Installing XP over Linux
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From: Stefan Patric on 19 Jun 2010 11:51 On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:19:14 +0100, Kev wrote: >> Also, the hard drive in the 1537 is SATA. XP and 2003 server are >> fairly old. Could be that the SATA interface is the culprit. Might be >> the graphics chip. But in any case, if Ubuntu is running on it, >> Windows should, too. > > I am running XP on my main PC (a homebuilt desktop) with 3 SATA HDDs and > it works fine. The only minor issue with this is that the Safely Remove > Hardware function lists the 3 HDDs as though they were removable > devices. This is fine as long as I don't accidentally click on one of > them and hit Remove! Are the hard drives correctly identified in "My Computer"? That is, as NOT removable? Is there a C: drive? The fact that XP "thinks" they are removable media is indicative of a problem. At the very least, you should discover why. Stef
From: Kev on 19 Jun 2010 12:48 > I'd get the Gparted live CD .ISO and burn it to a CD. Then boot using > the live CD and erase all the partitions on the hard drive and create > new NTFS formatted partitions. I have now just done this, i.e. used GParted Live to create a single partition (except that I set it for FAT32 rather than NTFS). It all seemed to be going well until I tried booting with the Windows CD again. Same result - blue screen.
From: 123Jim on 19 Jun 2010 19:34 "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:kx6Tn.49517$g76.4877(a)hurricane... >> I'd get the Gparted live CD .ISO and burn it to a CD. Then boot using >> the live CD and erase all the partitions on the hard drive and create >> new NTFS formatted partitions. > > I have now just done this, i.e. used GParted Live to create a single > partition (except that I set it for FAT32 rather than NTFS). It all > seemed to be going well until I tried booting with the Windows CD again. > Same result - blue screen. Now that the disk is ready for install .. why not run CHKDSK /f [ /f Fixes errors on the volume. The volume must be locked. If CHKDSK cannot lock the volume, it offers to check it the next time the computer starts. ]
From: 123Jim on 19 Jun 2010 19:46 "123Jim" <jnkjnjnini(a)uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> wrote in message news:hvjk6f$i6i$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:kx6Tn.49517$g76.4877(a)hurricane... >>> I'd get the Gparted live CD .ISO and burn it to a CD. Then boot using >>> the live CD and erase all the partitions on the hard drive and create >>> new NTFS formatted partitions. >> >> I have now just done this, i.e. used GParted Live to create a single >> partition (except that I set it for FAT32 rather than NTFS). It all >> seemed to be going well until I tried booting with the Windows CD again. >> Same result - blue screen. > > Now that the disk is ready for install .. why not run CHKDSK /f > > [ /f Fixes errors on the volume. The volume must be locked. If CHKDSK > cannot lock the volume, it offers to check it the next time the computer > starts. ] Instead of chkdsk /f I think it will be chkdsk /p from xp recovery console ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHKDSK
From: Kev on 20 Jun 2010 13:23
> You could try a "repair" CD to repartition and reformat the drive to > something that Windows would definitely recognized. > > Also, the hard drive in the 1537 is SATA. XP and 2003 server are fairly > old. Could be that the SATA interface is the culprit. Might be the > graphics chip. But in any case, if Ubuntu is running on it, Windows > should, too. Good call about SATA, Stef. In the BIOS there are two settings for SATA drives: IDE and AHCI. It was set to AHCI, so I changed it to IDE and tried booting up with the Windows XP disk again. This time it worked and I successfully installed Windows. Still not finished yet though. Although Windows XP is up and running, there are some yellow items listed in Device Manager. |