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February 19, 2009 at 11:12 am #161223
Sukh
MemberI know this has been asked many times, but can’t find the thread, If im intending to install win7 on the netbook, when it first turns on should I create a 10gb partion so I can dual boot?
February 19, 2009 at 12:41 pm #184388mataempat
MemberThe way i understood your question is that when you turn on your new nc10, shall you partition the hard drive or not. well, you will be prompted to do a partition. i suggest you make a 40GB for C: and the rest for d: . as for windows 7, I installed it over XP on c:. but if you intend to install it on d: you will be able to dualboot xp and 7. what will happen is that upon boot up, you will be presented with a chioce of booting into 7 or “older version of windows”. bear in mind that’s it is impossible to access the other partition from the partition on which you were booting into i.e; if you’re in win 7, you can’t access your files that are on the XP partition. it was design that way and AFAIK, there is no workaround at the moment.
February 19, 2009 at 12:46 pm #184384Alfihar
Participant[quote1235047534=mataempat]if you’re in win 7, you can’t access your files that are on the XP partition. it was design that way and AFAIK, there is no workaround at the moment.
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Can’t you go into Disk Management and assign the Windows XP partition a drive letter?February 19, 2009 at 1:26 pm #184389Sukh
MemberSo would a 10gb drive be big enough for win7?
And would any programs, e.g. firefox be accessible from the other partition e.g. xp , im guessing no?
February 19, 2009 at 2:03 pm #184386Ysabel
MemberIf you want to dual boot, I would suggest 3 partitions.
C drive – 20G for XP Home
D drive – 20G for Win 7
E drive – the rest for storageIf you store your stuff in E, whether you are running XP Home or Windows 7, you will still be able to get to your files.
If you run Portable Firefox in E drive, you will be able to use it in XP as well as Windows 7. All the bookmarks will be there. I run my Portable Firefox that way.
February 19, 2009 at 2:33 pm #184390Jonny Blond
MemberMy Win 7 D: partition is 35GB ( as is my XP c: ) and im using 25GB, but im installing programs to d:
Be aware you cant move my documents in win7 although you can use library to link them from another location
February 19, 2009 at 2:45 pm #184387TCMuffin
MemberI also have 35 GB partitions for both XP and 7 with the rest of the disk being more or less equally splt between four different flavours of Linux.
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Be aware you cant move my documents in win7 although you can use library to link them from another location
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And presumably you could change the default file location in each package you use?February 19, 2009 at 2:47 pm #184385MattJessop
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I also have 35 GB partitions for both XP and 7 with the rest of the disk being more or less equally splt between four different flavours of Linux.[/quote1235054801]
No-one likes a show-off Jayne !! 😉
February 19, 2009 at 2:53 pm #184391Jonny Blond
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I also have 35 GB partitions for both XP and 7 with the rest of the disk being more or less equally splt between four different flavours of Linux.[quote1235054645=Jonny Blond]
Be aware you cant move my documents in win7 although you can use library to link them from another location
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And presumably you could change the default file location in each package you use?[/quote1235055003]
My bad, you can move it. just not as easy as xp. you have to go to the master folder, you can’t just right click a shortcut like xp. However library’s are better use as you can include all the my docs from other os’s easy.
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