chinatree

Well having just read all these posts, i feel like a rant if i may. i started in a small cupboard for a technicians room, but i could see the potential of technology, so i went for the largest old toilet room, i could find. Now ten years later i've got the cupboard and the toilet. What i think we have to spell out to teaching staff or the education sector is you are not going to be able to teach without techies and their vast range of skills. I came into techland with windows 95. Ever since then i have had to re-study to keep up to date with whats out there, now coming up to windows 7. Thats just the operating system, then the server and then smartboards and projectors etc etc etc. Everyone getting the drift. Not doing teachers down, but one and one will always make two ! maths, english etc etc wont change at the rate technology is doing, and we are always there learning more to keep the teaching going. My point is for all techies to get in to the management team at school let them know just how important we are as a part of the teaching environment. Many techies have many years of studying under their belt with more years studying to come just to keep on top. It is time the government and education sector recognised what is needed for future teaching and got behind the efforts made by technicians and included them in developing a structured plan for future development. Oh heck, gone on a bit, but you know what i mean. Catch you later

I have done the same as Phil from Liverpool. Hirens boot cd, into mini windows, save all data to external drive and then reload the operating system. Saved a lot of time trying to get things working.