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....

f.

-- 
Felmon Davis

Verbum sat sapienti.