I have been playing with Ubuntu guest virtual machine on Vista host.I am toying with the idea of dual booting and installing it properly. Can I run an Ubuntu Live CD on a Vista machine (to check whether all my hardware is compatible, etc) without it affecting my Vista installation in any way ? As I understand it, I will just be booting from the CD without putting anything on my hard disk at all.But I would seek assurance that it really isn't going to do me any harm.
If I decide that my hardware is OK (its a fairly high spec machine running Vista Ultimate 64 bit) what is the best way to go about it? I have a 750Gb disk which I reckon I can afford to give 200Gb to Ubuntu. Should I repartition from windows? Do I need another program (if so what?) or does Windows itself handle this? How do I install Ubuntu but still retain control over which operating system I want to run? Vista will still be my main OS. I don't particularly want ubuntu to have control of the booting process.....
I just purchased a machine with a 64 bit OEM. I have created another partition because I want to install 32 bit on there. However, it is not working so I was wondering if there was something I am not doing right here. I want to use the 32 bit for internet access and itunes and the 64 bit for gaming. I do not have any discs with the 64 bit OS on it either everything I have here is 32 bit.
Can I partition my HD to two partitions, Install my copy of winXP pro on both (its only on one comouter so that shouldnt violate anything) and then upgrade one of them to vista using an upgrade disk? Will both windows work fine?
I have a pc running win xp media centre mp pc is dual core amd 64 bit 5200+ 2gb ram nvidia pcie 256mb graphics my hard disk is partitioned and xp is installed on the first partition I am trying to install Vista ultimate 64 bit on the second partition.
The vista installation will not complete I get an error when it is completing setup, saying that the pc shut down before installation was completed & the installation can not continue. The pc works fine under XP, are there any known installation issues with a Vista XP dual boot system?
I've just got a new computer with Vista. I want to set up a dual boot system so that I can also access XP.
I have read that this is much easier to do if XP is the first OS, followed by installing Vista, but I can't do that.
I have also read that it can still be done by creating a new partition from within Vista, then installing XP into that. I understand that this process will overwrite the Vista boot loader and the computer will then only boot into XP, but that a programme called VistaBoot PRO can then be used to reset that, and you are then left with dual-booting.
But has anyone had any experience of doing this? Or are there any foreseeable problems.
E.g. - when I start installing XP, will it need access to the motherboard/graphics card drivers?
One thing I'm wondering about is, at the stage where I can only boot into XP, the hard disk is a SATA one (no RAID set up) and I seem to recall XP having issues with these at boot-up?
Dirve 0: Primary Partition for current XP, another Primary Partition for a new install of Vista Drive 1: The data drive. I absolutely must have the data drive, Drive 1, be the D drive. I have a lot of applications that expect to find the data there and I need to switch between the two OS's seamlessly (I am a software developer and testing in both OS's)
I have tried installing Vista twice now and both times the D drive is the XP primary partition. It looks like Microsoft is using the XP partition as the boot partition, even when booting Vista. The XP partition is first, so I am not surprised. What I need is some way of booting up so that the partition that XP is on is hidden, which I know is one of the states a Primary partition can be in. Back in years gone by, I did this with System Commander, but there has to be a less expensive (free) way of doing it today.
i created my partition and burned the iso file. DVD won't do anything from within vista 32, so i restarted and booted from the DVD, it loaded some files and then stuck on a very nice screen for 5 minutes. no activity from the DVD whatsoever. so i pulled the DVD and restarted back into vista 32. will i have to unplug the drive with the current OS until after I get win7 loaded or did i just not wait long enough?
I have had visa and xp in a multi boot configuration. However, decided that I do not need xp any more. I have vista and xp on two physically seperate hard drive. So I used 'Vista boot pro' to delete the windows xp MBR. When I reset the computer it worked fine and their was no option for loading xp. Than I decided to erase the drive that xp was on (not vista), using East-Tec Eraser 2008 to wipe the drive. This took 5 hours as the drive was 100 gb. When it finished I then reset the computer and the screen said 'No operating system found'. I then used the original visa dvd to fix the boot record, however, when I tried there was no record of any operating system. I know that the installation is still there as I saw it using the find driver dialog box.
I normally work in a straight Windows Vista Business environment on my laptop using Ghost 2003 to image my setup (which occasionally causes problems with the image files but that is another issue) - I was trying to setup a dual boot - XP SP3 and Vista SP1 environment with XP as the primary boot partition installed (20 GB) and the rest of my laptop's HDD for Vista (130 GB approx) I got the dual booting done with BCDedit to fix the Boot Manager but after I ghosted the image (successfully), verified the image (successful) and did a test restoration (successful) - I was unable to boot into XP or Vista - XP would complain at NTLDR and Vista at first about WINLOAD and after repairs with my Vista DVD, would BSOD during boot - what did I do wrong and/or how can I fix it?
i am running window 7 and vista. vista is on a 250 hard drive. window 7 is on a 500 hard drive. now to change window i turn my pc off. and change the red cable from drive to drive. now what i like to know is. if i connect the 2 red cable on the 2 drive do i get to choose window on boot up. or do i need a special program to make it work. now it is with 2 drive not a single drive .
the main audience is "Vista" users. People who already spent a lot of money for an operating system, which they do want to use now. Ubuntu has a clear right of existence in it's area, but not in this group. If you like it better, fine. But don't try to spread your "religion" here when someone asks for help about a Vista problem.
Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 LTS RTM'ed On The Same Day As Windows XP SP3 RTM (April 21st, 2008), Just FYI. P.S. Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 LTS RTW's On April 24th, 2008, And Windows XP SP3 RTW's On April 29th, 2008, Also Just FYI.
I Went To Alot Of Posts And Said To Quite A Few People The Following: Re-Format Your Computer And Install Either Open Source Linux Ubuntu 7.10 RTW, And/Or Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support Alpha 6, Just FYI. I Want You To Know That I Was Out Of Line. Just FYI. My Doctor Called And Made An Emergency Delivery Of More Medication So I Won't Be Such A Pain. Just FYI.
Just FYI. If You Are A Geek, You Can Install Ubuntu. If You Are A Shut-In Like Alias, You Can Install Ubuntu. My Psychiatrist Said That Most People Who Use Ubuntu Are Not "Right" If You Know What I Mean. Just FYI. You Really Need To Use Vista Or Go Back To Windows XP If Vista Isn't Working. Just FYI. To Use Ubuntu Means You Are Sick.
Ubuntu, it is generally well known, as being behind Windows Vista or 7 in the sales department, possibly on a scale of about 50-1. Normally, sales indicate popularity on a product. We can also assume from these figures that volume of sales could also indicate a certain quality of that product.
Therefore, on that assumption, the 50-1 deficit that Ubuntu lags behind in the sales department, is possibly not even the 2nd best nor even the 3rd or 4th best OS come to think of it. I therefore pondered on this question. Why on earth should I settle for second best, let alone third or fourth best? If they can afford it, most people in life want the best. That is why I will be buying Windows 7 this month...........
It seems that people who troll here have nothing better to do. They think Ubuntu is the greatest product since sliced bread. Yet they come here day after day, trying to get people to switch to that inferior product. Ubuntu is for nerds. The reason they come here is they can't use Ubuntu so they do the next best thing. Come to the vista group and try to get people to convert. Most people are smart enough to see through all that crap. People want to use their Windows Vista or Windows XP. They don't need or want some stupid piece of crap like Ubuntu.
Question: How to use Ubuntu Live CD using LAN. I want to access my dead vista laptop using my windows xp desktop with the use of ubuntu live cd, is this even possible? Vista Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically. Can no longer boot up after vista update. Microsoft Windows Vista Community Vistaheads.
Alias is getting a big hard on ( well for Alias it's big, but in the scheme of things 1 inch isn't much) about the new release of that INFERIOR Opetating System Ubuntu, Spicy Sphincter or whatever it's called. One thing for sure, Ubuntu is WORTHLESS for 99.999% of the population out there because Ubuntu doesn't run any of their software. Alias is the Ubuntu Marketing Department and Alias is a lost mental soul. He believes that he can convert users to that piece of crap when in reality
Ubuntu knows that almost everyone hates Ubuntu and refused to run that piece of crap, so they pulled out all stops and they gave Alias the green light to step up marketing their INFERIOR product. Alias is the Marketing Department for Ubuntu. We will continue to get daily count-down posts because will all the money they are paying Alias (NOTHING), he came up with brilliant strategy. Blanket the Vista Forum with a daily count down of their release of their next INFERIOR product.
People here are smart enough not to use that crappy Ubuntu in any form. Alpha, Beta, or Release. Ubuntu is still the same crap. Doesn't run the popular software programs out there. Most reject Ubuntu as garbage.
I Have Been Playing With Ubuntu Beta For The Last Few Days, Just FYI And I Can't Do Anything With Ubuntu. Just FYI. Ubuntu Is Pretty Stupid. Just FYI. I Think I Will Reinstall Windows Vista And Then Upgrade To Service Pack 1 On All My Machines. Just FYI. That Will Give Me Something To Do For The Rest Of The Day And Evening. Just FYI. There Is Weather Outside So I Want To Stay Inside. Just FYI
Alias is quite a two face. Shame on the corporations making money, while he yachts it away on monies made installing Ubuntu. ITN News: MADRID - Air pollution has long been a fact of life in Spanish cities, but scientists now say it is not just smog that chokes people as they walk to work or stroll through the park. A new study has found the air in Madrid and Barcelona is also laced with atleast five drugs - most prominently cocaine.
The Superior Council of Scientific Investigations, a government institute, said on its Web site Thursday that in addition to cocaine, they found trace amounts of amphetamines, opiates, cannabinoids and lysergic acid - a relative of LSD - in two air-quality control stations, one in each cities. With the amount of WEED Alias smokes and the drugs in the air, Alias' brain has been fried. No wonder why Ubuntu does well in Spain, they are too stoned to know any better. My mom has recently returned from France & Spain, and is not too impressed. Homeless, poor and one woman tried to snatch my mom's purse in daylight. Congratulations Alias. Yours is a truly developed country.
I just had a motherboard go south on an AthlonXP 2200+ machine. So, I removed the hard drive thinking I would have to reinstall Ubuntu on its new machine, an AthlonXP 3000+ machine with a different video card, MB, NIC in a different PCI slot and a fax modem in a different PCI slot. So, I fired up the computer and didn't hit F11 soon enough to boot from the Ubuntu CD and much to my surprise, Ubuntu loaded as if nothing had happened.
I thought I would download the new Ubuntu 8.04 and give it a try because all the Ubuntu nut jobs were saying how cool Ubuntu is with their new release. I installed Ubuntu on my machine. I tried Open Office Spreadsheet. I thought I would try to enter a Macro then run it. I then had to install Java to be able to run a macro. If I didn't know that I needed to use Synaptic to figure out how to get the Java update, I would be screwed along with many others who try this crap. Just FYI
OK, so Java installs. BFD. It works but it isn't that good. Now, lets play some music. I navigated to bobrivers.com to play a tune. I was prompted to install some more updates. Fine. Did that. The install went OK. Then I had to install a couple more updates. That went fine. Now I clicked on the song to play and the page just froze.
No wonder why Ubuntu is such a piece of crap. Can't play a simple tune from a web page. Now in Vista, I could navigate right to the page, play the song and I would be as happy as a clam in a whorehouse.
If You Fall For The New Ubuntu Hype, You Are A Retard Because Ubuntu Offers Nothing New. Just FYI. Ubuntu Doesn't Run Any Decent Programs. Just FYI. Ubuntu Is In A Small Number Of PC's. Just FYI. Ubuntu Is A Total Waste Of Time And Effort. Just FYI. I Use Windows Vista RTM And SP1 And I Have On My Other Machine Windows 2008 Server. Just FYI. My Dad Said That If I Continue To Use Ubuntu Then I Am A Retard. Just FYI.
Douche bag, is considered to be a pejorative term in Australia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand. The slang usage of the term dates back to the 1960s. The metaphor of identifying a person as a douche is intended to associate a variety of negative qualities, specifically arrogance and malice. In Vista.General forums, Douche Bag is usually associated with, Alias, NoStop, oh great, and kevpan815 who always post negative crap about Vista and try to convert users to Ubuntu.
