On Tuesday 26 June 2001 04:44 pm, Jason Guidry wrote:
> Should be able to resize your windows partition and then install on
> the remaining space. Make sure the windows partition is defragd and
> healthy or it will give you problems.
>
> If that doesn't work, then try partition magic and resize.
>
> Or, what I really recommend is backing everything up and wipe the
> whole disk clean and start over.
I agree. Before you attempt to resize active partitons it's only
prudent to back up everything you want or can't afford to loose. So why
resize? Wipe and start over, replace your data from the backups.
> . This way you can reinstall windows with minimum
> pain. All operating systems, but especially windows, experience
> "bit-rot" which will slow sown your system, and will only be fixed by
> re-installing regularly (3-6 months depending on use).
bit-rot ?? I sort'a kind'a think that's a myth, ala urban legend.
Windoze, even the bug laden W95 can be kept viable indefinitely. Most
of the problems Winblows users have are user, and lately win-hardware
problems. The first one is that they never want to, or do learn how to
properly maintain the OS. Most believe they don't or shouldn't have to.
Just like Linux, administration of the OS is the users responsibility.
I also tend to agree with those who've posted on another thread that
there's just as many resources for user support for Winblows as there
is for Linux. Most windoze users just don't seek it out tho. Also, with
either, or any OS for that matter, hardware knowledge is paramount.
Users don't know, or wanna admit, that they or their hardware is the
problem, so it gets blamed on the OS.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ravi Malghan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Mandrake linux with windows me, help...
>
> Hello: I am tyring to install Mandrake Linux 8.0 on a
> laptop which
> has one 20Gb and windows me installed on it. Do I have
> to use partition
> magic and partition the drive first or can the
> installation process
> use (say 5Gb) for the linux during the installation
> process. I am stuck
> at the place where it is decides about the mopunt
> point/partition etc?
> I want to have dual boot with Windows me (15G) and
> linux (5GB)
>
> Could somebody help me or provide me pointers.
>
> Thanks
> Ravi
