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T> On 11/8/21 14:06, Utopian Galt wrote:
>> just run windows 10 or windows 7.
>>
>> by the way, get a ssd and your load time will be very fast.
>
> Cant. The system cant support the ssd drive i paid for, refused
> to boot up.
T> Wild... could probably try clonezilla to copy your old drive to the new
T> drive. No idea on how/why it wouldn't boot though. (2.5" Sata SSD?)
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JJ> I've got a host of laptops running *buntu 20.04, and my servers. I
JJ> have a sole laptop that dual boots with Windows 10 (will be 11 when it
JJ> is allowed to upgrade.)
JJ> With server management and programming, IMHO, the *nix environment
JJ> rocks. Couple that with an installation of VS Code and you'll have
JJ> quite a system for a few more years.
JJ> Working with Windows, SafeBoot or whatever they are calling their boot
JJ> protection scheme must be disabled.
JJ> SSDs are the way to go. YMMV, but you
JJ> can boot to a live Ubuntu 20.04 USB drive, attach the SSD to the system
JJ> and do a dd if=<path to old drive> of=<path to new drive> and it will
JJ> copy the image of the old drive to the new. Just make sure the new
JJ> drive is larger than the original.
JJ> Once dd is finished, open gparted and expand the partition to fill the
JJ> drive, using ntfsresize -- I believe that gparted will ask you if you
JJ> want to run it -- to resize the ntfs information to match the
JJ> partition.
JJ> Once you boot into Windows, run a chkdisk on it and you should be good
JJ> to go.
JJ> Good luck and happy computing!
JJ> Jazzy J
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My Laptop is a Thinkpad T43, and I'm running Debian Bullseye. Works Ok, except
the HDD doesn't start properly when cool. Can't find an IDE SSD for that
machine.
Linux is a great way to get extra lifespan out of an old machine.
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