Dual Boot Windows XP and Linux Mint

Clanket · 2012-08-30 22:07:25

Hi folks, Any help on this would be much appreciated. I've been messing around with Linux the last few weeks and have settled on Linux Mint for the moment. I'd have it as the sole operating system on my Desktop (HP-Compaq dx 2200 microtower) but my wife needs to use the Desktop to use some Windows programs. So I decided…

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#32 10-03-2013 10:56PM

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Any chance your BIOS gives you the option to switch between SATA(AHCI) mode and IDE mode?

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#33 11-03-2013 02:09PM

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bios does not have this option. i'm wondering if the partition table on the hard drive is damaged. if i put a windows xp disk into the cd drive it will run the setup. However it stops with a 7b error code just before you get the option to go to the recovery console and the option to partition the disk

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