Well guys, i'm almost done upgrading my OS, my only problem that i am facing is where to get windows 7 from? :)) i can just download from piratebay ,borrow my friend's copy or just buy my own. i think i can solve that problem by myself.:))
BTW, i can't reach this stage without all of your help!. thanks! On Nov 16, 4:10 am, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > The only thing that xp brought on the cursed years of its existence > was server 2003. F#UCK XP FOREVER!... mmm, too much? Install win2000, > it's also unicode and less resource hungry. But only if you really > can't use win7. > > On 15 Nov, 13:41, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > lol, yeah, on limited resource no doubt that XP is the best choice, but also > > undoubtly i choose linux rather that XP, i already spend too much time in > > XP...:P > > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Espionage724 <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > 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 > > > -- > > 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
