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   Vince Coen to All   
   2011.0   
   16 Jun 12 13:43:51   
   
   From: VBCoen@gmail.com   
      
   Hello All!   
      
   I have installed a x64 version into a 500Gb HDD (4Gb swap and the rest   
   Linux on 6GB Ram using an E6600 Dual 2 core CPU) to upgrade my 2010.2   
   running on a 320 HDD that seems to be getting issues with inodes (missing,   
   dups etc) despite the fact that smart is not reporting any problems with   
   it!   
      
   Having slowing moving over the data & s/w from the old drive I now find   
   myself with some problems that I hope someone can help with:   
      
   The Rosa interface I find a total waste of space as well as consuming high   
   CPU cycles. I have added a Icon that has the conventional menu but that is   
   sitting on the Rosa botton system line etc. I would like to kill it all and   
   revert to the way is was on 2010.x and before. Is there a way of doing so   
   without screwing things up? I am assuming that just uninstalling Rosa will   
   not do it!   
      
   The other issue Is that I need to install Win 7 (x64) Ultimate on the   
   system and yes I should have done that first but it has only just arrived   
   and I will also update my VirtualBox VM with XP on but I must have it also   
   as a seperate boot because my idiot Epson Photo 950 printer will not report   
   the ink levels under the VM as well as running some dev s/w that would   
   otherwise run too slow although having said that I only reboot once per   
   blue moon (the system runs 24/7)!   
      
   Can I just reload the install Mdv 2011 disk for a fresh install and use the   
   partition service to create a new partition at the begining having resized   
   the drive to create the space then abort out after, and 'rescue/update' the   
   boot sector for grub?   
      
   Many thanks for any help on these issues,   
      
   Vince   
      
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