Re: Can XP Pro CD be used to Repair Install an XP Home machine?
From: Joseph K. (nihil_at_none.com)
Date: 09/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:39:31 -0200
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:49:07 -0700, Malke <malke@nospoonnotreally.com>
wrote:
>Joseph K. wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks Malke. No i don't have another box running under GNU/Linux. I
>> meant to say that if the OS from the Knoppix distro will see my Win XP
>> files in the troubled machine, then
>> 1) i can forget about repairing Win XP in the troubled machine,
>> 2) turn it into a GNU/Linux one for good and
>> 3) move the Win XP files through network methods to one of my other
>> machines that run under Win XP.
>> It is like turning this problem into an opportunity to work with the
>> GNU/Linux OS, at least in the box that is now down.
>> Do you think this sounds like a viable course of action?
>> Cheers
>> Joseph K.
>
>It all depends on what you do with your computer and what applications
>you need to run what operating system you install. I'm not one of those
>people who consider operating systems a religion. I have lots of
>computers running every Windows operating system except ME (yes, I have
>an old laptop running DOS!), and I use SuSE 9.1 Pro on my own laptop
>and desktop, and XP Pro on another desktop that I use. My boys have
>desktops running XP Pro because they are gamers.
>
>You won't be able to copy files with Knoppix to any other computer that
>is formatted NTFS. If you have another working computer that has a
>FAT32 partition, then you can. There is only experimental, limited
>support in Linux to write to NTFS partitions. I personally would not do
>it. It is different if you have Samba set up and a real network with
>proper shares because the authentication is there. Here's what I would
>do in your case:
>
>Buy a cd-rw drive. They are less than $50usd and really you want to be
>able to back up your data regularly anyway regardless of your operating
>system. Install the drive in your computer. Boot with Knoppix and burn
>your data to cd-r using k3b. Then you can decide what you want to do,
>either clean install XP, do a dual-boot, or experiment with Linux. Do
>some reading before plunging into Linux - it is quite different from
>Windows. My personal preference is SuSE, but it is not free. You can
>download a "Live CD Evaluation" from them, or you can try something
>like Mandrake. Knoppix is a Debian-based distro, which is also very
>nice.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Malke
Thanks again. I think i will go for the Debian distro. There is
variant (Quantian, dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html) that
is of particular interest to me.
I have one last question. The troubled machine has an encrypted
container (Bestcrypt) of 5 gb. Do you think it is possible to open
this container or to split it in order to save it to CD?
Cheers
Jopseh K.
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