(Unofficial) Windows 7 RC Build Out

[Cortexian]

You do know that Windows has a built-in disk manager that can partition drives and such, right? Right-click on "Computer" and click "Manage". I'd read some tutorials before you start messing around, though.

Nick

It honestly doesn't work very well, I can never shink a volume any more than 10GB's so it's pretty useless for me. Gparted is great as long as you don't mind doing a windows installation disk repair.

[StankBacon]

i never had a problem with the built in partition manager with partitions of any size.

[Limited]

I'm thinking about making the plunge into using Windows 7 RC as a full time OS.

I'm having issues with a newly installed XP, mainly my OEM disk bluescreens at windows installation so I downloaded a new ISO from MS website. That ISO is NOT OEM, therefore I can not activate XP (as I have OEM key) and I'm screwed.

I could ring MS but I dont particullary want to ring some one in India which massively thick Indian accent.

So, do you guys think I should jump in and install Windows 7? Have you run into any issues, and any issues developing for Windows 7?

[Cortexian]

Download a torrent for an OEM disk, it's legal if you already own it.

[Limited]

I dont partically want to have to reinstall all my apps again if its for the same thing (XP), even though I'd have to do exact same thing for Windows 7.

There is a method to my madness.

I dont use torrents so >_>. If there was a link on MS site I'd use it.


Edit
Yes I got it , I edited the PID (that tells what kind of installation CD was used) thats in the registry to OEM and activated using my OEM key. HKLM\System\setup\PID is location.

[supersniper]

... it's official
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win.../download.aspx

[Limited]

... it's official
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win.../download.aspx

Yup, I'm seriously considering whether to upgrade to it, even though I fixed my XP issue.

I only have 1gb of ram, and its really bad type of ram (SDRAM :O) so I dont know if my pc is fast enough, they say you need 1gb but I dont know if that is minimumor recommended, probably minimum.

So, any thoughts to upgrade? I got key and ISO.

[Cortexian]

Can you grab another gig of SDRAM from some place local? That should be fine for running Win7 all the time.

[Limited]

Can you grab another gig of SDRAM from some place local? That should be fine for running Win7 all the time.

Cant buy 1gb of SDRam. Highest it comes in is 512mb. (Which is what I have now).

Sadly finding electronics in UK is a pain and you can end up paying out the ass. It would cost $71 US for 512mb SDram. Which is stupid as I can buy 4gb DDR2 ram which is massively faster for cheaper than $71.


I did run into issues whilst trying to get Windows 7. The dvd disks I got for my dads laptop are the wrong kind and give me a protected error. They are max 16x, where as the dvd drive max is 8x.

I tried instructions to put the iso onto a USB and make it bootable, but I get a disk read error occurred message on bootup.

[Cortexian]

I thought you meant DDR SDRAM, not "SDRAM" SDRAM.

Oh god, get a new Motherboard.