data lost after partiton
I partitioned my drive in order to install Linux. After partitoning, my hd allocated for windows is empty out. I was trying to install Fedora Core. At the screen where it tell me whethr to use Disk Druid or automatic partition. I clicked on Disk Druid, warned me about data deletion, but accidentally hit my mouse tap and now more Window on my laptop. Everything is gone. Linux is now installed on my computer. I read somewhere that said that always install Window before Linux.
In my case, should I go ahead and install Windows, and then install Linux again overwriting the current Linux. Or should i delete Linux now, and then install Window then Linux? Thanks |
Since win is gone, and presumably not too much
work done in Linux configuration wise, I'd suggest re-partitioning. Make a partition for windows, at least two for Linux (1 swap, 1 / ) .... install winBLOWS first (if you must/need) and then Linux again. Cheers, Tink |
what is win BLOWS?
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the Linux installation ... Take care, Tink |
thanks,
do you know which file system shall I format for Windows 2000? NTFS or FAT? Thanks. |
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to a NTFS filesystem at this time, though it can read NTFS. It would be best to setup your Windows 2000 operating system on a partition by itself, give it 5GB of space, and format it NTFS. Then you could set another partition for your programs as FAT32 - size depends upon how many programs, size of hard disk, etc. Then set another partition for data as FAT32 and give it lots of room so that you can share data there between Windoze and Linux. At any rate, if you want to share data between Windoze and Linux, you should setup a FAT32 partition - so that both OSes can read it. |
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<edit> Hate when that happens....., go to post hit submit and someone has already answered. Oh well, I'm porbably not the first and won't be last :) |
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To be more precise, not FAT but actually FAT32 to enable the handling of long filenames, etc. No writing to NTFS today without possible damage to the NTFS partition. |
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I ended up having to install everything again. I installed window and leave some free space for Linux. I then set the free space to be in front of Window. I sucessfuly nstalled Linux using those free space. I have one mount point and a swap dedicated to Linux. The problem I have now is that Linux won't boot at all. Window works fine, but when i try to boot Linux, a completely black screen came up, and nothing happens.
WHat could be the problem? |
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Amen to that! What part of China are you in?:scratch: |
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today we've had snow for most of the day, and it's about 6 degrees. |
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