How do I remove windows XP from Harddrive?
kenny l asked:
I have my pc set up so it can boot to either windows xp or kubuntu linux, well the windows part screwed up so i’ll have to install it again, but sinse i only have a 60gig HDD I decided to install XP to another spare 60gig HDD that i have, but now i need to find out how to remove windows from my current harddrive and resize my Linux partiton so it fills the whole drive. anyone know how i can do this?
12.5.08how does one boot up from a cd-rom drive on a mac g3?
lymber1 asked:
i know i need to upgrade the machine, but until i do i can’t get the mac to boot up from the cd-rom even when there is a bootable disk..
i have tried holdin down the “c” key but that did not owrk then i tried a couple of times “ctrl-option-shift-delete”
but that did not worked either… i even swapped the cd drive with a known working aopple cd rom drive……just for those who are curious i am installing xubuntu 6.10 or ubuntu for mac 6.06
i know that these os work on a mac cauase i have done it before but i for some reason cannot get this one to work…. it only wants to boot to the harddrive.
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Dual boot xp and linux?
whatever asked:
i have xp already installed on my pc and running!!!!
but i want to have linux (kubuntu or ubuntu) running also on the same harddrive !!
i know i have to partition the hard drive and make room for linux , i tried to install ubuntu and xp but i really did not go far i just got stuck somewhere cause i did not know what to do!!!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!!
tell me in GREAT detail how to dual boot xp and linux!!!
or just give me links that have in GREAT detail that show you how to do this !!
VIDEOS are my number one choice!!!
plz i really want to do this !!!!
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Hard Drive won’t boot but detected by BIOS?
Arnold asked:
I just installed xubuntu to a partition of my hard drive but during installing it took 2 hours and a power failure happened so it shutdown without finishing installation. Now after that I turned on my computer and it does not boot anymore, all the partitions are gone even if i hit f5 and select my boot device the partitions to boot in the harddrive are gone. Then i go to the BIOS and i can still see there the physical hard drive is detected but the problem is i can’t boot even on my Xp windows (it is dual booted OSes). And I connected another physical drive and booted in to windows, now i can see the partitions in the old (corrupted) hard drive are still intact and my old files in the other partitions are still there and i can use the device for storage but still i can not boot from my old OSes there. Is there anyway i can still boot from the ‘corrupted’ hard drive? Is there any settings i must configure?
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Dual boot xp and linux?
whatever asked:
i have xp already installed on my pc and running!!!!
but i want to have linux (kubuntu or ubuntu) running also on the same harddrive !!
i know i have to partition the hard drive and make room for linux , i tried to install ubuntu and xp but i really did not go far i just got stuck somewhere cause i did not know what to do!!!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!!
tell me in GREAT detail how to dual boot xp and linux!!!
or just give me links that have in GREAT detail that show you how to do this !!
VIDEOS are my number one choice!!!
plz i really want to do this !!!!
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IBM Personal Computer 300PL with Xubuntu?
Haha BITCH!!! asked:
I just got an IBM 300PL (Free at a garage sale, I have a better computer) and it as something called Xubuntu…I dont know what that is and how to use it so I want to know how to wipe the harddrive and get it to windows format. Please help me!
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I have dell inspiron 1525 laptop and Ubuntu is pre-installed how to install Windows XP please help?
Suhail N asked:
I have dell inspiron 1525 laptop, it has Ubuntu installed on it. When I try to install Windows XP, it gives an error message “No Harddrive found” please help to resolve this problem.
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Reinstalling linux without losing programs/data?
dnablend asked:
I need to reinstall linux (kubuntu) because there is a problem with the loading sequence. is there a way to keep my files and just reinstall the system files?
The harddrive isnt corrupted I can still use it its just the OS has a problem.
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Disk Read Error, please help?
Jason asked:
Okay heres whats going on…
I have been trying to set up a dual boot with Vista business and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I removed an old harddrive that was IDE and I was only using it as storage for data, nothing replaced it. I have two SATA drives connected and before Windows worked great on one of them. I have been trying to install Windows again, fresh install onto this drive that had windows before. I havent even started with Linux yet.
Windows Vista wont install on it, Windows XP will, but after the install it reboots and tells me Disk Read Error. BIOS shows the drive and its at the top of the list of drives to boot from. Bios is up to date. The harddrive worked fine earlier today, but now it won’t.
The only thing I did was remove the old IDE drive that was for storage, and I moved the drive from SATA 4 slot to SATA 3 slot so that BIOS would choose to boot from this drive first. The drive shows up correctly in BIOS.
What can I do?
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How do you install Ubuntu (Linuux) and is it really a good idea to install it on your PC?
Butterfly Princess asked:
Have the installation cd for Linux/Unbuntu but curious if it will damage my harddrive and it is any good. Any information you can provide me with I would appreciate. Thank you in advance!
Will it delete my windows? How much memory do I need?
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