Posts by robbie d.

Alright.... but shouldn't I make the SMALL partition (in your example, 23GB) the place I install the OS (and later on, apps), and leave the other 70GB as free ("unpartitioned"), so I can turn it into a data partition later? Cuz...

Quote: One more thing - create ONLY the system partition at this moment (prolly round 15GB), leave the rest unpartitioned so that quickplay installation may go rapidly. Shit, that's the piece I was lookin for. eh,...

ehh shit i dunno what to do

alright I'm going along just installing it normally off the cd.... I deleted the HP recovery partition & left the quickplay one alone, but now there is 14214MB of "unpartitioned space"... should I install windows to this...

The media center reinstallation cd says s "Contains software & drivers installed".... except for the sata drivers I assume?? Plz, someone help me here I want to dl some new stuff with this pc but don't want to till I...

And why the hell is this so difficult? Shouldn't microsoft include everything you need to reinstall the OS on the reinstallation CD? wtf is wrong with these people? So the only way you can install windows on a pc with a sata drive is...

Quote: Originally Posted by AmigaDude No, choose the directory named I386 at the same level. Alright when I click on the E/I386 folder & then 'OK', I get this message: "You cannot choose CD to store...

Can anyone help me out here? I'm just stuck on this one damn step... after that I should be fine. And I can't find much on google either...

do I really NEED to "slipstream" sata drivers into the install? Is there another way? What would happen if I just tried to install media center and then the programs I want off of the swsetup backup cd?

yeah unless you are getting a bargain-basement b-series for under $400, you may find it's usually actually cheaper to go for the e-series after adding various options.