Got a bad windows update on my netbook, switching to Linux.

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 06:00 AM

already sounds like it'll be fun. (good fun, not bad).

vigi · 02-10-2010, 06:17 AM

Just in case you are not aware? Netbooks comonly have a hidden windows restore partition - you should use this before installing Ubuntu; if you do want to dual boot with windows.

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 06:24 AM

sweet thanks. seems like i'll have a lot to get used to, but i honestly think i'm going to have fun with this switch, and in a good way even.

pixellany · 02-10-2010, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vigi

Just in case you are not aware? Netbooks comonly have a hidden windows restore partition - you should use this before installing Ubuntu; if you do want to dual boot with windows.

I think you mean delete it....

If the setup is not going to be dual-boot, just let the Ubuntu installer do the partitioning.

MTK358 · 02-10-2010, 07:29 AM

Did you get the CD downloaded yet?

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 08:13 AM

almost. had a problem with the dl and it wasn't registering as an ISO file... 3 minutes til it's done dling again.

MTK358 · 02-10-2010, 08:18 AM

Are you burning it as an image or data CD?

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 08:29 AM

alright. now the disk is done, disk is in the external drive, and it sees the external drive... but isn't doing anything about it right now.

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 08:30 AM

burning it as an ISO image.

MTK358 · 02-10-2010, 08:33 AM

So it's not trying to boot from the CD?

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 08:36 AM

and in trying to get that to work, i found the "hidden" restore folder for Windows. still going to end up switching to linux though. so now my comp is working again... just need to swap the OS

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 08:37 AM

no, it's not automatically booting from the cd, it sees the drive, just isn't reading the cd

MTK358 · 02-10-2010, 08:39 AM

So the CD drive is an external USB CD drive?

TempestStorm · 02-10-2010, 08:41 AM

correct.

MTK358 · 02-10-2010, 08:45 AM

Try playing around with the BIOS settings (especially the boot sequence), make it so the CD and/or USB devices come before the hard drive.