Re: Adding FC5 to an XP computer -
- From: Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:30:25 -0400
Chris Mohler wrote:
I recently purchased a Dell with preloaded XP. This is roughly what I
needed to do:
1 - contact the manufacturer, and *insist* that since I purchased
Windows XP, that I am entitled to an installation CD (I am). They
eventually gave in.
2 - remove all partitions (including the Dell "restore partition"),
install windows from the CD - partition/format a suitible place for
XP to live, and leave the rest as free space.
3 - install fedora.
This might seem like a lot of work, but the XP system that Dell
pre-loaded was so full of bloatware that it was almost unuseable.
Something would pop up every 15 seconds, and heavy-duty apps (blender,
games, etc) crawled. The "fresh" XP was (subjectively) twice as fast
as the preloaded system.
Just my 2 cents...
Chris
If you want to use Norton ghost, you could make an image of your XP installation. Then you could use the ghost image and adjust the XP partition downward. I did this for a work computer and FC6T2 installed fine on the freed up space. This allowed also for noth having the headache of de-fragmenting, resizing and the like for XP and the auxiliary partition. You also have a reliable backup in case the hard disk crashes. You do not need to reinstall all of the service packs for all the M$ OS and other software again either. This was on a Dell computer.
Since you are planning to use the second drive for Linux and the first drive as XP, it might not be needed.
Jim
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