Help: Installing OS

[drey]

Hello,

I need your help once again. Our desktop PC's OS got corrupted lately. I can't get it to run. The "Desktop Screen" doesn't appear no more and it says there is a missing system file. Now I am planning to format the drive where the OS is installed and install a Linux instead.

The problem is, I can't format the thing! And everytime I try to install the Linux, it only runs on CD.

[froshie1]

Most likely iyong ginagamit mong CD ay nakacustomize such that pang boot lang sya ng computer pag may problema pero hindi ka pwede maginstall.

Gawin mo, kuha ka ng iba pang installer and make sure hindi sya custom build na pang boot lang para may option ka na iinstall sya.

Pag nakakuha ka na let us know kung ano magiging problema mo.

[rhops]

yup i think parang boot CD nga lang sya kaya ganyan.

May follow up question lang po pano ko gagawin na dual OS yung PC ko i mean I could boot in Linux or in windows? Pwede po ito diba?

[froshie1]

Of course pwede.

Ang fundamentals noon ay you need to partition your disks. Isa nagbabasa ng Windows' File System (aka NTFS) at iyong isa naman gawin mong wala pang file system - RAW (wag mong iinstallan ng kahit anong OS). Doon sa walang file system mo ilalagay iyong Linux mo - mamili ka na lang, noong system administrator pa ako ang ginagamit ko ay EXT2 pag nagbuibuild ako ng Linux based servers.

[drey]

Pero sabi sa CD. Pwede mag install.

[froshie1]

pagbinoboot mo ba iyong CD nagdidisplay ba sya na parang nag checheck sya ng mga diagnostics? if yes, pang boot lang iyon at hindi nag iinstall.

[1D4LV]

my suggestion prior to formatting:

a) delete the partition first. use GPartED or Partition Magic.
b) re-create the partition.
c) format the created partitions.
d) install windows XP
e) install linux on the free partition.

dual-boot na yan.