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Create a Windows XP and 7 dual-boot system staged for an easy migration
TechRepublic ^ | 10/22/2009 | bcsco

Posted on 10/21/2009 11:43:38 AM PDT by bcsco

If you’re like of lot of Windows users out there, you skipped Vista and are still running XP on your computer. You’ve been waiting for October 22 and now that it’s here you’re ready to try Windows 7. You’re system is relatively new, about three- to four-years old, and you’ve run Microsoft’s Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and your hardware is well on par with Windows 7’s requirements.

However, you’re not quite ready to give up XP just yet. Maybe you have some applications that failed the Upgrade Advisor’s compatibility check or maybe you got burned during the Vista debacle. No matter what the reason, you want to give the new operating system a chance but you just don’t want to put all your eggs in the Windows 7 basket.

So you’re pondering the idea of installing Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration along side of Windows XP. Doing so will place both Windows XP and Windows 7 at your disposal, which will be a big advantage as you begin your experimentation. You can investigate Windows 7, but when you need to get some work done, you can boot back into Windows XP. This type of configuration will also be handy if and when you decide that you want to move to Windows 7.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: windows7; windowsxp
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To: smokingfrog

If you buy the system builder OEM version, it is even cheaper.
Microcenter.com has Win7 Pro for $129.99


21 posted on 10/21/2009 12:08:41 PM PDT by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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To: txroadkill
why do that when you can run XP inside of Windows 7?

Based on what I have read, that does NOT apply to the HOME editions. It only applies to the PRO and ULTIMATE editions.

FYI

Tigerdirect.com has a quick comparison upgrade chart of the various editions.
22 posted on 10/21/2009 12:09:30 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: astyanax

I wonder how reliable these type applications are. I’d want to see some unsolicited user experience first...


23 posted on 10/21/2009 12:09:57 PM PDT by bcsco (Hopey changey down the drainey...)
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To: bcsco

Thanks for posting! My computer is pretty old, and slow, though, so I am just waiting to see how Windows 7 is working out and then buying a whole new system.

I probably would have bought a computer a year ago, but for all the bad reviews of Vista.


24 posted on 10/21/2009 12:14:18 PM PDT by cvq3842 (A fool and his liberty are soon parted.)
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To: cvq3842

I just bought a Dell mini Notebook a few weeks ago for my wife. It came with XP. It’s not the most formidable PC by any means, but if all one wants is simple computing and Internet/email access, it works great. And at $299, the price was right.

Now with Windows 7, you can still buy a higher-end PC with Vista today and get the free upgrade. Or, Windows 7 will likely replace Vista on machines in stores and online very soon. When you make the decision is now pretty much up to you. Good luck.


25 posted on 10/21/2009 12:20:16 PM PDT by bcsco (Hopey changey down the drainey...)
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To: GeronL
Nope. Bought a Vista laptop a fw weeks ago, can’t afford to buy a new O/S”

You know that every Windows PC bought this month (and in the last few months) auto,atically qualifoes for a free upgrade don’t you?

26 posted on 10/21/2009 12:25:04 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

27 posted on 10/21/2009 12:25:07 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: GeronL
Nope. Bought a Vista laptop a fw weeks ago, can’t afford to buy a new O/S”

You know that every Windows PC bought this month (and in the last few months) automatically qualifies for a free upgrade don't you?

28 posted on 10/21/2009 12:26:04 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: bcsco

This seems to be a fairly honest review of the process.
And written almost a month ago, so hopefully it has been improved since then.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1375&page=4


29 posted on 10/21/2009 12:29:05 PM PDT by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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To: bcsco

bump


30 posted on 10/21/2009 12:30:01 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Soothesayer9
And anyway, Im hearing some negative things about w7. “

Been using Win 7 since beta for a year now. It's pure bliss.
Best OS I ever used bar none.

Legacy programs wont work, copying files to and fro STILL takes forever, no classic start menu”

All my legacy programs from Vista installed and run just fine on Win 7. Same with all my peripherals.
No problem whatsoever copying files, and the start menu is better than Vista.
Plus win 7 runs smoother, is rock solid and stable and veryv overall, just stays in the background like a good operating system should, and let's you get on with your work.

31 posted on 10/21/2009 12:35:31 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: astyanax

It appears to be an alternative, though with some issues. I just get leery about 3rd party vendors and their compatibility claims. I’ve had too many ‘yeah, right’ experiences under my belt.


32 posted on 10/21/2009 12:36:35 PM PDT by bcsco (Hopey changey down the drainey...)
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To: smokingfrog

Windows 7 is good, but those upgrade prices for what is essentially a fix for a broken OS are kind of high.


33 posted on 10/21/2009 12:38:46 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: bcsco
Like you said, netbooks are great for basic computing and Internet/email access. And you can't beat the price.
My understanding is that Microsoft will continue to sell XP to netbook suppliers, even after win 7 is launched, because Microsoft sells XP for netbooks at only $15 to OEM’s, and they are not quite ready to go that low for Win 7 prices to OEM’s.
34 posted on 10/21/2009 12:40:04 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: antiRepublicrat
You can order Win 7 for only $30, if you have a student email address.
Plus even without a student email address, you can get Win 7 family pack for $150 for 3 computers, making it just $50 each.
Plus Microsoft did massive pre-orders for Win 7 at just $50 back in July, which millions of people already ordered.
Essentially, the price is a non-issue.
35 posted on 10/21/2009 12:44:25 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

XP on these small PC’s only makes sense; price first, then a relatively solid operating system. These machines aren’t robust by any stretch, but they answer the basic needs of people. I took the wife’s PC to my Kiwanis meeting last week and passed it around (we’re a Golden K group of elders). I had a number of interested guys who saw it as an alternative to older PCs that just didn’t cut it anymore, or a simple, inexpensive, step into first-time computing.


36 posted on 10/21/2009 12:45:58 PM PDT by bcsco (Hopey changey down the drainey...)
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To: bcsco

Useful article.
I already have a dual boot Vista, Win 7 laptop.


37 posted on 10/21/2009 12:49:30 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
I already have a dual boot Vista, Win 7 laptop.

Do you see yourself migrating completely in the near future?

38 posted on 10/21/2009 12:55:01 PM PDT by bcsco (Hopey changey down the drainey...)
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To: SmokingJoe
Essentially, the price is a non-issue.

$30, $50, $150, looks like an issue to me to fix what was broken.

39 posted on 10/21/2009 12:57:24 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: bcsco

Program Upgrade - the politics of Bill Gates
The changing politics of Bill Gates.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_2_51/ai_53662235/

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $8.8 million to the Planned Parenthood Federation.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/12/11/health.women.gates.reut/

Bill Gates against repealing the inheritance tax
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_inheritance.html

The Left-Wing Billionaire Collectivist Pigs
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/9/25/191020.shtml

Billionaire Collectivist Pigs on a Roll
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/10/11/171315.shtml

“Is Bill Gates a closet liberal?”
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/01/cov_29feature.html
(Bill Gates for gun control, pro-abortion, etc.)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec97/guns_11-4.html
(bottom of page - more money for gun control from Gates and his father)

“Software, soft money, and Libertarians”
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0039/news-anderson.shtml
[Bill gives money to both sides—whoever supports Microsoft and extreme social left policies. ...includes Barney Frank.]

Client testimonials, Bill Gates in China, Bill Clinton in China
http://www.beijinghighlights.com/testimonials/testimonials.htm


40 posted on 10/21/2009 1:09:48 PM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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