On 05/27/2015 06:06 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Nay, it is a pain to install Windows from scratch. It is only easy on packaged computers.
Some years ago I used to build my own computers. But, with computer prices now days I can buy off the shelf cheaper. I have matching Acer AMD Quad cores sitting here that I only paid something like $250US each for. Of course I had to bump up the memory and add bigger hard drives. I also bumped up the low end OEM power supply just because. So, probably somewhere around $350US each. I stole, figuratively, my virtually new AMD Quad core with 8gigs of ram HP laptop for $200US [ HP suggested retail was $1,300US I paid exactly what he was asking for it. ]. It was about a year old and had never been registered with HP so I got the whole manufacturers warranty. One of the things I love most about Linux. The HP laptop had provision for a second hard drive. Found and ordered the cable. I moved the Windows hard drive that came with the laptop to the secondary drive cable and took the hard drive from my Gateway out and put it in as the primary drive. Booted up the laptop to the "new" primary drive got Grub reconfigured to boot Windows and all was well. Linux didn't even blink when it found itself in a different computer. Just kept right on truckin' like nothing had changed. Try that with a Windows drive. -- A cat is a puzzle with no solution. Cats are tiny little women in fur coats. When you get all full of yourself try giving orders to a cat. _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org