I love Acer PC's. I own three of them currently and have owned a few more in the past.
I do NOT love IE 8. I installed a Beta of it about two months ago and it totally crapped out my Lenovo X60. Today it was included in my MS Update on my Acer AM3100 and it completely ruined that one too. It was so bad I decided I would do a system restore to remove all traces of it.
Unfortunately, I used the restore disks from my Acer Aspire 3690 instead. :-( Not only does the 3690 use XP instead of Vista, but it has completely different drivers and specs. In other words. the machine was DOA after recovery. Now I can't find my AM3100 restore disks, and am reverting back to an old XP CD I had sitting in the garage. I will have to order new recovery disks for my 3100.
From now on I will do the following:
1) Never install IE. I'm a Firefox/Chrome guy exclusively. (The only problem with this is that NetFlix requires IE! DOH!)
2) Tape each system's Restore Disks into an envelope under the desk. That way I know where they are and they're never far from the PC.
3) I'm pretty good at backing up data regularly, but I should also do monthly system backups so I don't have to start from scratch like this (e.g., install OS, Office, Utilities, Browsers...).
What are your best practices in personal technology recovery management?
I do NOT love IE 8. I installed a Beta of it about two months ago and it totally crapped out my Lenovo X60. Today it was included in my MS Update on my Acer AM3100 and it completely ruined that one too. It was so bad I decided I would do a system restore to remove all traces of it.
Unfortunately, I used the restore disks from my Acer Aspire 3690 instead. :-( Not only does the 3690 use XP instead of Vista, but it has completely different drivers and specs. In other words. the machine was DOA after recovery. Now I can't find my AM3100 restore disks, and am reverting back to an old XP CD I had sitting in the garage. I will have to order new recovery disks for my 3100.
From now on I will do the following:
1) Never install IE. I'm a Firefox/Chrome guy exclusively. (The only problem with this is that NetFlix requires IE! DOH!)
2) Tape each system's Restore Disks into an envelope under the desk. That way I know where they are and they're never far from the PC.
3) I'm pretty good at backing up data regularly, but I should also do monthly system backups so I don't have to start from scratch like this (e.g., install OS, Office, Utilities, Browsers...).
What are your best practices in personal technology recovery management?
Two words: Time Machine :-) There are a few things Apple has not figured out at all - Microsoft's exchange/enterprise technology is light years ahead of anything Apple has to offer. However, Apple's time machine and disk imaging is amazing.
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