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Old 07-21-2003, 06:40 PM   #16
arkanix
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Ah cool

yeah i know its messed up my grandma is weird
whatever i got it now so woohoooooooooooooooooooooooo
(I live with my grandmother dont ask )
Thanks everyone

OH JUST ONE THING
How the hell do I format windows XP it has no DOS and it doesnt show anything argh figures microsoft would do somthing that lame.
 
Old 07-21-2003, 08:55 PM   #17
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I think XP has its on partition program ,though may only be in XP Pro.
 
Old 07-21-2003, 10:04 PM   #18
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you can partiton using partition magic or fdisk (free) Or, you could use the partitoning utility that comes with distros
 
Old 07-21-2003, 10:04 PM   #19
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This talks about XP's Disk Manager:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;309000
 
Old 07-22-2003, 08:50 AM   #20
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Cool, Thanks
 
Old 07-22-2003, 03:28 PM   #21
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I love Slackware, it's the best. Just a question, I am buying Mandrake Linux 9.1. Is it any better?
 
Old 07-22-2003, 03:41 PM   #22
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Most people say that slackware is better than mandrake..but I think mandrake is easier to install/configure.
 
  


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