One-liners of PC configuration wisdom

Last modified: Sun Jun 2 10:24:41 EDT 2019

The only way to deal with Microsoft Windows is disk imaging.
Never let a Microsoft install disk partition your hard drive. *
If Windows asks an obscure question, the correct answer is always NO!
Never trust Cable Select. **
Archive all downloaded drivers and applications.
If there's a firmware update available, flash it.
Hard drive significantly newer than BIOS is bad juju.
In BIOS setup, "Legacy" is usually a good thing.
If pin 20 of an IDE header gets in the way, remove it.
There is no such thing as a free PC.

* Unless you are installing DOS.

** Unless it's one of those WD drives that become unresponsive when they are jumpered as Master.