Den 2007-12-09 05:17:57 skrev Xiaofan Chen : > But seriously new HDD is so cheap that I will really not to rant on HDD > requirement. System backup really becomes an issue in both time and media size when getting that large. I also suppose it is still harder on to do a full reinstall of the OS while having all user files intact on the new Redmond system than on Linux systems. I keep a Windows 2k + SP4 + upgrades base install of 2GB on a DVD inan file in parallels format. If my windows I run in the parallels emilator crash, i have it reinstalled in minutes. Such would be inpossible using vista... > By the way, hopefully you are using NTFS. Not so sure if FAT32 > will waste more disk space or not. If not, try ReiserFS instead... ;) (poking the scarse filesystem choices) -- Morgan Olsson -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist