Installing new Components in an old Computer

[Alan Mackenzie]

Name *anything* that M$ makes that even comes close.

Minesweeper?

 

[RayLopez99]

Yes there IS. And if you stopped waffling on and boring the hole of
everyone you might realise it.

The technical reasons are:

Not comaptible enough with modern HW for many.
Too many distros confuse the potential adopter.
Releases frequently shoddy and unsupported.
Doesn't run the SOFTWARE people have invested in already (Windows lock
in if you like).
Doesnt run any decent audio apps.
Doesnt support things like Rosetta Stone
Not good for games
Frequently have to go to the command line (many people wont).
Doesnt support iTunes
Doesnt support smart phone sync programs (not even android)
Doesnt have plugins for development IDEs such as the Blackberry noe for
eclipse.

There are many plusses for Linux of course.

Not I purposely didnt mention Windows above. These are reasons WHY
people dont want Linux. Address them and its usage MIGHT increase.

Bravo Hadron. You are the one and only honest Linux user that I know
of.

RL

 

[Norman Peelman]

That's correct: I did do a 'hard reboot' by turning off the power.
But it's the fault of the Linux CD to corrupt my XP HD such that it
failed in the way it did. Linux is very temperamental when it comes
to recovering after a hard reboot, as evidenced by the above.

RL

Running a LiveCD does not constitute 'recovering after a hard reboot'.

 

[RayLopez99]

   Running a LiveCD does not constitute 'recovering after a hard reboot'.

You still don't get it. I'll try once more: No problems with XP.
Then run Linux LiveCD. Then exit LiveCD improperly, by shutting off
power. Then on reboot, without LInuxCD, XP will not load. So I had
to use Bart PE (built supposedly on Linux LiveCD, from what I recall)
to do 'chkdsk' and fix the XP NT HD. Get it now?

RL

 

[Mike Easter]

f/ups set. This subthread doesn't belong in achp-h and I don't read cola.

You still don't get it. I'll try once more:

However many times you try, you are mistaken in your analysis of some
problem you had.

No problems with XP. Then run Linux LiveCD. Then exit LiveCD
improperly, by shutting off power.

Running a linux live CD and shutting off power does not alter anything
about the hdd.

Then on reboot, without LInuxCD, XP will not load.

Whatever problem you had was not caused by using a live CD as a live CD.
Perhaps you made a mistake and started an installation before you shut down.

So I had to use Bart PE (built supposedly on Linux LiveCD, from what
I recall) to do 'chkdsk' and fix the XP NT HD. Get it now?

If you did something wrong that interfered with booting XP, it wasn't
because of using a live CD as a live CD.

 

[Norman Peelman]

You still don't get it. I'll try once more: No problems with XP.
Then run Linux LiveCD. Then exit LiveCD improperly, by shutting off
power. Then on reboot, without LInuxCD, XP will not load. So I had
to use Bart PE (built supposedly on Linux LiveCD, from what I recall)
to do 'chkdsk' and fix the XP NT HD. Get it now?

RL

The LiveCD doesn't mount your physical hd unless you tell it to do
so, ie: Clicking on the hd icon and fooling around with the hd filesystem.

 

[JeffM]

Not even close.

BartPE[...]needs a Windows installation CD
to create its bootable volume.

....and if it was built from Linux,
you could move the CD from machine to machine
and **not** have it FAIL.
Trying to compare the two
is like trying to equate a kid's tricycle to a Formula 1 car.

Windoze / Windoze installs were **purposely** broken by M$
so that you couldn't pirate their 4th-rate crap.
....and screw you and your computing experience.