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| 746111 | 2009-02-09 01:34:00 | I am going to install Win 7 64 bit to replace XP. I am planning on inserting the 64 bit disk and then rebooting. Then letting it reformat C: and then install. Anything wrong with that? Anything else I should do or know aboutt? |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 746112 | 2009-02-09 01:36:00 | Well if its the beta, I wouldnt use it as the main OS Should be fine if the mobo is 64 bit Hopefully it installs all of the drivers during the install |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 746113 | 2009-02-09 01:39:00 | Yeah not to mention you'll potentially have to format and do a clean install around June / August, depending on when Win7 expires ... Remember, you're using a Beta OS, problems will happen (Quite possibly more-so than a normal windows release) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 746114 | 2009-02-09 01:39:00 | I reckon you should just dual boot. At Windows 7 is still in beta...and only lasts until August.... Or..if you're just trying it out and your pc is fast enough you could run it as a Virtual Machine |
Blam (54) | ||
| 746115 | 2009-02-09 01:43:00 | I'm well aware of the problems. I ran win 7 32 bit for a week and survived. I want the 64 bit and I just want to make sure I do it properly. Haven't used 64 before |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 746116 | 2009-02-09 02:01:00 | I'd wait for the real release if I were you. But if you must. What about drivers?? Thought of that? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 746117 | 2009-02-09 02:07:00 | Whats stopping you from dual booting? Someday windows7 is going to throw up some errors...and you won't have any OS to use.....so dual booting is good.. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 746118 | 2009-02-09 02:52:00 | We ran Win7 32 & 64 bit successfully on one test machine (old sempron), apart from looking different from vista all the drivers were ok If you want to give it a crack just do it, put the disk and and reboot like you asked, it should install just like a 32 bit system if your hardware is 64 bit compatible We couldnt get Daemon tools working to try some games out but |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 746119 | 2009-02-09 03:10:00 | All Vista drivers work in Win7 I'm told. | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 746120 | 2009-02-09 03:14:00 | Whats stopping you from dual booting? Someday windows7 is going to throw up some errors...and you won't have any OS to use.....so dual booting is good.. Dual Booting. That's getting out of my comfort zone. If I leave XP/32 on C: and install 7/64 on D: What else do I have to do? I once had a dual boot with win 98 and linux that asked me what one I wanted to load from. Will these two work the same way? |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
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