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raddevus wrote: PC World Mag says
raddevus wrote: they are so cheap these days
raddevus wrote: Why not?! It's just money, Microsoft.
Looks like you're yelling at the wrong person.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I know. But Microsoft has deep pockets so I go after them like everyone else.
Oh, and also I'm complaining at them for not telling me the exact size I should buy.
At lunch, I picked up 3 16GB for $17.98. Not too bad, I guess.
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There ya go. A good while ago I bought a dozen such thumbdrives (16GB each), so I'm done with this dilemma once and for all. I've been using them to make bootable versions of everything from Windows 7/2008 R2 onward, and a few Linux distributions.
And since they're rewritable, every time there's an updated ISO (Win10 1607 vs 1703 for example), I just blow away the older version and replace it so I always have the latest and greatest ready to go.
Oh, and if you don't already have it: Rufus is a must.
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I suppose Microsoft could have said nothing, and then the first person that tried to make such a recovery drive with only 8GB capacity, and ran out of room, would be ranting about not being notified.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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David Crow wrote: Microsoft could have said nothing, and then the first person that tried to make such a recovery drive with only 8GB capacity, and ran out of room, would be ranting about not being notified
I agree with you and I see what you mean.
This is yet another thing they've taken from us. One less thing I can gripe about.
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raddevus wrote: While investigating how to make a Win10 USB recovery drive
Depending on your PC brand, you will not have use of it.
Example: I own a HP, and as much as I hate them as a brand, they have a great recovery tool embedded. From it (I am talking about a program that starts during PC bootup, not a windows program), you can backup data, start in safe mode, create another partition, re-install Windows10 afresh, etc...
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You are correct and make a great point. However, in the case of all of my family's PCs, we bought the least expensive laptops we could find, immediately cloned the HDDs, copied them to smaller (because of cost) SSDs and replaced.
When we did the clone to SSD work, the new drives are so much smaller (500 GB to 120GB and 1TB to 500GB) that the recovery drives were lost since they wouldn't exactly fit. That's not a great explanation but the free cloning software thought the other partitions (recover) wouldn't fit so we just left them behind. That's what has driven me to get the new USBs.
Thanks for chiming in.
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A thing of rare beauty...
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still hard to believe all of the stuff is for real.
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It's under the "fap" folder?
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When I was a kid, I saved some money for a few months to buy a telescope (it was the time when my class was being taught about Galileo and Copernicus). I used to look at the moon, every full moon. Not much but it was wonderful. I still dream about buying a big telescope for my house.
modified 4-Oct-17 5:17am.
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GKP1992 wrote: Not much but it was wonderful. I still dream about buying a big telescope for my house There is a house at Point Dume in Malibu that has an observatory attached. Drool...
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Is a dry spell Harry Potter's cure for a hangover?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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If my cocktail glass is dry, does that make me sober?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Is a 'hangover' ... when your computer comes unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out, then suddenly begins to work normally again?
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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DeathByChocolate wrote: Is a 'hangover' ... when your computer comes unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out, then suddenly begins to work normally again?
What has bought you ou of the woodwork Alli?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I saw the tag 'Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt', interesting name I thought ... had to be you!
Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote: What has bought you ou of the woodwork Alli?
I got a couple of day passes, I'll be back in the straight jacket next week. I see there are still a few of the regulars still here.
Hope you are well. Still drinking I trust, you wouldn't want to let the Aussie side down. Work alright? Family OK?
I'm eating less chocolate and running more ... when I hear it put it like that, I think I must be mad! Other than that, I'm still coding, but mostly embedded now.
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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DeathByChocolate wrote: I saw the tag 'Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt', interesting name I thought ... had to be you!
Who else could be so classy?
DeathByChocolate wrote:
I got a couple of day passes, I'll be back in the straight jacket next week. I see there are still a few of the regulars still here.
Hope you are well. Still drinking I trust, you wouldn't want to let the Aussie side down. Work alright? Family OK?
Still drinking though the diet has had o change somewhat. Diabetes f***ing up and I'm down from 88kg to 82kg. Never been above 98kg and at 188cm it was never fat let alone obese. Faarrrkkkk you diabetes.
Work is work, not enough of it but that happens when you work for yourself. Kids are soon 21 and 18, youngest sits her HSC in 2-3 weeks.
DeathByChocolate wrote: I'm eating less chocolate and running more ... when I hear it put it like that, I think I must be mad! Other than that, I'm still coding, but mostly embedded now.
Beer is the answer you seek.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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PS I note you have changed your name but you still have the same sig ... although it is a classic, so I guess that's OK.
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DeathByChocolate wrote: PS I note you have changed your name but you still have the same sig ... although it is a classic, so I guess that's OK.
Years and years ago (reckon it was 2000) I added HTML tags to make my name Bold and Italic. Some other Muppet came along and used my name (OK so it might be theirs too) and Maunder (another Muppet) didn't program in stripping of tags when comparing for unique Display Names.
So a few weeks/months ago I start having layout issues and the pop-ups for the for users. To fix up nd turn off I had to change my Settings. Low and behold I cannot keep my name in any format. Maunder fixes it for me but doesn't give me Bold or Italic.
So I wanted to add something that would pass the filter but piss them off. They either like it or hope I'll go away.
Might have to change it to see if any one has seen my lady bits and see how it goes down.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote: any one has seen my lady bits
... people will think you are a very absent minded tart!
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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I thought a dry spell would be pubum closeum or/and beerum evaporatamis?
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