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I haven't tried it yet. I'm going to do that today. I had two similar questions:
1) Does booting and running from VHD take a performance hit?
2) Do you have all your other partitions and HDD's available for read-write operation?
I'll find out today! Installing right now as I speak.
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see the tutorial in the above sticky about clean installing. you can backup your activation and won't have to call ms.
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1. Install Windows 7 to VHD from DVD
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With Windows 7, you now have the option to boot the OS from a VHD, a virtual disk file, instead of a partition. This way, you don't have to reconfigure your hard drive partitions.
Limitations: Hibernate is not supported.
Here are the simplified instructions:
1) Start Windows 7 installation from DVD.
2) Press Shift+F10 to start the command prompt.
3) Start diskpart.
4) Use the "create vdisk file=D:\Win7.vhd maximum=xxxxx" to create a virtual hard disk. Choose your drive and filename accordingly. xxxxx is in MB.
5) Type "select vdisk file=D:\Win7.vhd".
6) Type "attach vdisk". You will get a confirmation that it was attached.
7) Type "exit" to exit diskpart. And then close the command prompt.
8) Click on "Install Now" and install as you would normally by clicking on "Custom Install". Choose your attached vdisk as the location.
The installation takes care of adding the boot option to bcd. You don't have to do anything.
See Virtual Hard Disk Booting on a tutorial for VHD booting.
also check this out: Install Windows 7 to a VHD and add boot option to Vista's menu.
Basically, instead of installing windows 7 to your physical HDD by getting rid of Vista or even dual booting off another partition, you can install to a virtual HDD (in VHD format), and boot off the VHD so you actually get the hardware functionality to play with!!
Build 7068 does not allow calculation of the WEI score.
2. Install Existing VHD to Boot Menu of Windows 7
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If you already have a VHD that you want to boot from, you can simply add it to the boot menu rather than going through the above steps. If you have a Virtual PC image, for example, you can syprep it, then add it to Windows 7 menu. Vista's boot manager will not work - you have to update it to Windows 7 boot manager if you want this to work.
First, here how to add the vhd to the boot menu:
Open elevated command prompt, then type the following commands in sequence:
C:\>bcdedit /copy {current} /d "My New VHD Description"
C:\>bcdedit /set <guid> device vhd=[driveletter:]\<directory>\<vhd filename>
C:\>bcdedit /set <guid> osdevice vhd=[driverletter:]\<directory>\<vhd filename>
C:\>bcdedit /set <guid> detecthal onNote: The first command will Return the GUID of the Loader Object that you will use to replace <guid> below
Note: vhd=[driveletter:]\<directory>\<vhd filename> is the new syntax supported for BCDEdit.exe to locate VHD File and Bootmgr will locate the partition containing the VHD File to boot from.
Type bcdedit /v to check the bcd store.
3. How to Boot VHD without Windows 7 Installed
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If you have Vista and want to boot a Window 7 VHD, then you need to copy the boot manager of Windows 7 to Vista's partition. You need to copy C:\bootmgr and C:\windows\system32\bcdedit.exe to an external source from Windows 7. You could extract these files from the Windows 7 VHD using WinImage or another program.
Then, open an elevated command prompt in Vista and unhide bootmgr (attrib -h -r -s bootmgr) and replace it with Windows 7's. Do same for bcdedit. You might consider making backup copies of these files before replacing them.
Then, add the VHD item to the boot menu using #2 above.
4. How to Remove
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To remove, run the following command in a elevated command prompt:
bcdedit /delete {guid} /cleanupDelete the vhd file.
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No offense but overall these icons are terrible.
Windows has been about function over form, even with Vista. Yes these icons are very pretty... by themselves.... alone. Put toghether a folder of these and its visual chaos.that's what i was trying to say, in a nice way.
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In XP, you could open explorer, click on Search in the toolbar and type is a search term in the "containing text" to search files like .txt or .doc to search for terms only in that folder.
How can you do this in Vista? I'm having a hard time searching within text files in Vista as it's not straight-forward. I can't tell if it's searching only within that folder or for all folders? And is it searching within files or searching filenames?
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Short answer - no.
Reason is that the height of all the tabs is 3 icons high. You cannot set the height of individual tabs. So, no matter if you were to arrange the icons to go from left to right (instead of top to bottom), it will still be 3 icons high and you'll have space.
From the looks of it, you don't have enough to make a new tab anyway. It's probably better if you add your commands to an existing tab(s).
However, but, also.... there is a way to group your tabs to make the buttons go from left to right instead of top to bottom by using the
<buttonGroup id="groupid">
<button id="button1" image="buttonimage1" screentip="tip1" />
<button id="button2" image="buttonimage2" screentip="tip2" />
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Firefox 3.0.5 - Works, but the theme has a minor display glitch. It thinks Aero on Windows 7 is an unsigned theme for some reason, so it looks a little
This happens with Vista and unsigned themes. Any way around it. Visually, it's the address bar and search box is a little disturbing.
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I have tried using nLite, RyanVM, and manual slipstreaming.
my nLite discs fail during the GUI phase of installation, usually missing several vital files that won't let windows finish installing (If I try with nLite to create the install, then burn it using Nero Burning ROM, whether using my own boot file or the one that came with the CD to begin with or even the one nLite produces, I get the message "0 Active Partitions" after the DOS boot phase".
When you say you've tried manual slipstreaming, did you try this method here: http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/S...ice_Pack_3.html?
You said there are several vital files missing, did you write the names down, then look in the CD to see if they were there or not?
When you say using your own boot file or the one that came with the CD, what do you mean? What boot file are you talking about?
Okay, so you get a message "0 active partitions" (I've NEVER seen that error before; I have seen missing HDD error but not PARTITIONS), do you actually see your HDD(s) and the partitions during the text-mode setup?
Are you HDD's SATA or IDE? Do you have the sata drivers integrated? Or are you using F6 to provide the drivers?
Yeah, you provide information but not all of it. Lot of information missing.
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People have said a lot in this post.
Can you open the case and take the HDD out and use it in another case or computer is the basic question?
It depends on what's broken. If simply the case is broke and the HDD escaped damage, then yes. You can replace the case or take the HDD and install in your computer as a slave.
If the actual HDD got damaged, (which happens as they are fragile animals), then your option is the pay 1000's of dollars for a professional.
If I'm not mistaken, when your HDD gets damaged, the parts that make it spin get damaged. The platters that hold the data are safe. Hence, the platters need to be opened in an environment that won't cause data loss though magentic fields as your data is magnetized on the platters. The platters are implanted in units that spin and the data can be read.
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I always create a second partition for saving files onto it in case something bad happens to the system partition...
Ditto.
You probably don't need 60 GB for you system partition. I vLited my Vista and installed in a 12GB partition. I keep my pagefile on the second partition. It works for me. I don't need to install that many programs that I need a more than 12-15 GB.
Even after Acrobat 8, MS Office 2007, Avast Antivirus, Comodo Firewall, Firefox, Virtual PC, and other minor tools, I have 4 gb free.
Oh, I have some portable apps on the second partition so it doesn't take space on system partition. Tools like winrar, ultraiso, infrarecorder, CCleaner, are available as portable versions or you can make them portable.
And yes, if my system gets hosed, my documents, programs, backup image are safe in the other partition.
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i don't understand, in your first post, you said it was a 2.5 year old sony vaio and in the 6th post you said it was a 4 year old gateway. so which is having the problem?
and yes, we do need the specs. right click on my computer for the cpu speed and memory.
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have you tried typing the address to a shared resource in the address bar?
like
\\computername\shared folder name
sometimes that will do the trick of you are using xp/vista.
also, try this and post your results:
type:
ipconfig /all >> c:\ipconfig.txt
(change the path to the ipconfig.txt file if you wish)
on both computers and post. just want to check your ip settings on both systems. it doesn't matter if you have cable or dsl modem. you do have an IP address assigned to both computers, whether it's dynamic or static.
btw, this belongs in the internet and networking section.
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Oh! Forgot about firewall. What firewall do you have installed?
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If it's XP pro, I can be more of a help.
First, do you have static IP assigned to all your PC's? This is not mandatory but helpful.
Second, do you have the exact same profile names set up on both computers with the exact same password? This is critical. If not, you at least need the same profile names on all computers you want to share files with.
I'm also assuming all your computers are on MSHOME workgroup?
First, you need to enable "Advanced File Sharing". Go to folder options and click on view, then scroll down to that and enable it.
Then, to share a folder or printer, right-click on that folder. Go to the security tab. All the options are there. Sorry, I can't be too specific b/c of the differences in Vista and XP but the process is the same. Basically, you need to add the profile to the sharing or you can enable anyone to access that folder.
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MSHOME
Are you saying you have Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition?
If so, good luck. It doesn't have advanced file and printer sharing. It only has simple sharing, which is anything but simple.
I don't use home and i'm guessing most here using professional and have advanced file sharing.
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no, vpc does not support 64-bit guests. it can run on 32-bit or 64-bit hosts. but you can install only 32-bit guests, regardless of what you're running.
try virtual box if you want to test drive x64 guests.
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not a problem. it's actually good that each os calls itself C:\.
i dual boot xp and vistax64 and both see each other as c:\. no problems. when in xp, the vista d:\ part is just considered as another data partition.
you should be careful not to change anything in the other os partition, however.
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If EULA is a problem and you can't get guest additions to work, use virtual box. it's free but a lot more complicated than virtual pc.
it supports host interface networking - which means it uses the host's networking to connect to internet. no adjusting required. you just have to choose which network card is connected - that's it.
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You can try to Office 2007 Compatibility Pack but it seems the oldest office supported is 2000. But try it and see if it works.
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K-Lite Codec Pack - Tried to play an MKV, sound but no video, not sure what the problem with that is, works fine on Vista & XP.
interesting. i tried the combined community codec pack and when i tried to play mkv, the system would blue screen.
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bootsect.exe with the /nt60 option
For the record, the MBR was and is "OS agnostic", the invoked loader (either NTLDR or BOOTMGR) is in the bootsector.
Yeah, I get mixed up with the terminology. Thanks for correcting.
And yes, bootsect would "fix" the bootsector so that it loads bootmgr since vista is v 6.0 instead of loading ntldr.
However, the process of formatting in Vista does this (changes the bootsector to load bootmgr) without any "fixing" involved; whereas, the process of formatting in XP changes the bootsector to load ntldr.
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I just want to flash/update my BIOs and have to do it from the command prompt at boot up as it's a .bat file not an .exe file. Cannot do it from within windows via the command prompt. Just the way this laptop is setup from the Manufacturer.
You're off track as you don't need to follow this if you want a command prompt. This does NOT give you a command prompt.
What you need is a good old DOS boot disk or Win 95/98 boot disk. If you google for it, you can download an image. Then, google for a program that can put that dos boot disk on a USB to make it bootable.
I've never felt the need to boot to a command prompt so I haven't treaded that territory.
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I got a little question. Is there any other reason besides memory limitation to use 64bit Vista? I mean, vast majority of software is still only available in 32bit versions and there are even no intentions to release in 64bit. Why is that? Under such conditions, what's the advantage of 64bit OS?
Getting over the 3-4 GB limit of 32-bit was the biggest advantage for me. I play a lot with virtual machines. I have 6 GB memory and can utilize all 6 GB with Vista 64-bit and use like 1 GB in a VM without taxing my physical system of RAM.
Now, come on... there are a lot of applications in 64-bit now. Here's to name a few:
Adobe CS 4 (photoshop, illustration, etc.) are now 64-bit.
InfraRecorder for cd burning is a freeware in 64-bit
Firefox is available as 64-bit - it's called Minefield (it needs work but it's there)
Antivirus software (Symantec antivirus, Avast antivirus)
Firewall (Comodo is a freeware in 64-bit)
Sony Vegas 8.1 is now 64-bit for video editing
I've even found small utilities like awxToolbar and True Launch Bar in 64-bit variety.
Mind you all of the above are true, native 64-bit.
And those that aren't yet still run fine like Office 2007. MS will probably release a 64-bit when they know they can make money out of it. Come on, it's a business - of course they want profit.
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Office 2007 64bits Not even in XP compatbility mode
Never heard of Office 2007 64-bit. Can you post a link to an MS site that says it exists?
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Boot Windows 7 from VHD - an amazing concept
in Windows 7
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YES! Exactly.
So, I'm using Windows 7 beta build 7000 right now and typing this from it currently. I followed the instructions exactly.
Prior to install, my setup was C: = Vista SP1 on 12 GB partition and D: = Storage 25 GB partition.
During install, I created a VHD on D: 6.66 GB. I used a vLited Windows 7 ultimate. The installation process is automatic. It automatically creates a boot entry to boot from VHD.
After install, I HAD ACCESS TO MY STORAGE PARTITION (D:) - GREAT!!! My Vista partition is not assigned a drive letter but I can see it in Drive Management. I don't particularly need it though.
Performance-wise - I see no performance hit as yet. I'm using firefox 3.0.6 to type this and I'm installing Comodo Firewall right now.