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baldfrog
baldfrog Posts: 62 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
ebyuer selling some cheap decent looking pc's with Linux how easy is it to change to windows ?

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  • NastyMatt
    NastyMatt Posts: 371 Forumite
    It all depends on the hardware. i.e the processor spec, memory etc. As long as it meets the base requirements for which operating system you wish to use then it will be no problem.

    Simply make sure the pc can boot from the CD drive, put the Windows CD in drive and power up. it should start the install routine. (of course you will wipe everything from the hard disk if it is partitioned)

    Hope this helps.
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  • baldfrog
    baldfrog Posts: 62 Forumite
    Amazing Price*** eSys ePC Celeron-D 315 2.26GHz 256MB 40GB CD LAN LINUX + Open Office Software, includes Keyboard & Mouse


    would that do the job ?
  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
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    That will indeed do the job just a touch more ram would be a bonus :)
  • pchelpman
    pchelpman Posts: 1,275 Forumite
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    On a related topic ... this one .... the reasons why we ALL need a Linux Live CD ..........

    http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Linux%10UNIX/Why_Every_Windows_User_Needs_a_Linux_Live_CD.html
  • -=Mr-J=-
    -=Mr-J=- Posts: 184 Forumite
    pchelpman wrote:
    On a related topic ... this one .... the reasons why we ALL need a Linux Live CD ..........

    http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Linux%10UNIX/Why_Every_Windows_User_Needs_a_Linux_Live_CD.html
    The article does not mention about file level formats, (e.g. FAT & NTFS) so it is just worth a note.

    If you are using Linux to recovery data from a failed windows install, Linux can only read from an NTFS partition not write to it, however, if you have a FAT partition, Linux can 'normally' read and write.

    What does this mean?
    Well, if you have more than one partition (e.g. D, E, ...,) and it is FAT, then you can dump from your failed C drive to that FAT partiition, otherwise, a bit of messing about buring to CDs, etc. would be required.

    For this reason alone, I have an empty partition (~3 GB) setup in FAT32 for any machine I build to allow for easier recovery of data via Linux.
    -=Mr-J=-
  • baldfrog
    baldfrog Posts: 62 Forumite
    intel wrote:
    That will indeed do the job just a touch more ram would be a bonus :)


    and its only £140 that make it even better ?
  • intel
    intel Posts: 6,404 Forumite
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    baldfrog wrote:
    and its only £140 that make it even better ?

    Sweeet :drool:
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