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I think I can live with that. Just so long as I can keep any large stuff off the windows drive (Even if the drive is 250GB, maybe I'll put a partition in).
My current favourite word is: Delicious!-SK Genius Game Programming articles start - here[ ^]-
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Wouldn't CCleaner and Windows Install Cleanup get rid of most of those zombie programs?
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To be honest, if a drive failed some stray program files won't be at the top of my list of worries. But yeah, they probably would be able to clean it up.
My current favourite word is: Delicious!-SK Genius Game Programming articles start - here[ ^]-
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Where do you store your Data?
If it were me, I would use the new drive for Data only. Start with Data for any new projects and gradually move data from existing projects/documents as you use/modify them.
This will soon clear enough room on the original disk.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I was mostly going to use the new disk for just data, but I plan on reinstalling windows onto the old disk since I've picked up a lot of drivers and applications that I don't need any more. I think a fresh start would be pretty good at this point, that way I can install just what I need, without any extra bits.
Of course I'll back up all of the data to the new drive first, which will also give me a chance to go through all of my junk and delete what I don't need any more.
I will probably just install everything on to the original drive, but I just wanted to be sure it would be okay to install on to a different drive if I needed to.
My current favourite word is: Delicious!-SK Genius Game Programming articles start - here[ ^]-
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Another advantage of multiple disks when gaming is to put your swap file on a different drive.
As an example, Titan Quest Immortal Throne[^] ran like a dead dog on some systems, but you could tweak the swap file onto different disks and get it to perform much better.
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Do you think nerds around the world will riot when this happens? Will the entire interwebs come crumbling down in defiance or will XP just go softly into the night?
Weven takes more resources than XP to run correct? I can't imagine all those grandmas are going to upgrade their computers still running XP just because Gates and Seinfeld come back with another horrible commercial.
Todd Smith
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I would think that by the time Weven overtakes XP the extra resources required will be standard for low end machines.
The Grannies et al. can and will continue to run XP regardless, until their machines expire that is. That's when the trouble will start, for any one with a Silver-Surfer in the family, I can just hear the support calls now.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Henry Minute wrote: I would think that by the time Weven overtakes XP the extra resources required will be standard for low end machines.
I think that's already the case. Can't remember the last time I saw a new machine spec with less than 1GB of RAM.
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Given the XP mode in Weven (basically Virtual PC with a pre-activated image of XP) I think XP support will be with us for sometime yet.
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XP Mode is one of the most pointless features of Weven. I haven't run into anything yet that requires me to use XP Mode.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Wait till Granny comes to visit!
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"When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest"
Confucius 502BC
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: XP Mode is one of the most pointless features of Weven. I haven't run into anything yet that requires me to use XP Mode.
Maybe you don't have any hanging around but support for 16 bit programs is probably the main consideration.
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Nope - I dumped all my 16-bit stuff when I moved to Win64 (a couple of years ago).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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How did you find that transition? I'm considering installing Weven-x64, but I can remember reading quite a few bad reviews of XP-x64 a few years ago (mostly about bad device drivers.) Have you experienced anything like those problems?
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
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Used both Vista x64 and Weven x64 and no issues bar an obscure GPS driver. In fact I never had problems with Vista. I think largely because I was running a x64 bit one (which appears to be a bit faster on the same machine [64 bit capable]) and made sure all the 64 bit drivers were available for my hardware.
I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder
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Well, I switched to XP64 a couple of years ago, and the only thing I really miss is Jezzball. An no, I'm not interested in the Flash version of it.
Most modern hardware has XP64 bit and Vista64 bit drivers available, I haven't had any hiccups, even with my printers or my laptop.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I haven't tested this, but is XPmode always 32bit? If yes, running 16bit legacy apps on a 64bit platform...
The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up.
The American Way of War: Go over and help them.
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Long after the end of the Mayan calendar. Given that fact, I doubt any of us will live to see Microsoft stop shipping XP.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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The end of the mayan calendar is only 2012 
If everything was not true, would it be not true that everything is not true? So by saying everything is not true, you are automatically denying that everything is not true. Im so confused...
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Long after the end of the Mayan calendar.
Hi John,
I have just read that Microsoft is currently early alpha-ing a preview of "Mayan Calendar Vista Aero" to selected developers under strictest NDA's.
Supposedly this is a smokescreen designed to hide the fact that the real product "Mayan Calendar Eleven Aero Lunar" will ship with Weven, and will last at least until the first Weven service pack at which point the user can upgrade via payment of US $66 dollars, or make a video of them sacrificing a virgin to the moon Goddess, Coyolxauhqui.
A unique feature of Mayan Calendar Eleven Aero Lunar" is the extension of working days into holidays, so that all holidays become transparent, and cease to exist.
Also the traditional "nag" feature has been replaced by a new secret software feature called the "carp" feature. I have it on good authority that Christian Graus is working sub-rosa, with MS on this project, and that many of his posts here are actually probes.
best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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According to this[^], it still has about 5 years left (in the U.S., anyway).
Jon SagaraSome see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.
-- George Carlin.NET Blog | Personal Blog | Articles
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It is because it evolves over a period of time. When something has evolved, and is very stable, MS comes out with another version which isn't as good.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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I remember when it first came out everyone complained about it saying Win98/2000 was better, but now everyone complains about Vista and 7 and says XP is better