[BLUG] Install Fest

[Mark Warner]

If it were mine I'd backup/image/whatever, then blow everything away, 
and repartition the raw drive with a target NTFS basic partition for 
Windows, and an extended with a swap, root, and home partition for 
Linux. (I don't know what the Media Direct thing is all about.) Then 
install Windows using the recovery disks, followed by the Linux install.

OEM installs with all the hidden partitions and whatnot are a right 
PITA. It appears you are affiliated with IU? You can get a Windows 7 
disk for $20. An install of XP or Vista is a prerequisite, but that's 
easily accomplished -- get a copy of the IU XP disk (everybody in town 
has one), do a quick base install, then install Win 7. After going 
through all that nonsense, the Linux install will be a breeze, and 
you'll have a much greater appreciation for what FOSS is all about.

Erik Wallace wrote:
> My computer is a dell laptop.  I have all of the original recovery disks 
> (still unopened).  

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Mark Warner
MEPIS Linux
Registered Linux User #415318