some ?s before i format my hd
Posted: Tue 23 Aug 2005, 20:45
hi,
today windows xp gave me a refreshingly unexpected monster crash (logon process broken, all repairs failed) and so i'm gonna take the opportunity and redo the harddrive
if anyone could answer my (mostly puppy related) questions here, i'd be grinning - or maybe not...
- i'm going for a fat32 disk and probably give puppy it's own partition. if installed to harddrive, will it still run completely from ram or equally fast? and how much space would you plan for the partition (it's a 20GB hd)?
- my data backup is currently running. is there a way to backup the windows registry from within puppy (to access some settings stored there)?
- i'm not to sure about grub (installed in windows and the mbr. is it a problem, that i'll be unable to uninstall it prior to the formatting or will it be swiped as well?
- is it strongly advisable to install windows first after the formatting or would it be ok to format the disk using a livecd, partition it the way i plan and then install puppy in a secondary partition leaving room for windows in the first?
sorry for n00bness and especially for everything that may havebeen answered here already. i'm gonna continue reading some threads about similar issues now and if i find answers i'll update here, ok?
thanks!
today windows xp gave me a refreshingly unexpected monster crash (logon process broken, all repairs failed) and so i'm gonna take the opportunity and redo the harddrive
if anyone could answer my (mostly puppy related) questions here, i'd be grinning - or maybe not...
- i'm going for a fat32 disk and probably give puppy it's own partition. if installed to harddrive, will it still run completely from ram or equally fast? and how much space would you plan for the partition (it's a 20GB hd)?
- my data backup is currently running. is there a way to backup the windows registry from within puppy (to access some settings stored there)?
- i'm not to sure about grub (installed in windows and the mbr. is it a problem, that i'll be unable to uninstall it prior to the formatting or will it be swiped as well?
- is it strongly advisable to install windows first after the formatting or would it be ok to format the disk using a livecd, partition it the way i plan and then install puppy in a secondary partition leaving room for windows in the first?
sorry for n00bness and especially for everything that may havebeen answered here already. i'm gonna continue reading some threads about similar issues now and if i find answers i'll update here, ok?
thanks!