Peoples,
I suggest getting System Commander. Very nice utility in booting partitions. I have it on my linux pcs over here.
http://www.v-com.com/product/System_Commander_Home.html
Jon
---- Dazed_75 <
lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Michael Sammartano <volinaz@cox.net> wrote:
> > Jim,
> >
> > 1st>> Create restore disks from the windows Start menu. I am quite certain your computer did not come with restore cd/dvd's. If it did ignore this part. Once the restore partition is wiped out you need to request disks from compaq, that can take up to 6 weeks.
> >
> > 2nd>> Make sure the cd's/dvd boots computer!!
> >
> > 3rd>>Boot with linux disk or another utility and shrink the ntfs partition. If you use the correct utility, it will move all of the windows data to the new partition for you with out defrag.
> >
> > 4th>> keep the ntfs partition, do not remove/change the restore partition (should be around 1.5GB. Create new partitions for linux in new empty space. I am preety sure you can do extended partitions, not logical.
> >
> > 5th>> allow linux to install, choose GRUB boot loader, then try both installs for boot.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> Two things I want to point out:
>
> 1) Vista can resize its own partition and that should really be the
> preferred method since Vista will remain happy. So do that right
> after making sure you have Vista Restore CD/DVDs. Just go into
> computer management and disk management under that. Select the
> partition and pick resize from the menu.
>
> 2) Before installing Linux, save the MBR (or at least the 1st 446
> bytes of it) to some external media so you have a saved copy in case
> you need to restore it. This may be particularly important if the OEM
> for your system has elected to use some of the new boot processes
> Microsoft added ON RELEASE DAY for Vista. These support the trusted
> platform concept and among other things check that the MBR is
> undisturbed. If your OEM is using them, you may have to restore the
> MBR and use the Vista BCDEDIT program to change the registry entries
> for the Vista boot menu to invoke grub from there rather than letting
> grub replace the MBR.
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