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Originally Posted by snowyskiesau
I have a number of systems running both Linux and Windows. Regular backups of everything.
If something goes wrong with Linux (rarely) I can fix it pretty quickly.
If it's a Windows problem (XP), it always takes longer , lots of web research to find and answer and multiple reboots.
I'm not sure if this says more about the differences between Linux and Windows or more about my lack of expertise with Windows. 
I do have an IBM laptop running XP that's at least 6 years old and has never had a reinstall. Lots and lots of patches and the occasional virus concern but pretty much a trouble free system. |
The thing with Linux is if in the rare event that something goes wrong your operating system is on the Root partition and all programs and data are stored on the home partition. Which means if you have to reinstall the operating system all you need to do is leave the Home partition intact and all your programs and data are still intact and working if microsoft wake up to this then it will be a surprise to me but they should follow this method seeing how much Windows needs to be reinstalled.