Backing up Windows XP!!!!!!

[N7VQM]

ACE wrote:
Windows XP pre-installed (OEM) which I presume will mean it has no disc with it.

There had better be a disc with it!  You paid for that license.

I have owned Gateway's, HP's, Compaq's, and most recently a Dell.  A "restore" disc was always provided.  If they wan't more money for something you should get as a consequence of paying for a Windows license, I say stuff 'em and find a different company to buy from!

[N7VQM]

DoomMaster wrote:
Windows XP SUCKS !!!!

And have you actually USED it?  I don't mean "sat down, played with the mouse for 5 minutes."  I mean actually use it to do something productive?  Or, are you just shouting an opinoin just because you don't like Microsoft?

[N7VQM]

DoomMaster wrote:
To N7VQM:

IWindows 98 Second Edition is the best and most reliable Windows for home use.

Windows 98 is where it belongs:  the scrap heap.

Many web servers will NOT allow you access if they know that you are using Windows XP, that's how bad it SUCKS!

This is ridiculous.  I visited thousands of web sites and my wife thousands of others since I installed XP.  Not a one have denied access because of XP.  You'll have to point out a couple million sites to me before I see that as any indication of the quality of XP.

Just try to play Duke Nukem on the Kali game server with Windows XP.  Those guys will tell you to get out, NO WINDOWS XP ALLOWED!

By what mechinism do other players learn what OS you're using?

ALL of the really smart computer people KNOW that Windows XP sucks, they do not even waste their time trying to use it.

The illogic here is large enough to drive an over-height, wide-load tractor-trailer through.  For this statement to be true, you would have to have interviewed EVERY 'really smart computer person' in the world and have them all agree.  I'd like to see you try that.