Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
There is a key to press at boot time, different from the key to load the bios setup routine, that takes you directly to the motherboard's boot manager and nothing else. The screen is simple: use up/down-arrow to select the device to boot from and press enter. Doesn't change the data stored in CMOS RAM at all. Performs the same function as a software boot manager. Fred Holmes At 07:36 PM 3/6/2008, John covici wrote: This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and change things around and I am not even sure I could do this. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Fred Holmes([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote With today's cheap hard drives, etc., why not make it easy and put the Windows stuff on a separate hard drive, and use the motherboard's boot manager to select which device to boot from? At 05:34 PM 3/6/2008, John covici wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux a
Not asking you to change the _default_ boot sequence. Use the motherboard's boot manager to select the boot device when you want to boot from a device that is different from the default device. On my fairly recent Dell, one presses F12 to activate the boot manager (as distinct from pressing F2 to activate the BIOS setup routine). Fred Holmes At 09:49 PM 3/6/2008, John covici wrote: I thought you were asking me to put windows on a new drive and then change the boot sequence? It would be much easier to find an answer to my original question, if its possible at all. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Tom Piwowar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and change things around and I am not even sure I could do this. What do you think you would need to change? A modern BIOS will detect the drive change at restart and put you in the BIOS setup screen. That screen will autodetect the new drives specs so you have nothing to set. You just confirm the change by pressing the screen's save buton. Is this too hard? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
Is the NTFS partition set as active? Unless it is set as active Windows will not see it at boot up. Stewart At 04:34 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
I tried setting the ntfs partition as active, but it made no difference. Windows always sees the partition, it just does not like it for some reason. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Rev. Stewart Marshall([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Is the NTFS partition set as active? Unless it is set as active Windows will not see it at boot up. Stewart At 04:34 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
With today's cheap hard drives, etc., why not make it easy and put the Windows stuff on a separate hard drive, and use the motherboard's boot manager to select which device to boot from? At 05:34 PM 3/6/2008, John covici wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and change things around and I am not even sure I could do this. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Fred Holmes([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote With today's cheap hard drives, etc., why not make it easy and put the Windows stuff on a separate hard drive, and use the motherboard's boot manager to select which device to boot from? At 05:34 PM 3/6/2008, John covici wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux a
This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and change things around and I am not even sure I could do this. What do you think you would need to change? A modern BIOS will detect the drive change at restart and put you in the BIOS setup screen. That screen will autodetect the new drives specs so you have nothing to set. You just confirm the change by pressing the screen's save buton. Is this too hard? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux a
I thought you were asking me to put windows on a new drive and then change the boot sequence? It would be much easier to find an answer to my original question, if its possible at all. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Tom Piwowar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and change things around and I am not even sure I could do this. What do you think you would need to change? A modern BIOS will detect the drive change at restart and put you in the BIOS setup screen. That screen will autodetect the new drives specs so you have nothing to set. You just confirm the change by pressing the screen's save buton. Is this too hard? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
It's a lot more problematic to install windows after linux then the other way around. Windows wants to mess with the boot sector. might check this out: http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html Mike On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:34 PM, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
