:02 -0700, JewelsH
> > <JewelsH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Haven't had any experience with importing to Vista. My XP system had started
> > >to hang. I'm pretty sure it was malware that I unknowingly installed while
> > >looking for an iso writer that would work with Vista. The file that I
> > >downloaded was not what it was labeled.
> > >
> > >I took an extra drive and installed 5536 on it and hooked my Xp drive up and
> > >pulled all data files to an external drive. Now I can't find them on the
> > >external drive at all to restore them to my data. Haven't a clue what
> > >happened to them. I did the copy via right-click on My docs, copy, over to
> > >external drive, paste and watched them go over. Gone.
> > >
> > >I guess that is off topic but something that has me a little baffled. Not
> > >sure if it is related to something with Vista. Guess I should have just
> > >installed XP on that extra drive to try to save my data.
> >
> > NEVER install a Beta copy of Windows (or any program) on an EVERY-DAY
> > machine UNLESS you are willing to lose your data. Microsoft warns
> > against this prominently on their website.
> >
> > Hopefully, you were prudent, and had your data backed up on an
> > external device or on CDs/DVDs.
> >
> > NOTE: You CANNOT import a .PST file *directly* into ANY version of
> > Outlook from a CD or DVD drive or disk. It must FIRST be copied to
> > the system disk, then imported from THERE into Outlook.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > Donald
> > ===================================
> >

Hmmm thanks for sharing Dr. Gonzo
Muppets fan?
"Dr. Gonzo" <DrGonzo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3051722-4B2B-46F3-B91C-6CD334D31DA5@microsoft.com...
>I am a self admitted retard that is running Vista RC1 on his primary
>computer
> at home. I am willing to take the risk of losing my data, a seperate
> larger
> hard drive helps keep the loss to a bare minimum. On my first Drive I got
> a
> 160 gig thing broken up into three parts, one for 30 Gigs for XP
> Professional, 50 gigs for Vista and the rest was where I would keep the my
> documents folders and whatnot
> Only data related disaster was when I was actually in my XP Professional
> Side of of my drive when I was in Disk Management and I accidently deleted
> both drives D and E, and it wasnt until I got to C that I was unable to
> delete anything more, I had an external 160 Gig that I was going to blow
> out.
> I laughed, smacked myself in the head, and recovered what I needed.
>
>
> My cobra went crazy because I play the wrong tune and it hit me in the eye
> with it''s teeth.
>
> P4-530 3.0 Ghz
> 1GB RAM
> Toshiba 160G SATA
> Western Digital 250G SATA
> Nvidia GeForce 6600GT
> ASUS P5 P-800
> ATI TV-Wonder Elite
> Motorola L7 SLVR
>
>
> "JewelsH" wrote:
>
>> Well that's the problem. I didn't have the drive withed the data that I
>> was
>> trying to save attached to the system. I hooked it up after the Vista
>> install to get the data files over to an external drive. It looked like
>> it
>> did that but now can't find a lot of the files or folders that I had
>> transferred. I didn't realize that Vista would do something different to
>> the
>> files and folders that I copied to an external drive than what XP would
>> have.
>>
>> After I copied all my data, I wiped the drive because I could not repair
>> the
>> XP os. It was stuck in what the log called a hardware error loop. I
>> reformatted the drive and installed XP. Then I installed Vista on
>> another
>> partition as a dual-boot. Guess I made a big mistake because I can't
>> find
>> the really important stuff on that external drive anymore whether I boot
>> to
>> XP or Vista.
>>
>> I think I should have installed XP on that extra drive instead of Vista
>> to
>> try to save my data.
>>
>> "Donald L McDaniel" wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:01:02 -0700, JewelsH
>> > <JewelsH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >Haven't had any experience with importing to Vista. My XP system had
>> > >started
>> > >to hang. I'm pretty sure it was malware that I unknowingly installed
>> > >while
>> > >looking for an iso writer that would work with Vista. The file that I
>> > >downloaded was not what it was labeled.
>> > >
>> > >I took an extra drive and installed 5536 on it and hooked my Xp drive
>> > >up and
>> > >pulled all data files to an external drive. Now I can't find them on
>> > >the
>> > >external drive at all to restore them to my data. Haven't a clue what
>> > >happened to them. I did the copy via right-click on My docs, copy,
>> > >over to
>> > >external drive, paste and watched them go over. Gone.
>> > >
>> > >I guess that is off topic but something that has me a little baffled.
>> > >Not
>> > >sure if it is related to something with Vista. Guess I should have
>> > >just
>> > >installed XP on that extra drive to try to save my data.
>> >
>> > NEVER install a Beta copy of Windows (or any program) on an EVERY-DAY
>> > machine UNLESS you are willing to lose your data. Microsoft warns
>> > against this prominently on their website.
>> >
>> > Hopefully, you were prudent, and had your data backed up on an
>> > external device or on CDs/DVDs.
>> >
>> > NOTE: You CANNOT import a .PST file *directly* into ANY version of
>> > Outlook from a CD or DVD drive or disk. It must FIRST be copied to
>> > the system disk, then imported from THERE into Outlook.
>> >
>> > ==
>> >
>> > Donald
>> > ===================================
>> >

Ever see Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas?

--
My cobra went crazy because I play the wrong tune and it hit me in the eye
with it''s teeth.

P4-530 3.0 Ghz
1GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 6600GT
ASUS P5 P-800
ATI TV-Wonder Elite
Motorola L7 SLVR


"Techno-Crat" wrote:

> Hmmm thanks for sharing Dr. Gonzo
> Muppets fan?
> "Dr. Gonzo" <DrGonzo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A3051722-4B2B-46F3-B91C-6CD334D31DA5@microsoft.com...
> >I am a self admitted retard that is running Vista RC1 on his primary
> >computer
> > at home. I am willing to take the risk of losing my data, a seperate
> > larger
> > hard drive helps keep the loss to a bare minimum. On my first Drive I got
> > a
> > 160 gig thing broken up into three parts, one for 30 Gigs for XP
> > Professional, 50 gigs for Vista and the rest was where I would keep the my
> > documents folders and whatnot
> > Only data related disaster was when I was actually in my XP Professional
> > Side of of my drive when I was in Disk Management and I accidently deleted
> > both drives D and E, and it wasnt until I got to C that I was unable to
> > delete anything more, I had an external 160 Gig that I was going to blow
> > out.
> > I laughed, smacked myself in the head, and recovered what I needed.
> >
> >
> > My cobra went crazy because I play the wrong tune and it hit me in the eye
> > with it''s teeth.
> >
> > P4-530 3.0 Ghz
> > 1GB RAM
> > Toshiba 160G SATA
> > Western Digital 250G SATA
> > Nvidia GeForce 6600GT
> > ASUS P5 P-800
> > ATI TV-Wonder Elite
> > Motorola L7 SLVR
> >
> >
> > "JewelsH" wrote:
> >
> >> Well that's the problem. I didn't have the drive withed the data that I
> >> was
> >> trying to save attached to the system. I hooked it up after the Vista
> >> install to get the data files over to an external drive. It looked like
> >> it
> >> did that but now can't find a lot of the files or folders that I had
> >> transferred. I didn't realize that Vista would do something different to
> >> the
> >> files and folders that I copied to an external drive than what XP would
> >> have.
> >>
> >> After I copied all my data, I wiped the drive because I could not repair
> >> the
> >> XP os. It was stuck in what the log called a hardware error loop. I
> >> reformatted the drive and installed XP. Then I installed Vista on
> >> another
> >> partition as a dual-boot. Guess I made a big mistake because I can't
> >> find
> >> the really important stuff on that external drive anymore whether I boot
> >> to
> >> XP or Vista.
> >>
> >> I think I should have installed XP on that extra drive instead of Vista
> >> to
> >> try to save my data.
> >>
> >> "Donald L McDaniel" wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:01:02 -0700, JewelsH
> >> > <JewelsH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >Haven't had any experience with importing to Vista. My XP system had
> >> > >started
> >> > >to hang. I'm pretty sure it was malware that I unknowingly installed
> >> > >while
> >> > >looking for an iso writer that would work with Vista. The file that I
> >> > >downloaded was not what it was labeled.
> >> > >
> >> > >I took an extra drive and installed 5536 on it and hooked my Xp drive
> >> > >up and
> >> > >pulled all data files to an external drive. Now I can't find them on
> >> > >the
> >> > >external drive at all to restore them to my data. Haven't a clue what
> >> > >happened to them. I did the copy via right-click on My docs, copy,
> >> > >over to
> >> > >external drive, paste and watched them go over. Gone.
> >> > >
> >> > >I guess that is off topic but something that has me a little baffled.
> >> > >Not
> >> > >sure if it is related to something with Vista. Guess I should have
> >> > >just
> >> > >installed XP on that extra drive to try to save my data.
> >> >
> >> > NEVER install a Beta copy of Windows (or any program) on an EVERY-DAY
> >> > machine UNLESS you are willing to lose your data. Microsoft warns
> >> > against this prominently on their website.
> >> >
> >> > Hopefully, you were prudent, and had your data backed up on an
> >> > external device or on CDs/DVDs.
> >> >
> >> > NOTE: You CANNOT import a .PST file *directly* into ANY version of
> >> > Outlook from a CD or DVD drive or disk. It must FIRST be copied to
> >> > the system disk, then imported from THERE into Outlook.
> >> >
> >> > ==
> >> >
> >> > Donald
> >> > ===================================
> >> >
>