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"The way I did it on my new laptop was to disable "secure boot", wipe the hard drive, and install Ubuntu from a live USB." Would doing this void your laptop's

by gnosis 14y ago

"The way I did it on my new laptop was to disable "secure boot", wipe the hard drive, and install Ubuntu from a live USB." Would doing this void your laptop's warranty?

nickzoic 14y ago
I do this all the time to laptops ... boot Windows once to go through the whole "create backup DVDs" procedure, then put the DVDs away somewhere safe and wipe the machine. If you ever have to claim warranty, back up your Linux files, securely wipe the HDD, then restore from the backup DVDs and send the newly restored machine back. This is also good security policy ...
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  I tried to back up the Windows 8 install on my X1 Carbon before wiping it, but it was too difficult without an optical disc drive, so I just gave up. Perhaps it depends on the OEM, but I don't believe Lenovo cares what software is on the device.
- keithpeter 14y ago
  I used clonezilla to make a mirror of the entire hard drive including the restore partition on a recycled thinkpad X200s. The mirror was saved on an external USB hard drive, and I tested restoring it. Less time than the DVD back up and didn't need a DVD recorder.
sukuriant 14y ago
Why would running software void a hardware warranty?
- politician 14y ago
  Software might overdrive certain hardware components to failure. OEMs might have recovery agreements in place with Microsoft for failures attributed to Windows 8 which they might not be able to take advantage of if a different OS was on the machine. I'm not an expert on OEM agreements, but this sort of thing seems plausible.
Zak 14y ago
It is illegal, in the US to refuse to honor a warranty because of the use of third-party components, unless it can be proven that the third-party component caused the failure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_...

by gnosis 14y ago

"The way I did it on my new laptop was to disable "secure boot", wipe the hard drive, and install Ubuntu from a live USB." Would doing this void your laptop's warranty?

nickzoic 14y ago

I do this all the time to laptops ... boot Windows once to go through the whole "create backup DVDs" procedure, then put the DVDs away somewhere safe and wipe the machine. If you ever have to claim warranty, back up your Linux files, securely wipe the HDD, then restore from the backup DVDs and send the newly restored machine back. This is also good security policy ...

w1ntermute 14y ago
I tried to back up the Windows 8 install on my X1 Carbon before wiping it, but it was too difficult without an optical disc drive, so I just gave up. Perhaps it depends on the OEM, but I don't believe Lenovo cares what software is on the device.
keithpeter 14y ago
I used clonezilla to make a mirror of the entire hard drive including the restore partition on a recycled thinkpad X200s. The mirror was saved on an external USB hard drive, and I tested restoring it. Less time than the DVD back up and didn't need a DVD recorder.

sukuriant 14y ago

Why would running software void a hardware warranty?

politician 14y ago
Software might overdrive certain hardware components to failure. OEMs might have recovery agreements in place with Microsoft for failures attributed to Windows 8 which they might not be able to take advantage of if a different OS was on the machine. I'm not an expert on OEM agreements, but this sort of thing seems plausible.

Zak 14y ago

It is illegal, in the US to refuse to honor a warranty because of the use of third-party components, unless it can be proven that the third-party component caused the failure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_...