> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marshall Lake > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 & Windows XP Co-existing > > > > I have version 9.0 of Mandrake. My hardware is an HP Media > Center 873n. > > I'm having a problem getting Windows XP and Mandrake 9.0 to > co-exist. I > understand it's better to have Windows already installed when > you try to > install Mandrake. Is this correct? > > During the Mandrake installation process at disk partitioning > time I have > three choices (paraphrasing): > 1. Erase entire disk. > 2. Use the free space on a Windows partition. > 3. Custom partitioning. > > Selecting option 2 fails. If I select option 3 Mandrake installs all > right but trying to boot XP afterwards fails. > > >From the little investigation I've done it seems that maybe > I should be > installing Windows into a small partition to begin with. But > I don't see > that the Windows installation process allows me to do that. Another > possibility is shrinking the Windows partition before trying > to install > Mandrake. I'm completely Microsoft and Windows ignorant. Is there a > freeware program that will allow me to shrink the Windows partition? > > Besides the above possibilities, is there something else I can do? > > -- > Marshall Lake -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mlake.net > > > The biggest problem here is that you're using an HP-provided disk to "install" XP. HP ships "restore" or "recovery" disks, not install disks with their systems. You aren't actually installing XP with that disk, you're copying a drive image, which is why you don't get any options when running it. Contact HP support and demand a real install disk -- they'll send one if you insist on it.
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