Installing XP over Linux
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From: Kev on 16 Jun 2010 19:18 I am trying to install Windows XP on a Dell laptop that currently has Linux Ubuntu installed. After booting up with the Windows CD in the drive, it loads various Windows files, but eventually stops on a blue screen message advising me to run CHKDSK, but won't respond after that. I suspect that Windows is seeing the Linux partitions as disk corruption, but how can I get past this?
From: 123Jim on 16 Jun 2010 19:38 "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:G2dSn.24841$US6.20663(a)hurricane... >I am trying to install Windows XP on a Dell laptop that currently has Linux >Ubuntu installed. After booting up with the Windows CD in the drive, it >loads various Windows files, but eventually stops on a blue screen message >advising me to run CHKDSK, but won't respond after that. I suspect that >Windows is seeing the Linux partitions as disk corruption, but how can I >get past this? There's this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314458 ... but if that doesn't work out I can highly recommend GParted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php "The GParted application is a graphical partition editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions."
From: Bruce Chambers on 16 Jun 2010 19:44 Kev wrote: > I am trying to install Windows XP on a Dell laptop that currently has Linux > Ubuntu installed. After booting up with the Windows CD in the drive, it > loads various Windows files, but eventually stops on a blue screen message > advising me to run CHKDSK, but won't respond after that. I suspect that > Windows is seeing the Linux partitions as disk corruption, but how can I get > past this? > > Use any partition management too to delete the Linux EXT partition(s). One possibility is Terabyte Unlimited's BootItNG (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html). It has a free, fully functional 30-evaluation version. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
From: Kev on 17 Jun 2010 02:03 Sorry about the duplicate posts. The message hung about in the Outlook Express Outbox for over 10 minutes and I hit Send/Receive twice during that time.
From: Roy Smith on 17 Jun 2010 08:43
On 6/16/2010 6:18 PM, Kev wrote: > I am trying to install Windows XP on a Dell laptop that currently has Linux > Ubuntu installed. After booting up with the Windows CD in the drive, it > loads various Windows files, but eventually stops on a blue screen message > advising me to run CHKDSK, but won't respond after that. I suspect that > Windows is seeing the Linux partitions as disk corruption, but how can I get > past this? 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. -- Roy Smith Windows XP Professional SP3 Timestamp: Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:42:35 AM |