Anno domini 11:08:26 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 +0200 (CEST) Felmon Davis scripsit: > On Sat, 18 Jul 2020, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Anno domini 2020 Sat, 18 Jul 01:24:09 -0700 > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > >> [...] > >>> my intention, should I keep the laptop, is to install Windows 10 Pro > >>> in place of Home. > >>> > >>> f. > >> > >> I hope never to be forced to say those words, ever again: install Windoze. I > >> also made vows to get more exercise, and to eat less junk food. > > > > If you do not run any games, why stay with windoof? There was just a > > quite emotional thread on the freebsd mailinglist about win10 > > killing all OS on the disk - happened with the latest update to 2004 > > (?) IMO. That thing changed the partitioning scheme and introduced a > > 500MB partition for the m$ bootloader, killing everything in its > > way. > > > > Anyway, my prefered way is to do a 1:1 copy of the origila hd - or > > rip the disk and put is on the shelf. Then go Linux/BSD only and run > > M$ from qemu/virtualbox. > > I wanted to 'rip' the disk or even take it out and replace it with one > of mine (my usual style) but I had trouble getting the software to > work and it's a pain in the ass screwing (literally) around. if I > return it I'll depend on the Windows re-set utility. > > a little uneasy since I don't know how strict the seller is about > returns (Saturn). done it before, was ok.... If you bought it online: just return within the 14 day span from delivery, software does not matter at all, but the don't screw around :) > > f. > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
