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Retrospective Dual Booting
Hi,
I have had a trawl through the topics here and on Google to dual boot a
system, but can't find the answer to my question. :o
I have built a Vista 64 system on one drive and still have my XP home
system on another drive. To build the Vista system I physically
disconnected my XP drive. When I have both drives connected my system
boots under XP and I can see the Vista drive as drive F and I ca...
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11/4/2008 9:57:34 AM |
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Moving default data folders to another partition
I have re-installed Vista on my machine and created two partitions, one for
the Operating System & Programs and the other for Data.
My problem is that Windows has installed the default data folders in the
first of these partitions. The folder tree goes like this: Desktop/My
Computer Name/Contacts, Documents, Downloads, Favorites Music, Pictures,
Saved Games, Searches, Videos.
I don’t...
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11/4/2008 4:39:26 AM |
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question regarding search
Under XP, I could search for a document containing some string.
Today, running Vista Home Premium, I tried to locate a document
containing the string "spanish". Where is the box where you
enter a search string?
Charles...
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11/3/2008 11:42:29 PM |
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Retrieving files after a re-installation of Vista
I just re-installed Windows Vista to fix a computer problem. Now it appears
that I've erased all of my files and settings. Is there any way for me to
retrieve these?...
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11/3/2008 6:51:42 PM |
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product recovery cd rom - reinstallation possible with it ??
hey, is a reinstallation of windows possible with a "product recovery cd
rom"? i had that one to install windows vista.
i dont have a pc like from hp, dell or w/e, its a pc i could say wich
parts i want and the guys in the shop made it and set something like a
part of windows on it, so i only had to install a part of windows,
thats why i got a cd instead of a dvd...
is a _complete__reinsta...
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11/3/2008 4:10:55 PM |
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Partition problem.
Hi. I am having problems dual booting both Vista x64 and XP SP2. Vista
is currently installed, so I shrank the HDD volume and created a new
partition called "E", then formatted to NTFS. But, when I boot off my
comp to install XP on this partition, the partition isn't there?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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rewindurmind...
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11/3/2008 2:13:01 PM |
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Upgrading to Home Premium 64bit
I was wanting to upgrade my current 32bit system to 64bit. I called
Dell and they said they would send me a copy of the 64bit software. I
am not sure if they will send me an upgrade cd or full cd. I see
different answers when people ask how to install the 64bit software on
these forums. I want to replace the current home premium 32bit with
home premium 64bit...what do i need to do?
thanks......
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11/3/2008 2:02:32 PM |
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Windows Notification Area Issues
This is possibly related to a recent "System Restore" event that I had to
do - but maybe not.
I used to have several very useful notification icons in the Taskbar,
Notification Area, or System Tray (not sure which is the right name) that
was in the lower right hand corner of my Vista Home Premium system (Dell XPS
1530 laptop). This is where the Clock is, etc.
Recently (shortly, but n...
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11/3/2008 1:04:47 PM |
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Vista 64x instal no detecting HD
I am currently in the process of building a new PC. I got it all put
together but now I can't get Vista Business Ed. 64bit to install. I run
the boot disk and I get to where it asks for where to save. It then
does not detect my HD, I try to load drivers for my HD (seagate 160GB)
but on their site they do not provide drivers saying that xp and vista
have them already build in.
I've tried to fi...
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11/2/2008 11:01:09 PM |
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Vista 32 and 64 bit dual boot, cannot load either OS
Hi, I recently tried to set up a dual boot on my system with windows
Vista 32 and 64 bit. In short, after installing my copy of vista 64 bit,
I cannot boot into either OS. Here is what I did:
1. Defragmented my C: drive with PerfectDisk 2008.
2. Shrank my C: drive (500 gb) by 120 gb.
3. Created a partition on the unpartitioned space (everything good so
far).
4. I restarted my computer with the 6...
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11/2/2008 9:26:59 PM |
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Vista Catch 22
Passing through a department store in Geneva I saw an Acer Aspire L100
small desktop PC discounted to circa 50% normal price. Because I needed
another PC on impulse I bought it.
At home in Berne I started it and, of course, the OEM Vista Home
Premium OS was in French - okay, I thought, I could live with that
although my French was pretty terrible. Then I saw that included in the
CDs was an Ace...
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11/2/2008 3:05:23 PM |
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Multiple Vista boot options
As I was stumbling around installing Vista Ultimate 32 I made some mistakes
causing me to start over. The second installation went fine and the machine
is runnin great. The only problem, really just an iritation, is when it
boots up there is a multi-boot screen offering me two Vistas to choose from.
Fortunately, the first one seems to be the good one so it will go ahead and
boot without ...
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11/2/2008 1:21:29 PM |
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Upgrading my motherboard with Vista Ultimate Retail
I'm trying to change my motherboard to one that supports the quad core
processor. However I get an inaccessible boot device error when I try to boot
with the new motherboard.
I've tried booting off the installation dvd and repairing, but it can't fix
the problem.
I Don't want to perform a fresh install!!! It was easy with WinXP pro. The
cd would fix the problem. But, I just can't figure...
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11/2/2008 1:04:12 AM |
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Vista Ultimate 32 Upgrade Problems
I tried to install Vista Ultimate and it crashed twice during install,
so I grabed Vista Business and installed it and it works fine.
I am trying to figure out what is different between the 2 that would
let Biz install and not Ultimate.
Any Ideas?
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WalkinMtn...
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11/1/2008 11:27:26 PM |
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Problems Dual booting.
I have 4 harddrives. 2 SATA 2 and 2 IDE.
1 is my primary with Vista 64 Ultimate. The second is the one that
holds my License codes (I don't ever want to touch this drive).
My third is blank (IDE).
4th is a back up of everything.
I want to install Win XP SP2 on my second drive. I can't describe how
much I love XP. Anyway, I disconnected all drives apart from #3. I
formatted and then installed ...
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11/1/2008 1:04:48 PM |
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Error 2303 installing Office 2007
Vista SP1 x64
While trying to install Office 2007 Ultimate, I got the error message 2303:
Internal error has occurred c:\windows\installer\4120be.pie
Please help.
Thanks.
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11/1/2008 4:04:35 AM |
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Vista 32 vis Vista 64 format
I formatted my hard drives in Vista 64-bit, now when I try to use them
on Vista 32 they can not be found (other than in the BIOS). Someone has
told me that the disk format between Vista 32-bit and Vista 64 bit is
different? They also said that the format in Vista 64 is not reversable
(like in the old 16-bit and 32-bit file formats).
This does seem strange to me as I can't run FDISK and the only...
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10/31/2008 9:06:56 PM |
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Clean Vista Install reboots and starts over
GRRRRR --- HELP
I'm searching all over the net and have tried everything to no avail
1 year old dell inspirion 1750 - came with vista - got a virus
Have reformatted, repartitioned, installed drivers at correct spot and
install clean Vista - Dell had me swap some things around in BIOS etc to no
avail ... I go fine thru the clean install until I get to the "completing
installation" and th...
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10/31/2008 7:37:36 PM |
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Vista Microsoft Installer corrupt
this isn't a problem with installing Windows Vista, but rather Microsoft
Installer has become corrupt. You know the one. It uses .msi files
now-a-days. whenever I try to install anything that requires the use of
Windows Installer, it crashes out with an error. there are many ways for
installing a program, and every program uses one installer or another. the
ones that use a third party in...
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10/31/2008 4:11:45 PM |
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"Windows is Toast" - Just Want to Be Sure
Without warning on my Dell XPS 1530 laptop (Vista Home Premium - pretty much
up to date) I found that my system would no longer boot. I could get to the
User Select step, but it was just a Blue Screen from that point forward.
I sent some time today with a Dell tech and we tried to run a Restore (F8 on
boot -> Repair your Computer -> System Restore) on a couple of different
restore poi...
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10/31/2008 12:02:32 AM |
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OCR software issue. (Text recognition software)
I have an old system with Win98SE2 on it and installed an All in one
printer. I was able to scan paperwork into MSWord with no problems.
I now have a new system with Windows Home basic and using the same printer,
I can no longer do this.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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10/30/2008 10:15:10 PM |
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help activating comp
to who ever can help
recently my computer just totally failed on me so i had to reboot from
windows home disk, everything was installed and now its asking me for
activation key which i have on my tower i have tried and tried over again to
put the key in but it keeps on coming up wrong key..
what should i do and how can i fix this??...
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10/30/2008 9:29:44 PM |
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Creating MSI for vista x64
Hello
I am using wix to create a Windows Installer for a 64-bit Platform that adds
some dlls to the GAC_64. Any information will be helpfull...
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10/30/2008 10:44:18 AM |
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In Need of Urgent Help - IDE Configuration
Hey all,
Ok, I'll give you guys an idea about what's happened. I've an Asus m50s
Laptop. I had Vista 32bit and 64 bit on two separate partitions, on the same
hard disk.
The IDE configuration was set on " Enhanced" in my Bios.
I wanted to install XP 64bit onto over my Vista 64 bit. Once i booted from
the disk. it read
"Couldn't detect a harddisk" So i read up on some forums and told me to...
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10/29/2008 10:55:43 PM |
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Activation question
Hi,
I have a laptop with Vista Home Basic and a desktop with Vista Home
Premium. Both run slow and unstable. A friend told me that Vista 64
bit version runs more stable and seems snappier on the same hardware
since he has tried both. So, I want to know if I can install Vista 64
bit for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium for the licenses I
have or do I need to buy new licenses for t...
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10/29/2008 8:07:18 PM |