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Re: Still wittering on.....
04-04-2009 6:53 PM
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Re: Still wittering on.....
04-04-2009 6:59 PM
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Also, if I get it all up and running properly, do I get promoted to the penguin ranks?
Re: Still wittering on.....
04-04-2009 8:07 PM
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PS Changed my Sig Pic, Keep it under Control
Re: Still wittering on.....
04-04-2009 8:12 PM
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04-04-2009 8:17 PM
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04-04-2009 9:45 PM
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Quote from: poppy Sounds simple enough - should I do something about saving the Windows installation to DVD in case I wanted to reinstall it (if there is no disc)? If so, what's the best way of doing this?
Also, if I get it all up and running properly, do I get promoted to the penguin ranks?
I think it unlikely you will want to reinstall Windows to be honest! If you were to reinstall Windows it would rewite the master Boot Record and prevent access to Linux anyway, although this can be fixed. If you are at all worried about losing Windows then just keep it on a small partition. When you get your lappy, first boot into Windows, uninstall any software you don't want, do a cleanup with something like CCleaner, then defrag. Then install Linux. Tell the installer you want to keep the Windows partition fairly small, say 10G, but depends how big the drive is. It will install a boot manager that will give you the choice of whether to boot into Linux or Windows, but it will boot into Linux automatically if you leave it for a few seconds.
Re: Still wittering on.....
05-04-2009 4:46 PM
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05-04-2009 6:28 PM
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06-04-2009 10:08 AM
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Try out the latest Mepis live CD, AFAIK it comes with Firefox and uses the KDE desktop base of Kubuntu.
Re: Still wittering on.....
06-04-2009 6:11 PM
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When you install whichever distro you decide on be sure to put your /home directory on a seperate partition then when/if you come to try a different distro your personal settings and data will stay intact.
Cheers
Jon
Re: Still wittering on.....
11-04-2009 2:03 PM
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Have bought a new but refurbished laptop with a 160GB hard drive - Vista HB is installed on a single partition and I have the operating system recovery DVD.
What to do next? My initial thought was to reformat entirely with Kubuntu but if I did this would I be able to reinstall it from the recovery DVD if I wanted to? Alternatively, would it be better to create a small a partition as possible for the Vista installation and allocate the rest to Linux?
I have never done this before so need guidance, step by step and easy to understand.
I bought the laptop specifically for Linux so don't mind reformatting and wiping Vista but would like the option to go back as a fail-safe. Won't do anything until I have had some opinions.
Re: Still wittering on.....
11-04-2009 3:32 PM
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The last time I bought a PC with a recovery disk it was a disk image and repartitioning then trying to install in one partition I found that it wiped all my nice new partitions out and put everything in one partition again.
If that is the case you would need something like Acronis and backup the disk to an external drive or a DVD then restore with the partitions setup you want
Re: Still wittering on.....
11-04-2009 3:40 PM
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The more I think about it, I believe it would make more sense to partition it, particularly as it is quite small as I haven't put anything on it apart from anti-virus and some updates. There is then loads of room for the Linux.
Re: Still wittering on.....
11-04-2009 5:00 PM
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11-04-2009 5:34 PM
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Never done it before so will do a defrag and have a go with fingers crossed.
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