Windows 10 Update has trashed my computer! Again!

propbeanie · 11-07-18, 12:17 PM

Ubuntu is on the desktop downstairs. The laptop has Win10 only on it, which was Win8 until Win10 installed itself on the sly... Anyway, the plan, when I decide to take the time, will be to dismantle the computer and take the drive out (it's a Dell, and "protects" the hard drive) and move it to the Ubuntu machine for re-formatting. My main concern is that even with "fixing" the current Win10 install with a full re-install, is that it will be a brick again in just a few short weeks when MS decides to do further uncontrolled, "live" experiments... I do have another MS seat license for Win7 available, and might go that route. I would do Ubuntu on it, if I didn't have certain "requirements" that Ubuntu can't do (proprietary stuff)...

BarracudaUAK · 11-07-18, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by propbeanie

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(it's a Dell, and "protects" the hard drive)
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Ohh, it's a "protection" racket, eh?

Barracuda

propbeanie · 11-08-18, 06:45 PM

'Zactly... "Hey youse! You wanna for maybe take out an insurance policy on your hard drive? On-nuh account youse never knows when you might needs it... " The computer is a first gen iCore, and can't decide if it's got BIOS or UEFI... poor thang

Reece · 11-09-18, 02:46 AM

propbeanie · 11-13-18, 09:00 AM

Next time I partition a hard drive, I might use an axe...

I have no clue why, but the computer is sort of "working" once again. However, I cannot change file associations and other user settings. I haven't had time to go through it and catalog what works and what doesn't, and I haven't looked to see if Windows Update did something - which it probably did. I've been too busy to mess with it, other than get data off of it. In fact, it's junk to me with Win10 on it. The plan is still to eventually disassemble the beast, put the hard drive in a Linux machine to reformat it, then do a Win7-64 install - but I might not mess with it at all - maybe I'll just use the hard drive elsewhere.

Eichhörnchen · 11-14-18, 04:47 AM

Just so long as you can still play 'Whac-A-Squirrel' on there, mate

propbeanie · 11-14-18, 07:02 AM

Definitely. I've got that part going just fine! It is the one important aspect of the computer that does function as intended...

11-07-18, 12:17 PM	#1
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,761 Downloads: 441 Uploads: 2	Ubuntu is on the desktop downstairs. The laptop has Win10 only on it, which was Win8 until Win10 installed itself on the sly... Anyway, the plan, when I decide to take the time, will be to dismantle the computer and take the drive out (it's a Dell, and "protects" the hard drive) and move it to the Ubuntu machine for re-formatting. My main concern is that even with "fixing" the current Win10 install with a full re-install, is that it will be a brick again in just a few short weeks when MS decides to do further uncontrolled, "live" experiments... I do have another MS seat license for Win7 available, and might go that route. I would do Ubuntu on it, if I didn't have certain "requirements" that Ubuntu can't do (proprietary stuff)... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

11-08-18, 06:45 PM	#3
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,761 Downloads: 441 Uploads: 2	'Zactly... "Hey youse! You wanna for maybe take out an insurance policy on your hard drive? On-nuh account youse never knows when you might needs it... " The computer is a first gen iCore, and can't decide if it's got BIOS or UEFI... poor thang __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

11-09-18, 02:46 AM	#4
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,800 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	__________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

11-13-18, 09:00 AM	#5
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,761 Downloads: 441 Uploads: 2	Next time I partition a hard drive, I might use an axe... I have no clue why, but the computer is sort of "working" once again. However, I cannot change file associations and other user settings. I haven't had time to go through it and catalog what works and what doesn't, and I haven't looked to see if Windows Update did something - which it probably did. I've been too busy to mess with it, other than get data off of it. In fact, it's junk to me with Win10 on it. The plan is still to eventually disassemble the beast, put the hard drive in a Linux machine to reformat it, then do a Win7-64 install - but I might not mess with it at all - maybe I'll just use the hard drive elsewhere. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

11-14-18, 04:47 AM	#6
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,763 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Just so long as you can still play 'Whac-A-Squirrel' on there, mate __________________

11-14-18, 07:02 AM	#7
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,761 Downloads: 441 Uploads: 2	Definitely. I've got that part going just fine! It is the one important aspect of the computer that does function as intended... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna