Tag: Windows

Aaaargh! I was expecting trouble putting the AMD card in the dual boot system, but …

Aaaargh! I was expecting trouble putting the AMD card in the dual boot system, but I figured it would install fine on Windows and I’d have trouble on Linux, not the other way around

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It just worked in Linux. But while Windows was able to find a driver eventually, I’ve been unable to update the driver or install the AMD software without the machine freezing. Even in safe mode.

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Well, games I’ve tried so far seem to work ok without the extra software, so I’ll just stick with that for now

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Moving Windows

I remember easily moving a Windows 10 system to an SSD using Acronis. Not this time. The clone tool isn’t willing to clone *some* partitions instead of a whole disk, so I can’t use that, and the bootable restore tool can’t see the external drive where I put the backup file.

Looking into alternatives. For tomorrow. Or maybe Saturday.

Next morning:

It’s my dual-boot system, so I’ve got a full Linux installation on there anyway. Last night I created an image of the Windows partition, saved it to the external drive (which Linux can see just fine, unlike the so-called universal restore image) and now I’m trying to restore it to the new drive.

Beginning to wonder if it *would* be easier to install Windows fresh and then figure out how to transfer all my saved games. All the other data is easy.

That evening:

I did a clean install, copied my AppData folders, got everything working…then discovered I couldn’t boot it without going through the BIOS screen. I’d accidentally booted the install image without UEFI, so it installed MBR. I couldn’t get GRUB2 to chain load it & the Windows UEFI boot loader could only see the old installation I wanted to remove.

So I did ANOTHER clean install, in UEFI mode, but this time set aside just the save files I wanted.

Bleah.

But it’s working now!

I’ve got UEFI loading GRUB2, which can boot Fedora or chain to the Windows UEFI menu, which will load the shiny new installation of Windows.

Now I just need to figure out how to tell the Windows boot menu that the alternate Windows installation isn’t there anymore & remove it from the list!

I love how Windows 10 brings the uncertainty of “when is my device going …

I love how Windows 10 brings the uncertainty of “when is my device going to get the latest OS? *Is* it going to get the latest OS?” from Android to the desktop.

My Windows box is no longer listed as compatible, making me wonder whether I was going to have to jump through hoops, or if it was even going to be blocked. I couldn’t find much info in the subject. Finally I just forgot about it for 2 weeks, and it finally showed up.

On the Grid

Looking up along the side of a building that's entirely covered with glass panes.

On Friday afternoons I like to take a walk around the area when on break from work. This week I went looking for grids. I noticed very quickly that grids are everywhere in a modern city.

Window grids on glass-faced buildings. Paving and floor tiles. Wall tiles in the bathroom. Ceiling tiles in the office or retail stores. Storm drain grates. The patterns of bumps on the non-slip section of a wheelchair ramp.  If you zoom out, there’s the pattern of streets, all the electrical and data cables making their way around town…

…and of course the metaphorical grid that all of us are plugged into, that some of us long to get off of.