Speaking of Which

Speaking of much data, I just rebuilt my PC. Wiped the system drive, repartitioned it, reinstalled Windows XP, Plus! Pack (not sure why I bother... well, the Nature theme is kind of nice), SP1, Mozilla...

Have you noticed that Windows applications these days all like to keep their data in a particular place? That place being C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data.

So your vital information is, by default, stored in a hidden folder on the system disk. This is absurd. Admittedly, most people only have one disk, and only one partition on that disk (not that this is a good idea, just that it's the way things are). But why in Hell's name is my data - my data - automatically hidden from me by the operating system?

Anyway, I told Mozilla that no, my email folders aren't in C:\Documents and Settings\PixyMisa\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\deh0sa9r.slt\Mail any more; they're now in E:\Mail. (Hey, I didn't notice that before! E:\Mail! Haha!)

And the second time I did it, I got it right and it worked. So the next time I have to shoot Windows XP through the head and reinstall, I won't need to backup and restore 4 gigabytes of old email first.

Yeah, 4 gigabytes. See, Steven den Beste was right when he said that there is much data.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 01:18 AM

Comments

1 Hey, will you do mine now?

Posted by: Susie at July 12, 2003 03:16 AM (QVnOi)

2 oh--I was thinking of trying Mozilla but I can't find the sys reqs---I have Win 95 and a 486 (upgraded to a pentium some-low-number), and not much memory left. Will it work if I install it, or will it crash me?

Posted by: Susie at July 12, 2003 03:18 AM (QVnOi)

3 Hmm. Mozilla uses a fair bit of memory, so it may not run very happily on your machine. It won't actually crash anything (or shouldn't), so it won't hurt to try it out. I haven't seen any specific requirements, so just give it a go.

There's an FAQ here: http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/faq/

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 12, 2003 04:33 AM (a1gWn)






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