XPost: microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming   
   From: jmostert@xs4all.nl   
      
   On 2012-05-09 21:50, Gene Wirchenko wrote:   
   > On Wed, 09 May 2012 20:44:18 +0200, Jeroen Mostert   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
      
   >>>        I download them to my XP system.  Anything that I want on my 7   
   >>> system, I copy to a memory stick and from there to the 7 system.   
   >>>   
   >> If only there was some way to have computers exchange data without using   
   >> storage media. A sort of "network", if you will. :-)   
   >   
   >       Sure.  I could easily connect the two of them.  They are already   
   > connected to the same router.  A bit of software configuration and my   
   > 7 system will able to trash my main system!  That is not something I   
   > want.  I prefer the separation.   
   >   
   Then don't shuttle executable data between them?   
      
   I do get your point, but this seems either overly paranoid or not paranoid   
   enough. I would have to stop and think to "trash" one system with another   
   over a network connection. I wouldn't be worried about this happening   
   spontaneously. I'd think disconnecting after the copy is sufficient -- this   
   is no more dangerous than ferrying in code from the Internet in the first   
   place.   
      
   >> Thanks for sharing your experiences, I guess? Not sure what other people are   
   >> supposed to take away from it.   
   >   
   >       Well, you could try reading what I wrote.  I have a memory stick   
   > that does not work so reliably on large files.  SQL Server   
   > installation files are large files.   
   >   
   There are a Windows XP machine and a memory stick in existence that together   
   seem to corrupt large files. Check. I did indeed not know that. People who   
   want to replicate your exact scenario without corruption should... I don't   
   know, use DVD-Rs instead, I suppose.   
      
   You can relax now, I'm just teasing you. :-) Maybe this will indeed be of   
   use to someone, how should I know.   
      
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   J.   
      
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