lol, congrats on the upgrade..reminds me when i first drcided to give up XP for good...same case, i have a small HD...80GB isnt fun u know ^^ and if all goes well, i do believe u will have a great time using win7 ^^
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:45 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > Do come back and bring news of your success :) > Good luck ;) > > On 15 Nov, 10:44, 0_0face <[email protected]> wrote: > > So i could partition my hdd, install a new os and join them together > > again! > > Why didn't i think of that! thanks! i'll try if i can get it to work. > > if i never comment again, > > it means that i was successful. THANKS! > > > > On Nov 15, 5:11 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Bandwidth is plentiful thesedays, meaning video collections aren't > > > small, so uploading makes no sense unless someone uses heavily the > > > cloud, which I reckon not to be the case. Espionage is right, > > > encrypting it would be better. Compressing already compressed content > > > is pointless and time consuming. > > > > > As long as you have enough free space on your hdd, just partition it. > > > You could also tell your dad which files are needed to be backed up, > > > and he would do it since he wants to be the only one with access to > > > that external hdd. > > > > > On 15 Nov, 09:07, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > tell ur dad to put all teh porn in 1 folder and encrypt it or > something :p > > > > > > Either that, or you could use some burnable disc media, but if thats > > > > not at all possible, then maybe u can upload it to a site like > > > > mediafire (or rapidshare ONLY if you have a premium account) but only > > > > if its not like hundreds upon hundreds of MB. > > > > > > Theres even some program out there that I heard could compress GB > into > > > > a few MB and even KB but compression/decompressing takes a good > amount > > > > of time (a recommended overnight thing), but still sounds quite nice > > > > (idk the name of it though, UHA or something) > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:18 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Like I told you, in the event that you only have a single hdd > > > > > available, partition it and store the data you want to backup > there, > > > > > then format the system drive and clean install windows 7. After > that > > > > > it's just a matter of joining the partitions or just leaving it > like > > > > > that, as you should have more than one partition to begin with. > When > > > > > backups are just documents, audio, video and images, it's of no > > > > > concern, just store them on a different partition and you're all > clear > > > > > to format and install a new OS. > > > > > > > On 15 Nov, 08:13, 0_0face <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> after persuading my brother and sister on what windows 7 has to > offer, > > > > >> they decided to > > > > >> allow me to install win7. but in one condition, every files and > > > > >> documents saved in current OS(XP) needs to > > > > >> be backup-ed to be accessible and saved in the new OS(win7). > that's my > > > > >> current problem and to make thing's worse, > > > > >> i don't have any external hard drives, my dad has one but he won't > let > > > > >> me use it because of all the p*rn that are saved there > > > > >> that i am not allowed to see. > > > > > > >> On Nov 15, 2:21 am, lolattheotherguy <[email protected]> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > >> > i have to agree with tribaljet here, with a small hdd like that > you > > > > >> > could have only a few games installed at a time anyway, with > dualboot. > > > > >> > I'd go for a clean install of win7 with that machine. > > > > > > >> > On Nov 14, 7:08 am, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> > > Since you're hdd is small, I wouldn't dual boot, I would > install > > > > >> > > windows 7. > > > > >> > > Only some games that are installed on an OS can be run from a > > > > >> > > different one. > > > > > > >> > > On 14 Nov, 03:40, 0_0face <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > So, the best option is dual boot? > > > > > > >> > > > Can i play games that i downloaded in the Hard drive of xp > on the hard > > > > >> > > > drive of 7? > > > > > > >> > > > On Nov 14, 9:52 am, MAD_BEAST <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > GO FOR DUAL BOOT > > > > > > >> > > > > XP - WIN 7 > > > > > > >> > > > > Some games will run better under XP, others will run > better under 7. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > > -- > > > > Acer TravelMate 2480 > > > > GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 > 333Mhz > > > > HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA > > > > > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Laptop: Acer Aspire Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz Intel GMA 950 IGP Intel 945 Chipset 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 80GB standard PATA HDD Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
