Gaming Trying to install windows 7

[Wabsta]

lol oh man
that is probably going to eat up
a good chunk of your day

so you have a copy of a 7 RC?
if so could you pass me a copy?? llolol
i had the iso
and then i did some dumb stuff
and it's gone now

edit: err i guess a link

Im not sure if its allowed or not.
But forget about the RC and get th RTM!!!

oh
well then that
i know iso's aren't allowed to be linked on the boards and whatnot
key phrase being
on the boards
haha

Yea, funny, stop it now, just search google.

 

[TheLifeRuiner]

lol caaaalm down

i am
i was just asking to see if someone would be nice enough to do so
plus i would trust a stranger on the boards who has tested it more so than some random website with the download

 

[psycoblaster]

Just partition your drive. Even a 15 year old can do this without problem.
Or just buy another HD and install windows 7 to that.
You always want to keep your XP... you never know what Microsoft will do to the RTMs once Windows 7 becomes available (Oct 22, that's less than two weeks!)
Also, the RC will expire by next year, so you better keep that XP. (Keep your XP - don't upgrade that to vista)
So just:
1. partition your drive and install Win 7 separately. Multibooting 7 with XP is probably the safest way.
2. buy a new HD, install Win 7 separately.

 

[playallday]

Just pick up a pack of 100 DVD's for $20 and back up your stuff on that.

yeah partioning is a wicked mistress if you do something wrong

Even if you mess up all you have to do is to reformat your disk.

 

[Deleted member 35947]

Even when you make a clean install (not upgrade), your previous files will be stored in a windows.old folder. That includes Program Files, User Files (My Documents, settings, etc) and your previous Windows system so you can always restore to where you were before. At least that's how things work on my computer.

There's no need to format, as this poster said, windows will put your files in windows.old. Once you have extracted whatever files you needed after you have installed 7, you can then delete that folder.

 

[DarkLG]

I decided to wait until Windows 7 is released officially and then I'll just get that and backup all my files to my cousin's HD.

 

[Splych]

Hmm... I am too late aren't I?

For me... I am running XP and 7. Can't you just make a partition on your HDD, then install Windows 7 on that partition? And for XP, things you should be backing up are... Pictures, Music, Game profiles and Favorites? Then just copy those onto the new partition of Windows 7 and you are good to go? Am I not right O_O?

That's what I did when I installed Windows 7.

 

[myuusmeow]

If when you install Windows 7, you pick Custom Install, it will move all files (program files, documents and settings, windows etc) to a folder called Windows.old. All folders on the root of your HD (ex: c:\ROMS) will still be there untouched. You will not lose any files, they will just be moved. Believe me I've done this before on my netbook that was running Windows XP.

 

[DarkLG]

Ok i'm confused now. Some say it won't save my files other say it will if i do custom install.

 

[FireEmblemGuy]

It's as simple as this: Upgrading, whether from XP to Vista or Vista to 7, keeps all the user accounts, files, programs, desktops, etc. A fresh install FORMATS your hard drive, or at least the partition you install it to, and writes its own OS files there, meaning nothing is left and you have as close to a blank slate as Windows will give you.

The person talking about stuff being saved to a windows.old folder, or something of the sort, apparently does not know that this only happens when upgrading; there's nothing to be backed up if you do a fresh install.

 

[DarkLG]

Oh okay thanks that really cleared some stuff up lol.

 

[stormwolf18]

Like a guy said few posts ago, if you choose custom install, windows 7 will install a fresh copy on your drive and it will keep your old windows files (documents, program files and such) in windows.old directory. Keep in mind that it wont format your drive, you aint gonna loose anything.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Dude, it's simple.

1. Create a partition on your harddrive (about 40 gigs, more if you need more)
2. Load Windows 7 and choose to install it on the partition
3. The rest is obvious.

 

[da_head]

partioning is the best solution. there's nothing to worry about it, the reason why u had problems with it before it's because u had to install another os on it. so move your important files on this partiton, wipe out xp, and do a fresh install of windows 7. upgrading from vista to 7 is not recommended.

 

[DarkLG]

I did custom install and it kept all my old files.