Reinstallation Options
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distoaddict
Re: Reinstallation Options
depends on whether you used mint4win or installed on a separate partition.can you boot into xp?
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distoaddict
Re: Reinstallation Options
no.you will be ok to reinstall without touching your windows partition i'm sure.what confused me (which doesn't take much) was your mention of add/remove programs.sorry.mint4win is on felicia but not on previous versions ie elyssa. still it would be a good idea to back up your stuff.
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distoaddict
Re: Reinstallation Options
could you run from the live cd gparted partition editor and post a screenshot of your hdd layout
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Aging Technogeek
Re: Reinstallation Options
wbee:
When you put the live CD in and tried to boot from it did you reset the bios boot order to boot from CD first? I sounds like you are booting from the hard disk into XP and being presented with different options to install via Mint4win.
When you boot from the live CD, the Mint desktop should come up. From there you can start the Mint installer.
When you put the live CD in and tried to boot from it did you reset the bios boot order to boot from CD first? I sounds like you are booting from the hard disk into XP and being presented with different options to install via Mint4win.
When you boot from the live CD, the Mint desktop should come up. From there you can start the Mint installer.
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dlkreations
Re: Reinstallation Options
Is this a desktop or laptop? Also, is this system a home built or something along the lines of Dell, HP, etc.?
Sometimes, depending on the system you could hit F10 or F12 during POST to give you a boot menu where you can choose to boot from the CD/DVD drive or from hard disk, USB etc.
If nothing else, hit the Delete key during POST to go into your BIOS and choose your first boot option, and change to CD/DVD.
It's obvious that you got it on there before. Why are you having trouble booting from the CD now? Unless you had someone else do this for you.
Sometimes, depending on the system you could hit F10 or F12 during POST to give you a boot menu where you can choose to boot from the CD/DVD drive or from hard disk, USB etc.
If nothing else, hit the Delete key during POST to go into your BIOS and choose your first boot option, and change to CD/DVD.
It's obvious that you got it on there before. Why are you having trouble booting from the CD now? Unless you had someone else do this for you.