New installation
Started a new install on the Windows box where I lost the primary disk. I had two adjecent Linux partitions on my second disk that I could no longer accedd since the primary disk was gone – and I didn’t keep any data on these disks. So I deleted these partitions and created one big new one.
Next, I installed XP again – SP2 as on the drive I had -, installed McAfee again, and upgraded all to the latest versions. During updates and upgrades – taking quite some time due to the size of them, I bmade a backup of al data on the two Windows partitions in the drive.
Some applications have been installed as well, but not all went as smooth as expected. RealPalyer is a nasty one – it now seems to require a subscription in Europe, where I have one on the US site already; theEuropean one being over twice as expensive and offering far less… That might be the end of RealPlayer with me.
Some other usefull utilities will be installed over time, but since the disk containing the key data is gone, only those of which I can retrieve the keys will be installed.
What goes on behind the doors of the (private) data center