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| 775834 | 2009-05-22 03:09:00 | I just finished building my new pc (as in my signature) and have partitioned the 160GB drive into 2 parts of about 80GB each (C and F) The 500GB drive is to be used for data/backup... "C" drive now has XP Pro SP3 (32bit) installed and working. I am thinking of downloading Win 7 (64bit) and would like to try installing this on my "F" partition so that over the next few months I am able to compare the 2 different operating systems as well as 32 vs 64bit. Will this mixture of OS's play well together on the same drive in seperate partitions or is this not possible?::help: |
minster (9180) | ||
| 775835 | 2009-05-22 03:12:00 | Should be fine if both OS are on different partitions. Thats what you usually do. You wont really notice the diff if you use 32 programs in 64 bit. Unless you install 64 bit programs as well Only thing is, drivers may or may not work in Win7 64 bit if there are no 64 bit drivers. Since you cant use 32 bit drivers |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 775836 | 2009-05-22 03:16:00 | should work fine, Vista does and is mostly the same as Windows 7. Always best to install the older OS first as you've done, windows 7 will install a boot manager to allow you to choose which to boot into, but XP will probably fail to recognise a newer OS such as Vista or Windows 7 if you install it after them |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 775837 | 2009-05-22 03:17:00 | Good! Thanks Speedy:) Just have to wait now till next month as 3GB download will kill my data cap. |
minster (9180) | ||
| 775838 | 2009-05-22 03:21:00 | What about drivers for the Win 7 64bit/ Will they be all on the AMD Motherboard DVD or will more be required? |
minster (9180) | ||
| 775839 | 2009-05-22 03:26:00 | Its unlikely many drivers are available for Win7 since its not officially released, certainly not on a old motherboard driver disk, check the website of the manufacturer. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 775840 | 2009-05-22 03:31:00 | Going through device manager MAY work with drivers. I was surprised that this cam I used for 32 bit worked on this (XP Pro x64). I dont think the drivers on the cd for this cam are for 64 bit. But once I plugged the cam in I went to its entry in device manager, clicked on the driver tab / update driver, and let the system search through windowsupdate, it picked up the files / and installed what was needed. And the cam works fine in Skype. I had to do the same with the HDMI audio drivers. Since it looks like that's the only way the HDMI audio drivers will install. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 775841 | 2009-05-22 03:36:00 | Its unlikely many drivers are available for Win7 since its not officially released, certainly not on a old motherboard driver disk, check the website of the manufacturer. Old motherboard? I only bought it new this week:drool |
minster (9180) | ||
| 775842 | 2009-05-22 03:38:00 | Win7 drivers still wouldnt be on the CD, since Win7 hasnt been released yet (if its the mobo in your sig, there are no drivers for Win7 on the ASUS site yet). | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 775843 | 2009-05-22 03:43:00 | Okay Speedy:) I was thinking more of the 64bit Motherboard drivers, not the Win 7 ones. |
minster (9180) | ||
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