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yeah i know :S srry about asking it on this maillist but i think the problem come from the fact that i installed suse linux
Mmmm that's unlikely. Installing Linux won't change the hardware characteristics of your computer. It's just bits of data on a hard drive... nothing more. I've been playing the dual boot game with Windows/Linux since early 1998, and have never traced back an XP re-install problem to the fact that Linux was installed. Every time it was some setting I tinkered with in the BIOS, failing hardware, or.. most often in my case.. user error :-P
i already installed windows many time on my hard drive and it always worked
Well, that's a start :-) At least you know that it "should' work. How far does the XP re-install get? Does it boot to the initial text mode install screens? Does it fail in the same spot every time? Can you remove the bit of hardware that's making it fail? Do you get as far as formatting the hard drive (which is essentially the first time the XP installer actually looks at the hard drive)?
problem with the bios. But actualy on this compute i am using a Radeon X300 series .. and suse linux does not seems ot support my 3d acceleration dunno why so i cant play even a little 3d game :P maybe it come from there.
Again, highly unlikely... installing Linux will not alter your hardware so that you cannot re-install Windows. Umm on your 3d accelleration thing... when you install Linux, you get the generic driver for your video card.... just as when you install Windows, you only get basic video support. You have to download and install the Linux ATI video driver. Did you do this? I have 3D working beautifully on my computers (granted I use nVidida, but ATI works too) I can even play World of Warcraft with no problems in Linux.
should have read a lot more on linux before installing it :P anyway ill try to solve this problem. But thanks for the help
There is loads of info out there... and a huge community ready to help out. My experience over the years is that Linux used to be hard to use, but now... it's so much easier and better than anything MS has to offer (including that disaster thay call Vista). So don't give up yet :-) C. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com