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| 884891 | 2010-05-14 10:55:00 | I'm now very much confused with the idea of how I can run two separate OS - Linux and Windows in my PC. Being just a layman in IT, I was fiddling with two HDs and PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu and Vista64 for the last few days, partitioning the drives & installing. My only back-up was some of you. At one stage, I succeeded to run both Vista64 & Ubuntu running in separate HDs but when PCLinuxOS was installed in the 1st HD in a separate partition with Ubuntu, I lost all of them and the system won't boot. Then I had to delete partitions, format, re-partition and try. Then problems increased. System installed Vista a couple of times in the 2nd HD but it failed to boot giving a crash dumb blue screen with a bit of advice. Now, after using AVG recovery tool and many trials with repartitioning, formatting etc I have been able to get Ubuntu back on the 1st HD. But I have lost all my courage to have another go with one more OS on either of the drives. I wish if I could get Vista back. Is it a good idea to buy a new HD and do it or is there anything I need to be aware and cautious? Thanks guys. |
namboothiri (14469) | ||
| 884892 | 2010-05-14 11:23:00 | Try some of these www.google.co.nz (Google is your friend ;)). I dont think you need a new HD, just do a full format and start again. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 884893 | 2010-05-14 11:32:00 | The simplest way to dual boot Vista and Ubuntu or PCLinuxOS is to install Vista on a hard drive using the entire thing. Boot to Vista go into disk management and shrink the partition to leave some unallocated space www.howtogeek.com 40GB should be enough to have a try. Reboot with the Linux live CD Install, and tell it to use the largest unallocated space You should then have them both on the same hard drive but separate partitions, this is the way most people do it. (having them on separate drives can confuse GRUB, but can be done) Later you could have a second drive with your Documents etc and programs if you want but Linux ones don't run on Windows and vice versa. (some can run on the other if you use WINE and CYGWIN) embraceubuntu.com www.edbott.com |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 884894 | 2010-05-14 11:58:00 | If you want to experiment with different O/s, use virtualisation, to compare side by size...dual boot is hardly required nowadays.... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 884895 | 2010-05-14 13:19:00 | Thanks to you all three. I would love to hear a bit more from SolMiester on virtualisation and no dual boot nowadays. In fact, after some reading from here I had installed a virtualisation software however, I was stuck with the know-how absence on how to connect both to communicate. Thanks again. | namboothiri (14469) | ||
| 884896 | 2010-05-14 21:19:00 | Try Virtualbox, it works in Vista and XP as well as windows 7. There is a pdf on the net of it's user manual, alternatively PM me and I can email it to you | gary67 (56) | ||
| 884897 | 2010-05-14 22:56:00 | +1 for VirtualBox, works well and makes having a play easy. (I wonder how much longer it will be free now Oracle own it?) |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 884898 | 2010-05-15 00:37:00 | +1 for VirtualBox, works wonderfully well in Linux too. :) I can boot up WinXP within a few seconds while running in Ubuntu Linux. It's very stable too. | Rod J (451) | ||
| 884899 | 2010-05-15 03:17:00 | ...My only back-up was some of you.Before you go any further here (and potentially destroy some files) - am I correct in my understanding that you have files on one or more hard disks in this system, which you do not want to lose, and have not backed up to any other system? If this is the case, DO NOT destructively format any partition without first saving any files you wish to keep elsewhere - ideally on another device entirely. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 884900 | 2010-05-15 23:11:00 | Thanks so much guys. I was successful to get both OSs run as per your sincere helps. However, despite all installations complete in the IDE 40GB drive (file sys changed to NTFS) I ended up in failing to boot Vista in the GRUB while Ubuntu was OK. Suspecting this HD as the trouble spot (as never used for OS before), I removed it and reinstalled Vista in the SATA 320 to begin. It was complete and I could upload everytihing including internet protocols however, it failed to boot. A a blue screen message:- STOP:ox 0000007E with numerous numbers following...... Then in another , I have a black screen showing:no such partition GRUB rescue> I'm no more feelig lost. However, I might need your support as I need to get the sys to boot before going for virtualisation etc. Many thanks to you. |
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