Typical Microsoft. I go back to the days when if you tried to access MSN with Netscape, it would redirect you to a page where you could download Explorer.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark Wallace wrote: > >> You may have dodged a bullet when the Windows recovery Cd's didn't work. >> When they do, they might wipe out Linux. You certainly will have to >> reinstall Grub and, if they recreate the partitions they might clean the >> whole hard drive. >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Adam <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I then tried using my recovery discs to create a VM using Linux >> VirtualBox, but the recovery discs wouldn't allow it. I assume >> they check the hardware or something. >> >> > Sorry if I wasn't clear -- I was using the Windows recovery discs (3 DVDs) > to try to create a VM, so there was nothing they could overwrite. I know > that using them to restore a native Windows install will repartition the HD > and overwrite the MBR (clobbering anything else in the process), which is > why I'm hoping I never have to do that again. I think I had to do that > about twice before this box got set up the way I wanted it. > > A Windows install or reinstall or recovery does wipe out everything on the > primary HD, blithely assuming you'll only use that version of Windows and > want to use the entire disk for it. It doesn't "play nice," as opposed to > every Linux distro I know of which doesn't mind sharing. > > > Adam > > ______________________________**_________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/mhvlug<http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug> > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Dec 5 - SysAdmin Panel > Jan 9 - High Performance Computing > Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi > -- Robert Mark Wallace PO Box 11144 Newburgh, NY 12552 (845) 541-7396
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