Install Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) driver
Disable Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) technology
I did the second first and was able to do a cleanish install but it's
a GPT system so there are around 97 small partitions dotted around.
Am 26.11.2022 um 14:42:20 Uhr schrieb Jeff Gaines:
Install Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) driver
Disable Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) technology
Disable both for a good dual boot environment.
I did the second first and was able to do a cleanish install but it's
a GPT system so there are around 97 small partitions dotted around.
That is completely strange.
I recommend the following:
Disable the Legacy boot support, so only UEFI can be used.
Delete you partition table and create a GPT table.
Then install both operating systems in UEFI mode.
So no MBR option available. They go on to say that no manual is
available for the UEFI BIOS I would need to ask any questions on an individual basis.
Progress in the computer world seems designed to cause problems for
users. I can't connect Outlook 2007 to an Exchange account any more,
I would need to buy a newer version so MSFT is driving sales by
stopping support for older versions.
Yahoo no longer supplies application passwords so it's webmail or
nothing.
Am 30.11.2022 um 14:44:35 Uhr schrieb Jeff Gaines:
So no MBR option available. They go on to say that no manual is
available for the UEFI BIOS I would need to ask any questions on an >>individual basis.
UEFI is the standard since 10 years. Every current OS supports it, so
vendors drop support for classic BIOS boot.
Progress in the computer world seems designed to cause problems for
users. I can't connect Outlook 2007 to an Exchange account any more,
I would need to buy a newer version so MSFT is driving sales by
stopping support for older versions.
Office 2007 is EoL since 2017, so don't expect it will work with newer >version. Try to use a Firefox from 10 years ago and you can't connect
to current webservers.
Yahoo no longer supplies application passwords so it's webmail or
nothing.
That is really annoying, but why don't you switch your provider or
host it yourself?
MBR is much easier to back up - install OS, install MS Office &
anything else that needs activation, activate it all then image it,
any problems put the image back on. I don't even know which partition
is important in UEFI/GPT but suspect I would need to image more than
one which may or may not be possible
I don't see why Outlook 2007 shouldn't have a patch to connect to
Exchange. I run Office '97 on a couple of machines and it absolutely
flies and it doesn't have the stupid ribbon taking up screen space.
Am 01.12.2022 um 17:13:31 Uhr schrieb Jeff Gaines:
MBR is much easier to back up - install OS, install MS Office &
anything else that needs activation, activate it all then image it,
any problems put the image back on. I don't even know which partition
is important in UEFI/GPT but suspect I would need to image more than
one which may or may not be possible
You of course need to backup the EFI partition (if UEFI install,
optional for Linux, but required for Windows on GPT) and any boot
partitions that may exist if using GNU/Linux. Windows also has some
Recovery Partitions. I recommend creating an image of the entire disk.
Then in the UEFI there is a boot entry for you OS boot manager (e.g.
grub2 for most Linuxes, bootmgr for Windows). You need to recreate
that, but the Windows DVD can do that for you with boot repair.
I don't see why Outlook 2007 shouldn't have a patch to connect to
Exchange. I run Office '97 on a couple of machines and it absolutely
flies and it doesn't have the stupid ribbon taking up screen space.
Then try out LibreOffice, it also has the classic interface.
MS doesn't care about EoL versions anymore and wants their customers to
buy licenses for the new versions/switch to Office 365.
If it was UEFI I wouldn't even know where to start in imaging it or
what software would do it .
If I have understood it though (and I may not have) just having an
image of one GPT partition will not necessarily fix a broken machine.
A GPT drive needs an EFI partition to be able to boot?
Am 04.12.2022 um 22:45:55 Uhr schrieb Jeff Gaines:
If it was UEFI I wouldn't even know where to start in imaging it or
what software would do it .
It is unrelated to UEFI. Only the boot process itself is controlled by
UEFI.
You can have a GPT disk in a 20 year old BIOS machine.
Tools like dd can create an image of an entire disk, regardless of the
file systems and partition tables on it.
Am 05.12.2022 um 09:29:32 Uhr schrieb Jeff Gaines:
If I have understood it though (and I may not have) just having an
image of one GPT partition will not necessarily fix a broken machine.
A GPT drive needs an EFI partition to be able to boot?
No. GPT can be used without UEFI on Linux, but Windows doesn't support
that. Only for Windows you need MBR partition table for BIOS boot, GPT >partition tables for UEFI boot. Ubuntu can properly boot from GPT disks
on a good old BIOS system.
If you like to boot with the UEFI mechanism, you need an EFI partition.
It is a normal partition that can be accessed and cloned.
The only relevant difference is that on UEFI systems a setting in the
UEFI (saved on Motherboard) is required.
This is why you can't just swap disks from one machine to another.
Run grub-install/Windows boot repair to create that entry when you
moved a disk.
As part of my learning process I set up a laptop for MBR and Legacy
Only. I then installed Ubuntu-MATE and the install went well and it
updated as it installed (that's a real boon). It then said remove the
install media and press enter which I did. However, it could not
boot. I entered the BIOS and set it to UEFI or Legacy and re-booted
and Ubuntu was fine. I think Ubuntu needs UEFI mode to boot?
If you like to boot with the UEFI mechanism, you need an EFI
partition. It is a normal partition that can be accessed and cloned.
The only relevant difference is that on UEFI systems a setting in the
UEFI (saved on Motherboard) is required.
This is why you can't just swap disks from one machine to another.
Run grub-install/Windows boot repair to create that entry when you
moved a disk.
I honestly don't care what I boot with, I just want a simple way of
imaging a drive and bing able to restore it to save all the
activation hassle associated with a clean install.
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