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wnb
Citizen
Username: Wnb
Post Number: 224
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 6:58 pm: |     |
Does anybody know how to do this...
I have a laptop with a single 6GB disk, partitioned into a 2GB partition (C and a 4GB partition (D
Does anybody know how to do one of the following. Either:
A) completely wipe the hard drive an all partitioning to create a single, blank 6GB HD on which I can install a new OS, or
B) Install the OS (Win2K in this case) on the 4GB D: drive and effectively change it into the C: drive (making the 2GB partition the D: drive in the process).
Any help would be appreciated. This is on an old IBM ThinkPad 600 if it makes any difference.
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Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5319
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 7:38 pm: | |
You may need to get the info about your specific hard drive (no. of cylinders, etc.) then Google FDISK and FORMAT to find a tutorial. Something like this maybe:
http://www.d-a-l.com/format-hard-disk.php
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oots
Citizen
Username: Oots
Post Number: 200
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 9:28 pm: | |
my laptop has windows 2000 and windows xp-not sure how it was done-call Sen Tan @ Tanmax computer-on springfield ave
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5602
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 10:33 pm: | |
wnb, the Windows installation CD, will let you do (A). When you boot with the CD, it will ask you if it's an upgrade or an initial installation. Tell it it's an initial installation, which means you want it to wipe your hard disk clean. It will give you an option of how big to make the boot partition. This is where you can resize the partition, and one possible size is the entire disk.
6 GB is pretty small these days. You would get a lot for your money if you bought a new disk. It would probably be faster than the old disk, too.
You can resize partitions after installing an operating system by using a package called Partition Magic. There might be free software that is equivalent, too.
But you cannot "re-letter" a boot partition.
Dave, you don't need to know about geometry to do this stuff. |
wnb
Citizen
Username: Wnb
Post Number: 225
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 12:36 pm: | |
I figureed it all out finally. I was using W2K upgrade installer, had to go back to NT full installation disk to wipe everything and start over. For my purposes this HD is more than adequate partitioned properly.
NOW the only problem I have is that I can't get the current version of iTunes to load onto this thing. Apple's support site is of absolutely no help. I get a vague error message on launch that "iTunes.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows." Went into the Admin Tools and found a vague DrWatson message being generated but doesn't give me any useful information.
Any ideas on where to get an older version of iTunes to try (it seems Apple has, in Ministry-of-Information fashion, completely eliminated virtually all existence of previous versions of this software. Add to that their lack of support (fine a discussion group of the blind leading the blind which doesn't help me)... The key is I need a version that supports iTunes LAN sharing capability but also may work on an older P2 chip. BTW it is NOT the OS -- I also installed a copy of XP on this machine and got the same iTunes error. It has something to do with the hardware itself. I have iTunes running on another W2K box with no problems.
OK well the long and the short of it, if anyone knows where I can get older versions of iTunes to try, or an alternative to iTunes which will play Apple's proprietary M4A files off of a network drive or via iTunes' sharing capability, please drop a line. Thanks.
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monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 570
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:28 pm: | |
The new iTunes version allows sharing over your local network, now if only it would work.
What version did you have installed before, I'll see if I can locate a copy.
What is the vague error message's that you get, Dr. Watson and otherwise, event viewer, etc....
Is the copy of iTunes on the other box of a new version, or the older version that you need? the installer may be in the ituens folder in your progams folder on the working machine, or somewhere else. |
wnb
Citizen
Username: Wnb
Post Number: 226
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 9:24 pm: | |
Looks like it is an error message received when 128MB of memory is unavailable for iTunes to run in, version probably won't matter. Back to eBay...
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