Re: Clean Microsoft FROM NETBSD

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

I should have told you that MS in on a
Solid State / SD drive (no platter)

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> COOOl -- now I have something to play with.
>
> If I could save the computer from Mister Soft...
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 6:33 PM <yancm%sdf.org@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > > I want to  to clean out  crap that Microsoft forces on
> > > that drive.
> > >
> > > MS Windows   want to stop me from "Uninstall" stuff that they
> > > installed...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Can this be done with NetBSD?
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 6:12 PM Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 02:05:23PM +0000, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > >> > SOOOO -- not do-able?
> > >>
> > >> What is the exact question? I can't parse the request.
> >
> > Hi Todd,
> >
> > If all you want to do is mount a Windows hard drive and delete files,
> > yes, you possibly can do this with NetBSD, but this is not an intended
> > case and seems a lot of effort.
> >
> > In the past, for various reasons, I've used https://www.hirensbootcd.org/
> > for windows disk manipulation and failing windows disk repair...ymmv
> >
> > If you want a complete solution to delete software packages in
> > windows, there are lot's of tools, google is your friend. And if
> > this is your ask, I would say NetBSD would be a poor choice, but
> > still may be possible with some months of effort.
> >
> > --gene
> >
> >