[ale] If you own (almost) ANY HDD, repartition with 4k boundaries

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

>On 01/06/2013 10:53 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>> Of course, most anyone installing XP at this time could go with 7 and
>be much
>> better off in almost all aspects.
>
>Except costs, if they already own a WinXP license.
>
>I just reinstalled WinXP into a VM for Mom a few weeks ago. She's been
>using
>Linux for 3 yrs and loves it, but there are a few programs that will
>not run
>under WINE.  Mom doesn't want to spend any money on this stuff, which I
>understand completely.  She will probably never need another Microsoft
>OS during
>her life.
>
>
>I hope everyone playing with Windows8 in a dual boot environment knows
>about the
>risks to corruption if you access the NTFS partitions from Linux. 
>Hybrid boot
>needs to be **disabled** inside Windows8, at least that's what my
>reading says.

Hi JD,

I'm not using Win8, but I access NTFS partitions all the time from Linux on my dual boot systems with Vista and Win 7 when they're booted into Linux.  I thought the NTFS support for Linux was pretty solid.  Can you elaborate on your last comment?

By the way, security patch support for Windows XP ends in something like 400 days.  I would seriously consider getting Windows 7, while you still can, and putting it on your Mom's machine.  Win 7 will no longer be available for sale after October.  That way, you'll have support for it until 2020, if Microsoft is still around.  That's what I did to my Dad's PC that was running Vista.  I bought the Win 7 OEM software myself, since he's very tight on funds.  It's in my best interest to avoid as many maintenance headaches for that machine as I can, and I cannot afford for him to get a virus if there's any way to prevent it.  I know I could switch him to Linux, but he doesn't want to worry about it and I still haven't figured out specifically how to have what I consider to be a usable desktop environment, as discussed in other threads.

Sincerely,

Ron



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