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I need to keep Windows around until I find a replacement for SharpDevelop. I use SharpDevelop to do C# programming. I've been trying to install SharpDevelop on Linux using WINE, but so far no luck.
If I may ask, since you have a new HDD, why don't you just make a fresh new Windows install on it? I think it will be easier that way; backup your data from the old drive, replace it wih the new one and install Windows on it.
Oh no, no, no!I wasn't trying to boot it up in a different machine. I can understand why that might not work. I wasn't trying to bootleg a copy of Windows
I even took it to a compute shop to see if they could do it, they said they could but they would charge me $200 to do it! And I even had the new drive to put in it. I said, "No way". I'm not paying $200 just to clone my drive. I can buy a brand new Windows 10 OS for something like $119. In fact I can almost buy a whole new notebook computer for $200
Yeah that won't work, ever! Once Windows is installed in a pc it attaches itself to that hardware, so cloning the drive and trying to get it boot in a different one with different hardware won't work, I don't even think it'd work in two identical pc's with identical hardware, cause Microsoft doesn't think it's profitable for their business that people can simply clone their Windows install which requires to buy a license and install it into another computer without paying more money.
I don't know what a grub/bootloader is
these notebooks
I've cloned the Windows drive but it refuses to recognize it as a bootable drive
I own a Cloning Drive Dock. The only thing I'm wondering about with a totally cloned drive is whether it would work well if booted up on a totally different notebook computer? I'm thinking it might be better to install Linux on that computer from scratch and then just copy over these panel folders. That way the install will have potentially addressed any special hardware issues with the other notebook computer. I've also found a way to "cheat" on Windows. (ha ha)I've created a Linux system on a drive connected via USB. Then I just set the BIOS up to boot on the USB first. If I have the Linux drive plugged in when I turn the computer on it boots up in Linux. If leave the Linux drive off-line then the computer boots up to the notebook hard drive with Windows. So I've discovered I can have the best of both worlds without any major hassle.
QuoteI've created a Linux system on a drive connected via USB.I did this myself once too and installed Debia 8 on my usb HDD. Just curious, did you unplug the internal drive before doing so? I had to because I read and was adviced in another forum to do so in order to avoid any grub/bootloader issues.
I've created a Linux system on a drive connected via USB.
Thanks for the tip Moltke
I honestly spent far more time customizing the panels than actually installing the OS and any additional software I needed. I'm looking forward to avoiding that kind of time-sink on next install by doing what you said. Thanks again!
Supposedly the data describing the panels is in the following folder and fileCode: [Select]/home/<user>/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xmlAnd the launcher specific data is stored in the following folderCode: [Select]/home/<user>/.config/xfce4/panel
/home/<user>/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
/home/<user>/.config/xfce4/panel
Is there a way to save an entire panel including all its launchers and transfer it to another Linux computer?