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

[Paul Stenning]

It's gone for duplication as it was worded now, so any discussion is 
academic.

Most Windows installers (and certainly all the ones on the CD-ROM) are a 
single .exe or .msi file which when run unpacks itself into a temporary 
location before installation can start, so if the file is damaged or the 
disc unreadable it will fail before the actual installation has started.

Paul


On 07/09/2010 16:44, dicegeorge at hotmail dot com wrote:
> 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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