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Last Thursday windows 11 forced this update on my Acer machine. It caused me BSOD: inaccessible boot device, so I had to reformat my machine to get Windows runn

Last Thursday windows 11 forced this update on my Acer machine. It caused me BSOD: inaccessible boot device, so I had to reformat my machine to get Windows running again. So I am now very wary of this Out of Band Update[0], especially when it's not mentioned whether the latest update solve my issue or not. I don't know the same problem is still there, or whether this update makes the problem any better or worse. 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750358

prmoustache 9mo ago
> so I had to reformat my machine to get Windows running again. I can hear everyone in choir saying "but why would you do that?" If Microsoft would ever do that to me in an update, I would install an immutable Linux distro on my machine and run windows as a VM (only if I had a strong requirement for it). That way you can do snapshots you can restore from easily.
- nsoonhui 9mo ago
  >> "but why would you do that?" My bread and butter is Windows WPF cum AutoCAD-like application. My users are all on Windows. So I have to develop on Windows.
- water-data-dude 9mo ago
  The only reason I use Windows is probably the same reason a lot of people use Windows: the company I work for requires it. It's a small company and they don't want IT to have to support more than one OS, so I _get_ why, but man do I hate it. Linux on my non-work machine tho. Windows 11 made me rip off the bandaid and get rid of the windows dual boot I very occasionally used for some old software.
  - franktankbank 9mo ago
    If you can only pick one OS why not pick a good one then lol
    - hoherd 9mo ago
      Because the finance team can't run quickbooks on Linux.
      - franktankbank 9mo ago
        Damn that is depressing.
      - water-data-dude 9mo ago
        Yeah, basically - plus there's some groundwater modeling stuff that's a PITA to run on Linux
    - prmoustache 9mo ago
      In a job interview last, year a CEO told me he was personally a fan of Linux at home but hated Linux and MacOS as workstation in a corporate env because it was a pain in the ass to manage compliance. Not sure if it is really the case or just lack of knowledge, I think you can do a long way with tools such as puppet and chief.
heroprotagonist 9mo ago
Ugh. I wondered what that was. I had to reformat due to inaccessible boot device as well, I thought the SSD had gone bad. But I left it after the install, annoyed into abandoning the laptop to the shelf at the no-network first-login workaround to avoid a Microsoft account. I hate all the fresh laptop setup that's required afterwards to make Windows tolerable.

prmoustache 9mo ago

> so I had to reformat my machine to get Windows running again. I can hear everyone in choir saying "but why would you do that?" If Microsoft would ever do that to me in an update, I would install an immutable Linux distro on my machine and run windows as a VM (only if I had a strong requirement for it). That way you can do snapshots you can restore from easily.

nsoonhui 9mo ago
>> "but why would you do that?" My bread and butter is Windows WPF cum AutoCAD-like application. My users are all on Windows. So I have to develop on Windows.
water-data-dude 9mo ago
The only reason I use Windows is probably the same reason a lot of people use Windows: the company I work for requires it. It's a small company and they don't want IT to have to support more than one OS, so I _get_ why, but man do I hate it. Linux on my non-work machine tho. Windows 11 made me rip off the bandaid and get rid of the windows dual boot I very occasionally used for some old software.
- franktankbank 9mo ago
  If you can only pick one OS why not pick a good one then lol
  - hoherd 9mo ago
    Because the finance team can't run quickbooks on Linux.
    - franktankbank 9mo ago
      Damn that is depressing.
    - water-data-dude 9mo ago
      Yeah, basically - plus there's some groundwater modeling stuff that's a PITA to run on Linux
  - prmoustache 9mo ago
    In a job interview last, year a CEO told me he was personally a fan of Linux at home but hated Linux and MacOS as workstation in a corporate env because it was a pain in the ass to manage compliance. Not sure if it is really the case or just lack of knowledge, I think you can do a long way with tools such as puppet and chief.

heroprotagonist 9mo ago

Ugh. I wondered what that was. I had to reformat due to inaccessible boot device as well, I thought the SSD had gone bad. But I left it after the install, annoyed into abandoning the laptop to the shelf at the no-network first-login workaround to avoid a Microsoft account. I hate all the fresh laptop setup that's required afterwards to make Windows tolerable.