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Topic Started: Dec 20 2005, 04:34 PM (552 Views)
Websurfer
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Try using this command:

startx
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WildWog
Dec 21 2005, 03:20 AM
Myrdaal
Dec 21 2005, 12:58 AM
WildWog
Dec 20 2005, 04:31 PM
sorry to hyjack but i've got this problem, i've got 2 IDE drives (once with windows the other with stuff) i've found a old one that i want to transfer all the stuff from the old one to the one with stuff (its to big to put on the one with the OS) so im thinking i might just put the old one in and the one with stuff, and try use the ubuntu live cd, any idea if this will work?

A live CD doesn't use any diskspace. It boots directly from the CD drive.

yea i know but would it give me the possiblity to transfer all the files from one to another?

I take it both hard drives were orignally partitioned with Windows? If so all the 'stuff' is on an NTFS formatted partition, which Ubuntu is incapable of doing anything with.

@ llikitlum: Those "Designed for Windows XP" stickers are a bunch of BS. You should be able to install any x86 compatible OS on it.
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llikitlum
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ya... well tell that to my laptop *-)
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Myrdaal
Dec 21 2005, 05:23 PM
WildWog
Dec 21 2005, 03:20 AM
Myrdaal
Dec 21 2005, 12:58 AM
WildWog
Dec 20 2005, 04:31 PM
sorry to hyjack but i've got this problem, i've got 2 IDE drives (once with windows the other with stuff) i've found a old one that i want to transfer all the stuff from the old one to the one with stuff (its to big to put on the one with the OS) so im thinking i might just put the old one in and the one with stuff, and try use the ubuntu live cd, any idea if this will work?

A live CD doesn't use any diskspace. It boots directly from the CD drive.

yea i know but would it give me the possiblity to transfer all the files from one to another?

I take it both hard drives were orignally partitioned with Windows? If so all the 'stuff' is on an NTFS formatted partition, which Ubuntu is incapable of doing anything with.

@ llikitlum: Those "Designed for Windows XP" stickers are a bunch of BS. You should be able to install any x86 compatible OS on it.

omg so theres no way to just send the files over? (if i do a windows setup on one of these drives that has no OS and don't format will the still stay in tackt? i really need these files...)
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llikitlum
Dec 21 2005, 09:42 AM
Are you on a laptop that says
Designed for Windows XP
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Thats why I can't use anything else on this laptop :P

That just tells you what the root OS is and what OS is on there when the product orignaly designed.
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[dumb answer]have you partitionned your hard drive correctly or you are installing on another hard drive?[/dumb answer] :ermm:
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Colonel Mustard
Dec 21 2005, 08:30 PM
[dumb answer]have you partitionned your hard drive correctly or you are installing on another hard drive?[/dumb answer] :ermm:

He's using the Live CD, not the Install CD.
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