Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
Yeah, I really liked the full monthly calendar with analog clock pinned to the upper right of the desktop. Day date & time at a glance without touching anything.
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Windows 10, Yay or Nay?
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AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
you and me both, I put them both back right there on the Desktop so that I can see them all the time.
just finished up the Security Updates, and froze my PC in time again... ran the Macrium Reflect last night for my Win7 insurance policy.
Tested out 8 just to see and, yep still can't find the friggin' start button
. Seriously, what were they thinking? They still want actual money for it too. It is the least expensive, however.
One question. I installed 32 bit. Apparently it came with Win7 64 bit. Should I change? What are the drawbacks to 32 bit and 64 bit in your opinion?
. Seriously, what were they thinking? They still want actual money for it too. It is the least expensive, however.One question. I installed 32 bit. Apparently it came with Win7 64 bit. Should I change? What are the drawbacks to 32 bit and 64 bit in your opinion?
You need 64 bit to work on LP+ ROMs.. Plus 64 bit does twice as much processing in same amount of time (I believe)
Cool. The big difference that I could see was that 32bit is limited to 4Gb of RAM. This machine has 3 expandable to 4. But if we are talking processing speed.....
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You're right, that IS a big difference between the two and also falls in the LP+ (Android) scheme of things since 4GB is definitely NOT enough RAM to sign most ROMs n stuff. But the OS processes 64 bits in the same amount of time as the 32 bit OS, from what I was able to understand. 32 bit is perfectly fine for processing KitKat & below but LP+ is written with 64bit PC's so there's some other things that won't work right that I'm not remembering.. Compiling?. BUT.. You can do kitkat and under without issue on 64 bit as long as ya add the dependencies needed
I see. Well this one I'll probably end up moving on anyway. Don't think a development environment is crucial. Just overall efficiency I suppose.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
partitioning hard drives is both a science and an art.
the old way with MBR partitions is limited to 2 TB sized whirling disks.
Now, with 8 TB drives being common, we need different tools.
found this in my email inbox, nice little tutorial.
http://enewspro.penton.com/preview/inet/WIN-01/20160809_WIN-01_796/display
the old way with MBR partitions is limited to 2 TB sized whirling disks.
Now, with 8 TB drives being common, we need different tools.
found this in my email inbox, nice little tutorial.
http://enewspro.penton.com/preview/inet/WIN-01/20160809_WIN-01_796/display
LauraSmithMS
Newbie
I am using Windows 10 on one of my laptops and it totally looks like Nokia Lumia Windows Phone that I used ages ago Lol
Aren't those all broken down now?
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
My daughter is still using her old Nokia Lumia Windows phone in WiFi mode.
She prefers it for the camera and the ease of using Facebook with it...
she has a home business and sells a lot of girly trinkets on FB
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CyndisButterfliesnBling/
She prefers it for the camera and the ease of using Facebook with it...
she has a home business and sells a lot of girly trinkets on FB
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CyndisButterfliesnBling/
Which version does she run. I heard there was a lot of trouble updating.
LauraSmithMS
Newbie
That what I said ages ago
I was totally mesmerized when I first saw the Lumia Ad, but when actually used , It was not worth the price and the Microsoft app store was not impressive as compared to Google Play store and App storeThe Microsoft App Store is not impressive when compared to a Garage Sale either.
They have a lot of catching up to do.
MS Windows Store might be a garage sale, but it's better than having no presence at all. [emoji14]The Microsoft App Store is not impressive when compared to a Garage Sale either.
And now I read Google is apparently having problems in Russia.
It seems like at least one of the big three are in hot water constantly.
It's not all that bad, once you find the Hacks and Mods. That's Win 10 on C:\ Win 7 on D:\ and a shared Linux Data partition on E:\ all 3 booting on a GPT, BTW.
I might actually get the hang of this someday.
Holycrap that's a lot of work! Nice job, bro. 
Thanks, it was. A lot of hair pulling too.Holycrap that's a lot of work! Nice job, bro.
In case anybody is curious. Win 7 first, I used Legacy, Win 10 will install along side it. Then Linux on an Extended Partition.
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Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
Very nice! Now for the $100,000 question: Assuming this is all one one big mechanical drive, have you found a means to image the entire disk in case of failure so you don't need to redo everything if/when it goes tits up? I.E. save the image to external media or a file share on a server, so you can do a bare metal restore. Something along the lines of Clonezilla perhaps?
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I haven't given it too much thought. Seeing as this is a drive that came out of a "tit's up situation". My HP died so I pulled the 1TB drive out of it and put it in my ASUS, then migrated the data off. I just took what I needed though. My previous installation was no where near as clean as this, I was considering a redo anyway. Funny thing was my ASUS had a major identity crisis. I think it still has nightmares of when it became an HP for a day.
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Dngrsone
Android Expert
When I upgrade the drive on my laptop, I will clone the old one to the new.
When I install a new OS, I make my usual backups, but migrate data to the new install on an as-needed basis.
I also have my tutorials to help me remember how to install my special programs and such...
When I install a new OS, I make my usual backups, but migrate data to the new install on an as-needed basis.
I also have my tutorials to help me remember how to install my special programs and such...
So now you get up in the morning and have to decide between regular or decaf, white or whole wheat, jam or marmalade, boxers or briefs ... and now Windows 7, 10 or Linux? Man, you are going to kill yourself.
It wasn't really a necessity. One of those "just for s***s and giggles" moments.