On 27/06/2020 22.59, Doug wrote:
On 6/27/2020 8:29 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 27/06/2020 14.15, Felix Miata wrote:
Others suggested an image backup. I have a different suggestion, since this is a "new" computer. Take the SSD out and store it somewhere safe. Put a different SSD in to install to. That way if you need warranty service in the next one, two or three years, you can reverse swap and no one will know you ever used Linux, any trouble you have can be blamed on Windows, and any proprietary service utilities dependent on Windows will be available exactly as the service department expects.
Actually that's what I did the last time. Swapped from rust to ssd, and larger.
Hi, Carlos--
I am digesting (or trying to) the advice I have gotten from all who replied, but there's one point I have to make: This is a NEW* computer. I cannot see any hard drive in it!!!
It may be an M2. On some cheap laptops, it can be soldered, but they tend to be small sizes. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2>
It is undoubtedly a silicon chip on the MOBO! I believe that there is a cable (or two) for an additional SSD, and I could obtain one and add it. It might be a hassle to boot onto it--right now I have an external USB CD drive connected--there is no internal CD drive--and I have to access the BIOS every time I want to boot the external drive--altho it looks like the boot process has been changed, it seems to revert right away. The advice is good, tho. I'll pick up another drive to mount inside the machine and put the Linux os on it, altho I don't know if I could cut the present drive out of the boot process. (By this time it should be obvious that I'm not a computer maven!)
* PowerSpec, bought from Micro Center, Westbury, NY.
--doug
-- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)