Windows woes

[Walter Bright]

John C wrote:
> Poor Windows. It does take some stick. Shall I be the only one to come to 
> its defence and say I've never had so much as a crash since Windows 2000? 
> Honestly, all this fuss... 

XP rarely self-destructs on me. This is the second time in about 3 
years. But when it does, you're in for a full day or two of work, 
presuming you have all your crib sheets and install disks ready. The 
only reason I had them this time is because last August it failed on me, 
and it took me about a week to get everything sorted out (and some stuff 
was lost for good), including contacting some companies and begging them 
to give me a new registration code :-(.

I'd forgive Windows for needing a reinstall now and then *if* it 
separated applications from the operating system, and *if* it provided 
reasonable ways to back up and restore things like O.E.

The only way to back up Windows is to mirror the drive.