From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   > On 05/18/2012 03:44 PM, Adam wrote:   
      
   >> So what I want to do (when I get that next system) does   
   >> sound possible, something like:   
   >>    1) Boot up OEM Windows, create Windows recovery discs   
   >>    2) Boot from live CD, change MBR from UEFI to BIOS (which wipes   
   >> HD), repartition HD, copy Windows recovery discs to USB drive   
   >>    3) Boot from USB drive, reinstall OEM Windows from it   
   >>    4) Boot from Linux install discs and install it on HD   
   >   
   > I don't know if the copies of the recovery disks will work   
   > as the ISO of the Windows Install.   
      
   I don't know either, but my next system (later this year) will   
   probably be an off-the-shelf HP with Windows.  Perhaps things have   
   changed, but this Compaq (2007) and my parents' Compaq (2011) didn't   
   come with any discs at all, which I gather is unfortunately the   
   usual practice.  Both came with turnkey Windows, plus a recovery   
   partition on the same HD, plus a program to let the user make /one/   
   set of recovery discs.  Both recovery methods restore the original   
   configuration, shovelware and all, although I'm not sure whether   
   they insist on the original partition sizes.   
      
   > This new system is a pain obviously and is intended to keep   
   > us from doing what we are used to doing with Linux and Windows. It   
   > might help some people avoid some problems but that remains to be   
   > seen.   
      
   I figure (hope) that as the months go on, some sort of solution or   
   workaround will emerge from the Linux community.  At least now I   
   have a better idea of what to expect.  BTW I originally replied in   
   the "UEFI" thread you started, and hoped discussion of that would   
   continue there.  I'm not sure how to move this discussion back   
   there, though.   
      
   Adam   
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