Mystery Windows Failure
Peter Wade
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On friday afternoon, Windows 10 on my desktop suddenly announced it had encountered a problem and needed to restart. Problem was that after shutting down it couldn't start up again. It just went from the bios screen to the windows logo, back to the bios screen etc. I went through the options it suggested for fixing this, startup repair, go back to a restore point, reset this PC (which is supposed to re-install windows) but none of them fixed it. The computer still runs Linux with no problems so it doesn't look like a hardware fault. So it looked like the only option was to re-install from my Windows 7 DVD and see if that works, but before doing that I needed to backup my Daz and Poser stuff so I started up Linux and started copying stuff onto a USB disc.
That was when I found out how much stuff I had accumulated over the years, the Poser runtimes are several hundres gigabytes! I started copying on saturday, it's still going and a this rate it will probably be the middle of the week before I finish.
The moral of the story is make sure you have a backup of your content. I've no idea what caused this sudden Windows failure and it means no Daz Studio, Poser, Carrara or Bryce for me for a few days at least
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This is exactly the impetus for me to install Linux again and get DS running with Wine. I had a very flaky install with Win 10 and never liked it. Then this same thing happened to me. Linux installed with no problems and no hardware malfunctions could be found. It was all Windows. I've currently got Linux up and running, DS mostly up and running. I copied all files I needed from my drives. At the moment, I'm installing Windows 7 from CD onto a small 1 TB drive just for those small things or emergencies where I might need Windows, but it won't be my main OS any more. With DS up and running in Linux, I don't have very many programs that won't run in Linux. I hope to eventually get them all running and get rid of Windows completely. I started the Windows 7 update after installation last night and it is still going and it doesn't tell you anything. I have heard that Microsoft is doing everything it can to encourage the move to Windows 10 including intentionally doing things to slow down updates for previous versions of Windows.
Luckily, once these initial updates are done and everything is working, I see no reason to update further and probably will make sure I do everything I can so that it never updates again even if that means completely disconnecting internet access for the Windows drive. I will never try Windows 10 again and even the Windows 7 I'm currently installing is never going to be my main OS. I'm happily doing most things in Linux again and intend to stay there.
A faulty Windows 10 update (KB3194496) two weeks ago made some computer run into a reboot loop. Maybe this was rolled out over couple weeks and you got it now. Do a search for KB3194496 reboot problems, maybe there's a solution already, sometimes boot Windows into safe mode (is that how it's called in english?) and installing the specific update manually helps.
...the auto updating is why I rejected MS's "free" offer. Read enough horror stories on the tech blogs in the first couple months to say "No!"
As to Linux, Wine, and Daz, what happens when a new version (not Beta) is rolled out? Do you have to go through a bunch of setup and configuration hoops all over again?
Me I'm considering a W7/Linux dual boot as I also work with other programmes like Carrara, PoserPro, and Hexagon which do not work in Linux/Wine.
No more than installing the new version in Windows. Once you have everything configured, the installer 'sees' Windows and behaves as it were on a native Windows installation.
Hex and Carrara work great in Linux *UNLESS* you install the nVidia proprietary drivers. As long as you use the nouveau drivers, those two run great. Carrara is actually faster under WINE than on Windows here. There is a caveat that I've not had any opportunity to boot up either of them in some time due to being overworked for some few months.
Kendall
...however unless you are using Octane for Carrara, the Nvidia drivers shouldn't be a factor.
BTW are you running the 32 bit or Pro 64 bit version of Carrara?