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   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: Eric@nada.com.invalid   
      
   glee wrote:   
   > "Steve Urbach"  wrote in message   
   > news:6urpa89v1l1h1pp4ddg1elgno1f1mljb5p@4ax.com...   
   >> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:25:09 -0500, "glee"    
   >> wrote:   
   >> e!   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Your snide comment about Asperger syndrome is insulting, irrelevant   
   >>> and   
   >>> inappropriate, as well as showing that you don't actually know what   
   >>> it's   
   >>> symptoms are.   
   >>> As for your comment concerning backups, there is no relationship   
   >>> whatsoever between someone trying to gain disk space and your claim   
   >>> that   
   >>> such a person doesn't do backups.   
   >>>   
   >>> As for spending $20 to buy a new large hard drive.... seriously?   
   >>> Where   
   >>> do you see new large hard drives for $20?!  It is perfectly valid   
   >>> for a   
   >>> user on limited income (retired, elderly, or a low-income family   
   >>> with children, and ,many others) to not be able to afford replacing   
   >>> a good hard drive with a larger one for the sole purpose of gaining   
   >>> disk space,   
   >>> when they need their money for other things.  Apparently you do not   
   >>> work   
   >>> with a large number of home users or are unaware of the priorities   
   >>> some   
   >>> people must set in regards to how they spend and on what.  Perhaps   
   >>> it is   
   >>> you who live in the remote part of Hindu Kush.... another of your   
   >>> snide   
   >>> and unnecessary remarks, by the way.   
   >>   
   >> I bet there are plenty of 'lightly used' drives that came out of   
   >> systems that   
   >> were upgraded that could be had for that.   
   >>   
   >> Many (not the ultra mini ones) 'desktop' systems have room for a   
   >> second HD. so   
   >> there would be no *need* to get a 'big' drive   
   >>   
   >> XP can *span*  drives if having a new drive letter would confuse.   
   >   
   > "Spanning" drives in XP can only be done with XP Pro, not XP Home, and   
   > cannot be done on a portable computer, e.g. a laptop.   
   >   
   > While there are some laptops that have a second hard drive bay, they   
   > are not particularly common.   
   >   
   > Yes, a used hard drive may be available for $20, but I would not   
   > suggest a user "upgrade" to a used hard drive as their primary single   
   > drive.   
   Always appreciated your advice, and I see you are still being very logical.   
   Have a Happy Thanksgiving!   
   Buffalo   
   PS: I may soon have to upgrade from my dual boot Win98SE and Win2000ProSP4   
   systems.   
   I'm not sure if I want to go to the 64bit Win7 or maybe just upgrade to the   
   32bit WinXP-SP3.   
   SSD's are another concern of mine.   
      
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