NAS ...

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Still, maybe ... just maybe ... 'XP should be more forgiving, more
backward compatible ... just maybe it should exist in a less chaotic
environment, where things work with things ... where the user, and what
he / she id trying to do, is the focus ...

sorry ... today, at work, I was trying to play a DVD in 'XP, to show
people something ... and I still can't believe how difficult &
distracting & time-consuming it was ... how much of a fight it was ...
... unbeliveable ... totally, totally, unbelieveable !

Chris


Monday, 13 Nov'06 - 22:11:35 +0000

>Well ... after the various musing, I'll be going the NAS route now -
because, of course, the media-server dropped-dead within a week of
moving to 'XP ... turns-out the ole Highpoint Rocket Raid 404 card
really doesn't like 'XP !! ... it's the usual highpoint schtick - 'fails
doing DMA transfers under heavy load:   and makes it an absolute hound
to recover the data.   I'm basically waiting 'til next pay-day, then I
reckon I'll go the 2Gb terastation route ... quite ironic ... the
geriatric P3 NT4 box has been super-stable & fast for a good couple of
years now, and moving to 'XP hosed it in a week
...                                          (Ian Lowe)

Maybe that says something about 'XP ...

(was it 'Home or 'Pro, btw ?)

Chris

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Tuesday, 14 Nov'06 - 09:40:58 -0000

from: Ian Lowe   ianlowe@xxxxxxx

'Pro, not that it matters in this instance - crash-dump analysis shows
without a shred of doubt that it's the highpoint driver to blame.   It
causes a BSOD when it attempts to do a large number of DMA transfers.

I





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