I'm thinking of switching to Linux

[PurpleMetro]

Backing stuff up to a external HDD in the event of a partition failure/any other issue that can cause a harddrive to be wiped.

Any other precautions to take?

make a system restore disc?
incase your pc forgets up drastically, where it doesn't get pass the BIOS stage, you should make a system restore disc

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[Trymos]

make a system restore disc?
incase your pc forgets up drastically, where it doesn't get pass the BIOS stage, you should make a system restore disc

when it doesnt get past the bios stage you have bigger things to worry about then your OS

[Alyx Vance]

make a system restore disc?
incase your pc forgets up drastically, where it doesn't get pass the BIOS stage, you should make a system restore disc

I backed stuff up to my external HDD
10gb backed up, looking through my PC like 3 times turns out that is all I have. I have 20gb still taken up though in the files that are installed.

I have 50gb open (48gb) on my HDD now, I can use 30 of that for linux and keep 10 open just to stay open.
I honestly don't think that I'll be using 30gb for linux either, I only used 10gb worth of files for Windows, 20gb was just some application data stuff along with some other installation files.

[Steve5452]

I actually was working on one and never finished it I didn't post it because I'm not great with linux

here was the logo

Were you seriously going to use that?

[KoopaScooper]

incase your pc forgets up drastically, where it doesn't get pass the BIOS stage, you should make a system restore disc

What do you mean by "BIOS stage?" If your computer didn't complete (or attempt to run) a POST, it's broken and you should get a new one.

[Alyx Vance]

What do you mean by "BIOS stage?" If your computer didn't complete (or attempt to run) a POST, it's broken and you should get a new one.

I think he meant that it stops during the POST test with an error or something. Such as a "No OS found" error.

[NalNalas]

Were you seriously going to use that?

yes

[KoopaScooper]

I think he meant that it stops during the POST test with an error or something. Such as a "No OS found" error.

That would be a problem with the boot loader, not the BIOS.
Also, a heads up, but POST means Power On Self Test, making "POST test" grammatically incorrect.

[Alyx Vance]

That would be a problem with the boot loader, not the BIOS.
Also, a heads up, but POST means Power On Self Test, making "POST test" grammatically incorrect.

I know what a POST is, I made a grammatical error that I didn't catch.

[Kaphonaits²]

Guess why Ubuntu is free

Because it's stuff

Go figure out yourself.

lol.

i'm astounded vincent even speaks to you in the first place.

[Alyx Vance]

Welp, I'm about to partition my drive so I can dual boot. I already have everything backed up and ready to go. 30gb will be left to the side for Linux however.

I need to reinstall Windows either way because my computer is being real slow again and giving me issues

[Snow2]

I'd like to switch just to look like i know what i'm doing, but truth be told, I don't. Also, I cannot wrap my head around all the stuff you need to do for linux to make it work  as a replacement to a PC.

OP, I wouldn't go there unless you know what you're doing or have the capacity to.

[Pacha-]

I'd like to switch just to look like i know what i'm doing, but truth be told, I don't. Also, I cannot wrap my head around all the stuff you need to do for linux to make it work  as a replacement to a PC.

OP, I wouldn't go there unless you know what you're doing or have the capacity to.

He's using Ubuntu, there's so much handholding and support it's almost impossible to do something wrong.

[Zeblote]

No, don't, linux sucks, keep windows

[Pacha-]

No, don't, linux sucks, keep windows

have you even used linux