Re: [Hampshire] [hants] Linux works, Windows doesn't....

On 31 March 2010 17:56, trotter <m.nuttall@???> wrote:
> At 09:21 31/03/2010, you wrote:
>>On 31 March 2010 00:15, Isaac Close <isaacclose@???> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Sometimes I am confronted with a computer that refuses to install
>> or run windows without crashing badly at every attempt, yet the
>> machine will happily run linux without problems.
>> >
>>
>>Which version of windows are you trying to install?
>>If it is Windows XP, try Windows 7 instead.
>>Windows XP does not work so well with newer motherboards.
>
>
> Do you know of any reason why that is?
>
> or is just a case that less of the drivers are known and it takes longer
> to get a working windows xp install.
>
My guess is because hardly anybody actually "installs" windows because
it comes already installed.
I have a software program that crashes a windows PC.
I complete reinstall of windows does not fix the problem.
It is a great program to have if your laptop is getting near its 1
year old date, and results in the manufacturer replacing it.
In fact, after I run the program, the only OS that will run on the
machine is Linux, but it seems that very few laptop manufacturers use
Linux for their diag tool.
If you are interested, it is linked to one of the registers on AHCI chips.