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The second to last page is in dead tree format on my desk, as it is a
nice quick reference.  Please note, though, that if you do not tune
the block size (basically, do it as he wrote it), it may take a while
to store this image.  But it is reliable.  We use this method with
difficult laptops/tablets and KNOPPIX cds (if we can get the tablets
to boot from external CD)

bnm


On 5/13/05, Mills, John M. <Mills.J at ems-t.com> wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> After last week's discussion and today's newspaper ad, I trucked over to
> Fry's and tested one of their $579.00 [today anyway] laptops. Seemed to work
> fine with Knoppix, so I bought one. I haven't tested the modem yet, but
> touchpad, ethernet, and video all work fine. So far, so good.
> 
> I plan to install Fedora-Core3 on it. (I did 'google' on 'Great Quality' and
> results came out generally OK for the desktop as to function/$; no data on
> the laptops.)
> 
> Naturally it has WinXPHome installed, though I haven't booted it in Windows
> yet. It does have driver and 'Product Recovery' CDs for its Windows
> installation; the instructions note that the installed 'WinDVD' player is
> unsupported, and I expect there is no recovery copy.
> 
> My Questions: I may wish to reinstall WinXPHome some day. What is the best
> way to capture the as-yet unused installation for another system or later
> installation? Should I be able to repartition my HDD back to WinXP if I need
> to (presumably with the recovery CDs)? How about the MBR?
> 
> At a minimum I can use Knoppix to dump the WinXP partition's contents, but I
> don't see it for piping them back.
> 
> It'ld be great to hear about well-known 'howto's and 'gotcha's before I
> start swinging the axe.
> 
> TIA.
>  - John Mills
> 
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