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Ok, so my hard drive failed so i decided to multiboot and partition my drives now. I was thinking of doing it like this;
HD1: 200GB
HD2: 120GB
HD1 C: 15GB #Windows XP System Files only (NTFS)
HD1 D: 85GB #Games (NTFS)
HD1 E: 25GB #Apps (NTFS)
HD1 F: 20GB #Documents and Temp Files (NTFS)
HD1 G: 55GB #Downloads, Torrents, MP3s, Videos (NTFS)
HD2 50GB #Linux Setup
HD2 H: 70GB #More Storage (NTFS)
#Im not to familiar with Linux, will be reading up on it soon, OC linux forum is great, thanks.
Now, Ive had some pritty bad experiences with Fedora Core's Bootloader, GRUB and I tipically don't like Fedora Core. Now I was thinking of getting x32 Windows (for compatability) and x64 Linux, for experiments (muhaha). Now, Should I install Linux x64 first (on HD2) or Windows first (on HD1)? Will they happily detect each other? Will linux detect Windows better, or vice versa. I'd prefer to use Windows Bootloader to be honest, but i could learn how to get GRUB to be nice to me.
Now, which Linux version (im not sure if this should be in windows forums or linux forums, sorry mods). I want maximum compatibility with linux. I have a pritty new TV card and very old printer, I want them both to work, I need Linux to co exist with my Windows machines on my workgroup. I also read somewhere about a program with "Matrix" in the name, and I like what it was about, I forgot what linux it was on also, I'll try to find the name again. But my main concern is compatibility (x64 linux drivers
). Any help would be great and if any of you have a good suggestion for;
1. A good compatable x64 Linux (with Matrix-Something as a program)
2. A good site to learn how to use (Insert Linux Distro name).
3. Which to install first, XP or Linux
HD1: 200GB
HD2: 120GB
HD1 C: 15GB #Windows XP System Files only (NTFS)
HD1 D: 85GB #Games (NTFS)
HD1 E: 25GB #Apps (NTFS)
HD1 F: 20GB #Documents and Temp Files (NTFS)
HD1 G: 55GB #Downloads, Torrents, MP3s, Videos (NTFS)
HD2 50GB #Linux Setup
HD2 H: 70GB #More Storage (NTFS)
#Im not to familiar with Linux, will be reading up on it soon, OC linux forum is great, thanks.
Now, Ive had some pritty bad experiences with Fedora Core's Bootloader, GRUB and I tipically don't like Fedora Core. Now I was thinking of getting x32 Windows (for compatability) and x64 Linux, for experiments (muhaha). Now, Should I install Linux x64 first (on HD2) or Windows first (on HD1)? Will they happily detect each other? Will linux detect Windows better, or vice versa. I'd prefer to use Windows Bootloader to be honest, but i could learn how to get GRUB to be nice to me.
Now, which Linux version (im not sure if this should be in windows forums or linux forums, sorry mods). I want maximum compatibility with linux. I have a pritty new TV card and very old printer, I want them both to work, I need Linux to co exist with my Windows machines on my workgroup. I also read somewhere about a program with "Matrix" in the name, and I like what it was about, I forgot what linux it was on also, I'll try to find the name again. But my main concern is compatibility (x64 linux drivers
). Any help would be great and if any of you have a good suggestion for;1. A good compatable x64 Linux (with Matrix-Something as a program)
2. A good site to learn how to use (Insert Linux Distro name).
3. Which to install first, XP or Linux
