On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:44:17 -0700, sf > wrote:

-->On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:49:50 GMT, notbob > wrote:
-->
-->>On 2009-10-26, sf > wrote:
-->>
-->>> I've never reformatted either. I know that's the answer to every
-->>> problem for some people, but I don't do it.
-->>
-->>You just buy a new computer ever couple years.
-->>
-->>Your defense of people's ignorance of computers is appalling. The
-->>only reason people keep buying new computers is because they haven't a
-->>clue on how to use what they already have. My newest computer is
-->>circa 2001. Works just fine and I've no doubt it does everthing yours
-->>does and just as well. It's why Microsoft has a monolpoly and can
-->>continue it, people being too stupid or gutless to say, "No! I DON'T
-->>need another new computer, monitor, operating system, etc, just
-->>because you say I do." By your reasoning, we should only watch the tv
-->>programs we're allowed to and only listen to the music we're allowed
-->>to and only eat the food we're allowed to. And you were a TEACHER,
-->>ferchryneoutloud. What did you teach your students? Not to read!?
-->>
-->Damn, you're belligerent. I buy new computers when the hard drive
-->dies and not a day earlier. No point putting a new part in an old
-->machine, you're making too much work for yourself updating this and
-->that to be compatible. I also think reformatting is the lazy way out
-->of problems. I back out of them the way I got in and have never had
-->to reformat. That makes me smarter than you. Are you happy now? I
-->am.


Hard drives are dirt cheap to replace, so why not just replace it?
If you've got more money than you know what to do with and feel that you must
replace a computer when the HD dies, then send me the computer and I'll swap it
the drive for a new one.