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Edit Post #281878 Initial revision over 3 years ago
Answer A: Is it wise to delete C: (containing Program Files) on an old hard drive, to create space to backup more files?
Your 'new' system should be using different drive letters for the old drive. That said - presuming you have backed up the old hard drive (and don't forget your desktop and such, which are typically on C:) - there's little value in the installation and program folders. Personally,if you have a users f...
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Edit Post #281841 Initial revision over 3 years ago
Answer A: Why do you need virtual machines in these examples?
Well - all these examples essentially are ways to spread out utilisation of "work" between PCs. To start with - "Cloud" servers essentially are VMs, running on managed hardware. While in many cases the 'details' are abstracted away from developers, they run many of the same OSes and systems that a...
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over 3 years ago