On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 04:57, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > >I can't read any other implication into "Does Windows *automatically* > >configure drives added that were previously used with other OSs?" I > >repeat my original question: why should we care whether Windows does or > >not? > > > > > Why do I even have to explain this to a Mandrake contributor? I > obviously offended you and I'm sorry. I repeat my original question: > Did I do something wrong to be punished for my post? > > You know as well as I do that Linux is in competition with Windows. > When a Windows user asks the question we should be able to answer it. > That is unless Mandrake wants to sell Linux only to current Linux > users. They don't need to be convinced. They're on the team. > > To answer your question: Because we are in the software business. In > the OS business no less. We have customers that have Windows servers > and workstations that must communicate with Linux. We have Linux users > that see features in Windows that would be nice to have in Mandrake. We > have Windows users that want to use Linux but don't because of features > or apps that are available on Windows, but not on Linux. Some apps > and features have substitutes in Linux, but like it or not, some don't. > Linux and Mandrake do not live in a vacuum.
I'm sorry, I just don't understand what you're saying at all. I have no clue what your point is. This isn't intellectual posturing, I genuinely have absolutely no idea what it is you're trying to say :). Anyway, to answer the question - no, Windows doesn't. When you put a new hard disk in a Windows system it just turns up as D:\ (or whatever the next free letter is), unformatted. You can partition / format it from Explorer or whatever. -- adamw
