emu and vista 64

[turbo94]

how about a nice write-up on dual booting? anyone?

[ND_Neon_Guy]

I am not responsible for any actions you take this is strictly a how to and can ruin your computer if done incorrectly. If you don't know what your doing find someone that can show you hands on._______________________________________________ _____________

Well It's short and I don't know that much about computers but I think its pretty easy as long as you know a little bit about computers first off

Lets ensure your using a Desktop it can perform the task easier I think.

If you have the space available take and partition you HD(Hard Drive) for your second OS(operating System)

If you don't have the space get a second HD for the OS make sure you buy the right kind of HD and then just install it on there(easier)

If you not gonna use it as your main OS you can just use a copy of someone elses windows or if you want you can go and buy a OS from the store if you got money like that. you can get a new OS from around 80-100 (Legit copy) or you can get a perfectly good working OS for free. Talk to some computer geeks you know in your area(don't act like a cop) lol

Then you go into your bios on your computer (after you boot up comp it ask you to push F12, F10, or something like that these are your bios. If you start to look around in there and don't know what your looking at DON'T TOUCH ANY SETTINGS leave it and don't save any changes find someone else to do it.

If you do know what your looking at make it so your computer doesn't boot up automatically and then save your settings now when you boot up your computer it will ask you which you would like to boot up into. They should clearly be labled with which OS they are. And that's it

I was pretty vauge on the details I will try and get something better for you tomarrow maybe some screen pics or something of what you'll be looking at.

I'll post up more tomorrow.

[turbo94]

ah, i understand where your going with that. but how do i load, lets say, vista 32 bit? with out overwriting the existing 64 bit?

just looked it up, can you suggest a partitioning program?

[ND_Neon_Guy]

ah, i understand where your going with that. but how do i load, lets say, vista 32 bit? with out overwriting the existing 64 bit?

just looked it up, can you suggest a partitioning program?

I'll take some screen shots while I'm at work tomorrow and give you a better Idea of what your gonna wanna do to have a Dual boot. I take it you already have the other copy of Windows your wanting to use. So I'll beback tomorrow with more. and I'll have pics :)

Also are you on a desktop or Laptop.

[turbo94]

laptop. i have discs that came with other laptops ive had that were vista 32bit. can i use those restoration/ backup discs?

[ND_Neon_Guy]

laptop. i have discs that came with other laptops ive had that were vista 32bit. can i use those restoration/ backup discs?

I don't think you can. but i could be wrong.

[ND_Neon_Guy]

Here are some pics that might help you out with partitioning and what not.
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After you have finished all this you can load your os cd and restart your computer it should start up from your cd (follow on screen instructions to finish installation of of 2nd os) Make sure you dount overite anything that you did'nt want to get rid of.

If you did it correctly you will be able to boot up into either OS upon restart of computer.

If this isn;t in enough detail I'm sorry, I don 't have the means to record that much.

So if you are ineed of car any more help let me know and I'll see if i can help you out.

[Accord2nrz]

I don't think you can. but i could be wrong.


he is correct you can NOT use those restoration discs becuase they rely on some built in system and bios settings that your machine does not have.

[ND_Neon_Guy]

Thats what i thought. oh oh oh

Have you seen that windows 7 wow OMG it is awesome. I can't wait till its actually released as a new system.

[turbo94]

ok, dang. i was gonna go through all this trouble so i could tune with my laptop.. oh well, ill just gank the wifes 32bit vista laptop and do it with that. are the software and drivers for ultimate in the downloads section?

[Accord2nrz]

I think the software is the same but the drivers may be different.

[turbo94]

ok.