-=PCTechTalk=- Re: " Trying to format the drive with Ubuntu on it "
- From: GuitarMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:41:47 -0400
Hey Kiddo,
Do you have the Ubuntu installation burned onto a CD? If so, try
booting with it and see if it gives you the option to uninstall itself. It
just may be that simple. lol
Also, I know the regular install routine will normally have you format
the drive with the Linux file system, but I'm not confortable telling you to
stop the routine once that part is completed and then switch over to the
Linspire install CD (although it 'might' work). Still, I thought I'd
mention it as a possible maybe that you might want to research a little.
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
----- Original Message -----
From: <mytoybox1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:43 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- " Trying to format the drive with Ubuntu on it "
> Well shuck`s ... I thought this might be a job I could do on my own ...
> not .
> On the advice of Don and GMan I tried to install the drive in my IBM
> machine which has Windows XP SP2 installed on it .
>
> I found that I had no empty drive bay`s left ... so I un-installed and
> removed the CD player drive thinking that I would use that drive bay
> temporarily . I got it out ... then I thought " No wait " ... the machine
> boot`s up to the Floppy drive A first ...then the CD drive D second ...
> then my main " C " drive where Windows lives .
>
> So I got out a USB external drive enclosure that I had and put the WD400
> 40 gig drive in that ... having first set my jumper on the back of the
> drive to " Slave " ... I thought the USB plug in would bypass the boot up
> sequence and the P C would recognise it as a new separate drive ... which
> it did .
>
> However it recognizes it as CD drive D which was the designation for the
> CD player drive which I removed .
>
> So I right clicked on My Computer found the CD drive D and clicked it to
> open it .
>
> On the new page left hand side it show`s my Drive A ... and the local
> drive which is my " C " drive ... and all of the folder`s on my Desktop .
>
> In the right hand pane it show`s nothing ... it is a blank white screen .
>
> The header say`s CD Drive D .
>
> So I know that Windows see`s the new drive even though it is mislabeled
> ... I also know that the USB plug in is functioning .
>
> I went on line and read two or three page`s on formatting a new drive
> which this is not ... it has Ubuntu on it ... so I read about formating a
> drive that had been used ... it mention`s using F2 key on start up to go
> into the BIOS which scare`s the be-jebber`s out of me ... I have tried to
> stay out of that no-man`s land until now .
>
> B/T/W I do still have the two floppy`s that Do and GMan suggested ... one
> is the D Ban eraser and the other is Data Life Guard Tool`s H D Wiper .
>
> So it seem`s that I am staggering in ever widening circle`s ... like a
> little OL drunk on Saturday night .
>
> Soooo ... that`s my latest tale of woe ( frown ) .
>
> Dumbfounded in Wichita,
>
> LiL OL confused Me
> Teri Lee
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