Re: Reinstallation of XP

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Daave typed on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:39:22 -0400:
BillW50 wrote:
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Mark Adams typed on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:57:02 -0700:
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Mark Adams typed on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:11:01 -0700:
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philo typed on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:10:17 -0500:
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Malke typed on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:06:35 -0700:
BillW50 wrote:

No, there is a bug with the XP install disc. It goes blank
screen and freezes if the active partition is Linux.
Windows 7 install disc is okay and works fine. Which can
be used to remove the Linux partition and then you can
install XP.
That's ridiculous. I've installed XP many times on hard
drives which used to hold Linux. As philo said, the OP
should be able to boot from the CD and install Windows with
no problem. Since he can't do this from either an XP CD or
from the IBM recovery CDs, something is probably wrong with
his drive.
I don't care what you or I have done. Just do a Google search
and learn many people are having the same problem as the OP.
Are you calling them liars?
Rubbish

nothing to do with Linux being on the drive

Nonsense! Not all Linux distros are created equal. Some
disallows XP from being installed.

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-29081-how-to-format-linux-and-install-xp



I read the thread and the poster did not seem to know what he
was doing...or... who knows maybe had a H/W problem

However just to confirm
I took my machine that has Ubuntu installed on it
and used an XP disc to bootup to the installer just fine.

I have seen machines balk when booting from an XP cd
and the problem was always due to a hardware problem

ROTFL! Ubuntu is only one Linux distro. Have you tried the likes
of Fedora yet? By the way, try Ubuntu Live and convert it with
UNetbootin to boot from a flash drive. Then just boot and don't
touch your XP partition at all. And you have iBand (from US
Robotics - free) installed. Your XP will be toasted and
unbootable. Just the background and no taskbar. This isn't
supposed to happen either, but it does.

I don't believe this. Tell me what version of Linnux does this and
where to get it. I'll download it and test it myself. By the way,
if you read the thread you posted, the issue was with fdisk.
Anybody use that for XP? I don't.

Test machine:

Asus EeePC 702 8G SSD with 2GB of RAM
Windows XP SP2 (EeePC OEM version)

Ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso
unetbootin-windows-299.exe (convert iso to USB flash drive)


Are these boot disk applications, or can they be installed and run
from the hard drive? I have run Knoppix disks on several Windows
machines and have never had trouble with Knoppix screwing up the
Windows install. I also have never heard of a Windows install CD NOT
being able delete and recreate the partitions for a clean install.
My Home Upgrade and MCE disks as well as pirated versions of XP Pro
and 64 bit (for testing purposes only :-) disks have never failed to
partition and format the drive. Unless the hard drive had issues. If
I can get to it this week to test, I'll post back. Don't hold your
breath.

That Ubuntu version should boot on any computer. I just tried it on
this Gateway and it booted. I removed the Windows drive though. As
I won't allow on Linux system see any Windows OS after being burned
three times by Ubuntu. I never had a problem with Puppy Linux, but
I don't trust any Linux distros anymore to be honest with you.

Don't forget to install iBand from US Robotics (free) and running on
the Taskbar. And once Ubuntu screws up your XP system, you can
temporary get XP bootable again by renaming iband.dll to something
else and it will boot normally again. But don't trust this XP
anymore. As it will be flaky from this point on. Restore it to an
earlier backup.
Yes unetbootin-windows-299.exe, runs under Windows from a hard drive.
It takes a Linux iso and formats and copies the iso to a flash drive
(instead of using CDs). I use a 1GB flash drive. I am not sure how
large or small the flash drive needs to be. Whatever size the iso is
for the smallest up to 4GB for the largest would be my guess.

I can do some more testing here if you would like. Like seeing if
this happens from a burned CD as well. Although I am not really fond
of allowing Linux to screw up working versions of Windows XP. <sigh>

That is why regular imaging or cloning is a must for whenever people
test. All "screwups" can get reversed. :-)

It's nice when it works! Although it doesn't always work. <sigh>

Acronis True Image failed me if the build is different than the backup
build.

Ghost failed me with Xandros Linux.

Paragon failed me with BCD boot drives.

BartPE/A43 broke MS Works v9 from launching.

And I am sure there are others that failed. And I often find that it is
really handy to have spare hard drives around and to restore to a spare
first before testing it on the real thing. That way if the spare fails
to work, you still have the working original before you do something
silly like test something. Better yet, do your testing on the spare
drive. So if something goes wrong, it is perfectly ok. <grin>

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2


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