Is it a 64 bit machine running Vista x64, any flavor? If so you may have some problems finding drivers for the conversion.
Denny ... Hope keeps you going ... Fear keeps you alive! Brought to you by Ubuntu 8.10, and FireFox 3.0.3 through the magic of Linux. --- On Thu, 12/11/08, m_alexander61 <[email protected]> wrote: From: m_alexander61 <[email protected]> Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Replacing Vista (I hope!) To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:12 AM Having purchased a new PC with Vista (not by choice, but there was no option), I am eager to free up all that memory. My first plan was to replace with a new "upgrade" of XP, but XP doesn't recognize my harddrive. I have hard- and software that run great on XP, and I would love to set up a dual-boot, so... 1) Recommendations for installing XP? I know it can be done, but everyone has a different opinion, and it'll be a one-way ticket. Yes, this version of XP will also install without another version of Windows on the drive (in theory). 2) I've tried about 10 different distros but I would appreciate any suggestions for one which is non-corporate (Suse, Red Hat, etc.), Gnome- friendly, good for recognizing hardware, and easy for a newb to update. I have Debian on my other laptop and find it a bit too complicated at this point. I assume that I will also need to find codecs for my system, and any info here would be great. My (future Linux-only) laptop is a Dell Vostro 1510, in case anyone has dealt with that particular machine. Thanks much, Mark [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
