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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.0&return_msg=37580.21"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21">21–30</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.31">31–40</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=37580.21">Scanning a Windows drive from OS X (-me-do)</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="37580_21_40_10"> <a name="a37580_21"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_21"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR)<span class="message_time">22 Jul 2010 18:46</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">21 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21">37580.21</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>Right, I'd better actually try to fix this instead of just pretending it doesn't exist...</p> <p> </p> <p>I might/should be able to get hold of an XP CD and boot from that. I /think/ that both my borked install and the disc are XP Home but if they're not, what will happen? Will an XP Home disc repair an installed XP Pro?</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.21&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.21"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_22"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_22"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Dave!!<span class="message_time">22 Jul 2010 19:33</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 22 Jul 2010 19:49"></span></span> <span class="message_count">22 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.22">37580.22</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_21" target="_self">37580.21</a></div> <div class="message_body"> No, no it won't.<br /> <br /> And to make it even more annoying, you'll need a disk which matches the type of license as well. For Home, you've got OEM and Retail disks. For Pro, you've got OEM, Retail and Volume License disks.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.22&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.22"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_23"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_23"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR)<span class="message_time">22 Jul 2010 19:54</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Dave!! <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Jul 2010 09:48"></span></span> <span class="message_count">23 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.23">37580.23</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_22" target="_self">37580.22</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Hrmm... <span class="emoticon e_unsure" title=":/"><span class="e__">:/</span></span><br /> <br /> If I boot from the disc (assuming <i>that</i> all works fine), and the editions don't match, will I be able to install a new copy of Windows, retrieve data and then delete the old one?<br /> <br /> Also, how much space does your common or garden XP Home take up. I'm currently at about 1GB free so space will need to be made no matter what, just wondering how much I should budget for.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.23&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.23"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_24"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_24"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">22 Jul 2010 22:59</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Jul 2010 00:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">24 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.24">37580.24</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_23" target="_self">37580.23</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>>I'm currently at about 1GB free so space will need to be made no matter what, just wondering how much I should budget for.</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm thinking you might be borked right there, and you may as well salvage whatever data and do a clean reinstall. On a bigger disk. For xp pro I'd budget minimum 10G, and maybe 20-30G if you're putting all your apps, games etc on there as well.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.24&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.24"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_25"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_25"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">22 Jul 2010 23:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Jul 2010 00:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">25 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.25">37580.25</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_24" target="_self">37580.24</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Are you a mental?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.25&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.25"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_26"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_26"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">22 Jul 2010 23:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Oscarvarium (OZGUR) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Jul 2010 00:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">26 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.26">37580.26</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_23" target="_self">37580.23</a></div> <div class="message_body"> To carry on from what Smitthy has said, you'll probably need more than 1GB free but can't you just copy all the stuff you want/need to the OSX partition (if there's enough space) and just start from fresh on the XP partition? Or something like that, maybe use an external hard drive if you have or can get hold of one!</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.26&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.26"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_27"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_27"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">23 Jul 2010 00:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Jul 2010 09:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">27 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.27">37580.27</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_26" target="_self">37580.26</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It could even be a swap space/virtual memory issue (coupled with disk fragmentation), & if he freed up another couple of gigs, depending on how much physical memory is in the machine, it might become bootable again.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.27&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.27"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_28"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_28"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Oscarvarium (OZGUR)<span class="message_time">23 Jul 2010 00:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">28 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.28">37580.28</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Unfortunately when I (got my flatmate to) set up Boot Camp I didn't envision using it very often so I only put aside 30 of my 150 Gubs. I could quite easily transfer it to OS X partition, my PC or external drive but I'd worry about losing setup stuff because that's the kind of thing I worry about.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.28&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.28"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_29"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_29"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">23 Jul 2010 05:32</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Jul 2010 07:28"></span></span> <span class="message_count">29 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.29">37580.29</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_25" target="_self">37580.25</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Seems a bit harsh. Especially coming from you.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.29&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.29"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a37580_30"></a><div class="message" id="message_37580_30"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">23 Jul 2010 07:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Jul 2010 11:29"></span></span> <span class="message_count">30 of 40</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.30">37580.30</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=37580.21#a37580_29" target="_self">37580.29</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <span class="emoticon e_csad" title=":C"><span class="e__">:C</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=37580.30&return_msg=37580.21" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="37580.30"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="37580.31" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>