This is part of why I try to have different OSes/versions on my main PCs. It's also nice to have the option of booting into a pre-configured USB drive with a p

This is part of why I try to have different OSes/versions on my main PCs. It's also nice to have the option of booting into a pre-configured USB drive with a persistent Linux environment you know will work because it's a time capsule. [It's the pre-configuring part that's a pain, but it can be worth it; do a dd copy to another identical stick once you've got it tuned up and you always have a failsafe.]