Conversation Between Alexander Nicholi and Legendary Silke
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  1. Alexander Nicholi
    December 4th, 2014 3:38 AM
    Alexander Nicholi
    In what context are you speaking?
  2. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 3:28 AM
    Legendary Silke
    What if I told you either way you need to actually try it?
  3. Alexander Nicholi
    December 4th, 2014 2:57 AM
    Alexander Nicholi
    Recommendations from manufacturers and recommendations from professionals should be set separate though. I agree that ones from the latter should have stock put into them, but it seems to me advice from OEMs and other businesses should be scrutinized at first glance, and... then what's the point of trusting their word when you have to check it?
  4. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 2:53 AM
    Legendary Silke
    (I'm a Servine. :P)
  5. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 2:52 AM
    Legendary Silke
    I'm on the Contrary. Recommendations can be great if you're introducing someone new to the concept of, well, anything. A good start is a good start, indeed - once one has gotten his or her hands dirty in something, they can pursue their own experience.
  6. Alexander Nicholi
    December 4th, 2014 2:45 AM
    Alexander Nicholi
    I think recommendations are a lot of hocus-pocus.

    Sure, doing it in Windows is easier. Is there any other benefit to that route, though?
  7. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 2:42 AM
    Legendary Silke
    (System Image Recovery is for recovery purposes primarily, though.)
  8. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 2:41 AM
    Legendary Silke
    Recommendations? Implicated norms? Alex, come on, now. Just because something is recommended for a particular drive does not mean that it will carry over to the next.

    I still prefer the very simplicity of "insert DVD, run Setup, run migration software" that Samsung does provide. Simplicity itself can be a very different thing from person to person, and for a non-technical person or a person that just wants to get things done, that, in fact, is the most straightforward option. No risk of losing data, either!

    The open-source NT equivalent of dd is... dd. (There's a port of it.)

    But, seriously, you usually do NOT need to have dd in a normal Windows system. Need to write zeroes to something? Use the regular full format command. Need to clone a disk image? System Image Recovery. Restore? System Image Recovery. All Windows built-ins, some since Vista, others since 7.
  9. Alexander Nicholi
    December 4th, 2014 2:36 AM
    Alexander Nicholi
    Recommendations are implicated norms, Twiggy. Come on, now.

    My how-to was well enough, and is straightforward enough to where I don't see a reason to do it unless countryemo is crunched for time (I think not). It's far too difficult to do what I described so seamlessly given the availability of similar applications for the NT kernel. If you have something that's more clear-cut and to-the-point, I'd love to hear it, though. Maybe there's an open-source NT equivalent of Disk Destroyer?
  10. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 2:33 AM
    Legendary Silke
    The "norm" does not really matter in this particular case. If it's recommended by the manufacturer, period, it's recommended. I wouldn't advise using other methods if only to do things with the minimum amount of steps, not some kind of fancy personal pandering.

    I'm just a very "get things done" person. I hate talking about that kinda philosophy. Heck, I'm OK with a lot of things so long as they aren't "bad" bad.
  11. Alexander Nicholi
    December 4th, 2014 2:15 AM
    Alexander Nicholi
    Who says a proprietary disk cloner from a hardware manufacturer is what you're supposed to do? I didn't think that was the norm.

    I think a lack of analytics on any legal document isn't a good idea, personally.
  12. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 2:02 AM
    Legendary Silke
    The thing is, it is probably easier and more reliable if you just do what you are supposed to do in the first place.

    I have found that overanalyzing EULAs is not a good thing.
  13. Alexander Nicholi
    December 4th, 2014 1:39 AM
    Alexander Nicholi
    With legality the simplicity vanishes, though. It's also nicely broken down and easy to read, and in reality isn't all that hard to actually do. There's no reason not to, the way I see it.
  14. Legendary Silke
    December 4th, 2014 1:36 AM
    Legendary Silke
    Freedom and efficiency are great.

    It would be even nicer, though, if one just provided something that exactly does what a user needs, no more, no less, huh?
  15. Alexander Nicholi
    December 4th, 2014 1:33 AM
    Alexander Nicholi
    Mmnh, not really. I appreciate efficiency, and also freedom.