[wellylug] Advice re new or upgrade system please etc

John Durham john.modec at xtra.co.nz
Mon Feb 22 10:23:58 NZDT 2010


On 22/02/2010 10:13 a.m., Lillsie wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have re subbed to this list under a different addy so I can now
> actually post to it.
>
> My system was bought in 2003, all I am really concerned with is reliability
> but would also like to have things working which they dont as my Ubuntu
> Dapper
> is too old. I.e it doesn't let me look at quite a few movies, my Gaim
> messenger
> has completely stopped working.
>
>   I have no internal HDD,  3 slide in IDE 80 GB drives, a Ubuntu plus a
> back up of it, and a Windoze
> drive with MYOB for work. I dont see that I need bigger drives they are
> less than 30% full I dont
> download music,  or store graphics.
>
> Carl on this list has suggested I keep my old system and get the
> following maintenance
> done on it by someone :
>
> Clean all the dust out
> Make sure cables can't touch fans
> Set the BIOS to monitor temperature and shutdown in failure
> Set the BIOS to monitor the CPU fan speed and shutdown in failure
> Set the BIOS so chips aren't running faster than the standard speed
>
> ----
>
> I now realise I have to buy XP to get a back up disk made, I wasn't
> trying to be illegal, I just thought I already had it.
> I need to find a windoze person to make me a back up on a separate HDD
> of my current windows, and is it possible
> to do regular back ups at home?
>
> Then I would like to pay a Linux person to use my Ubuntu back up HDD and
> upgrade it to a much later
> Ubuntu, and can it still have mutt working, with editor as mc etc? Also
> I am interested in everything being on
> one drive and is it possible to install Windows on the Ubuntu drive in
> the 'Virtual Machine'?
>
> If this was all done then I would this new upgraded Ubuntu with XP on it
> backed
> up to my current back up drive by the linux person.
>
> Is a better option to buy a brand new system, get all new drives, get
> someone to transfer
> my data to them, get Ubuntu upgraded etc as before? If I got the XP on
> the Ubuntu
> drive I only need 2 new drives.  Then keep my old system complete and
> working as it is in the cupboard somewhere?
>
> Carl pointed out that even with a brand new system it is just as easy to
> have some failure
> as it is with my current one, however I am concerned with the age of my
> current
> one and mainly very concerned as it is approaching my flat out time of
> year, March to July
> when I need my computer full time for my work, and I need both OS's to
> function.
>
> Thoughts, paid help, suggestions all welcome.
>
> thanks a lot
> regards
> Lyndsay
One obvious suggestion would be to use a second hand machine for your 
Windows stuff (Earthlink maybe), so as to keep things as uncomplicated 
as possible.

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