[HLUG] HLUG OpenDisc for SFD - HTML front-end and software list- [run or save?]

[dicegeorge at hotmail dot com]

Am i right or wrong that its better to advise people to first save a windows 
program from cd to hard disk before running it in case of cd reading errors?
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From: "dicegeorge at hotmail dot com" <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 12:22 PM
To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [HLUG] HLUG OpenDisc for SFD - HTML front-end and software 
list- [run or save?]

> it says:
> [When you click the "Install" link for one of the programs you may be 
> given the option to either save it or run it. If so, choose the run 
> option. If you only have the option to save it, do so then install it by 
> double-clicking the saved file.
> ]
>
> but being a pessimist i always click [save]
> cos if there's a read error from the CD I can just delete the corrupted 
> file,
> but if I was running the install file from CD
> then it would crash halfway through installation
> possibly corrupting my windows registry etc.
>
> [g]
>
>
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