From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PI8b8-00076R-6D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:36:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CFE3E075E; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:36:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com (mail-vw0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 529BEE075E for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:36:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws7 with SMTP id 7so31357vws.40 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:36:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jlDhPT9PXUquQiHxb67qqxogOsf6t+Z29LPekP/0e2Q=; b=Wspy5vR4YCn/qeq88+NRtzUkmBEK2hLu1n38VxK/NTn780wrSAd8kRBqe5iTUQ9AXV jcTzXzIrwGFy/2khlOx3pBC0CYYb+9jLXf9Hir1lNzem1CBNOD9XBdMYKF4KCFb3ONAz hsNyuYB1YIiJuB4RSp8rNdjNYwFJSzcQ5P8gg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vNAvONpy2tsQDzh3kn4aWv8MXzhq5VEqsyWJh4VQhTyK7qcTDgmNFLFgmXBfhcJOOR MmBC0YrCQcTDo0LbRtLvDToLe/MJ83galuDBB1RlMtHIJD1GBARu4pfLbxi3IBO10uhn a2ZupIvauFOixLI7KMs5iFu7Y44bYxHEekE3c= Received: by 10.220.175.135 with SMTP id ba7mr1612723vcb.50.1289864163951; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:36:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-93-231.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.93.231]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y21sm236067vbx.6.2010.11.15.15.36.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:36:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CE1C3E0.4030509@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:36:00 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Waaay OT] Defrag tool for windoze References: <4CE0AF60.3020505@gmail.com> <201011152152.40587.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4CE1ADCF.8060506@gmail.com> <201011160041.01199.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201011160041.01199.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5347cd84-3036-46b7-b541-fe01f873f824 X-Archives-Hash: 51b6f44085ad37fe6d92941ac03fd0ed Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 00:01 on Tuesday 16 November 2010, Dale did > opine thusly: > > >> OK. I took a nap and it seems everyone on the list wanted to chime in. >> lol This is one reason I posted here. I knew I would get at least a >> few replies. Just picking one to reply to so not pointing at Alan here. >> >> First, the drive is not full. It has about 30% or so left. I think the >> virus broke something and I don't have the OS media to reinstall. If I >> had my way, that puter would have Linux and a root password that only I >> know. >> >> Second, it has not been kept up to date for sure. They are little kids, >> oldest is getting about old enough to understand how to maintain things >> tho. >> >> Third, I'm not going to go to to much trouble with this thing and trying >> to get it back to shiny new. If it doesn't work to their liking, I'll >> tell them to get a CD/DVD with the install on it or I can put Linux on >> it for free. Let them decide. >> >> One post mentioned that this needs to be reinstalled, I AGREE. >> > > Same here. I find this approach workable: > > Tell them the machine needs an OS re-install. They can pick > > Windows - which they will pay for > Linux - it's free > > Either way they will lose their data. Give them that choice and let them > decide for themselves. > > > I'm just adding one option. Hope it works as is. They are kids. Even if windoze won't boot, I'll put the drive in my system and copy anything important over, pictures or something. Then they are left with the options you gave. Because it is kids, they don't want to buy the OS. They will break it anyway. lol Then again, if I reinstall it, they will still break it. :/ They are kids and it is still windoze. I'm going to mention putting Linux on it tho. I can install Mandriva on it pretty quick and just not give the kids the root password. They check email, play those games on facebook and that is about it. The oldest one is getting close to the age where she can start learning to upgrade too. This is like dating, time will tell. ;-) Dale :-) :-)