Tristan9669 Posted June 16, 2005 CID Share Posted June 16, 2005 I currently have Win Xp Pro on one hd. The hd has to partitions, C: and D: The D drive has all my backups and the C has windows. My question is, if I install Red Hat on the C partition, will it harm my D drive? If not, what is the procedure to install red hat just on the C: and leave D: alone? -Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra Posted June 16, 2005 CID Share Posted June 16, 2005 The install will not harm either of your drives unless you mess them up trying to repartition or format them. Dual boot is pretty easy and covered in a wide variety of linux doc sources. See http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/ch-x86-dualboot.html'>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/ch-x86-dualboot.html for some Redhat notes. You should also spend some time looking through http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted June 16, 2005 CID Share Posted June 16, 2005 I can not stress this enough. Back up all your stuff before installing your redhat. With linux its real easy to screw up xp. I have seen countless issues with others trying this. You may want to consider a new harddive and put linux on that. I would back up your harddrive to dvd. Use ghost 9.0 or another program of your choice. Not trying to scare you away from tryiing. Just cover yourself incase things go bad........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan9669 Posted June 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted June 16, 2005 im already ahead of u bro...ghost'd all of my sh*tz up already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted June 16, 2005 CID Share Posted June 16, 2005 Super cool. If it works out for ya you will have to let me know how ya did it. If it worked out for ya all that. I have seen bits of stuff here and there but I tell ya this. With this being your first time I am willing to bet you could spell it out for thoes that have never done it. Myself included. Best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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