How would you set this up

[stone]

Hi people

If I were to give you this and you wanted to dual boot windows and run a local server how would you set it up :

Asus motherboard P5Q

160GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA2 8MB
160GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA2 8MB

500Gb Samsung HD501LJ

NEC Optiarc AD-7201A 20x Internal DVDRW Lightscribe

Ide DWD RW

1 x Asus Radeon HD 3650 256MBDDR3
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W

3gb ddr2 pc6400

External 320 my book FireWire400, eSATA, USB

Not a gamer, use photoshop macromedia bild websites


Would like to make this helpfull to others in similar situations if poss make it something usefull.

Cheers

stone

 

[melbourne720]

Which OSs would you be dual booting?

For instance, if it were XP then VISTA, I think you install XP on one drive (or partition), VISTA on the other and away you go. If you google 'dual boot' you can get the settings right (and in the right order) and take the route of least resistance, as it were

 

[mpj88]

do u need the external as an external? if not take it out of the enclosure and put it in the case. Depends how much storage space you want aswell! You could put both of the operating systems on one disc and save the other for storage.

 

[stone]

I will dual boot 2 x xp a pro version and a tiny version for the speed on the web.

I am wondering most about the partitions and connections on the board so it will run smoothly

Stone

 

[melbourne720]

Why don't you just use the ASUS Express Gate on the P5Q?

ASUS Express Gate
Surf the Internet in 5-second-boot time without entering Windows
With a fast bootup speed of only 5 seconds, the ASUS Express Gate offers an optional Linux OS bootup that allows you to enjoy instant access to commonly used functions like accessing the Internet, VoIP, and Web emailing without entering the OS.

 

[1337z0r]

I will dual boot 2 x xp a pro version and a tiny version for the speed on the web.

I am wondering most about the partitions and connections on the board so it will run smoothly

Stone

You should use nLite instead of "TinyXP" or what ever it's called. At least with nLite you can integrate what what applications you want to have installed and it will install them automatically on first boot up, you can also add post SP3 updates and remove all the crap and unecessary drivers. You can also setup up an unattended installed, so once you created your partition and windows finishes copying files you do not need to eneter the license key ect.. because you have already enetered that information into nLite.

Much better way of doing things instead of using something I personally would not trust on any of my machines.

 

[stone]

Ok both points taken thanks.............but how would you set it up so it runs smoothly I am no genius and you guys know the p5q inside out which is why you recomended it............

Isnt express gate for linux bods....I have a little brain damage cant be learning easily thats my problem.......


stone

 

[melbourne720]

Haven't used the express gate, but I think you enable it from the BIOS, install the software in windows, then it is an option from power on.

It basically gives you a web browser that you can use and a few other tools - similar to a cut down windows buiild.

Have a look at section 4.3.12 of you P5Q manual.