Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months agoWhat are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?message-squaremessage-square91 fedilinkarrow-up1105
arrow-up1105message-squareWhat are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square91 Commentsfedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devhexbear4·11 months ago... No you just use Windows built-in rollback feature. Which I think even auto-recovers these days of it detects a failure to boot after an update. linkfedilink
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devhexbear7·edit-211 months agoHah! Can someone here chime in and tell me when the slow AF (as in, it can take hours) rollback feature actually worked‽ Who TF is that patient‽ You can reinstall Windows and all your apps in half the time required. linkfedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devhexbear2·11 months agoI think it recovered my PC for me twice, and it took about ~10 minutes each time at most. Good luck reinstalling everything in that time lol. linkfedilink
minus-squareverdigris@lemmy.mlhexbear6·11 months agoWindows recovery fails in plenty of circumstances, it's not a magic bullet. Snapshots are like you can do with btrfs, but that's not exactly how Windows recovery works. linkfedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devhexbear2·11 months agoOf course not, but it works 9/10 times for most people. Enough so that most people never have to deal with a faulty Windows update. linkfedilink
... No you just use Windows built-in rollback feature. Which I think even auto-recovers these days of it detects a failure to boot after an update.
Hah! Can someone here chime in and tell me when the slow AF (as in, it can take hours) rollback feature actually worked‽
Who TF is that patient‽ You can reinstall Windows and all your apps in half the time required.
I think it recovered my PC for me twice, and it took about ~10 minutes each time at most. Good luck reinstalling everything in that time lol.
Windows recovery fails in plenty of circumstances, it's not a magic bullet. Snapshots are like you can do with btrfs, but that's not exactly how Windows recovery works.
Of course not, but it works 9/10 times for most people. Enough so that most people never have to deal with a faulty Windows update.