Lol I still can't give up XP on some of my computers (resources are limited), but eventually I will (or go to linux)
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:22 AM, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
