Re: A 'clean' OS?

From: Colonel Sam Flagg, U.S. Army Intelligence (colonel_flagg@NOSOUPFORJ00internetwarzone.org)
Date: 02/17/03 

From: colonel_flagg@NOSOUPFORJ00internetwarzone.org (Colonel Sam Flagg, U.S. Army Intelligence (ret))
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:20:42 -0500

In article <rq125voe19kft3i18inkrmbbib9rns3oda@4ax.com>, passerby@thisng
says...
> On 17 Feb 2003, steve harris wrote:
>
> >Passerby wrote:
>
> >> Given Widows tendency to write stuff in odd and often hidden places,
> >> I'm wondering if this strategy would work in maintaining a 'clean' Win98
> >> free of bits of information one might prefer not to linger on one's hard
> >> drive:
>
> >> Make a fresh, clean installation of Win98 on a small partition, together
> >> with all the apps one uses, and Ghost it to a separate hard drive. Make
> >> batch files to copy and restore new data such as saved e-mails, news-
> >> reader data, MyDocs etc to and from the second drive. At the end of a
> >> session, copy the changed data, overwrite the partition from the Ghost
> >> image (restoring the clean OS), and restore the changed data.
>
> >> Of course, if any new apps., tweaks, required registry changes and so
> >> on are made, these will have to be done to the restored, clean Ghosted
> >> image, and this then saved as the clean replacement.
>
> >> I think Ghost copies and restores all the sectors of a partition, so
> >> nothing should linger after the restoration? It would be quick to do if
> >> the partition is small, say 1GB or less. Anyone see a flaw in this strategy?
>
> >I would prefer if Microsoft would fix their problems.
>
> I think it's often deliberate: the hidden index.dat files, for example.
>
> >I don't have to reload my Linux once of month.
>
> I've read that Linux is less devious, but one needs to be some
> kind of geek to work it :)
>
> After much thought, I ordered Mandrake Standard from mandrake.com,
> only to be told that they couldn't supply me with this product! So much
> for Linux...
>

Just download Redhat 8.0+, you don't need to be much of a geek to use
it. Learn how to burn an ISO, make sure you know how to get your BIOS to
boot from CD, put in the RedHat cd and follow directions. I think the
setup is easier than Windows.

> >Actually just keep a backup of the initial registry. It is where the problem
> >resides.
>
> Much, but not all - in Windows at least.
>
> But what did you think of my strategy?
>

I think your strategy would work. To keep things a little more simple,
don't use any desktop email client, get a webmail account. Use an .html
file for your bookmarks and keep it on a webpage somewhere. 

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