[H-GEN] backup image of disk
Troy Piggins
troy at piggo.com
Mon Dec 1 01:58:01 EST 2008
* James C. McPherson wrote :
> Troy Piggins wrote:
>>
>> I just "acquired" a Dell Inspiron 5100 for free. Yay me, my
>> first notebook. :)
>>
>> At first this will read like it's a Windows question, but I'll
>> get to the linux part next paragraph. Promise.
>>
>> It's got WinXP Pro on it, single partition of a 30GB disk. Didn't
>> get the XP install CD. But the sticker on the underside of
>> notebook has CD key for WinXP Home, not Pro. I assume if I
>> install Pro from an install CD I do have, the serial no won't
>> work.
>>
>> What I want to do is re-partition the disk to dual boot Ubuntu
>> and WinXP. But I have no CD to reinstall XP.
>>
>> So I just wanted to run this by you guys. I'm sure there's a way
>> to create an ISO image of the current disk, then I can install
>> Ubuntu, creating partitions as required. Not sure how I go about
>> getting the WinXP image back onto a new partition. Will the
>> registry be intact and working? Boot sector also.
>>
>> Any ideas/hints?
>
> gparted is your friend.
>
> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
Yes, it looks like it is. Thanks! :D
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