Catminister
January 29th, 2009, 12:30 AM
I'm beginning to get overwhelmed browsing all the helpful information, so I thought I'd post.
I have an AMD 64 processor, 512 MB memory, 160 GB hard drive. I have the Windows XP Media Center Edition preinstalled, with SP3. I have Intrepid Ibex loaded over Hardy Heron (using upgrade utility within Heron).
I've tried to set up a dual booting system. I used the guided partition method. Unsure of what space to allocated (see aforementioned overwhelmed with information), I did a 60/40 split, with 40 to XP and 60 to Ubuntu.
XP, however, won't load. When I choose XP from the boot menu,I get a blank dark screen with the words "starting up . . ." and a blinking cursor.
And nothing happens. No matter how long I let the cursor blink.
I'm not sure if it matters, but I can access some of my XP files through the file manager in Ubuntu. Other files (such as Windows' "My Documents") don't show up.
I could spend a few weeks browsing the forums after work, but I'm starting to get battle fatigue. I was hoping someone could help me out as to what the problem might be.
I have an AMD 64 processor, 512 MB memory, 160 GB hard drive. I have the Windows XP Media Center Edition preinstalled, with SP3. I have Intrepid Ibex loaded over Hardy Heron (using upgrade utility within Heron).
I've tried to set up a dual booting system. I used the guided partition method. Unsure of what space to allocated (see aforementioned overwhelmed with information), I did a 60/40 split, with 40 to XP and 60 to Ubuntu.
XP, however, won't load. When I choose XP from the boot menu,I get a blank dark screen with the words "starting up . . ." and a blinking cursor.
And nothing happens. No matter how long I let the cursor blink.
I'm not sure if it matters, but I can access some of my XP files through the file manager in Ubuntu. Other files (such as Windows' "My Documents") don't show up.
I could spend a few weeks browsing the forums after work, but I'm starting to get battle fatigue. I was hoping someone could help me out as to what the problem might be.