Ok, then anyone care to tell me why XP used to take 5 mins to load while Vista takes barely 1 min to load on my computer? That would be great of you. And no, I didn't have viruses, I had to tweak XP because without tweaking, it took even longer to load.

Ok, then anyone care to tell me why XP used to take 5 mins to load while Vista takes barely 1 min to load on my computer? That would be great of you. And no, I didn't have viruses, I had to tweak XP because without tweaking, it took even longer to load.

 

 

 

It could be loading too many user-installed drivers & preboot programs before booting (happens during that logo with the green bar), that usually causes unnormal boot times. It should never take 5 minutes. Also if you defragment the whole drive often, it will perform smoother

 

 

 

(users who install an OS on a freshly formatted drive which is as clean as it gets, probably are aware of the staggeringly fast boot speeds - up to 5 seconds, since the drive has nothing on it except the OS)

 

 

 

Even on my old 256mb RAM ram, 1.2ghz computer that I dumped years ago, XP would boot in about ~45 seconds. I only had the bare essentials and web browsers installed.

 

 

 

That improved to approximately 10 seconds on a quad-core 2.8ghz processor and 4gb of ram. Vista takes roughly double the time, though. Not very noticeable but the speed difference exists at least when it comes to boot speeds.

I tried to make a dual boot with xp and vista on this computer (arrived last week, so fairly new), but it gives a pci.sys error with a blue screen when I try to install xp. Is it possible that my computer is too new for xp? :?

 

 

 

I doesn't really matter, but I thought it was kinda weird. At least my computer runs vista perfectly now, so I'm just going to use that.

XP... five minutes... god give it up.

Like I said, fully tweaked it took 5 mins, that means the msconfig and all that, but also the defrag and cleaning. That's why I gave it up. Fresh install took even longer. Worst is it came with the computer, now I have Vista and it runs much better, so I don't know why they didn't put Vista at the first place (well, maybe since it had only got out I guess).

 

 

 

anyway, enough of that off-topicness.

Any ideas when they may be releasing Win 7? Even a guess with a 1-month margin of error would do (although the more accurate the better!) As I am going to look for the old XP disk we have lieing around and put that onto the new desktop I'm building until Win 7 is released and is proven to be worth using.

Final version should start shipping out at the end of this year (maybe november?).

 

I'm looking forward to it, it will replace my XP version - which has served me good!

Just because it doesn't look different, doesn't mean it's not improved.

 

 

 

I heard Windows 7 runs much faster than Vista.

 

 

 

I don't get it. Why didn't they just make the already released versions of Vista faster instead of wasting their time making something else?

Just because it doesn't look different, doesn't mean it's not improved.

 

 

 

I heard Windows 7 runs much faster than Vista.

 

 

 

I don't get it. Why didn't they just make the already released versions of Vista faster instead of wasting their time making something else?

 

Marketing.

I'm trying to partition my C drive and vista just won't let me, it greys out the box. Don't know much about partitioning so I don't have a clue what's stopping me. It's not an issue of there not being enough space as I know I have enough.

 

 

 

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I'm trying to partition my C drive and vista just won't let me, it greys out the box. Don't know much about partitioning so I don't have a clue what's stopping me. It's not an issue of there not being enough space as I know I have enough.

 

 

 

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Are you an administrator? How much free space is left on the drive?

Just because it doesn't look different, doesn't mean it's not improved.

 

 

 

I heard Windows 7 runs much faster than Vista.

 

 

 

I don't get it. Why didn't they just make the already released versions of Vista faster instead of wasting their time making something else?

 

 

 

Umm... the upcoming SP2 for Vista isn't making it better?

I'm trying to partition my C drive and vista just won't let me, it greys out the box. Don't know much about partitioning so I don't have a clue what's stopping me. It's not an issue of there not being enough space as I know I have enough.

 

 

 

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Are you an administrator? How much free space is left on the drive?

 

 

 

Yes I am, and I have 93GB free space.

I'm trying to partition my C drive and vista just won't let me, it greys out the box. Don't know much about partitioning so I don't have a clue what's stopping me. It's not an issue of there not being enough space as I know I have enough.

 

 

 

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Are you an administrator? How much free space is left on the drive?

 

 

 

Yes I am, and I have 93GB free space.

 

 

 

Set the size to shrink to 40960 (40GB). I believe that creates a 40GB partition of unallocated space which you can format into NTFS. You can rename it if you want. Its been awhile since I've used the built in windows partitioning thing.

I'm trying to partition my C drive and vista just won't let me, it greys out the box. Don't know much about partitioning so I don't have a clue what's stopping me. It's not an issue of there not being enough space as I know I have enough.

 

 

 

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Are you an administrator? How much free space is left on the drive?

 

 

 

Yes I am, and I have 93GB free space.

 

 

 

 

 

I had the same issue.

 

 

 

The problem is, Vista places some critical system files towards the end of your hard drive (the Master File Table I think it is, or MFT), so you can't shrink your hard drive as those files are there.

 

 

 

Go here - http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/22459.aspx

 

 

 

Follow the steps there, it will cover the HD issue and will fix it so you can shrink it down much, much more than the pittance you're originally offered. Be patient, the tools used in there will take a few hours to do, just leave them be, and you'll a hard drive ready to dual boot.

It won't let me partition my C drive at all, the options are greyed out. I will give that link a try later and see if that does anything.

It won't let me partition my C drive at all, the options are greyed out. I will give that link a try later and see if that does anything.

 

 

 

It will, I got all of my spare space to use as a partition :)

Just because it doesn't look different, doesn't mean it's not improved.

 

 

 

I heard Windows 7 runs much faster than Vista.

 

 

 

I don't get it. Why didn't they just make the already released versions of Vista faster instead of wasting their time making something else?

 

 

 

Because Win7 isn't just faster than Vista. They changed the UI, power efficiency, touch support, etc.

It seems Microsoft is releasing 6 different versions of Windows 7. The beta test is Windows 7 Ultimate. The versions are: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate. :shame: :shame: :shame:

It seems Microsoft is releasing 6 different versions of Windows 7. The beta test is Windows 7 Ultimate. The versions are: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate. :shame: :shame: :shame:

 

 

 

Why is releasing different versions bad?

 

 

 

I rather not go into the different versions but consumers will only be choosing from 2 versions, Home Premium and Professional. Netbooks will be using Home Basic.

 

 

 

Why wouldn't the beta test be Ultimate? How else would they test all the features of all the versions?

Windows 7 is how Windows Vista SHOULD have been like.

 

 

 

Even though it is the beta I see MANY improvements, though I'm still keeping XP installed until a couple months after it's release so I can read reviews to see if it is in fact a upgrade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Awww, missed it. (Crashing vista comp ftl) Is there any way I could get it now/do you think it's much better/worth the trouble?

Yeah, it is better than both XP and Vista in all ways.

 

 

 

Faster, very stable and very reliable for whatever I do on it. I also tested for how long I could have the computer on without having crashing program and stability trouble, and after a week it still works perfectly.

Dang, i had no idea they were even releasing a new Operating System. I'm surprised I never heard about this. Now I've missed the beta :(

Dang, i had no idea they were even releasing a new Operating System. I'm surprised I never heard about this. Now I've missed the beta :(

 

 

 

Eh, I coulda downloaded the beta but my comp can barely support my XP and I only have 75 GB :thumbsup: