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| 1300421 | 2012-09-16 23:51:00 | Tried another format. It said it was a success, but a quick check reveals that olny 2.48 gbs out of the 4.38gbs are free. imgburn will not write to it for that reason. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300422 | 2012-09-17 00:02:00 | I have just placed Zorin OS 6 Linux on my HP Compaq laptop. When I installed it I took the option for installing along side Windows 8. After installation I rebooted the laptop and all I got was Windows 8 booting up as normal. I searched my hard drive and found no sign of Zorin in it. Eventually I realized that Zorin had installed onto a My Passport USB drive that was plugged into the laptop. I have found that I can easily boot into Zorin linux by pressing 'Esc' before Windows 8 starts to boot up. Eventually a 'Startup Menu' appears. Options are listed. I choose F9 for Boot Device Options'. WD My Passport is chosen and after pressing 'Enter' Zorin loads in. This works fine for me at the moment. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1300423 | 2012-09-17 00:41:00 | Tried another format. It said it was a success, but a quick check reveals that olny 2.48 gbs out of the 4.38gbs are free. imgburn will not write to it for that reason. Try erasing them with the Windows inbuilt burning program, does that work? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1300424 | 2012-09-20 21:12:00 | Try erasing them with the Windows inbuilt burning program, does that work? Nope, sadly it doesn't work. I've given up on that for now, will just get some more DVDs and do it then. On a final note I'm getting used to linux now, I much prefer it to windows. I got around the problem were it wouldn't wake up from suspended mode by changing the settings so when I shut the lid it went to a blank screen rather than suspend. I now only have one last question - I have noticed linux drains my battery much much faster than windows does. Has anyone else running linux noticed this? Cheers, and thanks for all the linux help. :thumbs: |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300425 | 2012-09-20 22:02:00 | You could try the CPU scaling application Jupiter, which should be available through Synaptic. It is supposed to be superior to the default one. (you are still on Mint 13?) |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1300426 | 2012-09-20 22:06:00 | You could try the CPU scaling application Jupiter, which should be available through Synaptic. It is supposed to be superior to the default one. (you are still on Mint 13?) Yup, still on mint 13. Thanks, I'll give it a go. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1300427 | 2012-09-20 22:31:00 | Sorry Nick, I put you wrong, it's not in synaptic by default, the repository has to be added check out the page here www.webupd8.org Or at Mint forums forums.linuxmint.com Once again sorry for that! |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1300428 | 2012-09-20 23:09:00 | I now only have one last question - I have noticed linux drains my battery much much faster than windows does. Has anyone else running linux noticed this?This usually means the appropriate power management tools are either not installed or incorrectly configured. Most distros have reasonably sane defaults, so my guess is that they're simply not installed. As KarameaDave says, CPU scaling is a good first step - however if you find this isn't enough, there are other things you can do too. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1300429 | 2012-09-20 23:29:00 | Tell me too! :D Always keen to learn how to squeeze a bit of extra performance or power saving. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1300430 | 2012-09-20 23:53:00 | Sorry Nick, I put you wrong, it's not in synaptic by default, the repository has to be added check out the page here www.webupd8.org Or at Mint forums forums.linuxmint.com Once again sorry for that! No problems, I really appreciate the help :) |
Nick G (16709) | ||
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