Before I blow windows away....

[Michael Havens]

They didn't give me a key!

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:

> If it's a new pc, I wouldn't bother - it's all spy/adware/demo anyways im
> sure.  Otherwise just liveboot with a linux cd, pop in a usb drive, and
> rsync -avh the ntfs filesystem somewhere in case there's something you need
> you forgot.  I usually keep them a few weeks (or whatever if have the
> space) and end up deleting it later.
>
> It's easy enough to find a oem windoze cd online, just install in a vm
> with your key, and call microsoft to reset your wga for the vm - instant
> portable windoze.  This is what I've done with an xp image on
> vmware/virtuabox for a good 6-7 years now.  I don't need anything else
> considering it's a) always behind a nat for protection, b) never gets used
> to browse, and b) just runs visio.  If you move it around, just don't
> change the mac or hardware types much or it'll reset the wga bulls***.
>
> Really need something like a portable citrix xenapp for this kind of thing
> that doesn't cost a left arm or require infrastructure...
>
> -mb
>
>
>
> On 11/25/2011 11:36 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> I thought to myself that I would keep Windows7  until it got loaded up
>> with viri and spyware and all those nice things because I thought that
>> there were things that would be cool to use for a bit..... then I got
>> the machine home! I don't even WANT any of the crap they got on there!
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Before I blow windows away I think I should make a copy of the hard
>>    drive in case I need to re-install it. How do I do that  and can I
>>    back up the boot sector as well? I'll be backing up to a cd. Would I
>>    use dd?
>>
>>    --
>>    :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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