[Boatanchors] FORMAT PROBLEM

[james.liles at comcast.net]

Hi Jim,

If you are speaking about some sort of pirated or copied software, I can't 
comment.

If you buy a Dell or HP computer and the software CD comes with it, you will 
not be able to install the Dell software CD on the HP or HP on the Dell.  If 
you buy a CD with Microsoft from a store, you will be able to install it 
anywhere you like.  Sounds reasonable to me.

Kindest regards Jim K9AXN

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Haynes
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:06 PM
To: james.liles at comcast.net
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] FORMAT PROBLEM

On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, james.liles at comcast.net wrote:

> Hi Eugene,
>
> Simply boot the Install CD and partition the drive.  Then install the old 
> version 7 then boot the version 8 CD and install it in the other 
> partition. You can install as many systems as you wish.
>
> The ROM system does not control the operating system that is installed.
>
Well now there is this new style of BIOS (that I have only read a little
about, not experienced) where Microsoft has it rigged so you can only boot
software with their signature.  This came up in a discussion of Linux,
and Microsoft's efforts to make it impossible to install on a PC.