I will soon be installing a new hard drive and Mandrake / Mandriva 10.0. Any warnings?
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I would suggest to try out knoppix live cd and run it.\nthat would give you half idea of the drivers that are missing or how your linux would work like... when done..\n\nKnoppix would not install anything on your system, but run directly from cd...\n\nwww.knoppix.org / com\n\nsome good news...http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-826283.html
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BEFORE you do anything check the compatibility of your components, sound card, video card, modem, then download the drivers for each and put on a CD. I know this the hard way when I updated my modem was not supported by XP i had dialup at the time, so I did not have internet til I bought a new modem, I had a creative modem which has more support than most, you may wind up buying more than you expect with this upgrade. that said have your drivers ready, and backup your data, Then format the drive do a clean install, The alternative would be to buy another HDD and set this one to slave, and your new one to master and install XP on the master, then you will have access to all your files
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you are gonna have to reformat it, install an antivirus, and scan for that sumb*tch.\n\nIt most likely will be on the drive that had the Operating system installed on it.\nBut if you have multiple hard drives, then you probably should format both of them just in case.
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If it isn't automatically detecting it, you'll likely need to manually enter the information.  There should be an option in the bios to manually enter it - you'll likely need to consult your HD documentation to get the drive's geometry so you can input it.
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Dear Clueless,\n\nThere is a lot you did not say.\nDid you format the new Master HD before installation ?\nIt is best to do this rather than reinstalling to a partition that already has a Windows installation there.\n\nAnd ... your new Master HD might have a hardware problem.\n\nYour new master hard drive may have some "drive overlay" software installed that is causing a problem.  Some hard drives have this to help it perform some tasks.  It usually isn't necessary for it to be there.\n\nIf you have a floppy diskette that came with the drive that's now the master, you may be able to remove the overlay or reset it to work OK with your new installation.
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If your system come with a system dick, then boot from that and follow the instructions.\n\nIf not you will have to boot from a windows CD and re-install.
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i think your extrernal HDD  have badsecters, pls run scandisk
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What OS are u running? \nDo u care about data C:  HD holds?\nNO : Reinstall windows, while installation u'll set C disk size.\nYes : DO NOT OPERATE WITHIN WINDOWS.\nU should be looking for 3_rd party software.\nI'm running and Acronis Diks Director.\nAnd recommend it to u.
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I wouldn't even worry about it. The stuff on those disks is superfluous at best, borderline malwear at worst. It's all completely unnecessary, and frankly, you're better off without it on your pc, for the space it frees up if nothing else.
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open up my computer, right click on your c drive, goto properties and click the tools tab, from there you can check for disk errors and defragment your hard drive. the third oprtion for back up is handy but requires a device to store large amounts of date, if you have a dvd burner that will work fine too. Other tasks to preform routine maint click on the general tab, and next to the pie chart is a button that states Disk clean up. this will help you remove files that windows has determined as unnecessary. a final option routine maintenace would be updating your anit-virus definitions and running a complete system scan, and preforming both adware and spybot scans.\n\nIf you do not have an anti-virus program try this, its free:\n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com\n\nAdware removal:\n\nwww.lavasoft.com\n\nSpybot removal:\n\nwww.safer-networking.org/en/download/\n\nalso the biggest thing you can do for your operating system is make sure you keep it uptodate by going here:\n\nhttp://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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Need more info. What happens when you try to install it?\n\nCheers :)
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Download daemon tools\nhttp://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=download+daemon+tools\n\n\nIt's small and free. Install it. Open it. Right click it's icon on the taskbar. Mount image, select your drive, select the cue. Will work. Cheers.\n\ngo to my computer and open the program
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I know that the quality of MS's error messages is not stellar, but somehow I doubt that's the precise message. Could you copy down the actual text of the message and edit it into your question?\n\nIs it saying that your drive is reporting errors, or is it saying that it is unable to install because ... (some specific reason)?
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If you've had trouble with the ISO, check you're burning it as an ISO, as some burning programs will happily burn a CD containing the ISO file (which is not the same thing). If that's burnt correctly (you can browse your CD, and see many files, not one), the next step is to set your PC to boot from CD if it isn't already. This is usually under something like "Boot Order" in your BIOS setup.\n\nMy system (based on SuSE 10.0) works fine as a dual boot (except I never boot into Windows anymore, but it worked fine last time I tried). At the time (many versions ago), I had to partition my disk with a separate utility (the partitioning step is why installing from a running Windows isn't done), but I understand this is now included - Mandriva's installer will definitely handle partitioning for you.
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Your new drive should have some software that makes a duplicate of your old disk, including operating system.
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Mostly Spyware, Adware and Virus's.\n\nTo be honest no hacker is gonna be interested in what is on your hard drive. They tend to go after companies or governments etc...\n\nGet some good internet security software, and you should be fine. Firewalled routers are a must, and are pretty much standard now.\n\n:o) J2G
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As long as you are going to have a new Hard Disk then you would install a new Windows XP and if you have the Serial Key then no problem.