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Re: Formatting
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2012, 09:50:04 am »
I guess it would, but it was optimized to linux'es first, so might interfere with a windows setup and shitz.
For installing WinXP on my netbook I use the proper soft: http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
It's very good. After you install your windows with it, reboot into it's setup and and select the first selection. After your computer gets restarted (initial setup is done copying files to proceed) and you get back into WinToFlash setup, choose the second option.

Everything you need can be found on their website though.

About the drivers... if you are unsure which ones to get, then use DriverPacks: http://driverpacks.net/
Of course having the proper drivers is better than this, but it's a solution never the less.

If you want to get proper drivers and don't know your hardware, then get Speccy (free tool like Everest from Piriform - Creators of CCleaner): http://www.piriform.com/speccy
That will list your hardware, accurately enough to find the required drivers via google.
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Re: Formatting
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2012, 09:57:32 am »
Quote from: Kulverstukas on March 03, 2012, 09:50:04 am
I guess it would, but it was optimized to linux'es first, so might interfere with a windows setup and shitz.
For installing WinXP on my netbook I use the proper soft: http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
It's very good. After you install your windows with it, reboot into it's setup and and select the first selection. After your computer gets restarted (initial setup is done copying files to proceed) and you get back into WinToFlash setup, choose the second option.

Everything you need can be found on their website though.

About the drivers... if you are unsure which ones to get, then use DriverPacks: http://driverpacks.net/
Of course having the proper drivers is better than this, but it's a solution never the less.

If you want to get proper drivers and don't know your hardware, then get Speccy (free tool like Everest from Piriform - Creators of CCleaner): http://www.piriform.com/speccy
That will list your hardware, accurately enough to find the required drivers via google.
I love your informative posts. Thanks.
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Re: Formatting
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2012, 12:11:42 pm »
Oh by the way how come the first time I tried using ubuntu(11.10)on my usb it worked and everything went fine, but the second time i tried it it was much less interactive; no sidebar/internet/fucking anything?

EDIT: Obviously I should have downloaded a previous version, this i fucking stupid.
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Re: Formatting
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2012, 12:53:59 pm »
Well maybe the GNOME didn't initialize properly.
Oh wait! Since Ubuntu 11.10 they use Unity, not GNOME :(
Well then maybe something was wrong with unity - tried to restart?
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« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2012, 07:01:46 pm »
Yeah. Maybe it was only fully interactive the first time around with the sidebar and internet access and whatnot because I was only trying it as opposed to installing it?
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« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2012, 07:50:39 pm »
And kulver, if you want to view your devices you should just use devmgmt.msc if you're on windows, from there you can look up the device and PCI ID which can be mapped against the http://www.pcidatabase.com/
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Re: Formatting
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2012, 09:56:09 pm »
Quote from: xor on March 03, 2012, 07:50:39 pm
And kulver, if you want to view your devices you should just use devmgmt.msc if you're on windows, from there you can look up the device and PCI ID which can be mapped against the http://www.pcidatabase.com/
Ok. I didn't know this one :P
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Re: Formatting
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2012, 10:22:42 pm »
I'd like to make a recommendation to everyone not to install ubuntu 11.10. if that was there plan. After my first problem of having the launcher disappear was fixed by going to the terminal and entering in the command "unity --reset"

Now it has a new problem of freezing everytime I try to boot. Not to mention that when it was "working" it had plenty of freezes and crashes resulting in me having to do a hard shutdown.


I'll be switching to 11.04 now
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Re: Formatting
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2012, 10:44:24 pm »
I still use 10.04 as it is an LTS release, but I was thinking to upgrade to 12.04 when it gets released, because it will be an LTS as well, but I really hate Unity.
Never the less, you can switch desktop environments on Ubuntu like socks, unlike windows Explorer that you are stuck with it.
On Ubuntu you can choose from Unity, Gnome, KDE, AWM, X and many other, although I prefer Gnome over anything.
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Re: Formatting
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2012, 11:47:03 pm »
I have a friend who has 10.4. Works great, I see no need to update. Is it possible that the 11.10 software is just buggy because its new?

Yes unity sucks.
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