Re: SP2 Very Very bad for me
From: Twanny (Evenstar_at_Fastweb.net)
Date: 10/18/04
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:49:07 -0700
Hello Don, I read with interest you detailed, step-by-step instructions on
preparing for SP2 installation.
This is what I call a common-sense approach and I will be adapting most of
your well-thought out advise. I am glad I delayed installing the SP2 CD
before I gathered some sensible advise. From my part your input is very
appreciated.
Thanks!
Twanny
"Don Burnette" wrote:
> phal wrote:
> > I have had so many problems trying to get this thing to work. I
> > finally suceeded in installing the thing this morning while retaining
> > my right click desktop menu.
> > Windows Update then told me there was an update to SP2, I downloaded
> > that and it DELETED EVERY WEB PAGE SHORTCUT IN EVERY FOLDER I HAD ON
> > MY DESKTOP. HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF STUFF SAVED SINCE 2002. There was
> > stuff in there that I had accumulated and saved from my last
> > computer. Pages and pages of ebay stuff, shortcuts to past and
> > present auctions, all the hard to find ebay phone numbers and web
> > pages, shortcuts to webpages I will never be able to find again. The
> > shortcut to this forum and 10 or 12 others that I use to troubleshoot
> > my comp.
> > I even went back and restored a setpoint from 3 days earlier and they
> > are still gone. When you install SP2 update, you had better save
> > everything on the desktop somewhere else on your computer or risk
> > losing it all. I am not happy
>
> I too keep important data on my hard drive, data that has years worth of
> work in it, and would be devastating for me to loose. Years of Quicken
> financial information, years of tax returns filed with Turbo Tax, family
> pictures, legal information from a nasty divorce, etc etc.
>
> I am sure others already have, but may I recommend a organized and
> disciplined back up schedule?
>
> Personally, I invested in an external USB2 hard drive, and Drive Image 7. I
> have scheduled, on a weekly basis, a complete image of my system to the
> external hard drive. This is done every Sunday morning at 2:00 am. When I
> get up on Sunday, I take the external usb drive and store it in a safe place
> separate from where my computer is. I also on Saturday evening, do my
> maintenance, cleaning out spyware with ad aware and spy bot, compact my OE
> messages, and clean up my temporary files.
>
> So at any point in time, should I have a hard drive failure or software
> corruption, I can restore my complete system as it was on the last image,
> which would be no older than 6 days. And it would restore in a matter of
> minutes. I have used it to restore once, and it worked flawlessly.
>
> As I am sure your aware by now, system restore is no substitute for a back
> up plan.
>
> And also, saving items to the desktop could be asking for trouble. Think of
> it as a temporary folder, opening your folders each time you log on, and
> saving their settings each time you log off. Any files on your desktop,
> would be very susceptible to corruption if things went bad while you are
> logged on. It would be much safer to store in their own folders in a
> directory, my documents being a very good one to use. System Restore does
> not even monitor or use the my documents folder.
>
> I would recommend some systematic back up plan to everyone that has a pc. It
> is not a matter of if things go south, it is a matter of when. Hard drives
> fail, bad sectors develop, software gets corrupted, etc etc.
>
> Sorry to hear about your bad experience with SP2. Below is what I did to
> install, and it went without a hitch. Good luck in getting your system back
> to good working order.
>
>
> I did do the following just prior to installing XP:
>
> Checked for adware/spyware with Ad Aware 6.0
> Checked for latest updates for my peripherals
> Checked for latest updates for my applications
> Updated my AV software virus definition files.
> Ran a virus scan.
> Did a disk cleanup, cleaning out temp files and cookies.
> Did a chkdsk on my system drive.
> Imaged my system partition with PowerQuest Drive Image to external hard
> drive. ( if no imaging software, I would strongly recommend , at the least,
> backing up all important data files, and settings ). Take precaution when
> deciding what to back up, make triple sure you have any data files that are
> very important to you backed up in some way, either to another partion, hard
> drive, cdr, floppy.
>
> Downloaded SP2 network version ( complete 266 mb file) from windows update
> catalogue site.
> Disabled my AV software.
> Installed SP2. I think it took about 15 minutes for me, maybe 20 at the
> most.
>
> After installation:
> Ran disk defragger on system partition. Made sure AV software was activated
> again. Checked my main applications and programs I run to make sure no
> issues.
>
> No problems, and my computer appears to be a little snappier. No conflicts
> with any of the security features, matter of fact i have a hardware nat
> firewall with my router for my cable internet, and have the XP firewall on,
> and no issues. I also really like the pop up blocker.
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Don Burnette
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