Thanks edDVOriginally Posted by edDV
I'll do more research on this.
Try StreamFab Downloader and download from Netflix, Amazon, Youtube! Or Try DVDFab and copy Blu-rays!
+ Reply to Thread
Results 61 to 85 of 85
Thread
-
-
Originally Posted by yoda313
I bought the Win7 Home Premium Family Pack upgrade, good for 3 PCs (and costs only $150! that's $50 per PC!)
In Vista, I 'shrank' the partition of the OS drive (leaving it about 30 extra GB). I then installed the Win7 'upgrade' to the other partition -- it automatically adds in the boot loader selector. Now I have BOTH and can slowly transition from Vista to Win7, using the same data for each (I keep data on a completely separate drive). I had no issues whatsoever doing this -- I wasn't sure it would be possible with the upgrade disc, but it went in just fine.
All together, the switch from Vista only to dual boot with Win7 took about an hour. Mind you, I keep almost nothing but the OS and main programs on my C: drives.
Also, it is worth noting that in this dual boot setup, whichever OS you choose (at boot, each time) gets the C: label in that version of windows, and you can label the other OS partition as you like. For me, the OS that's loaded gets C: and the other is G:. My data is on F: regardless. (So when I select Win7, it shows up as C: and Vista as G: -- when I select Vista at boot, it shows up as C: and Win7 as G.
If you're like me and you keep data separate from the OS drive, this is an easy "do", with ready access to the old setup. -
I won't be upgrading my desktop for awhile because my printer and scanner aren't Win7 compatible, my laptop is too old to be upgraded.
Since XP will be supported until 2014 I think I will wait until my desktop dies. -
yep..2014 for me. I really like XP. Not sure what the benefits of 7 are over XP.
'Do I look absolutely divine and regal, and yet at the same time very pretty and rather accessible?' - Queenie -
I am using W7 RC on one PC here but and the $$ in Micro$oft is to the for where I live I'll be giving it a miss for the next 6 months or so.. No family pack installs, no good student discounts and most retailers are advertizing upgrades only as they look cheaper..
-
Originally Posted by jg0001
Also I recently had to splurge on a replacemnt xbox 360 when my other rrod'd again (red ring of death) so I'm not in a hurry to spend that type of money this soon.Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
I had intended to put Windows 7 on the computer I'm rebuilding, but then I ran the update tool. Win7 does not approve of my video card, printers, scanner, backup software, partition utility, and a few others. So the rebuilt machine will get XP3, at least for now.
-
Originally Posted by yoda313
-
The Win7 upgrades work with any authernticated XP or Vista.
Recommends: Kiva.org - Loans that change lives.
http://www.kiva.org/about -
I looked for a new W7 computer & they aren't very impressive compared to what I have with XP at the moment. I thought with Moore's law we would have 300ghz computers by now.
-
Originally Posted by handyguy
Don't forget they are starting to do the gpu processing on certain graphics cards so you can get an additional performance boost.
It's quality not just quantity rememberDonatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
Originally Posted by edDV
Thanks. -
The answer is not now. Even I get a stable windows 7 to run, I still see I will run copy of XP, for pratical reason.
-
Originally Posted by yoda313
Nearly all the power computing software only run single core. -
Originally Posted by yoda313
-
I just upgraded from Windows 2000 to XP last week, and yes it's better. Also have Fedora on my other hard drive so I can boot to that too.
-
None taken, I've waited because I hate the whole 3 change thing my Miscrosoft, etc.
-
Who dug this up?
I don't run out and buy every new OS...
PS - Kinda foo nee...I once accidently posted to an several years old thread in a coding forum. People started responding to it. Then I realized my mistake, went back, and was able to delete my post. I came back a few weeks later and found the next poor schmoe who responded to my post being flamed to death...Last edited by zoobie; 7th Dec 2011 at 12:12.
-
zzyzzx
Me either, took me a while to upgrade to XP, Vista, W7....
But not 10 years to upgrade to WXP!!!
LOL!!!
More like a couple of years, and i thought i was like eons behind for that amount of time!!
I hated reinstalling W7 to my new system because i knew i would have to transfer all my files (mad GB's) from my old system to my new system, reinstall all my programs, set everything up, etc......
Oy Vey!!!!!!!
-
Win7 Pro 64bit student upgrade...yet I'm quite content
Das Leben ist eine Nebelwand voller Rasierklingen. (C. Bukowski) -
I like it. But it won't boot with my printer on. So have to have that off or not connected.
-
Perhaps we should be asking who has installed Win8. I have that prebeta running as a virtual machine, but it's not doing anything useful yet.
-
I've answered this question B4 ... but it's 2012 now ... I still do a dual boot with XP Media Center on it and WIN 7 SP-1 Ultimate.
I keep XP because some programs wont start or crash on WIN 7 ... mostly video editing programs by TMPGEnc But TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works ... is working okay in WIN 7.
Similar Threads
-
I upgraded an old PC and use it to rip BDs
By barkinglama in forum Newbie / General discussionsReplies: 37Last Post: 30th Sep 2010, 19:36 -
Upgraded Again!! TYSM Redwudz
By 16mmJunkie in forum ComputerReplies: 1Last Post: 31st Aug 2010, 11:48 -
Upgraded Ram memory?
By neworldman in forum ComputerReplies: 13Last Post: 25th Jul 2010, 23:24 -
Have you upgraded to a HD camcorder?
By Baldrick in forum PollsReplies: 18Last Post: 8th Nov 2009, 20:36 -
Have you upgraded to WIFI N yet?
By yoda313 in forum PollsReplies: 14Last Post: 25th Jun 2007, 20:16