Saturday, July 21, 2012

It looks like you're trying to destroy your file system. Would you like some help?

Reader Ed Skinner left a hilarious comment to my whiny post about Windows OS silliness, suggesting a simple command would fix my problems:
rm -rf C:\
Alas, this is a Unix/Linux command, and so foreign to the Windows command set.  Fortunately, Microsoft® Ease-Of-Use™ innovations provide the solution!


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Best to go with that last option. When I first tried Linux, I ran dual boot for a while. Once I realized just how powerful Linux actually is I nuked that NTFS partition and haven't looked back.

ASM826 said...

A linux boot disk will get that command working if you're having trouble clearing the Windoz partitions.

Anonymous said...

If all else fails, "format c:\" is a tried-and-true solution...

kx59 said...

Anonymous beat me to it.
He forgot, click Start, then Run, type in "CMD", and let 'er rip.
Or, I offer an analog equivalent.
Close your laptop, unplug the power chord and your mouse, if you have one, lift the computer in both hands and perform a perfect three point shot through the kitchen door opening onto the hard ceramic tile floor.
I've tested this personally. I know it works quite well.

SiGraybeard said...

I don't know if it's widespread, but I can't see any graphic there, just a very distorted "Hotlinking disabled! Check out imagenerator.net" I'm assuming you can see it and we can't.

Borepatch said...

Graybeard, I see it too. I'd redo the Clippy, but it's rather a pain in the tail end.

All in all, I think I'm a lot less likely to use that particular site. It would have been nice if they're put up a "Please don't hotlink" banner.

Anonymous said...

kx59: When I started programming there was only the DOS prompt, so there was no need to do the "Start/Run/cmd" shuffle first...

Good times, good times...