Re: Reinstallation of XP

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Daave typed on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:11:24 -0400:
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Mark Adams typed on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:11:01 -0700:
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Malke typed on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:06:35 -0700:
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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.

But I'm sure it wouldn't fail if the build was the same (the way it
is *supposed* to be done.)

And that's for imaging. And with cloning, there is no restoration
necessary.

Well even though Acronis True Image is normally a fine product. The
list I listed were problems I personally had so far. But Acronis True
Image isn't perfect. As Google will show you that many people (ok
some) has had less than 100% perfect results.

That is why it is important to use the same build for imaging *and*
restoring

*and*

to validate the archive.

Google searches no doubt reflect those who did it wrong! Examples:

- using a different build to restore (something you said that you
yourself did!)

- neglecting to validate the archive

- backing up to a faulty drive

Nothing is perfect, true. That doesn't mean one should live in fear,
though... :-)

Oh that isn't so! Acronis True Image for example had problems with
restoring if there was even one bad sector and it would refuse to
restore. Ghost never had a problem here. I see v12 of Acronis True Image
has an ignore bad sector toggle. So maybe this problem is now gone.

And all of you have to do is to search for "Acronis True Image failed to
restore" and I get over a half of a million hits. Lots of them fail to
restore from an USB hard drive.

--
Bill
Windows XP SP2 (5.1.2600)
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC


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