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A little food for thought. I made the mistake of formatting a windows drive. Big mistake, you need to leave windows alone and let Linux take care of it. When you format the windows you destroy all of the dos info needed by Linux. to fix my problem i reloaded windows and then put Linux on. See...

@wizardfromoz you are so wrong!! But funny!

@KGIII yes you are right , @Bartman you so right it is friendly , @Condobloke I'm glad I'm not the only one, @wizardfromoz okay keep up the good work. You guys make this site great, and Rob the system admin does too.

@CrazedNerd wow, that is kinka harsh. May I ask who is paying for this education?

As Im sitting here reading the post a thought came to mind. It is the season to be jolly. Wishing all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New year.

@f33dm3bits , you on a roll. How did you get by the @wizardfromoz ? ?

@sphen well written

Yes, but a very valid point.

Wow, interesting post. I find it interesting that @sp331yi mentions Toshiba! I have two toshiba laptops that run Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon and Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. No problems from day 1. I also run several Dell desktop computers with Linux Ubuntu18.04.01 LTS, 20.04.1 LTS, 20.04.4 LTS...

timeshift allows you to archive all of your hard-drive including /Home.

@Rob , @KGIII , i personnely perfer the 5ish seconds. I've noticed a quick check when I log in if this keeps the site safe, go for it.

@isolated1 When I first started using Linux a few years back, Ubuntu was my first choice. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are in my humble opinion the easiest to install. You have to answer 1 or 2 questions and the install is done for you. Now if you want to multi-boot that is a whole different set of...

@f33dm3bits has the right idea in post #7. Have a separate NAS or NFS share mounted for information you want to share with other computers in your system. This way each computer has access to the same information.

@wizardfromoz well placed and timed reply!

like wise to you @wizardfromoz , @Condobloke , @SpongebobFan1994 and all the Linux forum members. 2021 has been a blessed year even with the corona virus. Here is hoping next year is even better for all.

@KGIII sorry for your loss.

promises, promises. I will just enjoy your work now.

Wow it is nice to watch the power players in action.

congrats and welcome @KGIII. The olde wizard @wizardfromoz could use some help. So does this mean I will see more of your responses. Love it when a plan comes together @Rob. I couldn"t resist!!

@dronet welcome to the wonderful world of Linux. I am a user of Dell computers running Linux. I purchased rebuilt /refurbished Dell desktops and put Linux on them. Like @stan and @Nelson Muntz both mentioned Dell is a good choice. Words of wisdom don't purchase specific hardware for Linux...