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re-install xp problems?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

Ok, I have an hp pavillion dv1000 and I was running Ubuntu (for a C programming class I was taking). Afterwards I wanted to switch back to Windows XP Pro. I used DBAN to wipe the drive clean. Afterwards I booted from the cd drive with the xp disc. Everything loaded and then when it said to press enter to continue with the installation, I got an error saying “setup did not find any hard disk installed”. I don’t understand this, when I run a Linux live cd I can view and access the hard drive, but the XP disc can’t find it. I’m planning on updating to Vista in the next few days anyways but I wanted to know what’s going on….and btw does anybody know if the same problem exists with Vista?

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Tagged c programming, cd drive, class, DBAN, disc, drive, everything, few days, hard disk, Hard Drive, hp, hp pavillion dv1000, Linux, Linux Live CDs, Pavillion, programming, programming class, Ubuntu, vista, windows, windows xp

How can i remove grub and get a linux live CD to boot?

Posted on July 6, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I installed Linux Mint on my laptop (a toshiba satellite a105) and it worked fine. However after a few days i came to the conclusion that it just wasnt the operating system i wanted to use. I downloaded and burnt a live CD of openSUSE, but when i tried to use it my computer always booted directly to Linux Mint. I changed the BIOS to boot from the CD ROM, but that didnt do anything. I held down F12 and chose to boot from CD, and that didnt work either, it just goes right to mint. So using Parted Magic i deleted the partition in hopes that with Linux Mint gone i could boot from a live CD. Now when i try to boot from any CD, it goes to grub and begins loading, but then says error 22 and then i’m stuck. Is there any way to get rid of grub, or any way to get this live CD to boot, because as of now i have no operating system.

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Tagged BIOS, cd rom, conclusion, few days, grub, Laptop, Linux, Linux Live CDs, Magic, Mint, opensuse, operating-system, partition, toshiba, toshiba satellite, toshiba satellite a105

Is it ok to leave a live CD running?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by admin| 5 Comments

I don’t want to turn of an hp laptop with1gb memory hooked up to an ac adapter, since it has no hard drive and must run from a live CD, and i already have the configuration I want (in case you’re wondering, it’s Linux Mint Daryna). But I don’t know if overheating would be cause for alarm. I’m not talking about a few hours. I’m talking about a few days (maybe tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night, and maybe the next day). But if it’s a bad idea to even leave it running overnight, then I kind of don’t want to to do that.

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Tagged ac adapter, adapter, bad idea, Case, configuration, drive, few days, Hard Drive, hp, hp laptop, Laptop, Linux, memory, Mint, tomorrow, tomorrow night, tomorrow tomorrow, turn