β² 842 βΌ Why are you like this? (lemmy.ml) submitted 5 months ago by lelgenio@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago (1 child) Realized I hadnβt booted Windows on my personal PC in 6 months and said yup time to nuke it all together permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ADTJ@feddit.uk 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) Recently booted Windows to install a BIOS update with a Windows only installer and realised it had been about a year since last boot. Think it may be time to reclaim that space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Most mobos usually have a bios flash utility in the bios setup itself, so you don't need to rely on the windows installer. You just need to stick the update on a USB stick (extract the binary file from the zip). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) Sadly that's only common for desktop PCs, with laptops it's a lot less common. But many can be updated from within Linux nowadays permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Hmm I wonder if you could boot into a recovery version of windows to run the bios updater in that case. Like a recovery partition that isn't even on the main disk. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ADTJ@feddit.uk 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) Recently booted Windows to install a BIOS update with a Windows only installer and realised it had been about a year since last boot. Think it may be time to reclaim that space. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Most mobos usually have a bios flash utility in the bios setup itself, so you don't need to rely on the windows installer. You just need to stick the update on a USB stick (extract the binary file from the zip). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) Sadly that's only common for desktop PCs, with laptops it's a lot less common. But many can be updated from within Linux nowadays permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Hmm I wonder if you could boot into a recovery version of windows to run the bios updater in that case. Like a recovery partition that isn't even on the main disk. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Most mobos usually have a bios flash utility in the bios setup itself, so you don't need to rely on the windows installer. You just need to stick the update on a USB stick (extract the binary file from the zip). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) Sadly that's only common for desktop PCs, with laptops it's a lot less common. But many can be updated from within Linux nowadays permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Hmm I wonder if you could boot into a recovery version of windows to run the bios updater in that case. Like a recovery partition that isn't even on the main disk. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) Sadly that's only common for desktop PCs, with laptops it's a lot less common. But many can be updated from within Linux nowadays permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Hmm I wonder if you could boot into a recovery version of windows to run the bios updater in that case. Like a recovery partition that isn't even on the main disk. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Hmm I wonder if you could boot into a recovery version of windows to run the bios updater in that case. Like a recovery partition that isn't even on the main disk. permalink fedilink source parent
