Win XP Install after Linux
Although I do not like doing it, sometimes I have to install Windows XP on machines which have Linux installed on them. Mostly when I have an option to give a newer machine to Linux, I do so and an older machine often gets Windows XP installed to be given out to a user.
For the past couple of times I have noticed that it is not so easy to install Win XP and to replace FC5. If going the normal way and booting from Win XP SP2 CD, it gets up to the point where it tells you “Inspecting Hardware Configurations” (which is right at the begging of install), then it shows just black screen and freezes there. I’ve been fighting with this problem for long time trying to disable different devices from BIOS (I though I had problems with devices if install freezes right after hardware detection stage), but nothing helps. The solution to the problem was to remove all linux partitions from the drive and then everything works! I really hate this!
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 3:47 pm)
Grrr, I’m having the exact same problem at the moment - surely the Windows install program should detect that there is a hard disk even if it isn’t it’s beloved NTFS (I guess that’s the problem, Windows wondering where the hard disk is)? Thanks for the advice on how to fix it, but I must agree with your closing sentance! ARGH! :[
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 7:01 pm)
I am glad the solution worked for you.
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 4:02 pm)
:( same problem here too…
I Have to backup gigs of file, delete partitions and then reinstall
I hate Windows :(
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 12:31 am)
the solution, without deleting partitions: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=1692397#post1692397
it works :D
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 1:41 pm)
I think you are all missing something obvious!
1. create a ntfs partition
2. remove you linux partition using cfdisk
3. install windows xp
4. re-create you linux partition using cfdisk
5. voila, all your linux stuff is intact!
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 4:29 pm)
The point is not about removing, creating or doing something else with partitions, the points is why this happens :)
I mean that would be ok if windows would just go into pre-install process and tell something like “Sorry, all your disk is occupied with some partitions I do not know/want to working with, so please be so kind to remove them with whatever method you prefer and then come back for the installation”
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 1:32 am)
If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?
Basically I dont see any advantages to using linux over windows xp, IM dual booting windows
and ubuntu. Ubuntu is nice and all but I dont see anything that would make me prefer it
over windows.The only thing i have been using ubuntu for is web browsing playing
music/movies (cant play games) which I can do better/hassle free in windows.
So what are the advantages of l using linux over xp?
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 9:54 am)
Personally I use linux on my laptop due to many reasons like:
1. I have much better command line capabilities
2. I use Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP which is much easier to set up on Linux and which works much better on it
3. I have much better GUI than in Windows (multiple desktops, full customization, visual effects, etc)
4. All the games I play are working on Linux fine (though I rarely play anyway)
5. Most of the stuff I need is already included in installation so I don’t need to go somewhere to find what I need, then download, install and configure it. It just works out of the box
6. I have better software package management. I don’t need to go and download something manually whenever I need something, just run yum install whatever and I get on my laptop installed with all dependencies satisfied and everything working.
So from my point of view, I don’t see any point of having Windows XP if you have Linux ;)
(On Jun 20th, 2006 at 1:21 am)
@Frederick linux is better for us who do productive things like webdesigh and audio editing and it is infanaly cheaper than windows or osx for that (xp = 89$right now and dreamweaver is over 1000$… FC9 is free, bluefish or quatana is free)
only drawback is some stuff like flash or silverlight can be kinda a pain(if you have no CLUE how to use google and find info for your self) and some games cant be played on WINE.