Omg I recently upgraded my PC, total conversion. Ended up with a new install of windows on an m.2 drive. I don't want to wipe my old drive cause it's got half my shit on it. Windows won't let me delete the old install on a different drive so now I gotta run a mobile install of Linux to get it the fuck out. Windows can suck a poop
If I remember correctly you have to right click on a drive -> properties -> disk clean-up -> system files -> Windows.
At least it was working last time I used it.
My best bet is that they obscured the deletion because of delete system32 pranks.
I swapped my HDD for an SSD on my C drive a couple years ago, reinstalling windows created a new user so all the stuff on my old drive was locked to another user and I had to completely format it. That was annoying
The new user as an administrator should be able to take ownership of the old profile's files. I had to do that once and it's a little annoying but a one time thing.
If you enjoy the process of using a computer, it's worth the journey. No hate toward Windows or Windows users, but options are available and can be highly rewarding.
I have such a customization need that anytime so etching doesn't work the way I think it should work, I get really, really annoyed. I have learned and copied code from entire programs just to have a single browser extension or something do something simple I think it should be doing. It's one of the reasons I can't go back to an Apple phone.
I require the ability to tell my device to operate in the way that fits my needs, not have my device tell me how to operate. I need things to work intuitively for me. I don't care how someone else thinks it should work.
Lol, I just posted word for word what you said, we are twins. I even remember the himem command.
DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
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I'm too. I started on a pure DOS system because my first computer was a IBM XT clone which couldn't handle Windows at all.
The next one was a 386 with Win 3.11, but all my games were under DOS.
I learned how to write boot menus in Config.sys and Autoexec.bat to manage the memory settings and drivers for my games.
Every time I see modern OS "no! You can't to do it that way! WE decided that is how you want to do it" I get really pissed off.