Re: One Hard drive for 2 computers
From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/06/04
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 23:38:33 -0600
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> >> Reply
>
> Thank you kindly for your suggestions. They all sound
> good. Now I just have to figure out how and what it
> means.
>
> My reason for doing what I'm doing is, my boss will not
> allow his sensitive business information to remain, as
> it has happend in the past, such information is used
> by others. His reqirements is that anything performed
> on that computer stays on that HDD, and is never left
> for prying eyes. No exceptions.
This is a bit confusing. He says the data can't remain, but you're also
saying it has to stay. Which is it? And if he's that paranoid, why is he
allowing you to take the hard drive off the premises? If I was you, I'd
avoid doing that, since he could easily claim that you stole or lost or
damaged his data.
And you could easily lose or damage files while you're carrying that drive
around and constantly reinstalling it in two differnent computer.
>
> The only thing I could figure out, was to purchase a
> Windows XP, install it on a HDD and take the HDD with me.
So you installed your copy of XP on his computer? What OS was on it before?
Or is this just being planned now?
It would seem that if it's your boss's computer, he should pay for whatever
OS is running on it. And it apparently had an OS before you put XP there. Or
am I missing something?
> Being a senior citizen on a limited budget, does not
> allow me to continue purchasing items in order to keep
> my job, especially at minimum wage. I have already spent
> over a hundred dollars for Windows XP and the Goodwill
> computer I have at home will work fine with this HDD I
> take with me, but I can't afford, as one suggested, a
> laptop, which would seem the easiest. And lugging the
> whole computer on the bus, won't work.
Are you saying that you're required to take the drive home and do work at
home? Seems a bit unfair to me, if he's not going to pay for your equipment
and time.
The other problem is that with hauling this hard drive around and installing
it and uninstalling it and shuttling it around on a bus, sooner or later
it's going to get dropped or bumped hard enough, and it will never boot
again. If it's the only place the data resides, someone is going to be very
unhappy. I think you need to think this over very carefully.
At first, I thought they were both your computers and your data, and that's
up to you what to do with it and your risk if you kill the hard drive, but
doing this with someone else's business data is a really bad idea.
>
> My solution was to just pack around a small HDD that will
> fit in my pocket. They are easy to plug in, so it seemed
> a simple solution.
?? The little ones are laptop drives, not for desktops. Unless you've got a
pretty big, rugged pocket. And although it's not the hardest thing in the
world, opening the case and mounting the drive and fiddling with cables
isn't the easist thing to do. And then you'd have to do a repair install of
Windows each time, since it's unlikely your goodwill computer is identical
to the business computer. And then reactivate each time. It's not an easy
thing. What if you slip up and kill his computer in the process?
If you were thinking about a little external USB drive, that would be fine
for data, but you won't be able to boot off of it.
At first, it seemed that you'd tried this before, but now it seems you're
just thinking about it. That's good. Think some more before you make a mess
of it.
>
> In review of the Windows site, it appears their idea is,
> one WinXP per computer, and on the surface, it sounds
> like what I want to accomplish, would require another
> WinXP, and another hundred dollar purchase, of which I
> just can't afford. Furthermore it does appear that my
> intentions conflict with Windows licensing policy and
> could be illegal according to their licensing agreement.
>
> I hate to loose my job, I'm lucky to have at my age, and
> was hoping to go a simple and inexpensive route. Appears
> this may not be possible, and I certainally appreciate
> all that have helped in this matter.
>
> Thank you very much for all input.
I think that the route you're considering could get you in worse shape than
being unemployed.
Good luck.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Again, calling for the activation can get you activated
> again; however, you
> >WILL run into the problem your currently having. With
> an external hard
> >drive, you just hook it up to your PC and do your work
> on it, then you
> >don't need to worry about getting rid of stored data.
> >
> >It is true that there are the temporary files that some
> programs create
> >while working, but if this is that big of a issue that
> every bit is kept
> >secret, then you can use NTFS on your work computer and
> set it up to encrypt
> >the whole hard drive. Doing this and having a strong
> password will keep
> >everyone out of your data.
> >
> >Another thing you could do is keep a clean image of your
> work computer on a
> >seperate partition, at the end of the day reimage and
> all of the temporary
> >files will be gone. You will have to recreate your
> image everytime you want
> >to change your setup do to installing new programs but
> this will also keep
> >your work machine clean, and if someone does break in,
> there won't be
> >anything to find.
> >
> >One final solution you could do is keep a hard drive
> with Windows installed
> >on it in your home computer, then just hook your work
> hard drive up to it to
> >access the files. This should work fine depending on
> your you setup
> >permissions if your using NTFS. An external HD carrying
> your data is still
> >your best bet though.
> >
> >
> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:0d8e01c47b19$9446c000$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>
> >> >>Reply
> >>
> >> MVP's suggestion of using an external, still requires
> >> clearing off all data stored, for that day, that is, if
> >> I can even find it all.
> >>
> >> Your suggestion of calling for new activation sounds
> >> possible and I will try that.
> >>
> >> As far as hauling a large computer back and forth,
> >> disconnecting, setting up, etc, etc, etc, seems
> extreme,
> >> and buying a laptop ... sounds good if my name was
> >> Bill Gates and trowing around thousands of dollars
> >> (pocket change) was not an issue. But, thanks for
> >> the ideas !
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >The problem that your having is that XP's activiation
> >> check performs a check
> >> >of the hardware inside your computer. If too much of
> it
> >> has changed it will
> >> >require you to reactive Windows. This is to prevent
> you
> >> from installing
> >> >Windows onto one computer, and then copying the hard
> >> drive onto another one
> >> >and running it there.
> >> >
> >> >The only way you'll be able to activate Windows will
> be
> >> to phone Microsoft
> >> >support and get a new activation code. Note, if you
> >> continue what your
> >> >doing you will be locked out of XP again in the near
> >> future even after
> >> >activating. Support won't be happy with you if you
> keep
> >> calling.
> >> >
> >> >What the MVP was suggesting is that you get an
> external
> >> hard drive where you
> >> >keep the documents you want to move between the two
> >> computers. Both
> >> >computers should have their own hard drives with their
> >> own Windows
> >> >installations on them. Then just take this external
> >> hard drive back and
> >> >forth to work and home and you'll have the documents
> you
> >> need without
> >> >running into activation problems.
> >> >
> >> >If the above solution is not suitable you can do one
> of
> >> the following.
> >> >
> >> >Downgrade to Windows 2000 or 98, these don't have
> >> activation so you won't
> >> >run into this problem.
> >> >
> >> >If you can't or won't downgrade then just use a single
> >> computer and
> >> >transport it to / from work.
> >> >
> >> >If that's not really reasonable, then change computers
> >> and start using a
> >> >laptop.
> >> >
> >> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >news:0d8301c47b14$2ebac150$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> Have one hard drive that I want to swap from home
> >> >> use to office use, back and forth.
> >> >> When installed in home computer, Windows XP will not
> >> >> activate.
> >> >>
> >> >> Have posted this question prior, and MVP suggested
> >> >> an external hard drive. This is not accurate, as
> >> >> a hard drive is a hard drive, be it internal or
> >> >> external.
> >> >>
> >> >> Question again:
> >> >> How to activate WinXP on second home computer using
> >> >> my same hard drive?
> >> >> Anyone with knowledge in this department?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you in advance for directions.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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