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How-To: Teach Linux To Do Windows, Part 1: Page 17 of 32

If your video doesn't quite fill the screen, try adjusting the refresh rate using Start > System Tools > Resize & Rotate.

If this completely blows up in your face and you can't boot to your Windows drive, get your 9.x Windows boot disk and run: fdisk /mbr on your C: drive. This will blow off the Linux bootloader and should restore your hard drive to normal access.

The following instructions are for a KDE desktop environment after you have successfully installing Linux and enabled KDE.

  1. Go to Start > System Tools > Terminal. Click-drag the icon onto the desktop.