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Booting from an NVME SSD on an older PC using rEFInd

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 25 May, 2020 - 14:03 |25 May, 2020 Tutorials

The adaptor card inserted into my GPU cage

In this post, I show you how to install and boot from an NVME drive on an older PC that doesn’t have an M.2 slot. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

Something a little different: My new Ryzen PC Part 4 – configuration

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 22 April, 2020 - 13:52 |22 April, 2020 Other Posts

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This is the last post in my 4-part series about my new Ryzen PC. In this part, I’m covering the build goofs I made, and configuration notes and issues. Continue reading →

Windows 7 End Of Life and DDRescue-GUI on Windows

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 16 January, 2020 - 19:37 |16 January, 2020 Other Posts, Programming

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Windows 7 reached end of life on January 14, 2020. Windows 7 is also supported with DDRescue-GUI, so this post sets out my Windows support plan. Continue reading →

Tutorial: Running DDRescue-GUI on Windows with Cygwin

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 14 August, 2019 - 14:03 |25 August, 2019 Programming

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Introduction Hi all. I’ve been wanting to release this for a long while now, but I’ve only just had time to write this all up. I should start by talking about what this is, and what this isn’t. This is a tutorial showing you how to set up Cygwin on… Continue reading →

A look at Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) – a thing worked first time!

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 28 February, 2019 - 16:26 |28 February, 2019 Linux Distros, Other Posts

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In this post I take a quick look at Windows Subsystem for Linux, and even see if I can get graphical applications running like I’ve heard you can! Continue reading →

CloudReady Part 2: Another stab at getting Linux containers to work.

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 24 January, 2019 - 22:16 |24 January, 2019 Linux Distros

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In this post, I try to get the Linux containers working in CloudReady again, this time on my laptop. Surely this will be easier than in VMare? Continue reading →

Cygwin Part 2.5 – a brief interlude

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 10 August, 2018 - 13:45 |10 August, 2018 Linux Distros, Programming

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In this quick followup, I demonstrate DDRescue-GUI running in Cygwin in a more native-looking way, which shows how it may operate if I release for Windows. Continue reading →

Cygwin Part 2: DDRescue-GUI on Windows 10, sort of…

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 24 July, 2018 - 21:20 |24 July, 2018 Cool Apps, Linux Distros, Programming

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In this post, I get DDRescue-GUI working on Windows 10 with Cygwin! This is a major milestone in potential WIndows support. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading →

Cygwin review part 1: Running Linux programs… on Windows?

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 21 June, 2018 - 16:50 |21 June, 2018 Cool Apps, Linux Distros, Other Posts

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In this post, I test out Cygwin on Windows 7, just for fun, really. It’s interesting to see how well it worked. Part 2 is on the way! Continue reading →

Yay: End of Life for Windows Vista! Where to go next?

By Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty | 10 April, 2017 - 07:00 |10 April, 2017 Other Posts

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At long last, Windows Vista, released in 2006, is reaching end of life. For some detail, read this informative and (hopefully) amusing post. Continue reading →

Tag Archives: windows

Booting from an NVME SSD on an older PC using rEFInd

Something a little different: My new Ryzen PC Part 4 – configuration

Windows 7 End Of Life and DDRescue-GUI on Windows

Tutorial: Running DDRescue-GUI on Windows with Cygwin

A look at Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) – a thing worked first time!

CloudReady Part 2: Another stab at getting Linux containers to work.

Cygwin Part 2.5 – a brief interlude

Cygwin Part 2: DDRescue-GUI on Windows 10, sort of…

Cygwin review part 1: Running Linux programs… on Windows?

Yay: End of Life for Windows Vista! Where to go next?

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