vista to ubuntu

mrdaveyk · 10-30-2009, 05:38 PM

long story short i've got fed up with windows and moved to linux

easy question, i have a few gig of files in vista i want to move over to ubuntu

ive got dual boot of vista and ubuntu

how do i go about moving these files? or am i searching in the wrong places? cant seem to find and files i have from vista

cheers, Dai

mrdaveyk · 10-30-2009, 09:05 PM

nevermind guys, shes done!

Nevakonaza · 10-31-2009, 09:34 AM

Congrats on the move...you made a good decision!

gto286 · 11-01-2009, 01:36 AM

good move. i left windows aswell. i'm running the latest ubuntu. and i'm very happy with it
i've used other flavors linux had many issues with them from compatability to missing software all together. this ubuntu works great! i even have all me files etc on a external b4 i installed

microsoft can go and stick it where the sun don't shine in my opinion.....

laterzzzz
Gto

Bodaggit23 · 11-01-2009, 04:34 AM

I agree, if you need just a basic operating system to browse the web, check your email, and watch Youtube, Ubuntu is great.

Michael · 11-01-2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Bodaggit23

I agree, if you need just a basic operating system to browse the web, check your email, and watch Youtube, Ubuntu is great.

If all you need is a bloated operating system to spend hundreds of dollars on, hundreds of hours updating and maintaining, hundreds of (more) hours keeping free of viruses and most of your time playing games and alienating your friends with, Windows is great

-Michael

Gooberman · 11-01-2009, 05:32 AM

hmmmm, i've spent $0 on vista 0 hours updating and maintaining (because of my noob dial up lol) and i've gotten like no viruses(also because of dial up lol)

and i play games and have friends! muhahaha

Michael · 11-01-2009, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooberman

hmmmm, i've spent $0 on vista 0 hours updating and maintaining (because of my noob dial up lol) and i've gotten like no viruses(also because of dial up lol)

and i play games and have friends! muhahaha

Pirated Vista and pre-installed Vista don't count. If you haven't updated Vista, you should.. you're putting your computer at risk by not updating it (Ubuntu, on the other hand, is virtually never at risk because of failure to update it), having 'like no viruses' isn't none. If you get just one, you've had more than me.

Oh, and friends with pocket protectors don't count

-Michael

Gooberman · 11-01-2009, 06:19 AM

I don't have pirated vista my computer is really never at risk due to my shitty bandwidth so i don't really download anything lol xD ubuntu is fun to mess with like at school i boot off live disk which is fun!

If i got to choose between ubuntu and windows i would go windows hand down

Michael · 11-01-2009, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooberman

I don't have pirated vista my computer is really never at risk due to my shitty bandwidth so i don't really download anything lol xD ubuntu is fun to mess with like at school i boot off live disk which is fun!

If i got to choose between ubuntu and windows i would go windows hand down

You can contribute that choice to never 'being at risk' or having viruses. I guarantee you wouldn't feel this way after a few attacks and some nasty spyware streaming your private information to a remote server

I'm sure the vast majority of users here won't have had to deal with these issues, but those same users have antivirus and antispyware hogging resources in the background at all times. So what, just buy more RAM and a better CPU, right? Those are added costs that I don't have to deal with.

I'll agree to disagree here, being as you've never fully experienced Ubuntu, and possibly Linux in general.

-Michael

10-30-2009, 05:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
mrdaveyk New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 12	vista to ubuntu long story short i've got fed up with windows and moved to linux easy question, i have a few gig of files in vista i want to move over to ubuntu ive got dual boot of vista and ubuntu how do i go about moving these files? or am i searching in the wrong places? cant seem to find and files i have from vista cheers, Dai

10-31-2009, 09:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
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11-01-2009, 05:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Gooberman Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hastings, Michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,410	hmmmm, i've spent $0 on vista 0 hours updating and maintaining (because of my noob dial up lol) and i've gotten like no viruses(also because of dial up lol) and i play games and have friends! muhahaha __________________ Compaq Presario SR5130NX AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2.01 GHz 2GB DDR2 667 MHz Evga GeForce 8500GT 22" Acer monitor Asus MB (don't know what one :) ) 200 GB HDD Windows 7 Professional 250W PSU probably made by chinese workers making like a couple dollars a week

11-01-2009, 06:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
Gooberman Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hastings, Michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,410	I don't have pirated vista my computer is really never at risk due to my shitty bandwidth so i don't really download anything lol xD ubuntu is fun to mess with like at school i boot off live disk which is fun! If i got to choose between ubuntu and windows i would go windows hand down __________________ Compaq Presario SR5130NX AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2.01 GHz 2GB DDR2 667 MHz Evga GeForce 8500GT 22" Acer monitor Asus MB (don't know what one :) ) 200 GB HDD Windows 7 Professional 250W PSU probably made by chinese workers making like a couple dollars a week

10-30-2009, 09:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
mrdaveyk New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 12	nevermind guys, shes done!

11-01-2009, 01:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
gto286 New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California Posts: 17	good move. i left windows aswell. i'm running the latest ubuntu. and i'm very happy with it i've used other flavors linux had many issues with them from compatability to missing software all together. this ubuntu works great! i even have all me files etc on a external b4 i installed microsoft can go and stick it where the sun don't shine in my opinion..... laterzzzz Gto

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