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How do you install Mandriva Linux and Windows XP on a single Hard Disk Drive?
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Boot into Mandriva and shrink your XP partition to a reasonable size, then format the remaining space, minus a few GB, with ext4, and the few GB left over, format as 'swap'. You can do all this with gparted (I THINK that's included on the disk by default - if not you can download and install it from their repositories).
Then on installation just install the data onto the ext4 and register the swap partition as well...swap
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How can you install Windows XP if you already have Mandriva Linux?
If you wish to keep Mandriva, and you do not have an empty space available on the hard drive, you will need to shrink Mandriva's partition, using a partition editor like GParted. Windows will only install to the first partition of the drive, though the partition can be moved. So you will need to shrink Mandriva's partition from the end, towards the beginning of the partition, and then move it towards the end of the drive. Move the swap partition as well. You can then create an NTFS partition, or use the Windows installer to do so. After Windows has been installed, boot from a Mandriva LiveCD, and enter the following commands: grub root (hdx,x) setup (hdx) quit For "root (hdx,x)", the first x is for the hard drive number. If you have only one hard drive, this will be 0. For the second x, use whatever partition Mandriva is installed on. If it is the third partition, use "2". If it is the second, use 1. If it is the fourth, use 3, and so on. For "setup (hdx)", use the number of the hard drive you want the MBR (Master Boot Record) written to. If you have only one hard drive, this will be 0.
Can you install Windows XP 32bit on a single SATA hard drive system?
Yes.
If you install Windows 2000 on an 8-GB hard drive use a single partition for the drive and choose not to use the NTFS file system will Windows 2000 automatically use?
Fat 32
You have windows vista installed if you remove and install a new hard drive can you put windows xp on it?
Yes. Actually, there is no need to remove the hard drive. You can format the existing hard drive and install XP on it as well. Note: Yes, you can there is no need to remove the hard drive. You can format the existing hard drive and install XP. and also you can install both opreting system single computer. XP and vista both.
How do you dual-boot Windows XP and Mandriva?
just perform the same install procedure as you normally would, A Few Nights ago I tried to install Mandriva on my C: Drive with no luck, Though the normal process would be to burn the bootable image file onto CD and then go into the Bios and switch the boot option to boot via cdrom and all should go fine. Not sure what went wrong with my install attempt, but got like a screen full of errors and then it booted me the terminal. WalkthelineFAN
How many ways are there to install windows 7 and what are they?
You can install Windows 7 from optical drive (CD, DVD), hard drive (a local copy), network or USB device.
How would you do if you want to set up a dual boot scenario between Windows 98 and windows 2000?
Create two partitions in ur hard drive and install Windows '98 on Drive C and install Windows 2000 on Drive D to another partition.
How do you install Windows XP on a laptop with no hard drive?
You can't; there's nothing to install it to.
If you install Windows 2000 on an 8 GB hard drive use a single partition for the drive and choose not to use the NTFS file system what file system will Windows 2000 automatically use?
Windows 2000 will automatically use the FAT32 file system
How do you install windows 2000 if you are using millennium?
There is no upgrade path from Windows ME to Windows 2000. You would have to reformat the hard drive to remove ME before you install Windows 2000 from scratch.
Do you have to reinstall Windows when adding a new hard drive?
You do not have to reinstall Windows if you wish to add an additional drive. If you want to be able to boot from that drive, or to replace your current boot drive, you will need to install Windows on it.
Can you install Windows XP without an optical drive?
Yes by using a usb flash drive.
