Ghetto PC - Page 3

Ashley · 09-24-2004, 02:05 PM

Oh man

You should be able to fix it if it's a simple connection problem though. You have the power!

broken · 09-24-2004, 02:09 PM

Yeah, I'll have a look at it tomorrow. But if I have blown something on the motherboard, I'm screwed!

cvrk3 · 09-24-2004, 07:09 PM

it is all adventure!!

Ashley · 09-25-2004, 01:59 AM

If that is the case, at least you can say 'I made a computer from nothing!'

broken · 09-25-2004, 08:19 AM

R.I.P Ghetto PC. It is well and truly 'dead'

. I might try again with another motherboard from school, but next time I will use a switch instead of a piece of metal to turn it on!

Does anyone know if you can have two hard discs to boot from? One of them will have XP on it and one of them will have Windows 98, with XP being the one I will use most. It's just that I don't have enough space on my main, 60GB, hard disc for a dual-boot system.

Ashley · 09-25-2004, 09:09 AM

You should be able to. It will mean you will have to a hardware switch before you boot, I think.

broken · 09-25-2004, 09:40 AM

Should I set them both as master or the one with Win 98 as slave?

Ashley · 09-25-2004, 10:40 AM

I don't know, I'm to good on this side of things. I think that you would install 98 on one hd and xp on the other, before you boot you would have to change which hd was connected. Either that, or you could get a program that allowed you to choose which os to boot. I'm not sure wether a program like that exists though...

cvrk3 · 09-25-2004, 09:35 PM

broken,
it is prefereable that you do one thing at a time. firs let the ghetto pc be born with one HDD and one operating system. any diversions would spoil your adventure!

KILLKEV · 09-25-2004, 09:44 PM

Two HDDS with one having XP and one having 98 will get you a NTLDR error, only thing you can do is partion the drive and do a dual boot

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09-24-2004, 02:05 PM	#21 (permalink)
Ashley Master Googler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 682 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Oh man You should be able to fix it if it's a simple connection problem though. You have the power!

09-24-2004, 02:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
broken Elite Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,573 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yeah, I'll have a look at it tomorrow. But if I have blown something on the motherboard, I'm screwed!

09-24-2004, 07:09 PM	#23 (permalink)
cvrk3 Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India Posts: 2,399 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	it is all adventure!!

09-25-2004, 01:59 AM	#24 (permalink)
Ashley Master Googler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 682 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If that is the case, at least you can say 'I made a computer from nothing!'

09-25-2004, 08:19 AM	#25 (permalink)
broken Elite Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,573 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	R.I.P Ghetto PC. It is well and truly 'dead' . I might try again with another motherboard from school, but next time I will use a switch instead of a piece of metal to turn it on! Does anyone know if you can have two hard discs to boot from? One of them will have XP on it and one of them will have Windows 98, with XP being the one I will use most. It's just that I don't have enough space on my main, 60GB, hard disc for a dual-boot system.

09-25-2004, 09:09 AM	#26 (permalink)
Ashley Master Googler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 682 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You should be able to. It will mean you will have to a hardware switch before you boot, I think.

09-25-2004, 09:40 AM	#27 (permalink)
broken Elite Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,573 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Should I set them both as master or the one with Win 98 as slave?

09-25-2004, 10:40 AM	#28 (permalink)
Ashley Master Googler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 682 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't know, I'm to good on this side of things. I think that you would install 98 on one hd and xp on the other, before you boot you would have to change which hd was connected. Either that, or you could get a program that allowed you to choose which os to boot. I'm not sure wether a program like that exists though...

09-25-2004, 09:35 PM	#29 (permalink)
cvrk3 Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India Posts: 2,399 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	broken, it is prefereable that you do one thing at a time. firs let the ghetto pc be born with one HDD and one operating system. any diversions would spoil your adventure!

09-25-2004, 09:44 PM	#30 (permalink)
KILLKEV Senior Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: St.Louis - O'Fallon Posts: 243 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Two HDDS with one having XP and one having 98 will get you a NTLDR error, only thing you can do is partion the drive and do a dual boot

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