I am not going to install LINUX on my computer. I am just going to run them from the CD\nfor example files that I create in LINUX will I be able to see on Windows XP?
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depends on how you save the data. if you save the data on a thumbdrive, floppy, a CD, DVD or hard drive properly, it is reasonable to expect the files that you create can be accessed when you boot your PC in a windows environment.  The applications may not be identical (Word, Excel, Powerpoint...) but you should be able to see the files and import them after some trial and error...\n\nGood Luck!
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No. If your operating system is XP and you have Works installed, you can't copy these software to a CD....unless the setup files are saved somewhere on you computer.
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use windows xp .  or try linux if want to experiment with something free
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use nero express to create a bootable CD... It's all in the application, check it out!
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I'm not exactly sure what you're asking either, but if you're worried about Linux "infecting" your working Windows machine you should try one of the Linux Live CDs (or DVDs). If you've got tons of bandwidth (or time) and a DVD burner you should try the latest Knoppix (5.0 I think). If you want a smaller download then I think that Knoppix still has a CD version, but you may want to try an Ubuntu live CD.\nThese live CD's work by rebooting your computer and choosing to boot from the CD. Nothing will get installed on your hard drive and your current Windows installation will be untouched, but Linux will run from the CD and you can try it out. If you make any settings changes you can choose to save those off to a USB key.
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yes, but you have to do some master slave settings, as you may end up formatting your xp, so, boot by the usb hdd, and there you can create partitions, using the win98 cd.
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Well it didn't exactly "rescue" me from troubles, but... I'll tell you my story.\nI have a Dell Inspiron notebook. All of a sudden, my hard disk purred and crashed! (I had WinXP Pro in the hard disk)\nOh great! what am I gonna do? I dont have any money to buy a new hard disk, and my dad is gonna kill me if he gets to know about this.\nI got an idea! I whipped out all the free DVDs I got with magazines and found one that had a GamesKnoppix ISO file. Took that DVD to a studio, and got the ISO burned to a CD-R.\nCame home, put in the CD, set the BIOS to boot from it, and voila! Linux-on-CD!\nI have a 64MB flash drive, so I made that a "mini-hard-disk" for my Live CD, so that I can store the settings and retrieve them the next time I boot Linux. I just need to enter a small instruction, and the OS automatically retrieves the settings stored there and applies them.\nLife's good with the Linux. I'm able to browse with Mozilla Firefox, chat with Gaim, edit HTML stuff with KWrite (it's so much better than Windows Notepad) and have fun checking out Linux and playing with Terminal. It's cool!\n\nBut I still miss Windows XP :((\n_______\nViva La Dvorak! - www.dvzine.org
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Yes, you can use any Windows XP cd to install XP on your computer, but you'll need a valid Authenticity Code or whatever. Technically you can use use your friend's code, but legally you can't.
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Linux is a free operating system that was developed by Linus Trovalds. It is different from UNIX In fact, one of the reasons that it exists is that Linus needed a working UNIX platform but didn't want to pay the huge license fee. You'll find that most things in linux work the same way as they used to in Unix.\n\nAs for your other questions,\nYes, you can use Xandros off a live cd. However, Ubuntu comes with a live cd too and you can expect better support for Ubuntu than for Xandros. \n\nAnd yes, you can access your USB hard drive without any problem from linux.\n\nYou can download Ubuntu's Live cd here :- \n\nhttp://ftp.wwc.edu/pub/mirrors/ubuntu-releases/edgy/ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.iso
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Vmware and using a live distro although very good don't quite run linux to it's full potential, if you really want to try it properly install it as a dual boot with windows, it can always be removed at a later date.
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Well if you're looking for free linux cd's check UBUNTU.  check the website. www.ubuntu.com\n\nread and follow the instructions and you can have free cd's \nbelow here is the link.\n\nhttps://shipit.ubuntu.com/
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Yes.  Go here:http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpvirtualcd.html\n to download a prgram that allows you to create a virtual cd-rom drive on your computer.  Once you do that, you "mount" the cd image in that virtual cd-rom drive and it becomes live like a regular cd-rom.  I install things that way all the time.
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Because your software looks only in your CD Rom drive and doesn't look anywhere else.\n\nCopying files isn't enough. Its hard to tell which file has the path for you CD Rom.\n\nYou can run it from virtual drive which is a substitute for CD Rom and you don't have to have a CD.
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I would highly recommend CasperXP. It's saved me a few times now and makes a complete bootable clone of the disk. The best thing is that it can backup whilst you are still using XP and has smart clone technology so that on subsequent backups it will only backup changed sectors of the hard disk reducing backup time considerably. It will work with external USB hard disks.
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You did not state if it was XP Professional or Home you are using, so I included both link to create a bootable floppy.\nYou did not mention if you had a floppy on not.
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linux lacks the basic third party support of windows and it isn't easy to use but it is free...\n\n\nwindows is a massive uncaring corporate piec of software crap with huge security issues and nothing is ever free with windows....i personally think mac is the way to go...
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It's not all about compatable applications.\nThere are alternatives to most windows applications for Linux.\nWith pressure others can get ported.\nUntill then there's always WINE.