corjello Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 What do you guys suggest i do before i install the RC1? should i go as far as backing up everything? or will creating a system restore point work? also, can i install this on a virtual machine? )corjello( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted September 15, 2006 Administrator Share Posted September 15, 2006 Some people have issues installing it on a Virtual PC. If you feel comfortable, make a new partition and install Vista on there. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corjello Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 ok, i need a freeware partition manager to do that right? any suggestions? and how big of a partition? )corjello( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted September 15, 2006 Administrator Share Posted September 15, 2006 150GB hard drive right? I'd go with maybe 25GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodbutcher Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 You could also install another HDD and make it the master. If the partitioning software screws-up you have lost your contents of the HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 ok, i need a freeware partition manager to do that right? any suggestions? and how big of a partition? )corjello( <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You can download Paragon Partition Manager 2005 for free here. Then, get a serial code from Paragon here. Thats what I did, now I just have to take the chance of losing everything on my computer this weekend when I try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corjello Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 You could also install another HDD and make it the master. If the partitioning software screws-up you have lost your contents of the HDD. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hmm, i do have a secondary computer that never gets used, its got a fresh hardrive in it too. does the vista rc1 need to upgrade from windows xp or can it install with out an xp first on the hdd )corjello( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted September 16, 2006 Administrator Share Posted September 16, 2006 Can be either. You need a high end graphics card and over 512MB RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corjello Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 well then, ill just move that harddrive over to my better computer and install vista on that. is that possible? to have two seperate hardrives with two operating systems running one on each? or do i have to fiddle with the slave/master setup? )corjello( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Can be either. You need a high end graphics card and over 512MB RAM. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>If your meaning the card to have 512MB of RAM on it then thats wrong. Vista *ONLY recommends cards with DirectX 9.0 and with 128MB and at least... 128-bit. Vista recommends to have 1GB of RAM to run but you need more like 2GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted September 16, 2006 Administrator Share Posted September 16, 2006 I'm referring to two things. 1. You need a high end graphics card. 2. You need over 512MB of RAM. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corjello Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 but thats not an issue if i move my hardrive from my old computer and install it on my highend new computer..... )corjello( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrT Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 it actually depends on whether you want to run only the core features or features available in the premium editions... Windows Vista Capable PC (minimum): - 800MHz processor - 512 MB of system memory - DirectX 9 capable graphics processor A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC (minimum): - 1 GHz 32-bit/64-bit processor - 1 GB of system memory - DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel - 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 it actually depends on whether you want to run only the core features or features available in the premium editions... Windows Vista Capable PC (minimum): - 800MHz processor - 512 MB of system memory - DirectX 9 capable graphics processor A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC (minimum): - 1 GHz 32-bit/64-bit processor - 1 GB of system memory - DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel - 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space <{POST_SNAPBACK}>15GB of free space? Dang... My PC can run it but I'm buying more RAM. I'll have a total of 1536! You can't go wrong here. CPU - AMD Athlon Xp 2000+ 1.6ghz RAM - Total of 1536 *PC2700 Graphics Card - PowerColor ATI 9600PRO 256MB of RAM DDR 128-bit 400/400mhz *DirectX 9.0 Hard Drive - 80GB WD 7200RPM 2MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphirer Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 For its new features, I'm not sure if Vista's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrT Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 some features might... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sticking with Xp for awhile... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Personally, I think XP SP3 will be pretty **** good. I'll get Vista when I have get a laptop, but I'm not to worried about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted December 25, 2006 Administrator Share Posted December 25, 2006 I'll hopefully be getting Vista Business for free. Even my server ran it nicely. :happybday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I'll hopefully be getting Vista Business for free. How have you managed that? Is it a perk of working in a tech shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted December 26, 2006 Administrator Share Posted December 26, 2006 Nah, I watched three webcasts and I'm supposed to get it free for watching them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 So you was one of the lucky first 30,000 people to watch the webcasts then hopefully. Did you go for the Office 2007 as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted December 27, 2006 Administrator Share Posted December 27, 2006 I tried, but their servers were so bogged down I never got to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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