RE: [OT]hosed my PC trying to load media edition HELP

["Ian" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see the OS wars rumble on... ;)

Of course, the real problem here is that it's *very* unlikely that the PC
(and it's components) are on the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for XP
Media Centre Edition.

The HCL exists for a reason - to separate the known, tested working systems
and the buggy unreliable untested systems. Given that a goodly 80% or so of
crashes are down to dodgy device drivers, the HCL process is an important
part of the process.

In this case, Bill Gates is an innocent bystander... And the
"junk" OS works
very, very well if you use the right hardware to run it on ;)

As for the immediate problem...

If you have a second PC available, you can mount your Hard Drive up as a
slave and copy your files off that way - if not, then I'd suggest
installing
over the top as Johnathan describes.

Cheers!

Ian.

-----Original Message-----
From: anthony.kirrane@xxxxxxx [mailto:anthony.kirrane@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 November 2004 09:18
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT]hosed my PC trying to load media edition HELP


Why not write your own competing product targeted to a UNIX environment
then?
Why continue with such a junk OS?

Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris

;-)