Y'know, this is why they invented sticky labels
- TAGS:hard drive, testbed, Windows Vista
- IT TOPICS:Hardware, Management, Windows
This IT pilot fish and his co-worker want to try out the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista, but there's no testbed machine available.
"We decided to take a new hard drive and install Vista on it using my co-worker's machine," fish says.
"He swapped the hard drive and we started the install."
Everything runs like clockwork from that point. The OS installs like a charm, and fish and his cohort do what they need to do.
And when they're done, fish's co-worker takes out the Vista-laden hard drive, puts the other one in and reboots.
That's when he gets an error message: "Operating system not found."
"My co-worker mixed up the hard drives when he swapped them," fish sighs.
"He is now in the process of trying to recover his 60GB worth of data."
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