Re: 2nd HDD install fails with OS *XP/PRO

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Stefan Z Camilleri wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:08:32 +0100, RedFox8391 <RedFox8391@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


DL,
thanks for your advice, it's very welcome. My HD is a sata one that I bought during a special sale at CompUsa on advice from the local tech who said that it would work ok either as a sata or an ide even if my mobo does not offer a sata connection long as I had the external enclosure with the right connections which I proceeded to get one, the reason to buy this hd was one of savings, with the special pricing and rebate, it cost just $29.99!! fo a 160GB hd. For booting up purposes does not make a difference which hd I use, right???
That cd/dvd from BartPE just allows me to install drivers but does not allow me to boot from it, right?? still does not allow to finish installing the xp-pro OS???
My laptop is a Pentium M, Dothan Centrino 1.7GHZ, 845GM Chipset (?), 1 GB Ram, ATI 9700M-11 128MB Ram, 80GB EIDE HD, about 2 yrs old.
As a solution to my problem with running 2 OS's either different ones or the same, I could reformat the internal hd in 2 partitions (bootable?) and just use the external for storage purposes right? This problem of mine with wanting to have 2 bootable hd's mainly was for the purpose of experimenting with Linux OS's like Ubuntu, see if could learn to work with it and would like to operate it, I have been looking around and I think this is the right time to go into it, what do you think about it??
I'm retired and money is not easily available as you might know, but I would like to get my hands on a older desktop setup, not too old, right? that way I could eliminate all these problems with extra drives that not work to my expectations.

Thanks again,

RedFox

Hi RedFox... sorry for not replying instantly last time but I had gone to sleep by then :) Thankfully DL helped you out.

Well, if the reason for your wanting to have two operating systems is to test ubuntu, then with the specs of your notebook you might be better off running it in a virtual machine. I personally have 6 different linux, redhat and windows installations running on virtual machines, which i just boot up from within windows whenever i want to test software i write on them. They are fast at everything except 3d graphics, plus an added advantage that you can literally work in linux and windows simultaneously.

As for the idea of using the 160hdd as external storage... that is by far the best way to go. I personally in fact have two external sata enclosures, one is my main data drive and the other is a 24hr de-synched backup (i.e. evenings only). This way if something goes bust on my pc, my data is safe... and if i need to take my work on another pc, maybe mine is for repairs or something, i just hook up my external enclosure to some other pc and i can resume.

Also, if you insist on dual booting, then your best way to go is to install ubuntu... don't worry about partitioning, as ubuntu, as from breezy badger onward, will automatically partition your hdd without loosing your data :)

And wow... $29.99 for a 160Gb! That reminds me of when i bought my external enclosure for $10 and found an 80Gb hdd inside.. kept it for a few days, but eventually called the guy and told him.. it was a mistake by the shop! :sigh:

Anyway, I hope I've been of help... for virtualization, i personally recommend vmware :) it's very cheap, and very good

--- Stefan Z Camilleri
- www.szc001.com

Hi Stefan,
I have heard of vitualization but don't know if I can work with that, it's something to do with making an imaginary hd and work from it, right? it goes away after shutting the computer or stay's after that when you reboot? is it *easy** to setup?? is there *docs* somewhere where I can read about setting it up??
I still would like to have a dual boot OS, and yes, I read that Ubuntu or other distro would set itself without too much trouble, but I would have to read more about the installation process to venture in it.
Do you still advise to make the BartPE cd/dvd bootable disk?? I have the
XP-Pro cd and the separate XP-SP2 cd, if I do that, will the BPE setup find both locations and make the right boot disk??

Thanks for thelp,

RedFox
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