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 Aiko Aiko
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 Formating XP 
#5200355 - 01/19/06 08:33 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm trying to format my PC that has XP home on it. I'm trying to set up a dual boot with unix/linux and XP for school. My problem is formating. I dont have a floopy drive to create a start up disk. Is there anyway to do this without purchasing 3rd party software?
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 Re: Formating XP [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#5200474 - 01/19/06 08:57 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Do you have a cd burner? You need some type of boot disk or install disk. The computer needs something loaded to run commands.
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Re: Formating XP [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#5200595 - 01/19/06 09:33 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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What distro of Linux is it?
I currently have 50/50 xp and Ubuntu on my HD
Ubuntu basically sets all this up upon installing it....
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Re: Formating XP [Re: Boom]
#5201693 - 01/20/06 05:16 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Its from a school text book. All it says is Red Hat Academy 7.3. The book says it needs its own partition to operate.
How do I get to a command line from the install disk?
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Re: Formating XP [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#5201740 - 01/20/06 05:45 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Perhaps a silly comment but I'm fairly positive I didn't need a boot disk to format my comp. (XP Pro). I used the CD; and I put my setting so that the CD drive was the first thing read on bootup.
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Re: Formating XP [Re: badchad]
#5201741 - 01/20/06 05:46 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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When I format I buy a whole new comp. Works hella good =P
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Re: Formating XP [Re: mikeownow]
#5201876 - 01/20/06 07:33 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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install XP first, it has a built in partition tool (that sucks) but will get the job done....
may I suggest purchasing a new hard drive?
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Re: Formating XP [Re: blink]
#5203185 - 01/20/06 03:03 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Actually I just found partition magic on sale for $20. It retails for $60. I really didnt want to have to reinstall everything anyway. Thanx for the replies guys.
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Re: Formating XP [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#5203936 - 01/20/06 06:46 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Download a knoppix cd. It has all the tools you will need.
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Re: Formating XP [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#5204066 - 01/20/06 07:29 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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partition magic is nortorious for botched partitioning...be careful.
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Re: Formating XP [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#5204072 - 01/20/06 07:31 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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I used Acronis Disk Director a while back, it worked fine..
ya have to find a torrent or soemthing for it, though... (it's 50 bucks to activate the trial  )
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Re: Formating XP [Re: Boom]
#5213858 - 01/23/06 11:54 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ever heard of FDISK? The only reason you need something fancy is if you want to keep your current XP setup. My distro has FDISK on the boot disk but then again, Redhat is teh gay. Go with Slackware. It's more stable, has better utilities and it's free.
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