04-30-2019, 08:19 AM
(04-29-2019, 10:21 PM)cpd2009 Wrote: I forgot how I managed to get XP Home Edition on Timothy. I checked the product key, and it is one I recognize. I do have another old student copy of XP Pro stored away at the moment. I was considering just installing that, but the current setup works well as it is. If I ever get a larger HDD for Timothy, installing XP Pro will be the only option.It was a NeverLiveItDown moment for sure. I've had a Hitachi Deathstar drive back in 2011, 1TB, and it lasted for a few years until it gave up the ghost due to a couple or so bad sectors. I am glad that I was able to salvage important documents off it, but it was otherwise a disaster. Said failure was exacerbated when I was trying to compile an Android ROM from an Allwinner A31 SDK in early 2015. I could've just replaced the hard drive with another one and call it a day, but by that time my PC was getting more and more antiquated that I decided to just screw it and assemble a brand-new Pentium G3258 rig.
Speaking of HDD, you might have noticed Timothy has a Hitachi Deskstar drive, a 40GB unit. I know that people lost trust in these particular brand of disks thanks to earlier Deskstar models (made by IBM) having high failure rates, which led to a class-action lawsuit. People nicknamed the drives "Deathstars" because of it. Even Hitachi acquiring the Deskstar brand didn't help repair it's reputation.