• ShadowRam
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    1714 hours ago

    For FUCK sakes…

    I have a 256GB SATA SSD machine here, that I want to put a fresh install of windows on a 1TB M.2

    And NOW is the fucking time windows puts out this fucking Win11 24H2 garbage… that’s BSOD’ing peoples computers, having other issues, and now this.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 hours ago

      Microsoft has definitely not been a great tenant on dual boot systems over the past year. Usually you get the occasional MBR overwrite, but it’s been pretty bad. Windows has been assuming it’s the only OS.

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        12 hours ago

        I fixed a windows install for an old guy, and windows patched the BIOS to prevent F11 loading the boot menu…

        Never again

        • @[email protected]
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          611 hours ago

          That seems extremely unlikely. That is controlled by the BIOS itself. Windows Update does deliver BIOS updates, but only as provided by the OEM.

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              29 hours ago

              Technically yes, but most people still say “BIOS” to refer to any system on a PC that fills the same role.

              Some true BIOSes are also externally controllable, too, it’s not exclusive to UEFI.

          • @[email protected]
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            110 hours ago

            Microsoft has incredibly been doing stuff I’d consider unlikely just a decade ago. They’re at the point where I go “unlikely but far from impossible. Likely in a while”.