Linux and Windows XP on the same PC 2942

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:38:52 +0100, Peter T. Breuer

Perhaps you should go back and read it again then, all the information was there, (the key pieces being that he was doing some research for a friend, that that friend had neither the skills nor the equipment to easily do a backup, and that the friend was physically too far away for the OP to go over and do the backup). It also wasn't a story, except in the sense that all descriptions of real life events and conditions could be called stories.

First of all, I'm not the OP, (which says to me that you aren't paying attention).

Now, no one, not even the OP, has argued that not making a backup is a good thing. What has been brought up is that, "The guy who's computer this is about is not in a position to do advanced things - or to buy equipment to do backups...." To make an analogy, what you have said is like telling someone that they should top up the oil in their car before they drive it, but they don't have any oil to add.

Tell me: Do you have psychic powers?

If no: Why do you think you know more about the situation than the OP? Given that the only source you have for information on this particular case is the OP himself.

on people's posts? It might help you keep straight who you are replying to.

The OP has already covered this, stop claiming you know more about the situation than he does.

Bad analogy, a better one might be being unable to open cans of soup due to the lack of a can opener.

Your seeming inability to even tell to whom you are responding contradicts your claim.

(BTW: Lose the scare quotes, you're using them wrong.)

-- Phoenix