Linux systemd can be your friend

systemd messes with your mind.  Definitely.  The easy management of /etc/init.d/ files or /etc/rc.d files is easy to grasp; easy to get the mind around a simple ordering of complex events. Replace that with systemd, and the brain wants to revolt. But there are some upsides to this trend.  systemd is smart.  It can do

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How To Clear / Remove the GUID Partition Table (GPT) from a drive

If a drives has a GPT (GUID Parition Table) on it, Windows 7 and Linux will happily use it.  HOWEVER, all of the add-on tools to format a partition on that drive as fat32 (for those that are using large drives) do not understand that partition table type. To clear the GPT entirely from a

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