Fuckin' hackers shit on my tracking server again

Have you ever tried to rebuild a 250gb hard drive that is 90% full ???

Hey don't shit on the netbook. It's great for surfing and got me out of a bind quick. I just picked up another HP netbook that has more oomph than my main laptop and it's more portable. The only thing I loose is the CD/DVD - but you can buy an external for under $100.

...next someone will say that the iPod won't last. Jeez...
 


TheMoMan said:
Have you ever tried to rebuild a 250gb hard drive that is 90% full ???

Hey don't shit on the netbook. It's great for surfing and got me out of a bind quick. I just picked up another HP netbook that has more oomph than my main laptop and it's more portable. The only thing I loose is the CD/DVD - but you can buy an external for under $100.

...next someone will say that the iPod won't last. Jeez...
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Only 250GB? You know you can get a 320GB external for under 80$ now days, if that... a netbook cost what, 350ish? And most are limited on the hdd space.
 
TheMoMan said:
Have you ever tried to rebuild a 250gb hard drive that is 90% full ???

Hey don't shit on the netbook. It's great for surfing and got me out of a bind quick. I just picked up another HP netbook that has more oomph than my main laptop and it's more portable. The only thing I loose is the CD/DVD - but you can buy an external for under $100.

...next someone will say that the iPod won't last. Jeez...
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Either way you will still need to get your important files from your original hard drive so your not saving time in that aspect. Reinstalling Windows + installing drivers and applications has never taken me over 4 hours. It takes me two hours to do this these days (and personalize) due to me having a folder with all my required drivers/software packages to run when the install is complete.

Your method isn't wrong as clearly your happy with this and it does get the job done. I'm re-iterating buying a new PC because you didn't want to format is retarded.
 
...it was an older laptop but newer HD. OK, ok, ok. I admit, I was a little lazy and probably could have done it the long way...
 
switch to Linux, switch to Opera, use AVG, use Comodo Pro's firewall. Also use secure FTP. A thing I do here with all of my business stuff that is important such as bank accounts, affiliate network logins, ftp logins, etc I change my passwords at the end of each week to something different. It takes a little extra time but overall a lot less time than getting thousands stolen or your accounts hacked.
 
bprimeelite said:
switch to Linux, switch to Opera, use AVG, use Comodo Pro's firewall. Also use secure FTP. A thing I do here with all of my business stuff that is important such as bank accounts, affiliate network logins, ftp logins, etc I change my passwords at the end of each week to something different. It takes a little extra time but overall a lot less time than getting thousands stolen or your accounts hacked.
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Opera... really? That's the company that keeps trying to hit M$ in Europe because they figure the only way they'll ever get any market share is if the EU forced M$ to include them in future Windows distributions.
 
Opera is supposed to be "better", more standards compliant, etc... It's for the busy-bodies who don't use anything that comes pre-installed. :)

Also the netbook guy obviously isn't capable of re-installing an OS; that's like telling someone who says "my car won't turn on, I've checked the tire pressure and everything" to rebuild their engine. You're going to pay a tech 85-105/hour for 3-5 hours of work on an old computer installing a fresh copy of XP that is going to have a virus again in about 5 minutes. If this guy's time is worth anything to him, spending the 300 and having a netbook to get back to work on immediately (and don't forget he can still fix the old machine in the future) was probably just as good a choice.

Switching to Linux, doing things in a secure manner, etc. is beyond most users. :D
 
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