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Vista scoots to new boot, but it’s still kinda rooted | |
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| Time: 00:56 EST/05:56 GMT | News Source: APC Start | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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While Microsoft would like the world to believe that anyone running Windows has no need of any other operating system, that attitude doesn’t cut much mustard with many of its users. Why settle for one OS when your PC is easily capable of running two or more? Users who want to run Windows alongside (say) a flavour or two of Linux will typically end up with a customised master boot record (MBR). The default MBR on a typical Windows PC automatically passes control to Windows on booting, but a modified MBR can allow you to make your own selection. | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 9/28/2006 4:53:29 PM |
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Nice. Only MS would be so arrogant as to assume that only Windows would be installed. My favourite paragraph was:
"Microsoft says that the Windows installation system can’t intelligently interrogate an existing non-MS MBR, although such features are quite common in the install routine for other OSes." Ms playing dumb when it suits them. Yep, they can't manage, with all their engineers and billions of dollars, to figure out what every other modern OS on the planet is already doing and has been for years. |
| #2 By 18033 (194.106.62.200) at 9/29/2006 5:18:00 AM |
| Yes, its a bit painful, but reading your post was more painful. |
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