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Windows 7 - Time for a new build

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by PeteC, 2009/08/07.

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  1. 2009/08/14
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff

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    Yea, that was about the time that I still used to play games :)
     
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  2. 2009/08/16
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    Build completed successfully - dual boot to XP Pro SP3/Windows 7 Pro x64 :)
     
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  4. 2009/08/16
    Lukeno1

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    Hope it's a long-lasting affair :)
     
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  5. 2009/08/16
    hawk22

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    Pete, can I ask you the reason your choice of why you rather dual boot, in contrast to mobile racks.
    The re-build that I am embarking on in the near future I will use Racks Vista Ultimate, and XP Pro, and hopefully Win 7 but that will be some time off.
    Higher cost yes I admit.
     
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  6. 2009/08/16
    Lukeno1

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    I've never used mobile racks: in the past, I dual-booted Win98 and XP :D
     
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  7. 2009/08/16
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    Hawk

    I've never considered or seen the need for mobile racks - in the past I have quad, tripple booted off a single drive and with 4 hard drives installed currently I really don't see the advantage.
     
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  8. 2009/08/16
    Admin.

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    I have used racks in the past, too much of a hassle. Double booting is too much of a hassle too, I use virtual machines running XP, Vista HP, Win7 HP & Win7 Pro 'on' my Win7 Ultimate OS.
     
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  9. 2009/08/16
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    Shall be using the Windows XP mode when I have shifted completely to Win 7, but still need to be familiar with XP to operate here - Win 98 - what's that ? :D
     
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  10. 2009/08/16
    Lukeno1

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    It was only about 4 years ago I was dualbooting 98 and XP, and only 5 since I ran 98 full time, with no internet access! :D
     
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  11. 2009/08/17
    mattman

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    Trouble I find with dual booting is if you want to remove one OS, it leaves a mess of the boot files.

    I can choose which HDD to boot in the BIOS, so for Windows 7 Pre-release, I just installed in on another HDD and now I can just reformat it.
     
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  12. 2009/08/17
    hawk22

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    Arie with his system's is way ahead of me, but no doubt very convenient.
    My personal experience with dual booting some years ago 98 SE and XP was not a very happy one.
    I have experimented and used the Rack system with Vista Ultimate and XP Pro very successfully without any hassles.
    I use 2 Racks one containing 320gig HD with XP Pro the 2nd 320gig HD with Vista Ultimate and one 500 gig Internal drive with the Documents Folder moved there from both XP and Vista. Vista can read and write to XP and visa versa.
    In other words it is a combined Documents drive.
    Yet they appear as individual Folders for XP and Vista.
    Programs I install to the C/ drives.
    Works for me.
     
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  13. 2009/08/17
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    And that's the bottom line, of course :)
     
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  14. 2009/08/17
    Lukeno1

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    That's always the best option, 1 OS per HDD, with an extra HDD available. That way, you can back up your data and reformat without leaving a mess :D
     
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