I went thru the upgrade process on a new for me pc and then MS did one of their updates and my harddrive got REALLY hot and died on me. I tried using the usb stick like the reports said I could to just install Win10 stand alone, all reg details are now kept at MS, not on our pc's anymore, but it didn't work. So I reinstalled Win7, on a different harddrive, and am staying there for a while at least, it is a Boinc only pc so Win10 was only an experiment anyway. The 'new' harddrive is running nice and cool with no problems.
I have shelves of pc 'stuff' so reuse 'stuff' all the time, the harddrive that died had gotten hot in the past,but never as hot nor had it actually quit. I will see if I can revive it, it is still recognized but not the data on it. The data itself is not important, but if I can save the drive I can reuse it later on a different Boinc only machine. It is a 500gb sata drive, a bit too big for my liking for Boinc only pc's, but still usable. I prefer the 160gb size as Win7 loads and Boinc runs just fine in that size, it also prevents me from loading a bunch of junk on the machines.
Posting without any plans to go to 10 anytime soon, but with a pain in my back. Actually, I think it's my hip joint. If I press on the spot that hurts and then swivel my leg, I feel a bone sticking out and going in again, and when it goes in it doesn't hurt. The thing is, I can't keep it that way. It takes a lot of effort to hold it that way because my thighs are so damn fat and just so accustomed to being the wrong way.
And just because I can't say it at Seti right now, Ping!
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Actually I had 15 pc's here at my house running just 2 weeks ago, this is only ONE of those, so no big deal really. I say 15 pc's 2 weeks ago because I bought a dual quad core Xeon pc off of ebay that thru hyperthreading has 16 cpu cores in it, it cost me $240 to get to my house! It runs just fine but didn't come with a harddrive, and is the machine I have been talking about for all of this. Anyway because I bought this new for me pc, my 2nd btw, I took the last of my dual core pc's and all but one of my quad core pc's off line. I am down 3 pc's to a total of 12 now, BUT I have MORE cpu cores running now than before!!! I now have 1 quad core pc, a handful of 6 core pc's, a few 8 core pc's and 2 16 core pc's. I get to 8 and 16 cores thru hyperthreading.
That is of course one
That is of course one business model, let 'em in for free then charge 'em to get out, or levy rent!!
No such thing as a free lunch in this man's world :-)
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
I guess you must be paying
I guess you must be paying for mine since for some reason I never have to pay.
Nor me either, must be 'im at
Nor me either, must be 'im at No.57 ......
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
RE: That is of course one
I am thinking that Linux comes pretty close.
I don't pay either but that's
I don't pay either but that's another story.
I went thru the upgrade process on a new for me pc and then MS did one of their updates and my harddrive got REALLY hot and died on me. I tried using the usb stick like the reports said I could to just install Win10 stand alone, all reg details are now kept at MS, not on our pc's anymore, but it didn't work. So I reinstalled Win7, on a different harddrive, and am staying there for a while at least, it is a Boinc only pc so Win10 was only an experiment anyway. The 'new' harddrive is running nice and cool with no problems.
I have shelves of pc 'stuff' so reuse 'stuff' all the time, the harddrive that died had gotten hot in the past,but never as hot nor had it actually quit. I will see if I can revive it, it is still recognized but not the data on it. The data itself is not important, but if I can save the drive I can reuse it later on a different Boinc only machine. It is a 500gb sata drive, a bit too big for my liking for Boinc only pc's, but still usable. I prefer the 160gb size as Win7 loads and Boinc runs just fine in that size, it also prevents me from loading a bunch of junk on the machines.
I am winning!!!
Your parameters for winning
Your parameters for winning are interesting :-)
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
(Spreads Mac love all around,
(Spreads Mac love all around, run for my life dodging broken Pc parts)
Chucks Apple broken pc parts
Chucks Apple broken pc parts in the direction of Mac lovers .....
:-)))
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Posting without any plans to
Posting without any plans to go to 10 anytime soon, but with a pain in my back. Actually, I think it's my hip joint. If I press on the spot that hurts and then swivel my leg, I feel a bone sticking out and going in again, and when it goes in it doesn't hurt. The thing is, I can't keep it that way. It takes a lot of effort to hold it that way because my thighs are so damn fat and just so accustomed to being the wrong way.
And just because I can't say it at Seti right now, Ping!
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: Your parameters for
Thanks...I think!!
Actually I had 15 pc's here at my house running just 2 weeks ago, this is only ONE of those, so no big deal really. I say 15 pc's 2 weeks ago because I bought a dual quad core Xeon pc off of ebay that thru hyperthreading has 16 cpu cores in it, it cost me $240 to get to my house! It runs just fine but didn't come with a harddrive, and is the machine I have been talking about for all of this. Anyway because I bought this new for me pc, my 2nd btw, I took the last of my dual core pc's and all but one of my quad core pc's off line. I am down 3 pc's to a total of 12 now, BUT I have MORE cpu cores running now than before!!! I now have 1 quad core pc, a handful of 6 core pc's, a few 8 core pc's and 2 16 core pc's. I get to 8 and 16 cores thru hyperthreading.
Of course I am WINNING!!!!