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| Subject | Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
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| From | CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> |
| Message-ID | <Xn%GP.1118059$2zn8.168420@fx15.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | usenet-news.net |
| Date | 2025-04-01 20:19 -0400 |
On 2025-04-01 6:34 p.m., rbowman wrote: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 14:39:23 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote: > >> On 2025-04-01 13:22, rbowman wrote: >>> On 1 Apr 2025 16:35:46 GMT, vallor wrote: >>> >>>> It's notable that he recommends having one's data on a separate drive >>>> (not just a separate partition), so you can blow away C: >>>> with impunity. >>>> >>>> Sounds a lot like a BCP for Linux, where /home is a separate >>>> partition... >>> >>> IT traditionally build our Windows machines and installed Windows with >>> a C:\ and D:\ drive. Drives weren't that large back then and they >>> tended to skimp on C:\. Many Windows applications insist on putting >>> some or all of their stuff on C:\ guaranteeing a problem down the line. >>> Coupled with the builds were usually the cheapest components on NewEgg >>> it was a lot of fun. >>> >>> >> I'm curious: what would the problem down the line be that's supposedly >> guaranteed? I'm not being facetious; I'm really wondering. > > If you start with a C:\ that's barely large enough to contain the OS and > then install third party software you will run out of space on C:\. > > I can't remember the chain of events that triggered it, possibly a failed > update, but even with a large C:\ I saw it was filling up rapidly and not > from anything I was installing. It turned out that the culprit was the OS > repeatedly logging that it was running out of room. > > It's fun going on an expedition to find stuff you can delete to make more > room. Ah, I remember a girlfriend of mine back in 2005 having that problem with her 10GB drive. Because she was running out of space, the system kept crashing. I ended up buying her an 80GB to fix that for her. -- God be with you, CrudeSausage John 14:6
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reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-03-31 18:23 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-03-31 15:13 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-31 15:14 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-01 06:00 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 08:48 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-01 17:29 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 14:40 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-01 22:49 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 20:19 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-02 01:09 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-02 01:06 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-03-31 15:59 -0500
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-31 14:24 -0700
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-03-31 17:30 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 08:44 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-01 01:23 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-01 02:19 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-01 04:38 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-02 12:57 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-02 13:27 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-03 07:42 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-03 05:31 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-04-03 12:04 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-03 16:44 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-03 14:06 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-04 01:34 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-03 21:39 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-04-04 08:51 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-03 20:38 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-04-03 13:41 -0700
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-03 23:18 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-04 01:30 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-09 19:20 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-04-10 11:44 +0300
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-11 00:22 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-04-10 19:39 -0700
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-04-11 08:26 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-04-04 19:05 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-04-04 15:19 -0500
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-04-05 16:35 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-05 17:50 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-04-05 16:09 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-04 21:47 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-04-05 16:37 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 18:38 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-05 00:54 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-05 02:15 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-04-04 22:21 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-04-04 20:11 -0700
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-04-03 06:40 -0500
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-01 05:52 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-04-01 09:49 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-01 16:35 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-01 17:22 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 14:39 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-04-01 12:41 -0700
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-01 22:34 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-01 20:19 -0400
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-02 00:56 +0000
Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-04-02 07:25 -0500
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