Holy BLOAT!

[Guest Nonny]

I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

 

Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

 

By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

 

To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

[Guest ceed]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Nonny wrote:

 

|I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

|points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

|bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

|

|Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

|compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

|

|By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

|drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

|number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

|gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

|

|To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

|jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

 

Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

 

--

//ceed

[Guest kevpan815]

RE: Holy BLOAT!

 

That's Exactly Why I Say That It's Time 4 Microsoft 2 Do A Full Recall Of All

Sold Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And Windows Vista Service Pack 1

As Well, Just FYI. They Should Give Us Allow Us 2 Trade In Our Purchased

Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And Service Pack 1 4 A Fully Licensed

Copy Of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web Edition, Also Just FYI.

 

"Nonny" wrote:

> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>

> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>

> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>

> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>Nonny wrote:

>

>|I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>|points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>|bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>|

>|Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>|compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>|

>|By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>|drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>|number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>|gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>|

>|To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>|jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>

>Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

 

I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

Wednesday.

[Guest ceed]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Nonny wrote:

 

|On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

|

||Nonny wrote:

||

|>|I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight

|restore >|points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I

|installed a >|bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

|>|

|>|Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

|>|compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

|>|

|>|By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

|>|drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

|>|number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over

|16 >|gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

|>|

|>|To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

|>|jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

||

||Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

|

|I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

|Wednesday.

 

Remember when I got my new computer with 450 mb drive sometime in the

90s. I thought: "I'm never going to be able to find stuff to fill this

thing with". That was before mp3s, xvid and BitTorrent. Now you can

install programs like Miro who asks you how many GB it should leave you

with after it has done it's thing. Times have changed. So has gas

prices, and storage prices for that matter.

 

--

//ceed

[Guest sgopus]

RE: Holy BLOAT!

 

So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

 

"Nonny" wrote:

> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>

> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>

> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>

> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>

[Guest ceed]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

kevpan815 wrote:

 

|That's Exactly Why I Say That It's Time 4 Microsoft 2 Do A Full

|Recall Of All Sold Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And Windows

|Vista Service Pack 1 As Well, Just FYI. They Should Give Us Allow Us

|2 Trade In Our Purchased Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And

|Service Pack 1 4 A Fully Licensed Copy Of Microsoft Windows Server

|2008 Web Edition, Also Just FYI.

|

|"Nonny" wrote:

|

|| I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight

||restore points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I

||installed a bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

||

|| Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

|| compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

||

|| By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

|| drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

|| number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad

||over 16 gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points

||in XP!

|| To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

|| jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

||

 

And this is exactly why I need to leave this ng for a coupla months

again. Can't be bothered. :)

 

--

//ceed

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Nonny wrote:

> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>

> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

 

Or 60 MB (is what I'm seeing here), for that matter. 2 GIGS is just

incredible. Total BLOAT. (consider that the entire W98SE operating

system took about 200 MB - that's 200 Megabytes).

> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>

> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

[Guest Adam Albright]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>

wrote:

>On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>

>>Nonny wrote:

>>

>>|I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>>|points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>>|bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>|

>>|Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>>|compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>|

>>|By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>>|drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>>|number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>>|gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>|

>>|To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>>|jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>

>>Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

>

>I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>Wednesday.

 

What a riot, you can't wait to get a new hard drive to bloat it up

with more restore points no doubt.

 

Hint to the clueless; you rarely would ever have a need for more than

the LAST restore point. Keeping dozens of them around cluttering up

your hard drive is as dumb as saving old calendars thinking you'll

have a use for them in the future.

[Guest kevpan815]

RE: Holy BLOAT!

 

This Is A Vista Group, NOT A XP Group, Just FYI.

 

"sgopus" wrote:

> So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>

> "Nonny" wrote:

>

> > I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

> > points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

> > bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

> >

> > Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> > compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

> >

> > By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> > drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> > number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

> > gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

> >

> > To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> > jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

> >

[Guest kevpan815]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Both Of My 2 Computers That Are Running The 60 Day Free Trial Of Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 Are Only One Year Old, Just FYI. They Are Also Duel

Booting With Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support With No

Problems, Also Just FYI. It is Only When I Install Windows Vista SP0 And/Or

SP1 That I Have Major Problems With these 2 Computer's, Also Just FYI.

 

"ceed" wrote:

> kevpan815 wrote:

>

> |That's Exactly Why I Say That It's Time 4 Microsoft 2 Do A Full

> |Recall Of All Sold Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And Windows

> |Vista Service Pack 1 As Well, Just FYI. They Should Give Us Allow Us

> |2 Trade In Our Purchased Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And

> |Service Pack 1 4 A Fully Licensed Copy Of Microsoft Windows Server

> |2008 Web Edition, Also Just FYI.

> |

> |"Nonny" wrote:

> |

> || I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight

> ||restore points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I

> ||installed a bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

> ||

> || Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> || compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

> ||

> || By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> || drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> || number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad

> ||over 16 gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points

> ||in XP!

> || To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> || jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

> ||

>

> And this is exactly why I need to leave this ng for a coupla months

> again. Can't be bothered. :)

>

> --

> //ceed

>

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

On 13 May 2008 03:17:32 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>Nonny wrote:

>|

>|I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>|Wednesday.

>

>Remember when I got my new computer with 450 mb drive sometime in the

>90s. I thought: "I'm never going to be able to find stuff to fill this

>thing with".

 

My first hard drive was a hard CARD (ISA)... 30mb and $300! Next step

was a HUMONGOUS Maxtor 213mb from Egghead! I think I paid $250 for

that one.

 

Then came a 1gig drive (OEM) for $300 from a local shop.

 

The 250gig SATA was $65 from Newegg.

[Guest sgopus]

RE: Holy BLOAT!

 

You crossposted in an XP group just FYI

 

"kevpan815" wrote:

> This Is A Vista Group, NOT A XP Group, Just FYI.

>

> "sgopus" wrote:

>

> > So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

> >

> > "Nonny" wrote:

> >

> > > I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

> > > points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

> > > bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

> > >

> > > Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> > > compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

> > >

> > > By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> > > drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> > > number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

> > > gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

> > >

> > > To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> > > jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

> > >

[Guest sgopus]

RE: Holy BLOAT!

 

Never mind, Nonny cross posted in an XP group, just FYI

 

"kevpan815" wrote:

> This Is A Vista Group, NOT A XP Group, Just FYI.

>

> "sgopus" wrote:

>

> > So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

> >

> > "Nonny" wrote:

> >

> > > I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

> > > points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

> > > bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

> > >

> > > Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> > > compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

> > >

> > > By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> > > drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> > > number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

> > > gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

> > >

> > > To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> > > jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

> > >

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 21:23:26 -0600, "Bill in Co."

<not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Nonny wrote:

>> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>

>> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>

>Or 60 MB (is what I'm seeing here), for that matter. 2 GIGS is just

>incredible.

 

And that's to write a restore point on only about 37gigs of

system/programs/data that I keep on that drive.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Adam Albright wrote:

> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>

> wrote:

>

>> On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>>

>>> Nonny wrote:

>>>

>>>> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>>>> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>>>> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>>>

>>>> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>>>> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>>>

>>>> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>>>> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>>>> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>>>> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>>>

>>>> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>>>> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>>

>>> Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

>>

>> I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>> Wednesday.

>

> What a riot, you can't wait to get a new hard drive to bloat it up

> with more restore points no doubt.

>

> Hint to the clueless; you rarely would ever have a need for more than

> the LAST restore point. Keeping dozens of them around cluttering up

> your hard drive is as dumb as saving old calendars thinking you'll

> have a use for them in the future.

 

Or even going to Vista, for that matter.

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Check the header--it is posted to XP.general as well as Vista.general

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2008

 

 

"kevpan815" <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E9CC1009-DDBC-413B-A8E2-870BBB050C3D@microsoft.com...

> This Is A Vista Group, NOT A XP Group, Just FYI.

>

> "sgopus" wrote:

>

>> So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>>

>> "Nonny" wrote:

>>

>> > I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>> > points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>> > bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>> >

>> > Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>> > compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>> >

>> > By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>> > drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>> > number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>> > gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>> >

>> > To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>> > jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>> >

[Guest Nonny]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:18:01 -0700, sgopus

<sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

 

For those who are thinking of upgrading and that only have relatively

small drives!

 

They WILL need more space.

[Guest Alan Edwards]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

[crosspost removed for this reply]

 

If you look at the header, you will note it is being crossposted to

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general and

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

 

....Alan

--

Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer

http://dts-l.com/index.htm

 

 

 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:18:01 -0700, in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, sgopus

<sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>

>"Nonny" wrote:

>

>> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

[Guest ????What]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Adam Albright wrote:

> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>

> wrote:

>

>> On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>>

>>> Nonny wrote:

>>>

>>> |I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>>> |points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>>> |bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>> |

>>> |Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>>> |compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>> |

>>> |By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>>> |drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>>> |number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>>> |gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>> |

>>> |To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>>> |jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>>

>>> Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

>> I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>> Wednesday.

>

> What a riot, you can't wait to get a new hard drive to bloat it up

> with more restore points no doubt.

>

> Hint to the clueless; you rarely would ever have a need for more than

> the LAST restore point. Keeping dozens of them around cluttering up

> your hard drive is as dumb as saving old calendars thinking you'll

> have a use for them in the future.

>

 

How stupid can one person be?

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Nonny wrote:

> On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:18:01 -0700, sgopus

> <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>> So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>

> For those who are thinking of upgrading and that only have relatively

> small drives!

>

> They WILL need more space.

 

Actually, I for one am glad you reported it. That's the final nail in its

coffin, for me.

[Guest sgopus]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

if I were thinking of upgrading I would go to the Vista group and read up,

this has nothing to do with XP and should not have been posted to an XP group.

 

"Nonny" wrote:

> On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:18:01 -0700, sgopus

> <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>

> For those who are thinking of upgrading and that only have relatively

> small drives!

>

> They WILL need more space.

>

[Guest ceed]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

Nonny wrote:

 

|On 13 May 2008 03:17:32 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

|

||Nonny wrote:

|>|

|>|I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

|>|Wednesday.

||

||Remember when I got my new computer with 450 mb drive sometime in

||the 90s. I thought: "I'm never going to be able to find stuff to

||fill this thing with".

|

|My first hard drive was a hard CARD (ISA)... 30mb and $300! Next step

|was a HUMONGOUS Maxtor 213mb from Egghead! I think I paid $250 for

|that one.

|

|Then came a 1gig drive (OEM) for $300 from a local shop.

|

|The 250gig SATA was $65 from Newegg.

 

And for $65 a lot of us can't even fill our car with gas... :) So

what's the problem with some gigs spent on restore. I for one have had

to chose an older restore point for one reason or the other. I do not

know if they need to be 2 gig to work, but as long as restore works as

well as it does in Vista I can spare the gigs. :)

 

--

//ceed

[Guest tom]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

ceed wrote:

> Nonny wrote:

>

> |On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

> |

> ||Nonny wrote:

> ||

> |>|I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight

> |restore >|points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I

> |installed a >|bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

> |>|

> |>|Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> |>|compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

> |>|

> |>|By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> |>|drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> |>|number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over

> |16 >|gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

> |>|

> |>|To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> |>|jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

> ||

> ||Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

> |

> |I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

> |Wednesday.

>

> Remember when I got my new computer with 450 mb drive sometime in the

> 90s. I thought: "I'm never going to be able to find stuff to fill this

> thing with". That was before mp3s, xvid and BitTorrent. Now you can

> install programs like Miro who asks you how many GB it should leave you

> with after it has done it's thing. Times have changed. So has gas

> prices, and storage prices for that matter.

>

A 20 meg mmf hard drive used to cost $600.00 Good old Days of Dos 3.0

[Guest Xandros]

Re: Holy BLOAT!

 

"ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote in message

news:xn0fq3v5mdonn2007ceedsaid@news.individual.net...

> Nonny wrote:

>

> |On 13 May 2008 03:17:32 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

> |

> ||Nonny wrote:

> |>|

> |>|I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

> |>|Wednesday.

> ||

> ||Remember when I got my new computer with 450 mb drive sometime in

> ||the 90s. I thought: "I'm never going to be able to find stuff to

> ||fill this thing with".

> |

> |My first hard drive was a hard CARD (ISA)... 30mb and $300! Next step

> |was a HUMONGOUS Maxtor 213mb from Egghead! I think I paid $250 for

> |that one.

> |

> |Then came a 1gig drive (OEM) for $300 from a local shop.

> |

> |The 250gig SATA was $65 from Newegg.

>

> And for $65 a lot of us can't even fill our car with gas... :) So

> what's the problem with some gigs spent on restore. I for one have had

> to chose an older restore point for one reason or the other. I do not

> know if they need to be 2 gig to work, but as long as restore works as

> well as it does in Vista I can spare the gigs. :)

>

> --

> //ceed

 

It cost me $75 to fill my Jeep with gas today and it was still on 1/4 tank.

The other day I bought a 500GB hard drive for $59.

 

 

--

 

Xandros