On Wednesday 11 January 2012 08:19:38 linux guy wrote: > I have a new Dell XPS17. > It came with a 500 GB hard drive loaded with Windows. > > I want to install a 160 GB SSD in my XPS17. I also want to install > Fedora 15. I don't have any Windows disks. I guess the simplest option would be to leave Windows on the big HD, and just install Fedora on the SSD. Configure the bios to boot from SSD, and configure grub to chainload Windows from the HD for multibooting. Do you have a reason to have both Windows and Fedora on the SSD? Do you want to remove the old HD? > If I install F15 alone on the SSD, can I install Windows later or must > it be present in the first place ? Last time I installed Windows (the XP version), it didn't play nice with other OS's on the disk. The usual rule-of-thumb is to install Windows first, Fedora second. That way you don't get to deal with pleasures of Windows not being on the C: partition, reinstalling grub in the MBR, rescuing Fedora installation, etc... IOW, install Windows first. > How might I install Windows on the SSD ? Is there a way to use dd to do > this ? Possibly, but I'm not sure you'll get a working Windows system out of that. Windows tends to remember the hardware it's installed on, and refuse to work if it detects changes in hardware. It's the anti-piracy system, trying to prevent illegal copying. I don't know if it checks for the hard drive serial number, though. If it does, it will probably ask you to revalidate your copy by calling a relevant Microsoft support office, make sure that you have deleted the old copy from the old HD, etc. I don't know the details. You should better ask this on some Windows-related forum. :-) HTH, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
