I have one machine that I have upgraded from 3.1 to 95 to 98 to 98SE to 2000 to XP. It is still usable, but I have had to clone the drive from 20MB to 160GB. The file structure is a mess. I agree that a clean install is the only way to go. Bill -----Original Message----- >From: Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jul 10, 2008 4:57 PM >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Windows Vista > >I agree with Mark. Fresh installs are always better than OS upgrades. >Opinion based on 40 years of field service for IBM....... > >I particularly liked the comment, "the same quantity of issues." Moving >from W95 -> W98 went well, W98 -> W2K went well, W2K -> XP went well. >Xp -> Vista went wellllllll. > >I follow a computer group on Yahoo and a lot of people are staying with >or going back to XP. > >Back to photo mode :-) >Bob > > > >mlent@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> The operative word there being "Upgrade". If you'd done a clean >> install, you more than likely wouldn't have had the same quantity of >> issues. I did IT work for many years and never, ever had good luck >> with Windows upgrades from one OS to another. Running a clean install >> on a cleaned partition (i.e., FDISK and reformat) and then running the >> install seemed to work MUCH better. >> >> Hope all are well today. Am in the lab, running clients through my >> study "The Influence of Photographic Exemplars on Perceptions of Issue >> Salience"... Yawn, yawn, right? :-) >> >> Cordially, >> >> Mark Lent >> >> >> -------------- Original message -------------- >> From: Chris <christopher.strevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> I upgraded to windows vista yesterday after making a drive image. >> Once it was loaded and running the computer was sick. The garish >> colours of the huge icons stared at me and Outlook did not work, >> several other programs failed to load and told me about it. So I >> restored by backup. Now all is well and Vista is on the shelf. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Subject: >> Windows Vista >> From: >> Chris <christopher.strevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: >> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:47:49 +0000 >> To: >> List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students >> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> To: >> List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students >> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> > >-- > ///// > ( O O ) >--------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > I plan to live forever. So far, so good...... >
