Windows 7

[Doctor Destiny 41]

shhhhhh don't tell the uni people

Come on... they'd know.

[mormreed 0]

yeah he stopped paying so he doesn't get anything

[Julbri 0]

I got my hands on a copy of the beta at a comp expo... in a car expo... but will i need to clean install it then clean install a older OS when it expires??

[BioBen 3]

I thought I explained this to you on the bus?

Anyway I just installed the beta, pretty cool a couple of driver issues but apart from that, all good

[Julbri 0]

I thought I explained this to you on the bus?

Anyway I just installed the beta, pretty cool a couple of driver issues but apart from that, all good

 

I know that but you didnt know about the uninstall

[Louis EX 0]

Windows 7 looks promising.

[jeff_windows_team 0]

@Julbri- Jeff here with the Windows Outreach Team. You can either perform a clean installation, or if you are running Vista you can perform an upgrade installation. Personally if I were you I would dual-boot Windows 7 and your current OS. This way, once the Beta expires Aug 1 you will not have to reinstall another OS.

Cheers,

Jeff

[Mighty BOB! 5]

o_O Well that was unexpected. Microsoft is sending representatives to any forums that show up on Google during a search for "Windows 7?"

[Sonic 295]

@Julbri- Jeff here with the Windows Outreach Team.

Yeah right.... How is old Bill these days?

 

o_O Well that was unexpected. Microsoft is sending representatives to any forums that show up on Google during a search for "Windows 7?"

Something tells me its just a random person saying he is.

[Luk3us 63]

o_O Well that was unexpected. Microsoft is sending representatives to any forums that show up on Google during a search for "Windows 7?"

 

LOL.. The world is turning more evil by the day. hahahha

[Julbri 0]

if i dual boot it will i just have a random partition in my hardrive after it expires

 

That guy joined posted then left

Edited February 18, 2009 by Julbri

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Sort of. You can format the partition or use a partition app and remove it.

[Julbri 0]

Ok so dual booting would mean that i can access all current files and programs on 7?? then after all i have to do is set it to boot off the other partition and unpartition it??

[BioBen 3]

That was . . . odd

[Malevolence 6]

Sorry what do you mean dual booting. I'm not familiar, maybe I'm outdated. Please enlighten me.

[BioBen 3]

having two partitions on 1 hard drive with a different OS on each

[Gben 20]

When you dual boot, I believe you have a start-up screen which gives you a choice of which OS to use each time... but I'm a noob I should be wrong most of the time!

[Doctor Destiny 41]

That's exactly how it works as long as the boot loader is configured to recognize a dual boot architecture.

[Julbri 0]

care to explain DD??

[Hans5849 0]

I like the new dual boot screen, my keyboard now works during it. It was a problem that killed me with XP.

 

Other than that I am not impressed.

[Julbri 0]

so is it just standard on vista? or will i need another program

[Doctor Destiny 41]

It's standard on Vista. Install XP first. That makes dual booting a zillion times easier.

[Julbri 0]

???????????????

 

I would lose everything then wouldnt i??

[Doctor Destiny 41]

No. If you install XP first, you overwrite Vista's boot loader and it makes it harder to dual boot than it needs to be.

[BioBen 3]

Install XP first. That makes dual booting a zillion times easier.

 

 

If you install XP first, you overwrite Vista's boot loader and it makes it harder to dual boot than it needs to be.

 

Contradiction much?

He has vista if that helps