I current have Windows XP and am runing Linux Ubuntu from a live cd, how do i get a boot menu to select an OS on startup. I do not want to reinstall.
I want to install UBUNTU on my computer without messing up windows.
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Which version of Linux is best?
It has to be run from a live CD or flash drive, unless you can tell me how to get an OS boot menu without messing up windows xp. I currently have Knoppix.
Today is the first time i have ever used Linux, I have herd alot of good and bad things, so i decided to try it for my self. So far i am amazed at its speed and stabality.
now im using UBUNTU, its great, takes a fue menits to get wsed to the color of it but then its great and easy on the eys.
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Tagged boot, boot menu, drive, flash drive, knoppix, Linux, menu, os boot, version, windows xp
recover gpt protective partition?
I added an ntfs partition to my external hard drive from a puplinux live cd, and then I added some files to the original partition (which i have been using for months) on my mac system, and now windows xp doesn’t display the drive in control panel, and in the drive management menu it identifies the drive as entirely a GPT protective partition. I can still use the drive normally in os x and linux. I tried deleting the new partition, which didn’t seem to help.
Is there anyway I can get my drive to work in xp again without data loss?
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Tagged control, control panel, drive, external hard drive, gpt, Linux, Mac, mac system, management, management menu, menu, ntfs partition, os x, panel, partition, puplinux, system, windows xp
Ubuntu installer, pressing enter does nothing?
I have a Ubuntu live cd and I have installed it successfully on 2 computers, yet it won’t install on this one. When I get to the cd boot menu I have “try without installing”, “install” etc. Clicking enter on any option causes the cd to whirr for a second and the harddrive to light up momentarily. Then…nothing. I can move up and down the menu again and enter still does nothing. I have puppy linux running on this (from a cd) fine. Any tips?
Thanks David, I would do that except this laptop refuses to boot from usb ;/ Many attempts have failed.
Problems with Compaq Presario c300 laptop?
My girlfriend’s laptop has been experiencing some issues. It BSoD’d her, crashed, and kept auto-restarting to the boot choices menu. No matter what option was picked, it would just auto-restart to the menu after the Windows splash screen. She doesn’t have an XP cd, since they don’t usually come with HP laptops. We tried the built in recovery, but it crashed in the middle of repartitioning the hard drive, and now each time it is booted up, it can get to BIOS and boot settings, but after that, the error message that Windows root/system32@/hal.dll is corrupted or missing and needs replaced. Well, we can’t do much to it without the XP cd. Almost every solution online requires the disc. No other machine to hook it up to. No extra hd. Any help or ideas? I thought about recovery LiveCD’s and smaller Linux distros/utilities, but since I don’t live close by, I need something she can learn to do on her own(she isn’t very computer savvy).
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Tagged boot, bsod, choices, Compaq, compaq presario, compaq presario c300, distros, error message, girlfriend, hal dll, Hard Drive, hd, hp, hp laptops, Laptop, Linux, menu, Presario, problems, recovery, windows, windows root, windows splash screen