robertscott
June 16th, 2009, 11:02 AM
Hi there-
I really have trouble with the installation of the OS. I am able to go through the entire installation process. But whatever option I choose at the partition step, it simply won't work. I have tried it a dozen times!
I want to install the system on my empty 40 GB Maxtor HDD on an active partition of 19 GB. I am running XPSP3 on an other drive from partition C:. No matter if I choose the manually partition option or install on entire drive, I never get any effect. The istallation runs, it shuts down and whenever XP has booted and I am looking for my drives, there's nothing there. How come?
I have a pretty regular pc, I guess, the Dell machine is from 2004, here's what Everest told me:
Betriebssystem Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
Motherboard:
Anschlüsse (COM und LPT)
Kommunikationsanschluss (COM1)
Anschlüsse (COM und LPT)
ECP-Druckeranschluss (LPT1)
Arbeitsspeicher 1536 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Typ Phoenix (08/26/04)
CPU Typ Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Chipsatz Intel Springdale i865PE
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 4600
Datenträger:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA
Storage Controllers IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA
Storage Controllers
Festplatte Maxtor 2F040L0 (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Festplatte SAMSUNG HD103UJ (931 GB, IDE)
Optisches Laufwerk _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optisches Laufwerk SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616T (16x/48x DVD-ROM) S.M.A.R.T. Festplatten-Status OK
BIOS Eigenschaften:
Anbieter Dell Computer Corporation
Version A12 Freigabedatum 08/26/2004
Größe 512 KB
Bootunterstützung Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, LS-120
Fähigkeiten Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS Unterstützte Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP Erweiterungen PCI, AGP, USB
I am upset right now, and I'd appreciate any help as I am eager to learn about Linux and the ubuntu was the most likable linux OS I found out there. Hope somebody is able to help! Thank you!
I really have trouble with the installation of the OS. I am able to go through the entire installation process. But whatever option I choose at the partition step, it simply won't work. I have tried it a dozen times!
I want to install the system on my empty 40 GB Maxtor HDD on an active partition of 19 GB. I am running XPSP3 on an other drive from partition C:. No matter if I choose the manually partition option or install on entire drive, I never get any effect. The istallation runs, it shuts down and whenever XP has booted and I am looking for my drives, there's nothing there. How come?
I have a pretty regular pc, I guess, the Dell machine is from 2004, here's what Everest told me:
Betriebssystem Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
Motherboard:
Anschlüsse (COM und LPT)
Kommunikationsanschluss (COM1)
Anschlüsse (COM und LPT)
ECP-Druckeranschluss (LPT1)
Arbeitsspeicher 1536 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Typ Phoenix (08/26/04)
CPU Typ Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Chipsatz Intel Springdale i865PE
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 4600
Datenträger:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA
Storage Controllers IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA
Storage Controllers
Festplatte Maxtor 2F040L0 (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Festplatte SAMSUNG HD103UJ (931 GB, IDE)
Optisches Laufwerk _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optisches Laufwerk SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616T (16x/48x DVD-ROM) S.M.A.R.T. Festplatten-Status OK
BIOS Eigenschaften:
Anbieter Dell Computer Corporation
Version A12 Freigabedatum 08/26/2004
Größe 512 KB
Bootunterstützung Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, LS-120
Fähigkeiten Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS Unterstützte Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP Erweiterungen PCI, AGP, USB
I am upset right now, and I'd appreciate any help as I am eager to learn about Linux and the ubuntu was the most likable linux OS I found out there. Hope somebody is able to help! Thank you!