Even a tech user messes up some times. One of the things I have noticed about Windows 7 is that you can take the hard drive out of one laptop put in another and it still works. Did XP work this way too?<\/p>\n
The light bulb in my Emachine Laptop burned out and so instead of going through the hassle of trying to take it apart and replace it I got a new laptop. It’s the Compaq Presario. I found out that there are wireless issues with the wifi card so I decided to see how it would work with Ubuntu. While attempting to install Ubuntu I inadvertently wiped the whole hard drive and lost my Windows. <\/p>\n
I took my hard drive out of my Emachine and put it in the Compaq and now am happily dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 7. I have found that wifi is much more stable on Ubuntu than Windows 7.<\/p>\n
I have never used Mac so I don’t know if hard drives are interchangeable without a reinstall with Macs. Of course a Mac user would probably replaced the light bulb rather than buy a new laptop.<\/p>\n
One issue I do have with PC manufacturers is that they no longer supply the system disk with new computers. You have to create your own. Normal users just turn the damn things on and don’t even think about what happens if their computer crashes. I called HP and have ordered a restore kit which is free but you must pay the shipping costs. There would have been no shipping cost if they would have packed it with the damn computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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