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> When you say it won't restart, are you getting any error messages? Does
> the Windows XP logo come up at all?
There is no logo appearance and the message basically is complaining
about there being no boot disc available and asking me to find one and
try again.
>
> Do you get a blue
norman wrote:
> < snip >
>> This may help:
>> Just in case anyone else has this problem and doesn't want to spend an hour
>> figuring it out...
>
> Thank you very much indeed that is very comprehensive but what if I have
> no floppy disc dive? Many machines these days do not have floppy drives.
>
norman wrote:
Okay ill stop rambling... my suggestion is to use the Ubuntu live CD and
partition your hard-drive accordingly, and format all the partitions.
but don't install Ubuntu. I would also suggest making a 200MB /boot
partition at the beginning of the HDD. Then install Windows, check that
< snip >
>
> This may help:
> Just in case anyone else has this problem and doesn't want to spend an hour
> figuring it out...
Thank you very much indeed that is very comprehensive but what if I have
no floppy disc dive? Many machines these days do not have floppy drives.
Also, where do the files
,
Daniel
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Sent: 29 November 2007 14:42
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it
> That is due to you not having the sata driver installed.
>
> Do you have the
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> What does happen with windows install is that they have included a an
> ingenious function called "PullOutHAIR" which makes it so that the
> install only works when a randomly generated number matches another.
What a wonderful name for a problem causer, I'd better be careful, I am
near
> That is due to you not having the sata driver installed.
>
> Do you have the original xp disk that came with the pc?
Of course.
Norman
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> What I suggest is to install windows xp, wipe the hard drive( are you
> installing to the satat drive? If so you need the driver for the sata
> device.) and start all over again. After xp works setup the dual boot.
I am sorry Daniel but I am not q
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 13:39 +, norman wrote:
> > What I suggest is to install windows xp, wipe the hard drive( are you
> > installing to the satat drive? If so you need the driver for the sata
> > device.) and start all over again. After xp works setup the dual boot.
>
> I am sorry Daniel but
> What I suggest is to install windows xp, wipe the hard drive( are you
> installing to the satat drive? If so you need the driver for the sata
> device.) and start all over again. After xp works setup the dual boot.
I am sorry Daniel but I am not quite sure what you mean. Yes I am
installing to
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Sent: 29 November 2007 13:04
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Subject: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it
Having decided to stop my attempts to have a 2 hdd setup and decided on
dual booting instead I thought this would be dead easy. But is it ? Open
the CD drive, pop in my Widows XP disc
Having decided to stop my attempts to have a 2 hdd setup and decided on
dual booting instead I thought this would be dead easy. But is it ? Open
the CD drive, pop in my Widows XP disc and start the setup procedure.
Everything goes OK until we get to the bit that requires me to remove
the disc from
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