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Thanks for the information! .... john

Hi etcetera, Thanks for the information. Yes, I guess an SSD is more like a flash drive; although I think of it as a hard drive. ..... john

OK. I won't take the hammer to it ...... yet. It's actually working .... well, somewhat OK. You have to remember that my expectations are low; after all my main computer (desktop) is an OLD Comaq running Windows 7. The only thing saving it is that the hard drive is an SSD, so it boots up in...

Hi All, Well, after mutiiple re-intallations on the Acer machine, and boot times in the 5 minute plus range, I decided to try the same slow HDD (5400 rpm SATA) in my Latititude E5410, and, it works fairly well now, after changing to UEFI and using the recovery mode to repair broken...

Yes indeed. I can testify to the slow boot time of the Hitchi. It's a bear! I normally only use these to closn my Windows 7, in case the wheels come off and I need a rescue disk. I still use an old Lazesoft Recovery CD for that; but I doubt if it will work for backing up Linux, since it's based...

OK .... thanks. ...... john

Hi, It looks like I can get my hands on an ssd fairly cheaply. 2.5" SATA SSD 120GB / 128GB $12 or mSATA SSD 120GB / 128GB $20 or M.2 NVME SSD 120GB /128GB $12 Presumably the more expensive one is the better one. Which one would do the job AND be compatible with the Acer 5734Z I looked up...

Can I post the result here? It doesn't mean much to me. ...... john

Hi KG, It became quite simple, once we decided to not run it beside Windows. I'm finding it a little slow to load, probably because of the age of my system (It hangs about a minute on the LM logo.); but Windows intallations were also slow for a while, so it will probably iron itself out...

Thanks. .....john

Hi again, I found the problem, it was the DVD disk. After creating a boot flash drive, with balenaEtcher, everything ran smoothly. The difference in speed between the DVD and flash drive was considerable, even using a very old flash drive. .... john

I attempted to install Linux, but ran into problems. The first was "UBI-partman crashed". It how ever allowed me to skip this and continue. Then it could not find "Getting the time from a network time server" Then it crapped out about 2/3 of the way through the file copying process, with a...

Hi KG, No, I haven't yet installed it. I'm working on something else right now, but should get to it next week. I have 6 GB of ram, so hopefully that will do for now. I do have an HDD on this system, and will see how that works in the short term. I know an SSD will make a big...

YES!!

Hi again, I checked out the specs on the Acer 5734Z. It say "Intel 64 Technology". So, I'm assuming it's 64 bit, contrary to the computer's 'computer properties' page which say 32 bit. I loaded Linux Cinnamon 21.3 into it, in compatability mode, and it runs fine, so whom ever said it...