So.

by quad • 22 Oct 2007, 15:29 • Journals
I have formated my computer, to install stuff from ground u.

Luckily I've kept all the drivers handy (not like Lenovo did anything to ensure that, they were scattered in hidden folders all around my C: partition when I bought the laptop). My laptop was meant to be installed not by the means of a clean WinXP cd, but by the means of a hidden partition that would install windows , drivers and all sorts of (more or less) useless applications, some of them would even expire within 30 days or something. I don't want their 5GB of useless software and drivers, so I make a clean install with only 1 cd (WinXP + SP2). And thus I save not 5 but 10 GB from my hdd, because I can delete that fkucing partition I'll never use in my life (actually, I've deleted it a looong time ago :).

Okey, clean XP, no net, no audio, no nothing! Go through the drivers. Find the wireless driver. Found it, one more reboot and I have internet. Audio driver. HALT. Error. I need some HDA driver that I don't have. Good game, lenovo! Let's search the net (since it's not my first reinstall, I saw this one coming). Some silly KB888111 from microsoft, that you can't find on their site anymore. Luckily, lenovo mirrors it. One more reboot, still no sound. I should also install the proper driver now, probably in one more reboot, I'll achieve the desired effect. Just finished downloading Intel's driver for my so-called graphics card, I'll install that one as well. I think I'm almost done. Now I need some software (OpenOffice, .NET, Java, Yahoo Messenger, CDBurnerXPPro, FlashGet, Winamp, Putty) and ofcourse everything related to ET (ET, HLSW, Ventrilo Mix). Again, lucky me, I have everything backed up.

Didn't you get bored yet? I hope you did! Should I tell you that Ubuntu 7.10 was installed within 60 minutes with everything working? Sound, wireless, IM, cd burning, compilers, windows emulator, graphics acceleration and the rest? It even detected my bluetooth device. Excluding the fact that I'll never make ET and vent work together on my shitty sound device, WHY do people still claim windows is easier than linux for DAY TO DAY usage? I still don't get it...
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Krato 22 Oct 2007, 16:30
we need more 'so.' journals!
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ETNiES 22 Oct 2007, 16:43
That happened to me with the sound driver before.. Cant remember how i fixed it tho.
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r&bster 22 Oct 2007, 16:47
quad sup ngr? how's life going on in sheffield?
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quad 22 Oct 2007, 16:53
Cool but... coooolllllllldldlldldldd :)
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r&bster 22 Oct 2007, 16:54
same here, 10°C atm and it was 0°C in the morning!
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Xo 22 Oct 2007, 17:00
interesting! I've got this shitty hidden partition on my laptop too :< 12GB of space wasted :<<<
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quad 22 Oct 2007, 17:03
Make sure you know what you're doing if you want to delete it! My software originally had something like make backup to DVD, and it made 2 dvd's (actually, 1 cd + 1 dvd) that had the same functionality as that partition. I made those backups, and I could afford to delete the partition now. If I install from backups, the partition gets recreated.
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Xo 22 Oct 2007, 17:08
well problem mostly is my laptop came with XP installed (cuz vista had probs with my uni's wireless network) and it came with back up dvd's which i believe are vista :o) and i don't rly want vista xD.
But i rly can't be bothered to format anyway :P 150 gig of space is plenty on my lappy :P
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quad 22 Oct 2007, 17:00
Oh, almost forgot... I have to install the mouse driver now :) to get rid of the acceleration
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