jema
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Phew, thats a weight off my mindOne of the big issues with PCs is backups, as if you use a lot of software it is a nightmare getting it all reinstalled.
I have had a particular nightmare as I have been trying to maintain an Ingres Database server under windows, and whilst I am licenced to use it, if the licencing system ever break, as it has done in the past, it was going to be a total bummer of an issue finding someone in a monolithic organisation like Computer Associates to relicence it for me. As I would have to convince them of a quite complicated story.
Over the wekend I noticed that it all seemed to have died again 
But today i have managed to get out the game by installing Ingres Open Source under Linux, and getting my Windows software to work with it 
I think this means I may have two PC's for sale! This issue is so important to me earming a living I simply had to keep a spare "clone" of the windows PC 
jema
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