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Anger Management: living with Windows XP + lot of software
wreckedcarzz:
Option 1 (I do this often): Sandboxie! Test out the stuff before installing it and regretting it later.
Option 2 (I do this automatically): SyncBack + an old crappy HDD = easy, daily backups and an instantly wipeable PC! :)
Option 3 (I did this): Go to Vista (IMO in a few months after SP1) and mostly everything fixes itself (its kinda wierd...)
Thats what I do, and don't have problems at all with software testing (and if I do, backup, wipe, install, restore in about 2 hours max).
Cpilot:
Wow,
I just don't understand why so many people report problems with Windows XP.
I've been using it for over 7 years and have never had the problems everyone else seems to have.
I use a registry cleaner once a month, scan for virii every night, clean my hard drive when I feel like it and have had very...very few problems.
:-\
J-Mac:
Justice,
I use Acronis and I have tasks scheduled so that it creates a full image of my C: and D: drives and then incremental images after that. Presently it is set to make a full image, then incrementals every 3 days with a full image added after every six backups. All goes to my E: drive and an external USB drive too. Only needed it desperately once, but that was enough!
C: is my "System" drive, a Western-Digital 80 GB SATA with the OS - XP Pro SP2 - and my program installations only, and D: is my data drive, a Seagate 500 GB SATA containing MY Documents and several folders I use for various media files: Recorded video, TV, digital images, etc. And E: is another Seagate 500 GB SATA drive which I use only for various backups. (Acronis, photo database backups, and any critical files which I sync regularly from the other drives, Quicken data, etc.).
Works for me so far!
BTW, I DO feel your pain - lots of installations and the resulting conflicts to bite me on a regular basis. I really don't think it's going to get any better soon!
Jim
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