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| Thread ID: 83978 | 2007-10-20 01:24:00 | XP istallation on 320 gig drive | JackStraw (6573) | Press F1 |
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| 603209 | 2007-10-20 04:47:00 | Sorry I havn't replied tor a while I've been trying to do this slipsreaming thig. It won't work with Deepburner it keeps asking for an .ima file, I've tried shouting at it but that seems to just annoy the wife. I have a copy of Nero 5.5 burt that asks fo the boot file from a floppy and I ditched the floppy drive years ago and I doubt I could manage the process without severe damage to walls and furniture. So I'm downloading a copy of Nero 8.0 which probably wont work either. All in all I am begining to wonder if it's all worth it. Maybe I should just clean out the registry. Now where did I put that wire brush and Dettol? | JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 603210 | 2007-10-20 05:03:00 | And what's cleaning the registry going to do?? Besides stuffing the system completely. If you have no idea what you're doing. I dont use floppies here either (besides a USB flash drive). For installing programs on it and using if and when I need to flash the bioses here. If you can't slipstream SP1 or 2, just install one of them later. I dont think it'll matter what version of Nero you get. If it needs a floppy (I think it does) to make a cd bootable, you're stuffed. Altho if the cd has already got the file/s to make it bootable, it should be bootable once you slipstream and burn it back to cd? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 603211 | 2007-10-20 07:58:00 | Just a comment - Nothing wrong with Slipstreaming, but why bother on a single install ? Just out of interest - since I first read this post today, I have managed to install 2 OS's complete in customers PC's, and fully update AND go see the Weber Brothers Circus tonight - 2 hour show.(Bloody Awesome To) Point being - if its only a single install a lot of time can be wasted doing something not needed (Slipstreaming). Simply install the OS on the partition you want and update it normally. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 603212 | 2007-10-20 12:04:00 | Well I think I'll give slipstreaming the big elbow. Having taken 4 hours to download Nero 8 required 4 reboots to install and then told me "to save time" the help files are not included in the installation download. So download the help files and discover that Nero 8 will not create bootable disks. So. Wainuitech and Speedy. is there any reason that I should not just install XP to the 14.7 gig partition on the slave drive? will it still boot from this if I set the BIOS to this drive? Do I have to set the jumpers to master and slave or can I use cable select? I want to keep the original drive with all my old programs that I rarely but sometimes use and try to keep the new install as clean as poss. and be able to switch between the two. |
JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 603213 | 2007-10-20 15:47:00 | the help files are not included in the installation download . It tells you, when you go to download Nero, the help files arent in it . Its a separate download . As far as I know, most versions of Nero, I've used let you create a bootable cd . BUT you wont get far without a floppy . Altho, the default IMA file in Nero maybe enough . Or just download DOS files . And create an IMA file, with something like Winimage (but its not free) . Once you run Nero 8 and change it to cd you'll see an entry cd-rom boot . Thats the option you use for a bootable cd . So . Wainuitech and Speedy . is there any reason that I should not just install XP to the 14 . 7 gig partition on the slave drive? No, just as long as you're not going to install anything else on it . 14 GB may sound a lot . It isnt . And will fill up pretty quick . will it still boot from this if I set the BIOS to this drive? It should if its got an OS on it . I've got Linux and XP on 2 diff hdd's . I can either use Grub to switch between the 2 . Or press F11 I think it is (on some mobos F8 will do the same thing), on this system, so it brings up a bootdisk menu and select which hdd I want to boot from . (saves me going into the BIOS and changing the bootdisk) . Do I have to set the jumpers to master and slave or can I use cable select? No but as I said CS isnt that reliable, and it doesnt always work . If you think its better use it . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 603214 | 2007-10-20 21:09:00 | You can install XP on the 14 gig drive, but as speedy pointed out thats not much space, depending on what else you want on the partition, XP takes around 3-4 Gig for the OS/Drivers etc. You can set the drives to master/slave and then set to dual boot, so you can boot into which ever OS you want. This article (www.homerecordingconnection.com) tells you how to setup a dual boot, there may be shorter articles, but I can't find them at the moment. Love the final comment in that article - :thumbs: :D (not the comments /ads after the article) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 603215 | 2007-10-21 22:31:00 | Well. Time for an update. I managed to create a streamlined version of XP SP2, even after i said I'd given up. Isn't it amazing what we're capable of when we give up?. So, I puts in the disk and reboots, first changing the BIOS to boot from the 320 gig slave. Up comes the installation menu, there are the drives, there's the partition, great, press ENTER. I amn confronted with the legend "this is not a valid windows partition" I am given the choice of "give up and go and watch TV" "To delete partition press D" or "to create partition press C". Being a logical person I realise that before I can create a partition in this space I must first delete said partition, I press "D" then I get "Widoze has acknowledged your desire to perform the action of deletion this will end the world as you know it but we'll do it anyway" or words to that effect. I can now see all my drives, partitions etc. with a 14.7 gig chunk of unallocated space, cool. Rightly ho then, I am once again offered the options of "D" delete, "C" create "S" sod off. I choose "C".........I wait..........and wait.....nothing, not a bleep, nothing on the screen changes. I glance down at the ominous black box that contains my life's work (well, my holiday snaps and a few episodes of Doctor Who and stuff) no flashing lights, no whirrs or buzzes, it just sits there, waiting. I press "C" again, same result. I poke furiously at the "C" key shouting "See I am pressing C, look! Have you ever tried to out-stare a computer monitor? it matters not how determined you are, how strong your resolve or how desperate your need for recognition of your actions, it is a thankless task. I press "s" and go off to watch American Cops chase stupid people. |
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