Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

On Oct 27, 2018, RichA wrote
(in ):

Dvd drives "disappeared" from explorer but device manager showed them ok.
Turned off computer, unplugged them, rebooted, turned off computer,
reattached dvd drives (figured they'd reinstall as new),restarted
and...windows drive gives disk error. Long story short, windows methods of
recovery useless, ended up full reinstall. Good thing real files are on
storage drives.
Still, takes about 2hrs to put apps, drivers back.

Rich, why don’t you post your Windows bitching, and stuff to a Windows NG
where it belongs, not to r.p.d. where it is off topic?

The last time you did this on October 8, the result was a major pollution of
296 OT posts in r.p.d., and your only post in the thread was the first one.

--
Regards,
Savageduck

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

In article .com,
Savageduck wrote:

On Oct 27, 2018, RichA wrote
(in ):
Dvd drives "disappeared" from explorer but device manager showed them ok.
Turned off computer, unplugged them, rebooted, turned off computer,
reattached dvd drives (figured they'd reinstall as new),restarted
and...windows drive gives disk error. Long story short, windows methods of
recovery useless, ended up full reinstall. Good thing real files are on
storage drives.
Still, takes about 2hrs to put apps, drivers back.

Rich, why don¹t you post your Windows bitching, and stuff to a Windows NG
where it belongs, not to r.p.d. where it is off topic?

The last time you did this on October 8, the result was a major pollution of
296 OT posts in r.p.d., and your only post in the thread was the first one.

he only does so to troll.

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

On 28/10/2018 16:51, Savageduck wrote:
[]
Rich, why don’t you post your Windows bitching, and stuff to a Windows NG
where it belongs, not to r.p.d. where it is off topic?

The last time you did this on October 8, the result was a major pollution of
296 OT posts in r.p.d., and your only post in the thread was the first one.

I agree in general, but DC/DVD drives are something photographers might
use, aren't they?

--
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

In article , David Taylor
wrote:

Rich, why don¹t you post your Windows bitching, and stuff to a Windows NG
where it belongs, not to r.p.d. where it is off topic?

The last time you did this on October 8, the result was a major pollution of
296 OT posts in r.p.d., and your only post in the thread was the first one.

I agree in general, but DC/DVD drives are something photographers might
use, aren't they?

why would they? the capacity is too small to be useful, they're slow
and the ever growing stacks of discs quickly becomes unmanageable.

it's much easier, more flexible and *far* more convenient to use a nas.

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

On 2018-10-28 17:29:20 +0000, David Taylor
said:

On 28/10/2018 16:51, Savageduck wrote:
[]
Rich, why don’t you post your Windows bitching, and stuff to a Windows NG
where it belongs, not to r.p.d. where it is off topic?

The last time you did this on October 8, the result was a major pollution of
296 OT posts in r.p.d., and your only post in the thread was the first one.

I agree in general, but DC/DVD drives are something photographers might
use, aren't they?

The last time I used a CD/DVD for any sort of image file
sharing/archiving was over 15 years ago. The last time I used a Windows
machine was at work in February 2009, and then I retired.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

In article .com,
Savageduck says...
The last time you did this on October 8, the result was a major pollution of
296 OT posts in r.p.d., and your only post in the thread was the first one.

That's because OT crap gets a lot of traction in this newsgroup. Real
on-topic issues get barely answered.
--
Alfred Molon

Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at
https://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 09:51:03 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

Did you happen to notice that deal for Capture One with Fuji Cameras?
I can't remember all the details, but I think you get lifetime Capture
One with a one-time $200 payment. There's more to it, but I also think
it's limited to working with Fuji photos.

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

On Oct 28, 2018, Bill W wrote
(in ):

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 09:51:03 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

Did you happen to notice that deal for Capture One with Fuji Cameras?
I can't remember all the details, but I think you get lifetime Capture
One with a one-time $200 payment. There's more to it, but I also think
it's limited to working with Fuji photos.

What they have is *Free* Capture One Express Fujifilm which is not fully
featured, and which i have been playing with. Then there is the fully
featured Capture One Pro Fujifilm $199.

https://www.phaseone.com/en/Capture-One/Capture-One-Fujifilm.aspx

There is also a Sony only version.

--
Regards,
Savageduck

Got to admit; when Windows fails, it does so spectacularly.
 

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:10:21 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

I agree in general, but DC/DVD drives are something photographers might
use, aren't they?

The last time I used a CD/DVD for any sort of image file
sharing/archiving was over 15 years ago. The last time I used a Windows
machine was at work in February 2009, and then I retired.

The comments seem to be about archiving files, and that's not the only
purpose of using a CD or DVD. They are quite useful for sharing files
where you want to either mail the files to the other party or give the
other party a batch of files for the other party to view but not to
download.

There are other ways to do this, but that doesn't mean that there
aren't times a CD or DVD is a convenient way to go.

One grandson recently made a movie using my copy of Premier Elements
and burned six copies to discs for his friends and handed them out at
school. It was a very topical movie, so the friends will view and not
download and can share that disc with others.

It's like many other things: what we do, or don't do, personally
doesn't mean it isn't useful for others.




--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

A Reply to Dumb RichA OT Stuff
 

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:09:04 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Oct 28, 2018, RichA wrote
(in ):

On Sunday, 28 October 2018 15:10:30 UTC-4, Savageduck wrote:
On 2018-10-28 17:29:20 +0000, David Taylor
said:

On 28/10/2018 16:51, Savageduck wrote:
[]
Rich, why don’t you post your Windows bitching, and stuff to a Windows
NG where it belongs, not to r.p.d. where it is off topic?

The last time you did this on October 8, the result was a major pollution
of 296 OT posts in r.p.d., and your only post in the thread was the first
one.

I agree in general, but DC/DVD drives are something photographers might
use, aren't they?

The last time I used a CD/DVD for any sort of image file
sharing/archiving was over 15 years ago. The last time I used a Windows
machine was at work in February 2009, and then I retired.

You people have a weird belief in the reliability of cloud or solid state
memory. You know what some of the most reliable storage has proven to be?
magnetic TAPE.

Where do you come up with your strange ideas regarding what you think *us
people* believe?

I have redundant HDD & SSD backups along with various cloud, and online
services such as Dropbox, iCloud, Adobe CC, and SmugMug none of which is a
solitary repository of any of my image files. cloud services provide one
means of back-up, and/or sharing, but they also provide additional capability
the least of which is the ability to seamlessly sync between computers and
mobile devices.

I sometimes wonder about you, Duck. You have a top-of-the-line Mac,
no appreciable chance of a virus, and sixty-two back-up systems.

Are you expecting an earthquake during a tsunami followed by a
meteorite shower?

--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida