Re: How workable is Vista?

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:55:24 +0000, Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:

Jonathan Kirwan wrote:

My business model has me using a separate hard disk for each client
and just racking it in when I work. This absolutely guarantees that a
system crash or hard disk failure will not impact any other client's
work. Microsoft's operating systems, up through perhaps Win2000,
supported this -- I don't need to call Microsoft to get a new ID every
time I set up a new hard disk for a new client -- but the rest do not,
so I use them... sparingly. But I do have a few purchased machines
where I do keep WinXP loaded, where I'm forced to use tools that will
no longer run on the older OS. (Though I also keep a large number of
older tools from Microchip and so on, as well.)

If you set up a standard starting disk with, say, XP (and of course
all your favorite apps) on it, register your cpy of XP, get all the
updates, run "Windows Genuine Advantage" and then use XXCOPY (XXCOPY,
not XCOPY) to clone it multiple times, all the cloned disks will boot
and run just fine.

Hmm. Didn't know about that. Keep in mind that I do NOT run with any
other disk in the system, so there is no single "boot disk" that is
kept in the machine. There is only the one disk, itself.

That said, and assuming I understand you correctly, I'm going to try
out your suggestion. If it works out well enough, then that will
greatly enhance WinXP in my use here.

Sincere thanks,
Jon
.

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