Computers and Related Hardware/Software

i know what im eating for lunch... :victory:

Tu_triky wrote: :hehe: :hehe:

*have a bowl of ramen to soothe your soul.*

Stay on topic, please. :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:
Stay on topic, please. :grumble:

Think of it as a e-ramen. ;)

dochira wrote:
Think of it as a e-ramen. ;)

mmmmmmmm.. e-ramen.... *drools ala Homer Simpson*

dochira wrote:
Think of it as a e-ramen. ;)

your intellect is as resourceful as ever!

laptop dying - need to re-image :grumble:

Shindou wrote:laptop dying - need to re-image :grumble:

Laptops seem to be so prone to this... Glad I never bought one, despite some of the conveniences they afford...

Shindou wrote:laptop dying - need to re-image :grumble:

hey my laptop keeps on dying on me too! What would re-imaging do?

littlemissfab wrote:
hey my laptop keeps on dying on me too! What would re-imaging do?

Give you a system that's "like" out-of-the-box. I say "like" because you still will have older hardware.

dochira wrote:
Give you a system that's "like" out-of-the-box. I say "like" because you still will have older hardware.

is this just another word for reformatting my system?

littlemissfab wrote:
is this just another word for reformatting my system?

Yes, except re-imaging will restore the operating system. Reformatting will just clear the hard drive, you would still need to install the OS.

dochira wrote:Yes, except re-imaging will restore the operating system. Reformatting will just clear the hard drive, you would still need to install the OS.

Another term would be Ghosting, ne?

i think i mentioned this before.. i told the ex netadmin he was taking to long ghosting one of the drives and updating the drivers to work in another machine... after over a week, he still wasn't done. i told him it takes as long as cloning the drive and moving it to any other mac for it to work. :mrgreen:

another reason he never liked me.. :rofl:

krim wrote:after over a week, he still wasn't done.

:shocked:

Was he ghosting an IBM XT? :hehe:

How do I do this?

bmwracer wrote:
:shocked:

Was he ghosting an IBM XT? :hehe:

i was smoking outside.. that's what he did.. and slept in the server room.

littlemissfab wrote:How do I do this?

Ghost an IBM XT?

dochira wrote:
Yes, except re-imaging will restore the operating system. Reformatting will just clear the hard drive, you would still need to install the OS.

thx for the assist to littlemissusfab - i was rather bogged down yesterday :sweat:

littlemissfab wrote:How do I do this?

One program I use is GParted. I have the live CD version (you need to boot on the CD). There's also a USB version, if you can boot on your thumbdrive.

It's free and really easy to use. Just copy/paste. :)

:headscratch:

i might just buy a new one before i would have the time to do this...

:beh:

the perks of married life...