4 Jan
2016
4 Jan
'16
11:09 p.m.
On 16-01-04 05:29 PM, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
On 04/01/16 04:50 PM, Darryl Moore wrote:
Suggestion: be brave!
If you need windows, reinstall it as a virtual machine. I've had no problem doing that and using the license key on the bottom of my laptop to activate it.
That won't help in the event Hugh needs Windows to do BIOS updates.
Now that is true. Caused me grief once on one machine requiring me to swap in a hard drive with windows on it, but still not the end of the world, and you can usually get through the lifetime of several laptops before needing to do a BIOS upgrade, so that doesn't seem a compelling reason to me. I'd still recommend wiping the hard drive and installing Linux fresh.