breadandbubbles Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 im used to running deep freeze on my pc, but i recently setup a new computer with two 1.5tb hard drives. deep freeze is currently incompatible with my drive. they say the maximum is 2tb, but i contacted their support and it was explained to me that many 1.5tb hard drives are also incompatible.unfortunately, im also running vista 64-bit, which wont work with steadystate, sandboxie, and many other apps.does anyone have any ideas?i should say that my build is in the Antec Skeleton, so i cant add another smaller, compatible drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 AFAIK SteadyState *does* work with x64 systems... Have you tried it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Windows SteadyState is free for genuine 32-bit (x86) Windows XP and Vista user and can be downloaded from Microsoft Download Center. WGA validation has to be passed before downloading, 64-bit operating system is not supported though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Can I install Windows® SteadyState™ on a 64-bit computer?Windows SteadyState is designed to work on 32-bit computers only.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=enI still dont see why DF wouldnt work on a smaller partition on the drive. im not a huge fan of multipartitioning drives but it might be your only option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breadandbubbles Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 no. i doesnt support the whole drive. partition or not. i made it very clear that i was partitioning.really though, i think they assumed that. i mean who in their right mind would really need to freeze 1.5tb's of data?im screwed, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Windows 7 had a feature called PC Safeguard, later renamed Guest Mode, but was ultimately pulled in order to ship on time.ReturnNil works with 64-bit systemshttp://www.returnilvirtualsystem.com/Acronis True Image has the Try&Decide featurehttp://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/CleanSlate may work System Requirements are vaugehttp://www.fortresgrand.com/products/cls/cls.htmSimiliar apps that don't support 64-bitBufferZone http://www.trustware.com/ShadowSurfer http://www.storagecraft.com/shadow_surfer.phpInteresting GreenBorder was acquired by Google and is no longer availible, sandboxing technology integrated into Chrome...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreenBorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Note that Microsoft currently has no plans for a SteadyState for Windows 7, but they would likely be taking comments on it on connect if you had any - if you have a business need that you can post to connect to try and convince the product groups to make a Win7 version, you (and anyone else in the boat) should do so. I do not believe they've "killed" the product, but there are currently no plans to bring it forward from Vista for some reason (probably partially due to the fact that it's currently x86-only, and Win7 will be the last x86 client OS from MS, meaning they'd have to get an x64 version tested and working - just a guess, honestly, but probably not far from the truth). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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