<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8218"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268">Many months later, I am moving forward on VirtualBox.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8330" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8404" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268">The next step is to actually install VirtualBox.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8405" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268">2 quick questions:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8406" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268">1) Regarding hardware. I have at least one Windows program that uses a special USB thingy. Can Windows in VirtualBox, readily find the USB thingy? Will that lock up the entire USB? For example the mouse which is also on USB?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8452" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8497" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8268">2) I have been making rather detailed step-by-step notes of the process. It is several pages; Much too long to send as an email. Is this something that should be posted on linuxmafia? If so, what format is preferred? PFD, ODT, TXT?<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8223" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8520" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8519" style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8518" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8517" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8521" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 8, 2016 1:26 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] (forw) Re: (forw) Re: VirtualBox<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474648566398_8523" class="y_msg_container"><br>Quoting Paul Zander (Paul Zander):<br><br>> Regarding disk and partition units:The particular machine has a 1TB<br>> drive. Originally C: 900 GB. There were some "hidden" partitions,<br>> which seem to be standard windoz something.<br><br>If I were you, I would spend some effort figuring out what those are and<br>what they're for.<br><br>> Win8 includes a partition manager, but it has limited functionality.<br><br>Yes, you'll ideally want to use a real, open source one, run from a live CD<br>(which impliedly includes USB flash) distribution.<br><br>> Regarding flash vs. SSD:Both are solid state memories based on NAND<br>> cells which have a limited number of write cycles before they<br>> degrade. SSD has a enhancements to increase the life by 10X or more. <br>> Now that think about it, only a few years ago people were questioning<br>> if solid state memories were reliable enough to replace spinning<br>> disks. <br><br>Early on with NAND flash devices, there was a lot of worry about limited<br>numbers of write/erase cycles and consequent early device death. As you<br>say, current production drives have so extended that number of cycles<br>that nobody is really worried any more. By the time your 2016 SSDs are<br>wearing out, you're almost certain to want to replace them with better,<br>faster, massively higher capacity, cheaper, tinier 2022 SSDs (or whatever).<br><br>People who remain worried are, of course, perfectly welcome to stick to<br>(slow, power-sucking, heat-and-noise-generating) spinning-rust drives,<br>that aren't exactly immune to device failure, either.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>