Computer General Discussion Thread

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Daemon Tools is a programme that mounts disk images. I think it builds a temporary space to mimic a disk drive, where the mounting occurs.

I'm aware of what Daemon Tools is. It just creates a "fake" drive in Windows and then adapts iso files to it.
You can't boot from a fake drive. If you want to actually install Windows 10 from an ISO you'll have to burn it to a physical drive (be it a DVD or a USB key or whatever) because your BIOS needs to actually have something to boot to.

I literally just created an ISO, mounted it on a virtual drive, and installed Windows 10 Release on my computer last night.

It definitely can be done. Sure, the rest is kind of black magic, but it can be done.

[Lechites]

I'm aware of what Daemon Tools is. It just creates a "fake" drive in Windows and then adapts iso files to it.
You can't boot from a fake drive. If you want to actually install Windows 10 from an ISO you'll have to burn it to a physical drive (be it a DVD or a USB key or whatever) because your BIOS needs to actually have something to boot to.

I literally just created an ISO, mounted it on a virtual drive, and installed Windows 10 Release on my computer last night.

It definitely can be done. Sure, the rest is kind of black magic, but it can be done.

On a machine already running Windows 7? Sure it didn't just run the upgrade service once it realized you were trying to run W10 install? Or did you do a full wipe of the disk and installed from the mounted drive?

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I literally just created an ISO, mounted it on a virtual drive, and installed Windows 10 Release on my computer last night.

It definitely can be done. Sure, the rest is kind of black magic, but it can be done.

On a machine already running Windows 7? Sure it didn't just run the upgrade service once it realized you were trying to run W10 install? Or did you do a full wipe of the disk and installed from the mounted drive?

It probably did the upgrade service.

Given the fact that I didn't really need it wiped (I've pretty much haven't downloaded anything or done any work in this computer other than reading).

[Imperializt Russia]

The "upgrade service" does not instantly put me on Win10, right?

[Bezombia]

The "upgrade service" does not instantly put me on Win10, right?

Well you still have to actually install it.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

My computer still isn't up and running yet. If I get it up next week, can I still upgrade the OS I bought to 10?

[Bezombia]

My computer still isn't up and running yet. If I get it up next week, can I still upgrade the OS I bought to 10?

Almost certainly.

[Lechites]

On a machine already running Windows 7? Sure it didn't just run the upgrade service once it realized you were trying to run W10 install? Or did you do a full wipe of the disk and installed from the mounted drive?

It probably did the upgrade service.

Given the fact that I didn't really need it wiped (I've pretty much haven't downloaded anything or done any work in this computer other than reading).

Right, which is different from a clean install. The mounted virtual drive would cease to exist as soon as Windows wiped the drive.

[Imperializt Russia]

So, I used the media creation tool to create an ISO for Windows 10, and tried to burn it to a blank DVD-R.
Windows promptly gave up and informed me that this could not be done. It's whining at me that I should check the firmware for the DVD drive, but this reeks of "standard response".

As an ISO disk image, the file is currently in Daemon Tools format, whatever that is. Could this be the problem? Or is my DVD drive shit?

[Bezombia]

So, I used the media creation tool to create an ISO for Windows 10, and tried to burn it to a blank DVD-R.
Windows promptly gave up and informed me that this could not be done. It's whining at me that I should check the firmware for the DVD drive, but this reeks of "standard response".

As an ISO disk image, the file is currently in Daemon Tools format, whatever that is. Could this be the problem? Or is my DVD drive shit?

Step one would be to disassociate ISO files from Daemon Tools.

[Imperializt Russia]

So, I used the media creation tool to create an ISO for Windows 10, and tried to burn it to a blank DVD-R.
Windows promptly gave up and informed me that this could not be done. It's whining at me that I should check the firmware for the DVD drive, but this reeks of "standard response".

As an ISO disk image, the file is currently in Daemon Tools format, whatever that is. Could this be the problem? Or is my DVD drive shit?

Step one would be to disassociate ISO files from Daemon Tools.

That did indeed work, cheers

[Thori]

I like Linux and all but my Windows 7 partition is running pretty nice. I just finished reinstalling it and updated it. Ready for Windows 10.

[Minoa]

I like Linux and all but my Windows 7 partition is running pretty nice. I just finished reinstalling it and updated it. Ready for Windows 10.

In my opinion I would not put Windows 10 into “production” mode quite yet. There are some performance issues, concerns about mandatory updates and deep integration of apps that are not likely to be used by many, such as Xbox and OneDrive. The recent security breaches does not bode well for the latter. This is why I use every operating system that I can fit into my hard disk, via VMware.

The "upgrade service" does not instantly put me on Win10, right?

I am aware that you need to install it and configure it to your requirements, and the actual upgrade is being done in stages to avoid congesting Microsoft’s update servers.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

So, yesterday I got a server thingy.

Not sure what to do with it.

[Minoa]

So, yesterday I got a server thingy.

Not sure what to do with it.

I wonder if you could kindly elaborate a bit more on this server thingy so I get a better idea?

[Soldati Senza Confini]

So, yesterday I got a server thingy.

Not sure what to do with it.

I wonder if you could kindly elaborate a bit more on this server thingy so I get a better idea?

http://content.hwigroup.net/images/prod ... e-2950.jpg

It's one of those.

[YellowApple]

I wonder if you could kindly elaborate a bit more on this server thingy so I get a better idea?

http://content.hwigroup.net/images/prod ... e-2950.jpg

It's one of those.

Install SmartOS on it and run a fuckton of VMs. That's what I do with my own server-thingies.

I like Linux and all but my Windows 7 partition is running pretty nice. I just finished reinstalling it and updated it. Ready for Windows 10.

In my opinion I would not put Windows 10 into “production” mode quite yet. There are some performance issues, concerns about mandatory updates and deep integration of apps that are not likely to be used by many, such as Xbox and OneDrive. The recent security breaches does not bode well for the latter. This is why I use every operating system that I can fit into my hard disk, via VMware.

The new Terms of Service don't bode well, either. For a paid product, I'd expect Windows to be the actual product, not the user. Apparently that's too much to ask.

Also, ad-supported Solitaire? For fucking real? It's mother-fucking Solitaire. It didn't need or even want any changing from the same fucking Solitaire from Windows 3.1.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

http://content.hwigroup.net/images/prod ... e-2950.jpg

It's one of those.

Install SmartOS on it and run a fuckton of VMs. That's what I do with my own server-thingies.

In my opinion I would not put Windows 10 into “production” mode quite yet. There are some performance issues, concerns about mandatory updates and deep integration of apps that are not likely to be used by many, such as Xbox and OneDrive. The recent security breaches does not bode well for the latter. This is why I use every operating system that I can fit into my hard disk, via VMware.

The new Terms of Service don't bode well, either. For a paid product, I'd expect Windows to be the actual product, not the user. Apparently that's too much to ask.

Also, ad-supported Solitaire? For fucking real? It's mother-fucking Solitaire. It didn't need or even want any changing from the same fucking Solitaire from Windows 3.1.

I could do that, yes

Also, ad-supported solitaire?! WUT?!

That doesn't even make sense. How?!

[YellowApple]

Install SmartOS on it and run a fuckton of VMs. That's what I do with my own server-thingies.



The new Terms of Service don't bode well, either. For a paid product, I'd expect Windows to be the actual product, not the user. Apparently that's too much to ask.

Also, ad-supported Solitaire? For fucking real? It's mother-fucking Solitaire. It didn't need or even want any changing from the same fucking Solitaire from Windows 3.1.

I could do that, yes :p

Also, ad-supported solitaire?! WUT?! :blink:

That doesn't even make sense. How?!

Read it. Read it and fucking weep.

Apparently Microsoft will charge $9.99 per year to shut off the ads, which is fucking absurd for a game that's been totally free of such nonsense for more than 20 years.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I could do that, yes

Also, ad-supported solitaire?! WUT?!

That doesn't even make sense. How?!

Read it. Read it and fucking weep.

Apparently Microsoft will charge $9.99 per year to shut off the ads, which is fucking absurd for a game that's been totally free of such nonsense for more than 20 years.

That is just BULLSHIT!

It's fucking Solitaire ffs. This is like those hotel rooms that charge you for the use of their cooler/refrigerator.

[Damukuni]

I daresay the poll is hellishly unfair to those of us, myself included, who use more than one OS everyday. I use both Windows (10) and Ubuntu (MATE).

[YellowApple]

I daresay the poll is hellishly unfair to those of us, myself included, who use more than one OS everyday. I use both Windows (10) and Ubuntu (MATE).

You think that's bad? Poll doesn't even bother to mention some of the operating systems I use, like OpenBSD or MINIX or Haiku or Plan 9 or ITS. :)

[Bezombia]

Also, ad-supported Solitaire? For fucking real? It's mother-fucking Solitaire. It didn't need or even want any changing from the same fucking Solitaire from Windows 3.1.

Ad-supported solitaire has been a thing since Windows 8.

But apparently I was "an oldfag" for trying to speak out about W8's sins.

[YellowApple]

Also, ad-supported Solitaire? For fucking real? It's mother-fucking Solitaire. It didn't need or even want any changing from the same fucking Solitaire from Windows 3.1.

Ad-supported solitaire has been a thing since Windows 8.

But apparently I was "an oldfag" for trying to speak out about W8's sins.

Well yeah, but that Solitaire didn't ship with Windows 8 (IIRC). This one's shipping with Windows 10 (at least allegedly), which is an entirely new level of what-the-fuckery.

[Bezombia]

Ad-supported solitaire has been a thing since Windows 8.

But apparently I was "an oldfag" for trying to speak out about W8's sins.

Well yeah, but that Solitaire didn't ship with Windows 8 (IIRC). This one's shipping with Windows 10 (at least allegedly), which is an entirely new level of what-the-fuckery.

I'd say it's a level less, actually. Not having to navigate through the hellhole that is Windows Store to get Solitaire is a huge plus.

And I've found that ads don't even appear if you don't have an internet connection.