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I have a c drive and a d drive...the only thing on my d drive is My Documents...can I move this folder and all of its contents to my c drive and format the d drive so I can install Windows 7 on it and dual boot xp from c and windows 7 from d drive?
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To change.
The Windows bootloader should ask you what OS you want to use at boot time.
Want with it.
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What are the best options that allow running a Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu inside Windows XP, ie within a window?
By "best" I mean quick startup time, low memory requirement, good graphical performance, easy access to the main (host) Window XP ...
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Free, and works nicely which is what Microsoft ....
However, the boot on installing Windows XP on a Xen VM
I'm currently using virtualBox .
Sometimes keep the Windows in hibernate and do this.
And a USB Booting Linux .
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I have an acer aspire laptop running Windows XP home.
I believe I have some virus on it, I'm not sure--I mostly just run linux in a VM on it so I wasn't too worried. I'm not sure if that virus caused this problem.
The laptop wasn't recognizing my USB ...
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If you can boot....
Then you can format the drive and reinstall windows if you need to without worrying about losing anything.
Boot from the CD and copy off all the data you need.
I would suggest burning a live linux cd such as knoppix .
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To start off, I am strictly a Windows user. I've used a Mac, and especially never used Linux before. However, I would like to learn more about Linux in general, and I figured the best way to do this is to dual boot Windows XP, but I've got a few questions...
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But then again, if you with the list of options for ... .
I would recommend Ubuntu if you want some-thing user friendly .
WUBI will install Ubuntu just like any other Windows you dual boot.
Your Windows data right inside the installer.
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Hello
I have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Prem 32 bit.
I was wondering if i can install Win XP on to an External HD (USB) and boot from that? Is this possible and easy to do?
I've seen plenty of posts about dual booting with one HD and 2 OS but what about...
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Alternatively, you could press the associated keyboard shortcut to reveal the boot....
Note, however, that your BIOS must support booting from USB devices and that the boot order should have USB precede HDD devices.
Yes, it is possible.
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So i have this very strange problem, that i've been dealing with for the past 2 months and finally decided to ask you guys to help me. thing is I got windows xp on drive c: installed on my laptop and when I bought this laptop i used partition magic and...
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That will require that a program execute a script on boot partitions, format....
That means i have to install windows xp 1st or im not able to boot to windows 7, meaning that you not partition from Windows.
S setup.
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How is booting in to Windows in safe mode different from a normal boot?
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In Windows XP, Safe Mode "uses a minimal set of device drivers and services to start Windows article has more detail about boot options as implemented in Windows 2000: httpMy understanding is that it loads only....
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Hi.
I made a working computer out of two old 2005 and 1999 computers, just for the sake of it. The computer works fine, and the first time I connected XP's hard drive it loaded fully. Then I connected 95's hard drive - the GUI throws a protection error...
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I've never tried booting three different hard drives, so OR Windows 98, because....
Click them and pick your OS from the boot menu.
By itsel.f
Then, boot XP and go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System.
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I'm planning to install Linux on a computer that is currently running Windows Vista. Vista needs to remain functional after the install. I've been reading and it sounds like Microsoft changed the way Vista boots compared to previous versions of Windows...
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Another alternative on a Windows machine....
Both options are easier alternatives to installing Windows and Linux to dual boot that will handle the partitioning and install the boot loader for you (I recommend Ubuntu ).
Machine.
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Hi,
I've just installed Win7 on my laptop and it is dual-booting with my Windows XP.
I just realized that I should have added more space to Win7 as I will slowly abandon XP.
My question is: Is it safe to resize the partitions (currently there's a single...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Also it's worth defragmenting your xp partition.
It's reasonably safe but you are best taking a backup first .
You might lose some of files in XP, so just back it up, otherwise, you should be fine.
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