I am installing Linux, Fedora 6, and as a new operating system I am wondering if all of the memory existing on my hard drive now will be overwritten and erased.
2007-04-22 18:29:47 · 11 answers · asked by dylanj_92 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
if you use a program like "partition magic," you can separate your hard drive into two partitions without damaging your XP installation. You can then install linux on the other partition, and dual boot... if you use a GRUB version of linux, there is a GRUB booter that will allow you to dual boot... but i'm not a big linux buff, so you might research that part a bit...
2007-04-22 18:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by Carlos Santana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it will not....
but before you install any linux systems get on to the user groups web site,, and ask the users how to do a dual boot system where you can have the best of both world, linux and windows,
now the best thing about Linux is it's user groups, their groups support are second to none, on any linux systems,
I have just done a web search and fidora don't seem to have a big following cause I can't find a good fidora user group site
so I would goto any linux user group site and ask your question there one linux system is the same as another try the links below...
I am using suse linux on one of my systems. I am also testing Ubuntu linux which is very good and easy to learn if your a new user, now suse linux as a good user group website, and ubuntu is the same I have never tried fidora linux but that will be one of my next tasks
by the way if you download ubuntu it is a live cd version where by run it off the cd to learn it, you don't need to install it right away
I recommend ubuntu to any one, new to linux, it finds all the hardware with no problems, if you have 512 meg of memory, if your on broad band then you will be on the internet without configuring your system. from the cd
open suse is more for the advanced linux user but is the best linux out there
try the links below...
2007-04-22 19:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no memory on your hard drive, only stored data. You made backups of all your important stuff right?
You could buy a second hard drive, they're cheap enough, and install Linux on that. Make the new drive the master and the Windows drive the slave and dual boot. Install Linux on the new master drive.
2007-04-22 18:35:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have never installed Linux before, I promise you, you're gonna wipe it out. Somone yelled Partition Magic. That'll do.
Is there a reason you need linux? If you have a need but you would also like to retain XP, you can get DSL Linux Embedded which will run the Linux OS whiul you are in windows so that you can access needed Linux software at the same time as you are using Windows. www.damnsmalllinux.org or com
2007-04-22 18:47:05 · answer #4 · answered by YourTech 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, as long as you have a separate partition setup for Linux...which I doubt you do. In that case you should look for a GParted Live Linux CD (Free). You can boot to that disc and setup a separate partition without formating the whole drive. Then setup Fedora on the partition you created...otherwise yes, you will lose all data.
2007-04-22 18:35:00 · answer #5 · answered by lord_453 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you install Linux on another partition or drive, you should be ok. But you'll need some means of booting between each OS - try BootMagic. You can use PartitionMagic to create an extra partition.
2007-04-22 18:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux is an OS, if I remember right, Fedora might be a browser, but I think it's part of the OS, I'm not positive, but I think you'll have to format your hard drive and choose between the two.
2016-04-01 03:04:52 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it won't but you have to check and see if fedora can dualboot with windows. The best solution is to use Ubuntu Linux as it does dual boot and is easy to set up.
2007-04-22 18:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by Chris K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can do what is called dual booting, and have both operating systems running on the same system.
Just google "dual boot fedora core 6 and xp" and you should get a bunch of guides giving you instructions on how to do this.
2007-04-22 18:34:08 · answer #9 · answered by WallyMcBrackenstien 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did that exact thing a few months ago. You can keep XP but you have to get special software to boot both OSs. It can be confusing. I didn't mess with it long. Linus has several partitions that have to be installed... it's kinda weird. I googled a lot of stuff. It helped. Good Luck!
2007-04-22 18:33:48 · answer #10 · answered by gavenkh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋