[realmusicians] Re: Dual boot pro
- From: D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:19:51 -0500
It's nice; I've built a system or 2 with a hybrid motherboard (both bios
and efi), seems to run smoother, but I'm not sure if efi has anything to do
with it, as windows7 takes some but not full use of it.
D!J!X!
-----Original Message-----
From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Belle
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:12 PM
To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [realmusicians] Re: Dual boot pro
Well, I sure hope when the smoke clears, efi ends up being accessible for
us.
it sure has the potential to be way better than the bios, but right now
things are in a transitional state.
Even worse than usual 'grin'.
It'll be nice when all those translation issues dealing with hand-off
routines between bios and windows go away, many of our headaches should go
away ha ha.
At 09:36 AM 11/23/2011, you wrote:
>There's a prog called EasyBCD which let's you edit the bcd options.
>You can do that from command prompts, but it's a major pain!
>As you know MS moved to BCD with vista, to allow for hybrid systems on
>both bios and EFI.
>
>Regards, D!J!X!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Belle
>Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:30 AM
>To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [realmusicians] Re: Dual boot pro
>
>So that's what that hidden partition is.
>
>Haven't investigated that yet,
>It sure was easier with the boot.ini file.
>
>How have you faired managing low level stuff like that without sight on w7?
>
>
>At 11:57 PM 11/22/2011, you wrote:
> >That's an option, though with windows7's startup and bcd tools, if
> >anything happens to the startup partition, it can usually be
> >recovered from windows disc or on its own.
> >Win7 and vista make a 100mb partition where the system tools and
> >diagnostics are stored, so it can always get back to working state
> >without
>a big hassle.
> >
> >
> >D!J!X!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Belle
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:51 AM
> >To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [realmusicians] Re: Dual boot pro
> >
> >I would prefer to give each os it's own drive.
> >
> >Lots of reasons for that, because one partition is always your boot
> >part, and if something happens to it, everything goes down.
> >
> >It's better to keep things separated but I too have done dual boot,
> >and even tripple boot systems.
> >
> >I"ve not done a windows 7 64 bit dual boot with xp yet, but 32 bit
> >will sure run and I like to have an ntfs partition already for it to go
to.
> >
> >But xp and 32 bit w7 is easy.
> >
> >And you get speech the whole time to set your options.
> >
> >
> >At 10:42 PM 11/22/2011, you wrote:
> > >As a system builder I can tell you it is possible to dualboot xp
> > >and win7, I do it for my customers often!
> > >Since you are at a clean point, meaning you can reinstall stuff,
> > >here's what you do:
> > >Pop in the xp disc, when you get to the partition area, wipe the
> > >drive (delete all partitions), then create a partition for xp of
> > >the required size, then leave the rest empty. Go ahead and install xp.
> > >After you're done, start the windows7 installation (from outside of
> > >windows). When the installer passes the license, select custom, not
> >upgrade.
> > >When it asks where to install, just select the
> > >unalocated/unpartitioned space on the drive. Win7 will install and
> > >do its thing. When it restarts and is done, win7 will be the first
> > >option, then legacy OS or whatever microsoft calls it will be the
> > >second option. That would be the XP
> >OS.
> > >You can install something like EasyBCD to edit the name and call it
> > >xp or whatever.
> > >
> > >HTH, D!J!X!
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >[mailto:realmusicians-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Indigo
> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:50 PM
> > >To: realmusicians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: [realmusicians] Dual boot pro
> > >
> > >I want to wait for the Samsung F3 to become available again, it's
> > >on back order in many web stores, unless I pay twice the price.
> > >Meanwhile, I want to install XP Pro on another partition on the
> > >hard drive of my 64 bit Windows 7 machine.
> > >Yes, I have XP Pro, and also XP drivers on disk from the computer
> > >maker, and I also checked to learn if the motherboard is XP compatible.
> > >.Has anyone used Dual Boot Pro?
> > >Sure, it's easy and all that, same as all sellers say, but has
> > >anyone here used it without sighted help?
> > >Microsoft warns that you cannot go backwards; from Windows 7
> > >already installed to Windows XP, there's a problem with the older
> > >OS recognizing booting files, or some such thing, so, no, you can't
> > >use the built in dual boot system in Windows 7 to go back to XP.
> > >I want real XP, not those virtual XP, or XP mode in Windows 7
>substitutes.
> > >
> > >So, any experience using Dual Boot Pro?
> > >
> > >there's another way, I guess.
> > >Besides Windows 7 64 bit, I haven't installed anything really
> > >essential on my new computer, nothing I don't still have the
> > >installers
>for.
> > >The manufacturer, ZT Inc., supplies a full Windows 7 64 bit on
> > >disk, plus XP drivers, even a version of Lenux and its drivers.
> > >Besides that, I already bought Windows 7 32 and 64 for another
> > >machine, and still have that disk, so I'm well fixed for Win 7.
> > >I could just do a clean install of my XP Pro., plus drivers from
> > >the manufacturer's disk.
> > >If I ever decide to return to the 21st century and Windows 7, I
> > >could, but I'll bet I won't.
> > >Comments, judicious warnings, anyone?
> > >Indigo L
> >
> >For all your audio production needs and technology training, visit us
> >at
> >
> >www.affordablestudioservices.com
> >or contact
> >Chris Belle
> >cb1963@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >or
> >Stephie Belle
> >stephieb1961@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >for customized web design
>
>For all your audio production needs and technology training, visit us
>at
>
>www.affordablestudioservices.com
>or contact
>Chris Belle
>cb1963@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>or
>Stephie Belle
>stephieb1961@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>for customized web design
For all your audio production needs and technology training, visit us at
www.affordablestudioservices.com
or contact
Chris Belle
cb1963@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
or
Stephie Belle
stephieb1961@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
for customized web design
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