Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have an HP/Compaq NC6400 that had it's XP OS die hard. No choice but to reformat, still not sure what caused it to happen. Well, I had saved my drivers on a USB flashdrive, and for some reason when I went to reinstall XP, it wiped out the flash drive. I was toast. No drivers, nothing. Found an Ubuntu 8.10 disk, installed it on another partition, and voila! My EVDO modem works like a charm, I can download my drivers and my XP is working again. If I didn't have to use office 2007, I'd use Ubuntu full time. NO DOUBT. Ubuntu >>>>>Every other OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have an HP/Compaq NC6400 that had it's XP OS die hard. No choice but to reformat, still not sure what caused it to happen. Well, I had saved my drivers on a USB flashdrive, and for some reason when I went to reinstall XP, it wiped out the flash drive. I was toast. No drivers, nothing. Found an Ubuntu 8.10 disk, installed it on another partition, and voila! My EVDO modem works like a charm, I can download my drivers and my XP is working again. If I didn't have to use office 2007, I'd use Ubuntu full time. NO DOUBT. Ubuntu >>>>>Every other OS. Nice ... I have it, but haven't tried it yet ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Nice ... I have it, but haven't tried it yet ... You don't even have to install it to try it. Download the live DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC-Bills Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have an HP/Compaq NC6400 that had it's XP OS die hard. No choice but to reformat, still not sure what caused it to happen. Well, I had saved my drivers on a USB flashdrive, and for some reason when I went to reinstall XP, it wiped out the flash drive. I was toast. No drivers, nothing. Found an Ubuntu 8.10 disk, installed it on another partition, and voila! My EVDO modem works like a charm, I can download my drivers and my XP is working again. If I didn't have to use office 2007, I'd use Ubuntu full time. NO DOUBT. Ubuntu >>>>>Every other OS. Things change... Glad you were able to get things up and going again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 wow, you can probably develop your own kernal patches and everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 wow, you can probably develop your own kernal patches and everything! Jesus, what are you nerds talking about? I'm outta here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 wow, you can probably develop your own kernal patches and everything! I don't understand a word you just said ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I don't understand a word you just said ... Well, for starters, "you" is a second-person singular pronoun, used to refer to directly to the person one is addressing. And "and" is what's known as a "conjunction", and is used to additively join words or clauses. So there's two words for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Well, for starters, "you" is a second-person singular pronoun, used to refer to directly to the person one is addressing. And "and" is what's known as a "conjunction", and is used to additively join words or clauses. So there's two words for you... Yeah ... and I got two words for you ... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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