FrankA_hardinfo_report.html Working on Frank's Computer, December 2007.

Issues : --

• Unable to boot MS Windows 2000 from the new hard drive
• Unable to get sound working in old installation of MS Windows 2000
• Need to install a version of Linux to avoid problems and have an ongoing updateable system.
• Need to re-partition the new hard drive before installing anything, and to create a swap partition first, as there is insufficient RAM to install Klikit-Linux without the swap space.
• Install more memory to improve the performance. Currently less than 256 MB is available.

Current Specifications of this system.

System Information report written at: 22/12/2007 06:31:48 a.m.

[System Summary]

Frank A's Computer.

Item    Value

OS Name    Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Version    5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Build 2195

OS Manufacturer    Microsoft Corporation

System Name    FRANKA

System Manufacturer    Cyclone Computers             

System Model    D865GLC_

System Type    X86-based PC

Processor    x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2660 Mhz

BIOS Version    BIOS Date: 09/24/03 11:07:51 Ver: 08.00.09

Windows Directory    C:\WINNT

System Directory    C:\WINNT\system32

Boot Device    \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1

Locale    United States

User Name    FRANKA\Administrator

Time Zone    GMT Standard Time

Total Physical Memory    244,460 KB

Available Physical Memory    31,200 KB

Total Virtual Memory    1,253,048 KB

Available Virtual Memory    807,688 KB

Page File Space    1,008,588 KB

Page File    D:\pagefile.sys

Page File    H:\pagefile.sys

Note : I have added 512 MB RAM Memory, so this system now has plenty of memory to install Klikit-Linux.

Plan of Action.

1. Update current working version of MS Windows 2000, on the original hard drive - hda, 20 GB
2. Create a backup DVD of

    

   the System        Cloned to first partition of new drive, after repartitioning.

                             Also backed up to DVD using software from newly installed DVD-RW

    

   and Data            Created Data CD using the DVD-RW newly installed.

                              Also data has been copied to a DATA partition and "My Documents" linked to the DATA partition.

    

                   Note : Cloned version in the new hard drive also links to the DATA partition on the old hard drive.

    

3. Repartition the new hard drive  hdb recognised by KIikit as  'sda', 80 GB

    

                                                                                                                     File System

   1. Primary One   - MS Windows 2000, reinstallation from backup version.            NTFS
   2. Primary Two,  - Klikit-Linux                                                                                           ext3
   3. Primary Three - Swap Partition                                                                                    Linux-Swap
   4. Primary Four - Extended Partition
   5. Logical Five     - Data Partition                                                                                      FAT32
   6. Logical Six       - Home Partition                                                                                   ext3
   7. Logical Seven  - Backup/Restore images                                                                 ext3
4. Switch the order of the hard drives, making the new drive the Master and the old drive the Slave.

   Boot from the Master drive.

5. Set up Grub and make system Dual-booting with

    

   1. MS Windows 2000
   2. Klikit-Linux

       

      1. Install new installation of Klikit
      2. Upgrade to Gutsy?
      3. Test for stability and drivers, hardware recognition, especially sound, screen and printer .
      4. Copy over the ~home folder to the Home partition and sym-link.
6. Set up Thunderbird on the Data partition and link to it from both MS Windows 2000 and Klikit-Linux.                       To Do.
7. Copy over all other data to new file structure                                                                                                                           To Do.

    

    

   • Documents
   • Photographs
   • Multimedia
   • eMail
   • Templates

      

     Tue Jan 8 14:22:21 2008

     After a lot of failed attempts, I finally managed to gain access, from Klikit, to the 'Documents' folder in MS Windows 2000 on partition :D DATA and compied the entire contents over to the new FAT32 Data partition, sda5.

      

     There was only one document there, under the folder WordDocuments, which was renamed as "Prayer Warriors.doc"

8. Link to the Data partition from both MS Windows 2000 and Klikit-Linux                                                                            To Do.
9. Install any other software that is needed.   

    

    

   1. Image viewer.
   2. multimedia viewer.
   3. OpenOffice  - set to store files as MS formats for ease of sharing.
   4. Browser and email client set up, preferences.
   5.  
10. Test , verify that everything is working correctly.
11. Backup system to reinstallation images and to bootable DVD                                                                                           To Do.

Tue Jan 8 14:22:21 2008

All that remains, now, to do is to move the emails and address book currently in use in MS Windows 2000 over to the Data prtition in Klikit and link to it from Thunderbird wherever Thunderbird can be accessed. That and link the 'Documents' in MS Windows 2000 to the new Data partition, sda5.

Saved the partition list into a text document in the ~/Documents/ComputerData folder.

PS Never did copy over data or link common areas as the use of MS Windows 2000 just stopped, very quickly. He has been using Linux 100% ever since.