Minimum startup options for Winme

[swee'pea99]

Der

Well thanks for that.

Could my daughter do all her facebook/yoville stuff on ubuntu?

 

[Danny]

You could also try running startup inspector and ccleaner.

 

[Garz]

[quote name='swee'pea99']Der

Well thanks for that.

Could my daughter do all her facebook/yoville stuff on ubuntu?[/QUOTE]

Of course, just a change of operating system. Always worth a try after you backup any important documents.

 

[2Loose]

Sweapea, go download an Ubuntu CD from http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download and you'll be able to put it in your drive and boot from it (and try it out, it comes with Firefox as a browser) without removing winME. Try before you decide if you like. Definitely worth a go.

 

[swee'pea99]

Thanks 2Loose - I'll do that. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Garz]

Good idea 2loose completely forgot about the cd toying option (also handy if you lock yourself out of windows).

 

[theloafer]

swee`pea99.. this might be of help to you
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?submit=&filter=&submit.x=9&submit.y=7

 

[2Loose]

swee`pea99.. this might be of help to you
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?submit=&filter=&submit.x=9&submit.y=7

Quality link Loafer! I've been looking for something like this for years!

 

[swee'pea99]

Thanks theloafer, but I think the startup options are all kosher - it was a fresh install, quite recently.

I tried the ubuntu, but I just cannot get it to boot from the cd. I've tried f12 during startup and changed the bootup options, putting CD-Rom at the top of the list, but all that happens is the CD hums away to itself, but then it carries up booting into WinME as usual. Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[rh100]

When you open the disc from within Windows, do you just see the .iso file, or do you see several different files?

The reason I ask is that the disk will need to be burnt from the iso file, which is a disc image, not just copying the iso image file to disk. This will make the disk bootable with all the system files instead of a basic data disk.

ps...sorry if you already knew this

 

[swee'pea99]

Please don't apologise, I didn't know that, and yes it is an iso file. I tried googling on 'how do I burn from an iso file', and got pointed to
Free Easy CD DVD Burner 3.9


I downloaded it and used it to burn from the iso file, an ended up with the same iso file on another cd. I'm not getting any less baffled, so if you could help further I'd really appreciate it. Don't worry about insulting me, my ignorance knows no limits.

 

[rh100]

Ok download this
Select the 2nd option from the first section and download and install the file
Once installed, run the program
it should give you an option window, select burn ISO image, click next
make sure the window is maximized so you see all the options
click the button to the far right of the box called 'Image file', navigate to the ISO file you downloaded for Ubuntu, click open
select the drive you are burning to in the next box down
click burn iso

when finished - exit deep burner
open the disc in My Computer and see if it's any different and try to boot from it

I've not been able to test this one fully, just did a quick download as I'm on a different PC and this download is slightly different to the one i'm used to - but it looks fairly straightforward

once you get it booting up, i won't be much help i'm afraid, not to much experience with Linux except a couple of installs

 

[rh100]

think of ISO like a big zip file, that contains all the files you need and maintains the original format of the data cd/dvd, so whatever software you use, look for an option to burn iso, which will extract all that data to the disc in the right order.

 

[Garz]

Err its covering all the bases but.. make sure you have a cd drive that can actually burn cd's? i.e. its a cd-r, cd-rw and not just a cd, dvd player. Same goes for appropriate media.

 

[swee'pea99]

Hi chaps

Thanks for all the help, but I have a feeling ubuntu and I aren't going to be best buddies. I managed to get the boot-up disk sorted, and ubuntu loaded, but my belkin pcmcia card's little green light wouldn't come on and I couldn't figure out how to get it to work (even googling on my other machine - tho' the links I followed looked a bit daunting for a numpty) - now I can't even get it to startup...just get a box: I/O error...Error reading boot CD.

I have a sinking feeling that windows me is going to have to do. Sorry and all. And thanks again.