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I have 2 hard drives

one vista

one with xp

when i start pc push F8 and it asks me which hard drive i want to boot from whether you have xp and xp or vista/xp as long as they on different physical hard drives i dont see point of messing about with the boot files

that make sense or that completely wrong type of thing you after?

Yes but government here taxes air under the category Un-necessary Luxury

As it does with water, petrol, diesel, gas, electric

If i farted in a tin and compressed that and sold it youd still get it cheaper in Europe/States

My tobacco reads on packet

Golden Virginia
PO Box 83
Nottingham UK

Cheaper to buy abroad, that makes sense.

This Government will shaft anything with a heartbeat

ooh im in a happy clappy mood Razz

(all on Ebuyer.com) had a look to try and match that deal you spotted Morcus - motherboard i got is slightly different (4 x ddr2 slots but has also got 2 x DDR3 ram slots for future) also my list has 4gb ram (instead of 2gb on the OC deal) and includes a retail version of Vista. Right ill add it up at the end see how it does

Saitek Eclipse Keyboard - USB 090167 16 in stock 20.57
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler 105994 692 in stock 15.56
Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM 130826 452 in stock 46.98
Logitech S220 Black 2.1 Speaker System - 17W RMS 129428 673 in stock 14.29
Samsung SM2243BW 22" TFT Monitor 1680x1050 300cd/m2 8000:1 5ms VGA/DVI 16:9 Black 3 Years On Site Warranty 145472 163 in stock 169.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Upgrade package - 1 PC - EDU - DVD - English - English International 124781 4 in stock 63.01
Razer DeathAdder 1800DPI Gaming Mouse 126008 3 in stock 36.94
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed 131950 264 in stock 129.31
ASUS P5KC AiLifestyle Series iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard 132275 162 in stock 74.89
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-1 Cool

Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty 130429 236 in stock 59.86
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU *SPECIAL OFFER* 135101 276 in stock 59.99
Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA Bare Black Drive - OEM 139414 351 in stock 15.70
BFG 8800GT OC 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card 135024 7 in stock 106.48

813.57 with free delivery and if you dont mind putting it together yourself!

add the items on this list to the Overclockers system configurator ie another 2gb ram and Vista 64 bit onto the OC price and they want 998.71

not trying to outdo you but just recognised quite a bit on that overclockers deal that i bought for my pc and wondered if it would all work out cheaper when i added the monitor and mouse etc - anyways if anyone thinks any of that stuff is quite cheap and wants items just go

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god 2 big posts in as many days - i think i need a new hobby

No Commission i speak as i find!

And i have it installed on my 64 bit vista - not had to use the back up yet but its there if i need it - Vista/drivers/updates blah blah - 10 mins and itll be as it was new less the 5 hours work

The BF2ers have long since been aware of a program i use which i find to be the most useful piece of software i have and a few have used it - it is called Acronis True Image 10 or 11 is latest

Its basically backup software similar to Norton Ghost which i found a nightmare to use, Its had loads of easy to use features but the best thing about it is the ability to reset your pc to exactly how you want it within around 10 mins instead of formatting, installing, updating etc

Just install your XP/Vista, drivers, broadband router settings, updates, outlook express settings if you use it, favourites, programs, anti virus, msn, firewall, games, patches or whatever - everything you would do if you built your pc from scratch

Then install True Image, it has a load of easy to follow options but the best is to Create an exact backup of your pc

It takes maybe 10 mins for me personally but may be longer or shorter depending on your system or how much you have installed - Best thing is to have a partition separate from your main C drive or even better another hard disk in your pc - the thing is to remember you need to put it somewhere separate should you need to restore your C drive obviously putting the backup of your pc in the same drive wont work when you come around to needing it!

So you will have an exact copy of your new freshly installed, updated, fully working copy of windows safely tucked away in a safe place - if you then find in 2 weeks/months/years time you have buggered your system with viruses etc just start up Acronis - restore and in 10 mins or so your fully working windows will be EXACTLY as it was prior to your problems - but without having to spend all those hours again digging out discs for this and that and drivers for that..........................................

If you did all the installs, backed up and then thought i forgot to install eg BHD, pinger, TS, Sigurd. Instead of doing a new backup you can overwrite the old one and it will simply add any new things to it you have installed since

The backup file is not simply some large file icon tucked away somewhere for a rainy day - you can browse within it like explorer and access any video or pics, patches, downloads etc and copy them to your regular drive

Loads of options for backing up, can just do your emails/outlook express settings if you want - If you install a new bigger drive it can clone the settings from your old one to the new one - backups can be scheduled any time - create a boot disk so if you cant load windows you pop in the cd at startup and Acronis will load allowing you to access your backup and restore your pc without needing to get into windows

Well there you go, thats my review. might save some people a lot of hassle when it comes to the dreaded reformat - speak to me if you want to know more Wink