Derek891 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 ...to Windows 8. On Monday morning, it let me down for the third and final time. I went to boot and got the Automatic Repair message, then a restart, and then the same message again. After the seventh or eighth cycle I realized it was a hopeless cause and did a hard shutdown. So I went into Recovery and found the Command Prompt, entered "bootrec /fixboot", and waited for it to finish. Tried another reboot with the same result as above. So back into Recovery I went with the intention to re-install, making it the third time in just over four months. And then there came a moment when I stopped and asked myself, "What the heck (not exactly the word I used) do you think you're doing? Asking for more of the same?". It did not take long to make my decision. I already had a two USB sticks made up, one with Partition Wizard, the other with openSUSE 12.3. A little over an hour later I had a new operating system. This has been in the making for quite some time. I've grown tired of dealing with one problem after another, some minor, and others catastrophic. I had actually been researching how to install a dual boot system with Windows 8, which is complicated by UEFI and Secure Boot. And I spent some time on Sunday planning my new partitioning scheme. Then I realized that any future problems with Windows 8 would mean re-installing Windows, re-partitioning, then re-installing the second system, meaning twice the work. So I ditched that idea. I do have my Windows 8 recovery on a USB stick if I ever want to go back, but I think I'm thinking of giving openSUSE a fair chance, at least a couple of months or so. This is not a goodbye to everyone on the forum. There are some people I really like here, along their willingness to help others, and their sense of camaraderie. I'll be popping in from time to time to see how everyone is doing, but just a little less frequently than before. So until the next time, take care everyone. Start every day with a smile and get it over with. - W.C. Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Shame, though I don't run it on my desktop (main rig) I actually like windows 8 quite a bit. Makes me sad to see others have such issues with it winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted October 16, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 16, 2013 I've never used OpenSuse but I guess it's almost akin to any of the other Linux variants. I've never been game enough to ditch Windows completely, I really don't want to shoot myself in the foot just to "take that Bill Gates", but I'd be interested to hear how you get on with the Linux equivalents needed to get your work done. My data recovery rig, solely running Ubuntu, has highlighted that, for me, the big stopper is Excel, and my heavy use of it's formulas which just aren't as good with any of the clones I've tried. Personally, I find Win8 just fine, it's no bigger a jump to it than coming from any of the previous OS's. (which Windows OS has not had it's little idiosyncrasies!) I'm looking forward to 8.1 and hopefully seeing the platform become that much better again - he says with fingers crossed. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted October 16, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 16, 2013 I'm really sorry to hear of your problems Derek, and you do realise that you are in fact allowed on the forum with Linux. Come back real soon mate, we're just getting to know you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted October 17, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 17, 2013 Depending upon how long you've had that computer I'd look into the warranty on it, and if it's still in the warranty period perhaps get it RMA'd and looked at by the manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Don't go away, Derek, keep posting how it goes with Linux. I admire your courage...never been brave enough to abandon windows yet, but it won't be as long as it has been, I think. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted October 17, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 17, 2013 Derek we don't ban linux users Just keep posting as normal okay? Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 How about doing some test on Windows 8.1 first? Maybe the patch will solve some obscure faults. I am keeping w7 for now. I think I will pass on w8 as I did with Vista. (it seems a common pattern for MS Operatng Systems). And I am not saying w8 is bad at all (nothing to do with the Vista fiasco), but it isn't appealling to me. Another thought is trying to reinstall w8 without UEFI/secure boot. Can it be done? Who needs GUID partitions when your partitions are smaller than 2TB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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