Am Mittwoch, 13. November 2013, 16:57:05 schrieb Basil Chupin:
On 12/11/13 23:23, Jan Ritzerfeld wrote: [...]
Isn't most of this windows-specific in there? Read the Hardware Maintenance Manual for more fun.
I started to read it last night and I see what you mean! :-D
:)
I now know one thing: I will not be replacing any FRU-FRUs any time soon! :-D
I have to replace the TrackPoint cap frequently. ;) And, if needed in a few years, replacing memory or harddisk is not much harder. The Hardware Maintenance Manual is excellent.
[...] (I really don't know how Lenovo do it! The mice is worth $23 (to me) and it travelled by air from HK to Fiji then to Sydney and finally by road transport to me - at no cost except for the cost of the mice. I order something from a computer shop 300km away and it costs me between $13 to $25 just to have it delivered. And the damn mice travels on an aeroplane from HK.......?!
The poor little thing! I hope it did not travel alone but had some company of many other mice. And, thus, the costs are lower for each individual.
[...] Many thanks for this valuable info. I have had a quick read and don't quite match what you say above and what is in that URL but I'll work it out.
The link is for the usb recovery drive creation only.
I'm not so sure that I want to download the iso for 8.1 but will want to create the recovery USB which will install 8.1 - if what I have read is what I think I read, if you see what I mean.
The recovery drive will restore the original state of your system. That is, first, exactly on that hardware only and, second, including all pre- installed software! Thus, you cannot use the recovery drive to install it in a virtual machine because there is only a virtual BIOS without the key and the drivers do not match.
And for the purpose of creating such a USB recovery 'disc' I just bought an 8GB USB stick as I cannot see how any installation source which is contained on a 'normal' DVD can take up more space than 8GB (in compressed files).
See above. The recovery disc is not a normal installation medium and, thus, needs more space. Because of this, I advised to download the Windows ISO. It can be used to install a clean and fresh Windows without all this pre- installed software (that would be IMHO totally useless in a virtual machine, BTW).
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But I read this earlier today and now I have severe doubts if I will allow this parasitic monster to reside on the Lenovo's HDD: [...] That still holds true for an virtual installation!
Yep, this I suspected because this is the normal advice I give to people who want to use Virtual-anything and install anything-MS: you need virus scanners and all the other 3rd party industry - which MS generated - apps and which relies on MS for its continual survival.
If you only use the internet to update windows or software you bought, then you could live without a 3rd party virus scanner. But if you start to use your virtual windows to view any PDF, you should better have a virus scanner installed. :-/ Gruß Jan -- I don't know, I don't care and it doesn't make any difference. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org