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Again with the quick restore
Presario 5430 US
Current Setup hda0 NTFS 15 gigs WinXP Home hda1 NTFS 55.5 gigs Data storage hda2 Fat32 4 gig Compaq Restore files (hidden, partition magic) hdb0 NTFS 5 gigs Win2k hdb1 Fat32 15gigs File Storage hdb2 EXT3 19 gigs Mandrake 9.1 hdb3 SWAP 1 gig Swap So its time to reinstall XP home, If this was straight off a MS CD I'd have no problems doing it. I've never installed a OS from a "restore" CD. As you can see the set up is a little different than Compaq ever expected. I have the Quick Restore CD, 1 disc, and the 4 disc Recovery CD set. All I want to do is reinstall XP on hda0. I don't want to touch anything else. Can I do it with the recovery CD, or will it throw a fit with all thoes partitions? I'll probally disconect hdb when I do this, and I'll backup all the data from hda1, but what I need to know is will the recovery CD work or am I going to have to go get a copy of XP from somewhere? BTW, I am also thinking of putting an install of Win9x somewhere in there, mostlikely somewhere on hdb. Generally the rule is 9x has to go on the HD first before all the other OS's. But does it absolutly have to? Anyone done this before? even if I have to boot from a floppy its not a big deal, any suggestions? TIA |
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