re: The most infuriating Windows platform!
Monday, January 8, 2007 at 8:34 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6910 messages posted)
If you think W2K is bad, you never worked with it's predecessor, NT 3 and 4. XP
Pro "IS" W2K but with some updates and a prettier GUI, but it is still W2K. XP Home
is a watered down XP Pro designed for the home user. W2K was intended for businesses
who hopefully have an IT admin experienced in setting up it's (advanced) security
options and permissions. W2K was not intended for consumer use and as such, is more
complictated to set up and run, depending on the needs of the environment, the user
and security. It's still easier than setting up a Unix system, or even Linux, if
you want similar security and those systems have their own quirks too... NT isn't
alone in that!! Either way, you can't expect it to be Win 9X because it isn't, never
was, never will be, and for good reaon! ;-)
While the NT file system can be recovered and the install fixed, it takes a different
experience level, knowledge and tools, but it isn't impossible. You just have to
learn different procedures and tools, and update your knowledge of the operating
system you are working on..
On Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 4:43 pm, Rick wrote:
>I am using Win2k Pro. It has to be the most infuriating OS i've ever used! It's
>impossible to recover and get the machine to boot when you get an error. To top
>it off, i lost my installation CD. I looked on bootdisk.com and found the 4-floppy
>installation disks, but it's NOT the cd, and you do need the cd to be able to fully
>attempt a recovery. Plus, it takes FOREVER to load the floppies, almost 10 minutes!
>
>
>Why couldn't microsoft include a DOS? If you need a file from the drive, you have
>to somehow, someway, get things to work, or you can't get the file. You can't salvage
>the files on the drive, even if the OS doesn't boot, like in win95/98.
>
>I have spent like 30 hours, that's 10 hours a day, the last three days, trying to
>get the drive to boot. I've been on numerous websites.
>
>The most ridiculous thing about it is, even if you have the installation cd, you
>can't install over the current installation without it wiping the old installation
>from the drive. It will be a fresh install.
>
>I will get XP in a week from now, which i shoulda got years ago! THAT's a good
OS!
> Now, my big question is. CAN I install XP over this installation, where it will
>keep the software and stuff i have currently on the drive, or will xp wipe out everything
>too?
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