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How to install Linux into a existing spare partition?

Posted on May 23, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

I am trying to install Linux Ubuntu 7.10 in to a spare partition (drive d) in my laptop. There if 30GB free in dat partition and nothing else saved. However during Ubuntu installation, the Partition part, it would let select the drive and only allows me to use the entire hard drive, I’m not sure wat to do in manual partition manager either. (Live CD) Can anyone tell me a way of installing Ubuntu onto the spare partition without affecting the other partition at all.

The spare partition is ntfs format.
I trying to dual boot with XP Home Edition SP2.

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How to restore F3 boot option from Symantec Ghost?

Posted on July 28, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

I have MSI Megabook S270 running on Windows XP (OEM). I recently installed Windows 7 Release Candidate on drive D (Windows XP is on drive C). It turns out that I don’t like Seven. Now I want to restore everything, but it seems the F3 options from Symantec Ghost (right after BIOS-boot) doesn’t come out. I already checked the partition with Active Partition Manager that the recovery partition (drive 1) is still there. And I also checked with Puppy Linux OS Live (running on CD) that the partition is accessible. I don’t know whether the recovery data is incomplete or not.
I don’t have a recovery CD/DVD, the notebook came to me only with DC adapter, nothing else.

My question is: how to restore the F3 option. I want to restore Windows XP to the original manufacturer setting.

Thank you so much…

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How to restore F3 boot option from Symantec Ghost?

Posted on July 28, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

I have MSI Megabook S270 running on Windows XP (OEM). I recently installed Windows 7 Release Candidate on drive D (Windows XP is on drive C). It turns out that I don’t like Seven. Now I want to restore everything, but it seems the F3 options from Symantec Ghost (right after BIOS-boot) doesn’t come out. I already checked the partition with Active Partition Manager that the recovery partition (drive 1) is still there. And I also checked with Puppy Linux OS Live (running on CD) that the partition is accessible. I don’t know whether the recovery data is incomplete or not.
I don’t have a recovery CD/DVD, the notebook came to me only with DC adapter, nothing else.

My question is: how to restore the F3 option. I want to restore Windows XP to the original manufacturer setting.

Thank you so much…

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Linux installation problem… Partition manager empty during setup?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I tried installing Various versions of linux on my PC. The live CD runs but when i try to install them, the partition manager is blank, does not show any drives & the setup up does not continue…
I also tried installing by leaving 10 GB of my hard disk space unused, but had the same problem.
i ve tried ubuntu 9.04, linux mint, solaris… but all have the same problem.
Please help me install linux
My system config is:

1) Intel Pentium 4 processor, 3.06Ghz
2) 1.5GB DDR2 SD RAM
3) 80GB HD

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How to install Linux into a existing spare partition?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I am trying to install Linux Ubuntu 7.10 in to a spare partition (drive d) in my laptop. There if 30GB free in dat partition and nothing else saved. However during Ubuntu installation, the Partition part, it would let select the drive and only allows me to use the entire hard drive, I’m not sure wat to do in manual partition manager either. (Live CD) Can anyone tell me a way of installing Ubuntu onto the spare partition without affecting the other partition at all.

The spare partition is ntfs format.
I trying to dual boot with XP Home Edition SP2.

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