Excel and Windows 10
My approach
These notes are based on the following ideas and opinions and will influence the approach:
Windows 10 is a bad thing. I would rather it did not exist. But I can't stop it, and it will influence a lot of Microsoft Software that I like to use. So I need to know about it and have access to it, and make some extent to keep it under control. I will do this legally. But I expect I will need to use sometimes the very same techniques that the bad people do in order to be able to do what I have a right to do. I have alrrady experienced this in the method I have to use to activate the legal software that I have from Microsoft. This trend will increase in Windows 10, since my first impression is that it is an all out fight from day 1 to stop the software taking over you and attempting to suck you dry.
Start point.
My start point will be currently an older computer, reconditioned that has had Windows 10 installed by someone who knows what they are doing and has done that re conditioning and has given me the instillation DVD. ( https://imgur.com/QZ2EN9C https://imgur.com/u1QOc9M )
I have start somewhere, and I am very reluctant to start with a new computer, since there are almost certainly deals with Microsoft and the computer manufacturer which will sabotage any attempts you may try to make at taming the Windows 10 beast inside.
Since part of the strategy of Microsoft has been to lure people into updating their previous systems , there are various measures taken to make this possible, and you have a better chance to control the beast if you utilise the instillation discs and processes that have made available to assist in this updating.
Think of it as like a beast that can't swim on the other side of river and he wants to eat you. He may help you try to build a way to cross the river. You may be able to use that help to your advantage, and avoid being eaten , even if you do go on the other side of the river.
Divide up the Hard drive disc: "Partitioning" the main internal Hard Drive disc.
*Partition or partitioning, is the name given to the process which makes a single HDD behave similar to two separate HDDs
Why do it?
I think this is almost always a good idea. Especially when you have a new computer.
Typically if you look at the explore window for the computer, you will see possibly a small D: thing, which already may be using a very small part of the main physical drive as a small partition, and you will possibly also see a DVD disc drive if you have one, as well as any USB sticks which you may have connected to your computer at that time.
But most noticeably, you will see typically that your main C: thing, is taking up all the space on your main HDD, but is only currently using a small part of it.
Lots of space on your C drive.jpg https://imgur.com/IzlxONI https://imgur.com/IzlxONI
C Drive lots of space.JPGC Drive lots of space.JPG
For me, a possible final goal will be to have both
_ a "Dual boot system", ( http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtop...=31638#p244809 ) , with Windows 10 being there for if I must use it, and a different operating system as the standard one on the computer ;
And
_ I would also like to investigate the various repair / recovery / back up options.
For a dual boot system , it generally seems to be necessary to have a "separate part" for each operating system. This means either a separate physical internally integrated hard disc, or a single physical internally integrated hard disc which is organised such that two parts behave very similar to two separate physical discs. In other words they are "partitioned".
( Partition is the name given to the process which makes a single HDD behave similar to two separate HDDs *)
For the various documented repair / recovery / back up options, sometimes a part of the hard disc is used. I will try to avoid this, if possible, as I think I do not have too much free space to play with: The hard drive is fairly small by what I think are today's standards, it was given as 250GB HDD in the sales info. Looking at the "My Computer" explorer window it was showing me that 190GB were free from a total of 232GB. ( A few bits of free software had been pre installed, not much.)
In later versions of Windows, it seems that the partitioning can be done quite easily using the internal windows user available control software. Most people seem to take this option. There are many free instructions on this. Here are a few tutorials and web site links: http://www.excelfox.com/forum/showth...l=1#post121201
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Using Windows user available control system management software to partition HDD
Under later windows versions, such partitions can be easily created and edited even after installing the operating system. It seems that most people are using this method. As it is offered by Microsoft and made very easy to do I am a bit suspicious. But for now I will do it.
( [color=grey][size=2] (External Software might do it a bit better:
If I have understood correctly, the common way offered by Windows 10 of doing it is pretty good.
If you alternatively use some other good established external software, then you may be able to do it a bit better. The reason for this is because without windows running you can shift everything, and so can shrink a bit better: If you use the way offered by Windows 10 , then some bits of software that are in use can't be shifted too well
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