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.
> 



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