[ale] A reason NOT to remove Windows from a laptop

[Ron Frazier]

That's also a cool tip.  I have a Bart PE disc buried around here
somewhere.  I couldn't imagine how to flash a BIOS from it.  The Dell
website did say the installer required Windows.  However, this is good
info to have regardless.

Sincerely,

Ron

On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 16:25 -0500, Richard Faulkner wrote:
> BartPE (Bart's Preinstalled Environment)
> 
> This is basically a bootable live Window$ environment that can be
> built on optical disk or USB storage.  We used to make custom disks at
> XM for system maintenance including Ghosting certain troublesome
> systems.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BartPE
> BartPE 
> 
> http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
> BartPE Builder
> 
> Google "bartpe" and you'll find plenty of stuff on the topic.  I think
> there were some licensing issues for using the M$ build of the PE
> environment but don't recall off the top of my head.
> 
> It's been a while since I've flashed a BIOS but that can be
> accomplished from a DOS bootable disk if I recall.  Window$ not
> required....
> 
> Thankfully I find that a good live distro takes care of more problems
> than a BartPE disk does.  I've had WAY more need for Linux to fix
> Window$ rather than an M$ tool to fix a borked M$ build.  
> 
> RinL
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>
> Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: [ale] A reason NOT to remove Windows from a laptop
> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:12:59 -0500
> 
> Hi all.  I have a Dell laptop which I dual boot between Windows and
> Ubuntu.  I do about 95% of my activities in Ubuntu, but have a few that
> require Windows.  I also support some family and friends which use
> Windows.
> 
> FYI, I just discovered another reason to leave Windows on there.  I
> decided to update the BIOS on the machine to the latest version.  I
> discovered that the BIOS flash update program from the Dell website is
> designed to run under Windows.  So, it's a good thing I hadn't erased
> Windows or I couldn't update the BIOS.
> 
> Just thought I'd pass that along.
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
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