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vista instalation
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:06 pm
by Supermodder911
Ok I have a windows anytime upgrade dvd i want to know if it will install vista or if it is just to download updates or whatever when i put it in i see te normal installation menu for vista but im not sure so please hep.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:10 pm
by Cryticfarm
How expensive was it?
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:12 pm
by CabooseJr
It depends on which version of Vista you are getting. Installing it isn't hard.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:16 pm
by Supermodder911
no you see my mom bought a laptop and im using her dvd it is called windows anytime upgrade, from what im earing right now it asks you for the 25 key serial before starting to install.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:19 pm
by TomClancey
Your harddrive will be formatted and you'll lose everything. Make sure to back everything up.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:20 pm
by Supermodder911
its a upgade disc i want to keep my files and settings
How expensive was it?
It came with my moms $800 laptop.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:35 pm
by Cryticfarm
Ohhhhhhhhhhh nvm. Ya, like TomClancey said back up everything, pop in the disk and the rest is pretty much straight forward.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:42 pm
by Supermodder911
...not really i need to know if i can nstall from this dvd or not thats basicly all i need to know.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:16 pm
by CabooseJr
Funny, my computer didn't get formatted when I switched to vista.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:24 pm
by Supermodder911
yea but in my particular case there isnt no update option so i need a way to backup all my stuff, any ideas?
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:16 pm
by kibito87
Buy some type of external media. I use my xbox which has a 160gb hdd in it. Or you could make a seperate partition on your computer and transfer all your files to it. Then format the normal C partition that contains your OS.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:37 am
by Supermodder911
That problm is solved i am running Vista Home Premeum edition right now.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:01 am
by Guest
kibito87 wrote:Buy some type of external media. I use my xbox which has a 160gb hdd in it. Or you could make a seperate partition on your computer and transfer all your files to it. Then format the normal C partition that contains your OS.
hey for future reference because i might be getting vista in near future how do i get stuff from my computer to xbox use a ethernet cable?
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:15 am
by Cryticfarm
supermodder911 wrote:That problm is solved i am running Vista Home Premeum edition right now.
I am too. *High fives*
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:40 pm
by Supermodder911
lol,my video card is gay and it is built in my motherboard so unupgradeabe and it dos'nt support aero anyoe know how to renable aero?or add more of my system memy to it beings how it uses my systems memory already.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:54 am
by Lavix
An $800 laptop these days wont give you much room for quality. You probably don't even have a GB of system memory, if so its probably of low latency.
If you want to get the most out of vista without dealing with many problems I would suggest disabling most of the animations and transparency features. They will only increase loading times and decrease the amount of memory available to you.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:04 pm
by Cryticfarm
Well I'm fine cause I got basically no programs running, 2gb RAM and a 8600 GT.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:04 pm
by xbox7887
Lavix wrote:You probably don't even have a GB of system memory, if so its probably of low latency.
Low latency is good
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:17 pm
by Supermodder911
the $800 laptop is my moms mine has 1.5GB of system memory.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:22 pm
by little_shadow
When you install Vista All your old files go to a new folder called Windows.Old