HP Windows 8

riclad

OK, version 7 is more like windows,7,

it can be set linux 1 partition , 7gig.
leaves windows os,documents ,as is ,

it dual boot,makes a menu,
up,down,arrow,
enter,

SELECT,BOOT windows,or boot mint linux.

watch this,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ShbhYytrQ0

SEE video time
1.12 ,

do NOT click use entire disk,

DO NOT USE ENTIRE DISK,

CLICK Circle box,

specify partitions manually

,in the install menu, it,ll say

Make a password user name,

kEEP it simple,
eg password joe77
username,
computer

write down the password,
otherwise you,ll be locked out of mint os.

SamIsta

tried once and it didnt go to disc properly, doing the universal one at the min

yoyo

SamIsta wrote: »

tried once and it didnt go to disc properly, doing the universal one at the min

Did you test the hard disk? If it has bad sectors I would reccomend replacing the drive. Also, a simple thing that may help, go into the bios and reset all settings to default, you do this by pressing a key like [del] at the startup and then press [F7] or follow instructions to "restore fail safe defaults". This will rules out any raid/funny hdd config stuff that may be causing your issue. I think the drive is busted though

Nick

riclad

use imgburn ,burn options, 2x ,speed,burn speed
verify,off,options,

verify is a waste of time.

riclad

Doing the universal, i Have no idea what that means.
i Presume you got a bad cd burn.

SamIsta

on the link u gave it had the following

Parent Directory -
LinuxMint-7-Universal.iso 23-May-2009 05:00 1.3G
LinuxMint-7-x64.iso 22-Jun-2009 09:32 694M
LinuxMint-7.iso 20-May-2009 09:54 697M
README.txt 24-May-2009 12:17 743
community/ 05-Sep-2009 15:51 -
md5sum.txt 22-Jun-2009 09:33 164
user-guide/ 29-Sep-2009 11:14 -
I tired the third one down and it didnt work so now am trying the first

riclad

bad idea,stop download,
ill post a link in 1 minute for 660meg,iso,

1st link is 1.3gig .,too big,

riclad

http://mirror.gopotato.co.uk/mint/stable/7/
click linuxmint7.-iso

riclad

on my connection its a fast download.

riclad

use the gopotato uk link,

no point downloading 1.3gig.

riclad

1.3 gig is probably 64bit, no point in downloading it,
32bit mint is fine for you.

SamIsta

its taking a while to downöload, 5 mins left, im on a crappy old german laptop

SamIsta

none of them are working when i put them into harddrive, i just get a black screen with lots of incomprehensible words, i reckon its time to admit defeat and try find someone who will have a look at it without charging me an arm and a leg

riclad

http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/english_7.0.pdf
see page 14 ,on,
it shows,THE drive layout, scans the drive, sees the windows installation,
AND gives you an option,
dual boot,mode,


INSTALL mint 7,alongside windows ,

ie dont erase entire disk,

Set aside ,make 7 gig partition for mint.

riclad

ubuntu have made, a partition ,
if you installed it,
You Could try reboot,press,del,or f5,or f10, acess bios,
use,arrow ,keys, up,down, enter ,to select ,
RESET pc to default.
then ,save changes and exit.

riclad

I only know of,have experience of one person, company ,that fixes pcs, laptops.
near santry,dublin ,north.
Price they,charge, 50 euro, per 30 minutes spent on repairs.
i usually ,get parts,fix my own pcs, laptops.
or build em.
Otherwise ,i,ve have no idea ,who,is good, or bad ,re pc repairs.

if YOU had a windows cd, i reckon it would just,do a setup,
Normal ,install, format drive c; install the os.

IF ram ,or motherboard, was faulty , ubuntu, or a linux livecd would not run in a stable manner.

SamIsta

i have a windows 7 cd from a tiny samsung netbook, but wouldnt i need a new key for that?

SamIsta

if you are anywhere near dub 8 i could throw u a few bob to look at this one maybe?

riclad

i,ll look at it on thursday ,or friday.daytime,after 12.30
,i have only linux cds.
i have no windows os cds
you can pm a mobile no,if you want.

PrzemoF

SamIsta, what's the speed of your internet link? It's normal that linux downloads updates during installation (unless told not to do so) - if you have a slow link it might take a while to download them.

riclad

http://www.adverts.ie/laptops/hp-2510p-laptop-core-2-duo-2-0ghz-1-5gb-80gb-dvd-cd-rw-windows-7/2431002

YOU could buy a dual core laptop,
150 approx,2gig ram,windows 7,cpu 2.oghz dual core,
,remove the pc drive,or erase it, then maybe get 350euro for the pc,
ON adverts.ie.
WIN7 dvd costs 95 euro approx.
Plug in the laptop to a monitor ,using vga out port.

HE downloaded mint 12, and ubuntu, i,d say his net connection is fairly fast.

MAKE Sure it was windows license ,key,label , ,if you are buying a laptop.
on the case.
http://www.rocomputersystems.nl/windows_7_license.jpg
IN case you need to reinstall the os in future.

A NEW hardrive costs 50euro,approx, 500 gig sata type.

Freddy Smelly

SamIsta wrote: »

Hey

I recently bought a new HP with Windows 7 preinstalled. It also came with Windows 8 on 3 discs, however on the discs it says 'Windows 8 for HP'. My question is can I use the discs to install Windows 8 on my other pc, its an acer, or does it have to be a hp?

Any info would be very much appreciated

Sam

keep win 7

win 8 is horrible to use