[mdlug] Fwd: Windows 7 screen after dual boot

[Drew]

Virtualbox. Install Win 7 on a VM, set up Angry Birds and the other
programs, then take  Snapshot. Put save files in a directory on the
host system mounted as a network drive.


On 4/11/20, David L Lambert <davidl at lmert.com> wrote:
> The reason I got pulled away from the meeting...
>
> One of our laptops is dual-boot, Windows 7 Enterprise and Debian
> Stable.  My youngest child decided to reboot it to Windows 7, and it
> comes up with the following screen, has sat there for at least 15
> minutes, no clue when it'll finish...
>
>     *Your computer was unable to start.*
>     Startup Repair is checking your system for problems...
>
>     If problems are found, Startup Repair will fix them automatically.
>     Your computer might restart several times during this process.
>
>     No changes will be made to your personal files or information. This
>     might take several minutes.
>
> Since Windows 7 is out of support, I have some inclination to just wipe
> that part of the disk and make it single-boot; but my kids want to keep
> Windows 7 in particular for the following applications:
>
>   * Angry Birds (youngest child)
>   * Roblox (second-youngest child, my daughter, who you saw on the meeting)
>   * Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, City Skylines, maybe a few others (oldest
>     child)
>
> I wonder if my modification to /etc/rc.local that uses Widows's
> "PAGEFILE.SYS" as an additional swapfile triggered the check, or if it's
> just a fancy front-end to full-sidk CHKDSK (like fsck after 180 days
> without a check...)
>
> Anyone seen this particular screen before, and know of a key-sequence to
> skip it, or other workaround? Any suggestions for how to run Angry Birds
> on Linux, or of a similar Linux alternative?
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	Windows 7 screen after dual boot
> Date: 	Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:44:21 +0000 (UTC)
> From: 	David Lee Lambert <davidleelambert at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: 	davidleelambert at yahoo.com <davidleelambert at yahoo.com>
> To: 	MDLUG's Main Discussion List <mdlug at mdlug.org>
> CC: 	David Lee Lambert <davidl at lmert.com>
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