On Mon, 22 May 2006 10:35:49 -0700 "SigSolutions, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll be a little more succinct .. > > 1) load mandriva > > 2) boot mandriva > > 3) HARD disk spins and spins and spins .. (during this time you can do > things but the disc spins and spins and spins .. ) > > I had expected problems with the wireless myself and there are lots of > posts about it and can be worked through .. The HD problem could > probably be worked through with enough work. > > I just didn't have time to tweak a lot of bits .. you will note that > my original post, and even those after (except for the type bit) did > not and does not put down Linux or Mandriva. (well probably the > 'world works on .. ') > > I asked a question on how to uninstall mandriva .. seemed pretty > simple to me .. but there you go > > thanks > > > On 5/22/06, Eric Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 22 May 2006 11:59, SigSolutions, Inc. wrote: > > > > > > > > Load mandriva and the disk spins and spins and spins .. the wireless > > > > This line must be inaccurate or misleading. If it just spins and spins how > > do > > you know the wireless doesn't work? It must have stopped spinning at some > > point and installed Mandriva. Right? > > > > Wireless stuff can be a problem. The problem is simply that the > > manufacturers > > don't create drivers for linux. You can try Ndiswrapper as an alternative. > > If > > you've been using Windows for awhile drivers were a problem for windows > > hardware also. They have whole websites just to help users find drivers. > > > > Although I haven't had problems with XP I did have problems with hardware > > with > > earlier versions of windows even though the docs said it was supposed to > > work. Ok, stepping in very late here, at no point have you told us which version of Mandriva you installed, you've told us neither your hardware configuration nor where you obtained the installation media. However. I think you also want to recover the hard disk space which was assigned to Linux by the install, am I correct? There are _at least_ 3 methods to do this. Method 1: Obtain Partition Magic or some similar hard disk partition manager. Use that utility to remove the Linux partitions and then resize your Windows to take up the entire disk space. Method 2: Using the partition manager above change all the linux assigned partitions to NTFS or what ever, and format them. This may give you a number of different drives: EG "D" "E" "F" etc AND shift and CDroms you have as well. Method 3: Backup all data files from XP and reinstall John ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
