omg resizing bigass partitions takes forever lmao

oh well totes worth it

omg i copied windows to the usb and tried to safely eject it and now it's just like stuck saying "don't unplug yet! files are still being transferred" even tho it finished copying already

nvm lmao the moment i posted this it finished

i need to be more patient

WHAT THE FUCK

i copied the windows installation disk files to an exfat usb

as per this guide https://itsfoss.com/bootable-windows-usb-linux/

but it won't boot

i'm gonna try the fancier option, ventoy

and hopefully that'll work

i'm starting to get frustrated lol

sooooooooo much hype in the pipe

I TRIED VENTOY AND IT STILL ISN'T WORKING

secure boot is OFF ALREADY

i'm gonna try MBR instead of GPT and see if that helps

actually wait

i can't remember which i used last time... ugh

okay THIS TIME i'm trying MBR...

idk wtf to do

it still isn't booting

gonna try turning secure boot on

that didn't work ☹

maybe i could just make a bit more space on the external SSD

and copy eeeeeverything from my laptop's internal storage to that

then wipe it completely and install windows first then manjaro that way

but I'D HAVE TO GET THE FUCKING WINDOWS USB TO BOOT FIRST

i'm gonna try "woe usb" next

it's appropriately named

wow

that did the trick

installing windows now hell yeah

i've never been so goddamn happy to see the windows logo before

oh my god windows 10 just isn't recognizing any networking shit even when plugged into ethernet

i downloaded the drivers manually but now the windows 10 shit won't recognize the USB they're on

and i can't boot back into linux now either lol

okay i can still use my external ssd to copy the drivers over so i did

restarting now hope they fuckin work lol

i have it all nearly working

i feel empty

i can't connect to the wifi from windows for some reason

like it shows every other network but this one

so for the meantime, ethernet

i figure DD has to do some stuff with it once they wake up since it's 5ghz lol

also ugh the ps3 controller worked on linux but not windows lmao

it's cool tho i have an xbox one controller lol

oh and now the mouse isn't working...

well if my mouse worked before it certainly doesn't now... oops ugh

i'm trying very hard to not take this piece of shit mouse into the parking lot and just hit it with a hammer

i already uhh smashed it against the table really hard so

yeah we've reached the Anger And Breaking Shit stage of Vanta Attempts Computers

there's no weed either

and even if there was the torch is broken

the fucked up thing is it was probably a software error and i had no goddamn reason to destroy this mouse

okay i had a moderate amount of weed

i'm no longer mouse-shatteringly pissed lol

i feel fine

DD let me borrow their old mouse

everything's gonna be okay i just gotta remember to step back and chill

turns out

i've been having such ridiculous issues

bc i tried installing a copy of windows 10 that i Totally Paid For in 2016

it's old as fuck all the drivers are fucked

i'm just gonna Totally Purchase windows again, and get a recent version this time

so ugh it's my own fault i've been so frustrated

i'm setting it to download while we're at the weed store

when we get back i'll have some and be in the right headspace to deal with this shit

idk why i thought a version of windows 10 from SIX YEARS AGO would be good but

it didn't even cross my mind that maybe i should go for something more recent

see what i mean? tech shit is painful for me bc i always make dipshit assumptions without even realizing it

wow this will finish Totally Legitimately Downloading before we even leave lol