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| Thread ID: 97680 | 2009-02-23 21:05:00 | Windows 7 v XP | effie c (6856) | Press F1 |
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| 750766 | 2009-02-23 21:05:00 | Hi, I have XP pro and have little trouble operating these days- whether it be getting out of trouble or installing programs etc etc Frankly I am bored - what would happen if I tried the BETA V7 ? Would my XP programmes even work- especially a Hoyle card game demo which should be started in W 98 but works untouched by this requirement in XP? Could I revert if the S*** hits the fan? :blush: I have XP Pro SP3 Intell(R) 1 gb ram 3.06 Ghz Pentium 4 CPU 80 gb hard drive :thanks effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 750767 | 2009-02-23 21:16:00 | what about installing inside virtual box, then you can see what it's like, remember it's still beta though. the specs it needs for VB are 512mb ram and 20gig for the hdd |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 750768 | 2009-02-23 21:20:00 | Hi Game Junkie, Sounds interesting- K how do I set up that? effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 750769 | 2009-02-23 21:52:00 | here's the link (www.virtualbox.org). just install, allow the adapters that come up during instillation. once installed, create new machine , any probs, post here. im going to try win7 today aswell |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 750770 | 2009-02-23 22:02:00 | Hi G J, Thanks- I sure hope I don't get egg on my face my ever loving contacts will say "if it ain't broke why fix it?":wub will be in touch effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 750771 | 2009-02-23 22:03:00 | if anything goes wrong in will be inside VB and not your main system | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 750772 | 2009-02-23 22:29:00 | Windows 7 wouldn't run so well in a VM will those specs..I suggest a dual boot, its simple with windows7, IIRC you just install, reboot, and you have the option to boot into xp or windows 7 | Blam (54) | ||
| 750773 | 2009-02-23 22:32:00 | Windows 7 wouldn't run so well in a VM will those specs..I suggest a dual boot, its simple with windows7, IIRC you just install, reboot, and you have the option to boot into xp or windows 7 That's the case only if you have two hard drives or one in two partitions. OP, How big is your hard drive? |
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| 750774 | 2009-02-23 22:36:00 | Hi Jwil1,et al, Have downloaded and get "no bootable medium found-" system halted Now what do I do? effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 750775 | 2009-02-23 23:13:00 | Hi Jwil1,et al, Have downloaded and get "no bootable medium found-" system halted Now what do I do? effie c Is this in your physical machine or a virtual one? Have you set your boot order correctly and mounted an ISO file for the system to boot from (if using Virtual Box)?? |
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