So on a sleepless Sunday morning, I did it.
I decided to run my windows updates, which I have not done in some time.
This certainly seemed like a fairly standard and normal thing to do, something I’ve done countless times before. But Sunday, it was different.
Everything ran through fine, downloading, installing, and then….the reboot…Oh you bastard of a reboot.
NTLDR is missing
Hmm…I can fix that….Windows CD, recovery console…bippitybam…No go….
Flash forward to 4 hours of troubleshooting later….
The following has happened:
- An entire 200g Drive has been corrupted. Partition table unrepairable, master boot record smashed.
- My boot drive: Partition table is there, and I can see the data…whew…Pictures are still intact. But bootable…not a chance. No known fix to the NTLDR issue is working.
So…Needless to say, I have cursed Microsoft, Bill, Windows to the ends of the earth and back…wishing ill will upon them all until blue in the face.
Solution:
My desktop is now 100% Ubuntu Linux. I’m sick of all the crap I have to deal with on Windows. I’m sick of the fact that despite the fact that I have a legitimate license for widows, it would be hell to try to reinstall windows because since the move I haven’t been able to locate my license number, so would have to probably purchase another copy of windows, or pirate it.
I have used ubuntu a lot over the past year, but find myself from time to time lured back to windows when in need of an application. But this time…no dual boot. If I need something, I’m going to find an open source way of doing it.
Summary:
Screw you windows…I know Linux isn’t perfect by any stretch, but given the choice of paying for imperfection, or getting it for free…I’m going to go the free route.
Doh! That sucks. Sadly I am pretty much stuck with Windows until Linux becomes gamer friendly. I love my games too much to abandon Windows.
Yeah…It certainly is easier when you have no time for games anyway. I’m getting better at this whole Linux thing, and so far it’s doing everything I need, very well I might add.
Someday I may try Linux again on a computer. I wouldn’t mind learning more about it. I just don’t stick with it. Install, setup, get running, go do something else, Linux collects dust.
I went through a number of times like that, where I was all excited about using it, but then quickly regressed back to the well known. Well, now the only option for that will require me to do a full windows install from scratch. It won’t be as simple as just selecting windows from the boot loader.