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| Thread ID: 136580 | 2014-03-18 08:27:00 | Dual boot | ianhnz (4263) | Press F1 |
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| 1370585 | 2014-03-18 22:47:00 | Going by your system specification I would be very surprised if it wouldn't run Windows 7. If you just want to install the Win7 trial to see if it works, the easiest way would be to install it on a 2nd hard drive - keeping your original one disconnected during that time so it cannot do anything to it. You could also likely install it to a VHD image inside the original hard drive too. This is a bit more advanced though, and may require some playing around if you want to remove it later. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1370586 | 2014-03-18 23:07:00 | You could also likely install it to a VHD image inside the original hard drive too. This is a bit more advanced though, and may require some playing around if you want to remove it laterThat's actually not to bad an idea, its very easy to do, and as for deleting its simply a case of clicking it and delete. I have https://www.virtualbox.org/ on a couple of PC's here, running different OS's - ones got a "few" different ones :rolleyes: Their online instructions are a bit out of date, but its still easy to install and setup. Once you have the VM installed you simply install what ever OS you want to it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1370587 | 2014-03-18 23:23:00 | The thing is he wants to know how Win7 will run on his machine, so a VM won't prove anything. I meant installing Windows to VHD but run on bare metal, this: blog.orbitone.com | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1370588 | 2014-03-18 23:48:00 | If it runs Vista it's pretty much going to run 7 or 8 just fine. I think the system requirements for 7 and Vista are the same or close to it. I have run windows 8 on a core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM without issues. Might be worth spending some time diagnosing the lockups to see if it's hardware or software. Booting off a Linux Live CD would be one possible way to test. Vista or not it should not randomly lock up so you have an issue. Maybe give us some more details of what happens and when/how frequently and see if someone can help you sort it out. You may just need to fix Vista. Are you all up to date with windows updates etc and have you got antivirus and anti malware software ? Problem seems to be coping, large files. Latest one is about 5.7 GB's and trying to copy from desktop to 2nd hard drives, just locks up. 1st time I was able to Ctr/Alt/Del and closed program, 2nd time, just stayed lock and had to turn off and on. System is uptodate, just checked, yesterday. Ian |
ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 1370589 | 2014-03-18 23:51:00 | Maybe you have some bad sectors and some files are not able to be copied? Try a better copying program than Windows inbuilt function, eg: ultracopier.first-world.info |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1370590 | 2014-03-19 00:31:00 | Are both disks formatted NTFS? you should get an error message for this but FAT32 for example has a 4GB max file size. Probably not it but worth a crack. Is the 2nd drive internal or external? Re Agents suggestion, have you tried scanning the drives for errors ? |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1370591 | 2014-03-19 00:41:00 | The thing is he wants to know how Win7 will run on his machine, so a VM won't prove anything. I meant installing Windows to VHD but run on bare metal, this: blog.orbitone.com With the program I linked, you can make a VHD as one of the many options, as well as a VM. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1370592 | 2014-03-19 01:21:00 | With the program I linked, you can make a VHD as one of the many options, as well as a VM. I did not know that. I have only ever used it for VMs. |
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