   | Senior Member with 324 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: uk wales Experience: Beginner | | Solved: install xp pro over Linux ???? My friend has just had a old computer given to him and it has Linux on it. Is it posible to install xp pro over that,,,,, or is any of the hardware differnent. Will it install if i boot from disk or do i need to format the drive or anything els. Thanks for your time ( doj ) |  | Senior Member with 861 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edmonton Experience: Advanced | | typically just blow off the partitions, format and install... begs the questions tho, where's the copy of xp coming from? And is the system too old to run XP? | | | Senior Member with 324 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: uk wales Experience: Beginner | | System is fine. Does it matter where xp is coming from,,, unless you can xp get cheep,,, lol,,, Thanks (doj) |  | Distinguished Member with 14,988 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave Experience: IIAHYAYCESA,YAADA! | | Make sure you fdisk the master boot record first. | | | Senior Member with 324 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: uk wales Experience: Beginner | | Do you mean with windows 98 boot and disk format hard drive | | | Distinguished Member with 14,988 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave Experience: IIAHYAYCESA,YAADA! | | No you don't need to format the hard drive with the 98 boot disk. YOu just need to fdisk the master boot record. While you are in there you might as well remove the non-dos partitions as well.
fdisk /mbr
You can then boot with your XP disc and re-partition and format from there. | | | Senior Member with 324 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: uk wales Experience: Beginner | | Not really following what you saying,,, Whats and how fdisk the master boot record,,, and fdisk /mbrot ??? |  | Senior Member with 1,785 posts. | | | | Just boot with the XP disk...
...and choose to...
-Delete all partitions
-Create a new partition.
-Format the partition as NTFS. | | | Senior Member with 324 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: uk wales Experience: Beginner | | ok thanks,,, got it,,,, just what i was going to try,,,,but thought i should check before i went for it and messed somthing up,,,, lol | | | Distinguished Member with 14,988 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave Experience: IIAHYAYCESA,YAADA! |
18-Aug-2006, 06:23 PM
#10 | I am pretty sure you are still going to have to Fdisk the master boot record because Linux was on their previously. | | | Senior Member with 1,785 posts. | | |
18-Aug-2006, 06:29 PM
#11 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Squashman I am pretty sure you are still going to have to Fdisk the master boot record because Linux was on their previously. | Not really.
Delete ALL partitions from the install disk will suffice.
Windows bootloader will overwrite GRUB or LiLO anyways. | | | Senior Member with 324 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: uk wales Experience: Beginner |
18-Aug-2006, 06:35 PM
#12 | I am going to try and put the disk in,,,, what do you mean Fdisk the master boot record,,,,, as fdisk just takes you to options ,,,,prepare (partition) | | | Distinguished Member with 14,988 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave Experience: IIAHYAYCESA,YAADA! |
18-Aug-2006, 08:43 PM
#13 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Squashman No you don't need to format the hard drive with the 98 boot disk. YOu just need to fdisk the master boot record. While you are in there you might as well remove the non-dos partitions as well.
fdisk /mbr
You can then boot with your XP disc and re-partition and format from there. | | | | Senior Member with 1,785 posts. | | |
18-Aug-2006, 10:08 PM
#14 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by prunejuice Windows bootloader will overwrite GRUB or LiLO anyways. | | | | Distinguished Member with 14,988 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave Experience: IIAHYAYCESA,YAADA! |
18-Aug-2006, 10:31 PM
#15 | That must be new with XP. It didn't with NT. |  THIS THREAD HAS EXPIRED.
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