Re: Windows Vista (puke) and Windows Server 2008

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Whew. I have the affected model, but my serial number isn't in the problem
range.

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Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:04 AM
> To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Windows Vista (puke) and Windows Server 2008
>
> Gaak!  I think I have one of those . . .
>
> On to their site.
>
> http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931
>
>
> --
> Jeff Crosby
> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> www.dilgardfoods.com
>
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> > Behalf Of John Jones
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:44 PM
> > To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Windows Vista (puke) and Windows Server 2008
> >
> > Tom - Would it be a Seagate drive of recent vintage?
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/374/1050374/seagate-barracudas-7200
> -
> > 11-failing
> > http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16246
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > > Shannon ODonnell wrote:
> > > > What happened to the boot sector on that PC?
> > >
> > > Shannon:
> > >
> > > I haven't determined that yet. Sigh... work has been leaving far too
> > > little time for experimental stuff.
> > >
> > > According to basic diagnostic messages, the drive is having trouble.
> > > Sectors are going bad. I haven't looked beyond the basics. On most
> > > restart attempts, "No bootable device" could be located.
> > >
> > > However, it all "happened" coincidentally during a restart after
> > > attempting to install/activate Wubi (Windows-Ubuntu Installer) to
> > > see how it might act on that PC.
> > >
> > > Behaviors during multiple restart attempts, as well as during times
> > > after restarts completed successfully, did make it _appear_ as if
> > > sectors were right on the edge of reliability tolerances. But...
> > > coincidences make me wonder.
> > >
> > > There is no hint of anything malicious when AV scans, etc., are run.
> > > It was pure flakiness that had nothing but the appearance of
> > > hardware problems.
> > >
> > > Fortunately, I had full backups of all partitions from before the
> > > install.
> > >
> > > Tom Liotta
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >
> > > > Shannon ODonnell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > What I am trying to figure out.can I get one PC.install two
internal
> > > hard
> > > > > drives in it, and on one, install Windows Vista (which I hate but
> seem
> > > to
> > > > > have little choice in avoiding.) and on the other I would like to
run
> > > > > Windows Server 2003 or 2008.
> > > >
> > > > Shannon:
> > > >
> > > > I've installed multiple copies of Win2k on separate drives with no
> > > > noticeable issues. In fact, just a few weeks ago, I installed Win2k
> > > > on the 2nd partition of a drive, after doing full restores of the
> > > > three partitions onto a new physical drive.
> > > >
> > > > The boot sector got messed up on the original drive and...
> > >
> > >
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> > JJ
> > "I'm in no condition to drive...Wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm
> > drunk!"
> >  - Homer J. Simpson
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