On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:42 PM, someone <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this is a Linux list, that's why I can talk about Windows 7 > getting in the way of installing Linux on an Asus Eee PC with a 1.6 > Ghz atom processor, 1 gig of ram, 250 GB hard drive, web camera built > in, 14 hour battery life, and well that probably about covers it. > This is the one that costs about $379. > > No media disks provided. I'm having the store inquire about getting them. > My dad's HP laptop has the same problem I found out. If I have to back up > this Windows 7 system using Linux, can I do better than dd'ing the whole > entire drive? I want to dual boot, the hard drive should be big enough. > The trouble is, how do I reinstall the boot loader without installation > media? Do I need to dd copy the first four megs of the drive? Do I copy > certain files off under Linux? The gentoo based system on CD that I have > doesn't boot correctly on this machine, so I can't use a resizing tool :-( > > I wonder if NTFS-3g which I have a full implementation of now is good enough? > I'm about ready to suggest buying another hard drive and popping the Windows 7 > drive out in case the computer has to be taken in for servicing. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Maybe look for a free usb/cd bootable imaging tool? I posted a FOSS one awhile back. As was already mentioned most new laptops and desktops have a hidden partition that is used for system restore. That said, You can look at Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management and it'll show up there usually. Cheers, Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
