Lord of the Rings & PickaxeFairy

After reading through your posts I must say that I am on both sides of the fence on this one:

LOTR

You said: Well, I agree with the sentiment but disagree with every fibre of my being about the action. You see, the Internet and gnutella networks are about freedom of choice and in "no way" should individual freedoms be taken away unless it causes harm ("harm" being subjective).

PickaxeFairy

LOTR is right when he says "why convert down to a lower quality?", especially now that your original reason no longer exist, i.e. saving on HD disk space.

However, LOTR's solution sounds good and that is to keep two copies of your downloaded files, one for you to convert and consume and the other to share back onto the network.

Well guys, I now feel like a Liberal Democrat, neither here nor there and all things to all men ( a little UK political humour ).



UK Bob

Thanks for that Bob - I had a little chuckle to myself when I read that....
All advice/suggestions taken on board btw.
　
Well my new install is scheduled for a couple of weeks....
The poor guy who's lumbered with it is gonna wish he'd never got out of bed if he gives me any hassle.
　
I've got myself an Acer 'recovery' disc - seems I had it all along and didn't realise....
Just a bit of advice needed here please.... is there anything I need to know regarding a complete install?
I appreciate I'll have to re-download any applications I previously had etc etc....
I'm assuming all my drivers and necessary 'stuff' will be on the recovery disc....?


I'm sorry if my questions seem obvious to some - I'm just not that great when it comes to certain aspects of pcs and their workings