On 2017-05-10 12:40, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 10/05/2017 à 11:14, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
Even if it is not uefi capable GPT can be used, at least with Linux.
only linux
No, EFI is not needed. It is a BIOS mode computer, old, 2012 (?) I think someone said.
2012 is not that old :-). Many uefi computers where done at the time, but the firmware vary largely from make to make
Windows 7/8 needs just two: Boot and system. Manufacturers add one more for rescue. And some added a fourth in order to block Linux being installed. I guess, evilly.
I don't think it's done on purpose, but I never could really understand how Windows works - from one to four on the computers I had on hand
Oh, I know this for certain up to Windows 7, I did the training course ;-) I assure you that Windows only needs two (and some people manage to install on one). Using 3 or 4 is something done by the computer manufacturer. That they don't create one of them an extended is also a decision by the manufacturer, not Microsoft.
of course you can reinstall creating an extended partition from the beginning
Only with a real Microsoft install disk, not when you use one from the computer manufacturer. In those cases, what it does is recover from rescue partition, restoring to the same state as when the computer was bought. Typically you don't have the chance to customize anything.
nope. Usually it's not so. The system recovery (when it works, that is random) uses the first existing partition, if you create one before, I did this more than once - that said one can never be sure. May vary depending of windows version, maker model, disk size... who knows :-(
Not on the systems I have tried, mostly hp. The manufacturer disk (which you have to create yourself after purchase) typically restore a compressed image, which usually sits on the last partition, but can be on dvd. The program resets the partition table, destroys everything, and leaves the computer as it was when bought, usually with no questions beyond verification at the start. Don't confuse with the Microsoft or Windows recovery disk.
worth trying, but I understood the OP installed windows himself
Yes.
for my own case I most always buy windows with the computer (as it's nearly free then), but reinstall from hacked dvd, because the windows license system is horrific, so I pay but use pirated versions :-(
LOL :-)
that said If I could get the very last map for my garmin GPS with linux, I would nearly never boot windows (apart to have clean updates when I don't need the computer :-()
With TomTom you have to use Windows. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)