On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Koteshwerrao Vuppala wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I recently bought an AMD64 machine(ASUS Motherboard). > > I installed windows xp,sp-2, 32 bit(bootable,general installation), > I got an icon in the system tray as if we get when we connect a pen drive, > when I click, I get options like safely remove hard drives > and DVD drive(I connected them to sata 3 and 4.ports). > > I am afraid of these options, how to avoid this? > Is there any other process of installation for sata connected devices. > > Please let me know whether It is necessary to install windows xp 64 bit. > And how much space should I allocate for linux installation? > > Thanks One and All in Advance!!!! > > -- > Thanks & Regards, > Koteshwar rao Vuppala. >
Hi Koti: Congrats on acquiring a AMD64 machine. First the preliminaries: . nothing to worry about the tray icons . hot swap capability requires such features anyway . i donot know of any other process of installation as i don't have any windows installation . win xp64bit is targetted for native 64-bit capabilities support but that will break the graphics display drivers and most of the games may not work. Please let me know the model, capacity of your hard disk drive. thanks Saifi.
