How to setup windows XP dual boot with linux?
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You'll probably want to use a program called Lilo (Linux Loader).  Personal experience tells me it's a nuisance to uninstall if you put it in your master boot record, though WinXP has a repair tool which can purge Lilo if need be.
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Totally do-able.  Fred Langa, of InformationWeek, wrote a stepy by step guide to boot from a thumb drive. I know you want to use a external hard drive but the basic procedure is the same.\n\n"Fred Langa offers a step-by-step and illustrated guide on how to boot XP from an ordinary USB drive." --Fred Langa  (http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177102101)
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In your CD writing software there should be a option to burn a bootable CD. The boot image should be on your windows xp CD.
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Pre: make sure you're windows XP is bootable\n\nMake your CD-Rom as 1st Boot. to do this, go to "Bios Setup" by pressing "Del" or "F2" for some system just read on the screen during POST.\n\nthen after that, you'll see an installation window. Next, since it's not formatted yet, you'll see there a formatting option so just go on with the window instruction. it's so easy.\n\nThen you'll have you'r cd formatted and XP installed. Just follow what the window instsallation said so.. Thanks.\n\nand oh, please don't forget to rate my answer.. thanks and good luck ^_^
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Put the XP CD in the drive and boot from it.  Go through the steps to install the operating system.  You will be asked to format the C: drive or leave it.\n\nReference step 10 in http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html\n\nYou can also use a tool like Darik's Boot and Nuke (dban) - which is available as a bootable CD.  It will thoroughly wipe you hard drive making it virtually impossible to recover any data that was once on it.  see: http://dban.sourceforge.net/\n\nLastly, if you don't know how to CORRECTLY burn an ISO image, reference the instructions for your particular burning software here:\nhttp://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm
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You have to have a boot disk first, then re-format you hard drive from the boot disk, then install win XP. Make sure the boot disk is made from win 98
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1. You'll need to partition your hard drive first (or get another hard drive - the preferred solution).  One partition will be FAT32/VFAT for Windows, leave the other unformatted for now.  \n\n2. Install Windows first on the FAT partition.  \n\n3. After that pop in your RH disk, reboot and install RH on the remaining space.  RH will install a bootloader in the MBR of the disk which allows you to choose which OS to boot.  Windows automatically overwrites the MBR without asking when it installs, which is why you install Linux second.\n\n4. Reboot.\n\n5. Enjoy.
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Firstly, you need to configure your bios so that your computer can boot from the CD.  Depending on the manufacturer of your computer's BIOS will determine which keys you need to press when you first turn the computer on.  Sometimes, it will tell you when you first switch on.  i.e. Press F2 for SETUP.  The common keys are F2, DEL, F10, CTRL+F2\n\nOnce in your BIOS (Setup) you will need to set your first boot device as CD-ROM.  Some BIOS's have an additional setting for allowing boot from CD-ROM, but it is not common.\n\nOnce you have done this, you should be able to boot from your XP CD.\n\nIf you have succesfullly backed up all your data, I would recommend deleting the existing partitions during the installation process and re-creating them.  The installation process will guide you through this and it is arelatively straightforward process.\n\nBefore copying your data back on, Apply all the windows updates and ensure you install and update your anti-virus software.\n\nGood luck
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Try this site:\nhttp://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/windows/dual/index.html\n\nI know your using winxp and not 2000...but it should be useful\n\nor you could get a boot manager here:\n\nhttp://www.osloader.com/
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Oke you need your Windows XP CD(Assuming you have XP). Insert you CD in ur CD drive. Press Reset or turn "Off" and then turn "On". After the motherboard screen it should show "Press any key to boot from CD", go ahead an do that, press any key- Enter. i will load somefile to boot up. then it should show the Agrememnt. Press F8. then Choose the drive you wanna install XP. Hit Enter. Then Choose Format NTFS (do not choose Quick Format). It will format and then automatically start copying files. It will also automatically reboot after copyin. After that it will show a Win XP loading screen, Na, not yet done, i will now start installing. Around 33-32 min(left) it should show a screen asking for your regional settings and Key. Do it all. If you have LAN , at ~29 min it will show LAN setting, no big deal.. hit enter -enter. and then you're done. Wait for 30 min and you're done.\nHope it helped
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Insert the WinXP CD in the CDROM drive (or DVD drive if no CDROM is\navailable). When your computer starts booting, press the DEL key and\nenter the CMOS Setup utility. In the "Advanced" section you should see\nthe boot sequence. Set the first boot device to CDROM and the second\nboot device to HDD0 (that's hard drive zero). Save setting and exit.\nWhen it says "Press any key to boot from CD..." hit enter. Windows will\nstart, load drivers and other necessary files into memory. Follow each\nscreen until you get to the partitioning screen. Choose to delete the\nprimary partition if there is only one. If there are more than one,\ndelete the secondary partition(s) first then the primary. Next create a\nnew partition. Windows setup will then format the drive and install the\nOS.\n\nIf you ignore the message Press any key to boot from CD..." the system\nwill boot from the hard drive after the above steps are completed. Later\ngo back to the CMOS Setup Utility and set the boot sequence back to\nnormal.
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Unless you are very good with Linux you should keep a NTFS partition with XP installed. You can always resize your partition later if you decide you don't need XP. Since you have a COA for XP and it would not hurt to have it on your drive for while.\nI would recommend...\n\nPartition 1 Linux 40Gb\nPartition 2 XP    20Gb\nPartition 3 Data  60Gb\n\nI have and like Digital Dolly 1.0. It is a freeware drive utility.
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Try doing a google search for the different linux versions. Once you know which one you like, do the google search:\n\n"download [linux version]"\n\nThat should at least bring you to somewhere that can help.\n\nI downloaded the Fedora Project and Mandrake (Mandrix) Linux. Got Mandrake 10 and WinXP installed as dual boot.
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yep, its that simple, but you must make sure your boot order is set to boot from cd before anything else (other than floppy) and then you need your product key when the install disk prompts you, then its fairly simple from that point on, make sure you create a partition and format it as whichever file system you like (usually NTFS for xp)  if you want 2 or more partitions, you should make them now and install windows on the C: disk
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If your BIOS does not support boot from CD, then you will have to boot from a floppy that has drivers and support for your CD.  \n\nYou haven't specified which operating system you are trying to install.\n\nA "setup" disk shipped with Windows 95 and Windows 98 will do this job.  Borrow such a floppy if you don't have one. \n\nFor XP, the necessary downloads to make such a floppy is available from Microsoft, see link in "sources".\n\nFor Linux, use rawrite to create a bootable floppy.  See second link in "sources".
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You certainly can install Linux alongside XP, I've done it on my PC and it's working. \n\nI found a writeup of somebody who has got Linux on your model of tablet, however, they don't say what partioner they were using, but had less luck and so just wiped XP:\n\nhttp://lie.math.brocku.ca/~hfuks/web/linux/tablet/
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When you install Ubuntu, it will ask you if you want to erase the current partitions or if you want to use the existing free space.  I think you may have to erase your current Windows partition, and then create a new space in the Ubuntu setup so that Windows can be installed.  Once GRUB is installed, it will let you select either Ubuntu or Windows.  It's been a long time since I dual-booted Linux and Windows.  I gave up after Windows screwed up on installing XP SP2.  \n\nAnyway, for a person that has never used Linux before, I would highly reccomend Ubuntu, except for that its setup can be a bit challenging.  It does come with OpenOffice and Firefox and Gaim, which is about the best IM app ever, and all three are also available for Windows.  You definitely need to use the Ubuntu Guide, though.