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Thanks to all for the useful info. I think I will just backup well, and be ready to install Ubuntu again if it becomes too much of a hassle.

No problem. Didn't know! The thread had disappeared to page 3 and I wanted to see if the daytime members had an answer. Won't happen again. ...

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I backed up an XP system in Sept. 2009 using Macrium Reflect 4.2. The resulting image is only 10GB out of 110GB. Since that time, I have turned it into a dual-boot Ubuntu 11.04, but now the XP side...

Updating to 11.10 solved the wireless card problem.

I found this thread via a search for RT2760, the wireless card in my daughter's dual-boot WinXP/Ubuntu 10.04.

I just upgraded to the Belkin N750 DB router from the version just below it and...

I am assuming that when you say Grub Menu, you are talking about the menu at first boot that lets you decide whether you want to boot into Ubuntu or Window.

Yes - that is what is missing. Nobody...

Thank you for taking the time.

I listed the model in post #6. It's an eMachines ET1161-05 which the website says contains an NVIDIA® GeForce® 6150SE integrated graphics. Up to 128MB of shared...

Yes. The priority right now is not resizing the partition. I have plenty of free drive space and can fix that later.

The priority is getting a boot menu so that my son can get into Vista and...

Thanks for the reply, but I'm not sure what you are trying to tell me. I do not understand the Linux-speak, but I clicked the link. Are you saying to use that partition program to....what? Resize...

Can I delete the Ubuntu partition, through Windows or Ubuntu and start over?

I wish I got that screen, but I'm not. It stays on that monitor warning until it briefly goes to the BIOS splash page, then to a black screen with 'Boot CD' for a second, then it proceeds to boot...

I have to leave for work very soon, so I will check this thread for more replies when I get home.

Thank you for your help! My son will be very upset if I've screwed up his computer (he's only 10).

Just did that, and apparently that gets you into the eMachines Recovery Management (hidden partition), which btw has a ghosted-out 'recover' option, leaving only the exit option.


Edit to add: I...

#1 - no.

#2 - he had around 90 GB of free space. (eMachines ET1161-05 - 160 GB hard drive, Vista taking around 40GB, and a hidden partition for re-installation)

#3 - I'm sorry - I don't speak...

No, sir. I installed alongside Vista, as I stated in my first sentence. :)

After cleaning up my son's Vista desktop and backing it up, I installed 11.04 alongside Vista.

Issue #1:

Using the Ubuntu Requirements Guide, which says a minimum of 5GB is needed, I went...

Thank you to everyone for their help!

Thank you to everyone for your help!

I just signed up on AOL AIM, using the username *private*

I'm glad I'm not being a pest!

I am embarrassed to say that I do not know how to go to /boot/grub or even to find the terminal.

ETA: I was talking about a drop-down choice like on here:
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I think the only thing left for me to do is see if her NetGear wireless G USB dongle is recognized, since there isn't hard-wire in her bedroom. I've had her machine in my office while doing all the...

I'm sorry - should I abandon this thread now that I'm up and running, and start new ones for further questions? I'm not really sure of the protocols on ubuntuforums.org and I don't want to be a...

A few things: on startup, I get this boot screen:

Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
Ubuntu 9.04,...

Oh - I do have a quick question for anyone listening: how do you turn off the request for the password for everything you do in Ubuntu. It drives me crazy on my machine, and I know that it will be...