Kubuntu for Windows users - alternate install

[Tez]

marcus wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 August 2006 15:59, Ron Morse wrote:
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>> ac wrote:
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>>> For windows, also do a good scandisk and maybe
>>> defrag too, first.
>>>       
>
>   
>> No maybe about it. Both actions are highly recommended
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>
> How do you run scandisk on XP?
> I have never used it on my old W2K, never had XP myself, but I'm explaining 
> this to other people. Defrag is via drive properties, I know.
>
> Thanks, I hadn't thought of that because I've always pre-created partitions 
> myself before installing Linux, and I've never resized a Windows partition.
> I'll add scandisk and defrag to the to-do list.
>
>
> Marcus
>
>   
scandisk may be called "Error Checking" in newer versions on windows,
but it will say something like "can't scan some files that are in use"
so you'll have to restart and then scandisk witt start before windows
loads up.

Tez