Re: Ok. New laptop. TPM. XP. Want dual boot. What do I do first?

On 14 Sep 2006 11:59:40 -0400, Chris F Clark
<cfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[re-ordered]

1) Install XP first. Always. It makes XP happy that way.

snip v useful step by step detailed advice
Thorough post - I'm much obliged. That must have taken a time just to
type out, let alone work out. (Ever thought of just putting it up on
the web as one user's approach?)

I don't know what TPM is, but I do a reasonable number of multi-boot
installs on laptops for myself, one about every 3-6mos.

Actually it's TPM that worries me. This is from the brochure:
"Trusted Platform Module (TPM) authenticates system platform to ensure
the highest level of data protection - a vault - like combination of
an integrated security chip with sophisticated data encryption
software."

In the BIOS manual the manufacturer states that the TPM is used for
SSL - like when you use a browser to access a confidential online
service.

But I know 'nothing' about it, or even about XP, come to that. Other
postings on the web suggest that TPM is a special chip on which
detailed disk and boot configurations are stored, and which will
refuse to start if it finds any have changed. Hence my concern about
installing XP first, and then changing partitions etc.

But presumably, recent laptops on which you've set up your recommended
system also have, now, a TPM. Though I would have expected you'd
notice, considering the very low level work you're doing, so maybe
they haven't. Yet.

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best wishes,
Ron
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