Re: when in doubt wipe it out
Jude DaShiell wrote:
> If you buy a computer and you have any doubt at all in your mind as to the
> legality of the copy of windows that is already on the machine's hard
> drive, erase entire hard drive and install Debian on machine.
Preaching to the choir.
> Had a Russian Principal done this he wouldn't be being prosecuted for
> pirating Microsoft's property today. Now if you absolutely must have
> Windows buy it from Microsoft.
This advice probably better belongs somewhere on
nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/ instead.
> After that, install a drive sled in your machine and install windows on a
> separate hard drive in its own sled. This way when you want to use Linux
> windows won't mess with it.
Windows can only see partitions that contain filesystems that it supports
anyway.
> Maybe that Russian school district ought to finish up by installing debian
> and save their money for better projects than Microsoft Windows too, but
> then again if they do that they''ll miss out on the blue screen of death
> and all those neat Microsoft error messages.
Was there a point?
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