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So I thought I would share tonight exactly what this compaq is. Obviously, its a Pressario and has a black case.

Athlon XP 2500+ (1.83ghz), 1gb ram, 40GB HDD (5400RPM) and CD-RW. Nothing fantastic, but Linux seems to enjoy it.

The main desktop is:-

Athlon 64 X2 2.4ghz , Asus M2N-VA HDMI Mobo, Asus GeForce 9400GT 512mb DDR2 Video Card, 4GB DDR2-800mhz RAM with 1x80GB 7200RPM Sata Drive, 1x 250GB 7200RPM IDE Drive and 1x Lightscribe DVD-RW.

Right now I am researching how to do a dual boot of Windows 7 and Windows XP Pro SP3 from seperate hard drives. Just from what I have been hearing, I think I will upgrade the main desktop and two laptops to W7 upon final release and add a dual boot for linux as well.

If anyone has any suggestions for a good dual-boot setup for XP Pro SP3 and W7 using two seperate HDD’s – please comment and let me know!

I have it booting off the HDD now, done it twice today from two restarts. I think the problem lies with the HDD I’m presently using. Will have to locate the 250gb IDE drive I bought home and give that a format and a run. All I really use the Windows XP machine for now is playing The Sims 2, well, The Sims 3 when its released next month (w00t) that said, I haven’t busted a gut to get a half way decent Windows XP machine to spend all my time on the Compaq.

That said, I also have the Acer Laptop as well, which has been very handy indeed with the quick burning of Linux ISO’s to disk.

However, theres one thing I can’t deny. All these 1am finishes are catching up with me, so I am exiting Geekdom for the weekend and having a nana nap. Back to work tomorrow after a long Christmas break.

Last night just after midnight, I turned my Compaq/Linux box off and headed to bed. This morning, keen to get back into using it, I went to boot it up – Boot Failure. But I installed it on the HDD, back to the drawing board. Will find an answer and do a work out on the Wii Fit while it installs or whatever.

I know, two posts in one day, what are the chances. I thought now that I have installed Linux Mint on the Compaq, I would let everyone know so that no one comments telling me how. Like anyone reads this anyway, but it is installed, and I am installing downloaded updates as I type. I let these download while I embraced the Wii Fit for the first time today.

Here is my desktop screenshot to show you my progress. Nothing impressive, but yay!

My Linux Mint Desktop