Stupid problem of the week
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Yeah I've pretty much made my mind up to ditch xp finally for w7. I run w7 as my host and xp as my virtual machines and it's jarring going back to xp and not in a good way.
Yesterday they said today was tomorrow but today they know better. - Poul Anderson
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
One of MANY reasons that my Asus EeePc (Netbook) is running Xandros Linux :) Sure, there are times I wished it ran Windows, for the sake of compatibility with my XP and Weven desktops, but it's just so much more stable this way.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista
Something positive about windows 7 on the lounge at last. :)
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista
Something positive about windows 7 on the lounge at last. :)
Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...Yes, but comparing a rabid wolverine gnawing on your face while stabbing you with a fountain pen to Vista is likely to make the wolverine look good, so it isn't exactly that big of a compliment.
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
I was going to suggest daemon tools.. but I guess that didn't work then But, this just makes me think "how hard would it really have been to abstract the storage medium for the backup away?", and I'm thinking, not that hard. But maybe there's a very good reason for it all..
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Yes, but comparing a rabid wolverine gnawing on your face while stabbing you with a fountain pen to Vista is likely to make the wolverine look good, so it isn't exactly that big of a compliment.
:laugh: 5!
All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!
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:laugh: 5!
All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!
I thought the fountain might be pushing it. ;)
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Computing should be simple
No netbooks come with optical drives, but an external USB DVD writer is $45. Simple. :)
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh.
Yeah, I was confronted with the same choice for my wife's birthday - Ended up with a $500 laptop *with* a DVD writer, 320gb HD, 4gb of RAM, Windows 7, and a screen big enough for our tired old eyes.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
I have an acer with no optical drive. So I purchased an dvd drive from wal-mart, installed Win 7 and promptly returned the DVD drive the same day. Problem solved.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
You can get a 4-16gb USB flash drive for ~$15-$20 and easily use that to boot Win7 from. Creating Bootable Vista / Windows 7 USB Flash Drive[^]
Todd Smith
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Bought an Acer netbook. No optical drive, no big deal, right? Well the netbook doesn't come with a restore CD (why would it there is no optical drive?) Windows 7 backup won't write an ISO or to a network only to writeable optical drive, the Acer software only writes to writable optical drives. You can't easily share an optical drive, daemon tools claims to offer writeable drive emulation but I couldn't find a single tool that I could download that actually would do as advertised. So off to PING. Man oh man turning that sucker into a bootable USB was hard ... the instructions were all wrong. Finally get it running and lo and behold I only have an 8 GB flash drive. Windows 7 takes 9GB then some other files. Getting creative, I disable hibernation saving 2 Gigs (allegedly) and set Windows to delete the page file on shutdown so of course my partitions still take 12GB and won't compress to my drive. This post, of course is a rant (don't try to solve my problem) Computing should be simple, it seems as if every person at every step of the way has conspired to make this process hard! Sure I can buy a USB Dvd writer or a 16GB USB drive (they are about the same price) but WTF. If I would have known ahead of time the true cost of a netbook I would have never bought it and just bought a laptop instead. 50 bucks for the backup, 50 bucks for the 2gig memory stick, sheesh. BTW, Windows 7 is a lot less annoying than Vista. I was going to install XP on this netbook but decided against it after enjoying 7.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
I may have contemplated buying that netbook. Thanks for making me feel better. Weven locks down your app folder more than Vista, my app did not work on Weven when I first tested. But overall, I agree, Weven doesn't seem too bad.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I thought the fountain might be pushing it. ;)
Added points for a fountain pen with a rusty nib, just in case. :)
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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I have an acer with no optical drive. So I purchased an dvd drive from wal-mart, installed Win 7 and promptly returned the DVD drive the same day. Problem solved.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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I have an acer with no optical drive. So I purchased an dvd drive from wal-mart, installed Win 7 and promptly returned the DVD drive the same day. Problem solved.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
Technically that is stealing.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
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You can get a 4-16gb USB flash drive for ~$15-$20 and easily use that to boot Win7 from. Creating Bootable Vista / Windows 7 USB Flash Drive[^]
Todd Smith
Yep. I've got one of these[^]. :)
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Technically that is stealing.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
Technically, it is not stealing. It is more like borrowing. Considering how much money my wife spends at wal-mart I don't feel guilty about it at all.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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Technically, it is not stealing. It is more like borrowing. Considering how much money my wife spends at wal-mart I don't feel guilty about it at all.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
Technically, it is Fraud and not stealing which is more likely a felony whereas the shoplifting would only be a misdemeanor.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
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It is not a dress. I was going to purchase an external DVD drive but the cheapest one at the store was like $60. You can get one online for about 1/3 the price. I didn't want to wait a week, so I borrowed it. If I never shopped at the store I would feel guilty about it, but considering all the money my wife spends there and the fact that wal-mart makes like a bazillion dollars in profits, I don't feel bad about it at all.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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Technically, it is Fraud and not stealing which is more likely a felony whereas the shoplifting would only be a misdemeanor.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
WTF are you talking about? What Fraud. You are allowed to return a product the same day. I didn't commit any fraud. I just decided I didn't want to keep it.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
