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Are Windows repair solutions like a traffic light button?
On 1/23/2019 11:57 PM, Bill W wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:49:51 -0800 (PST), RichA wrote: Ever notice that almost always, windows "fixes" for things like boot corruption or disk errors never work? They go into endless "diagnosing your pc" and "repairing your pc" loops that themselves need fixing? And before long, you are back at the dinosaur of DOS, fiddling with "fixes" at the command-prompt? Only after all that and worthless "refreshes" do you realize a complete re-install of the operating system is needed? In the last 25 years, I don't believe I have ever reinstalled windows to fix a problem. I had to do it once, when my HD decided to stop booting. I had to replace the drive. -- PeterN |
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Are Windows repair solutions like a traffic light button?
On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:33:57 -0500, PeterN
wrote: On 1/23/2019 11:57 PM, Bill W wrote: On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:49:51 -0800 (PST), RichA wrote: Ever notice that almost always, windows "fixes" for things like boot corruption or disk errors never work? They go into endless "diagnosing your pc" and "repairing your pc" loops that themselves need fixing? And before long, you are back at the dinosaur of DOS, fiddling with "fixes" at the command-prompt? Only after all that and worthless "refreshes" do you realize a complete re-install of the operating system is needed? In the last 25 years, I don't believe I have ever reinstalled windows to fix a problem. I had to do it once, when my HD decided to stop booting. I had to replace the drive. That's different. I meant reinstalling Wndows to repair Wndows, so you haven't had to do it either. Maybe we're both just lucky. |
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