Digital BW, The Print

From Microsoft. In the event you want to find out if your computer is Windows 7 compatible. May required the installation of Net. Frameworks 2.0

It may take anywhere from 30 minutes to 21 hours to migrate from Vista to Windows 7, depending on the computer configuration, profile and the Widnows 7 version; 32 bits /64 bits.

Some installation may required the deletion of all data prior to Windows 7 installation while other installations will keep all data intact.

The Upgrade Advisor will advise on the type of installation required.

http://tinyurl.com/qumqcc

Cheers,
Andre

According to the Upgrade Advisor, my two computers with Windows XP require a clean install for Windows 7. If and when I do it, all data will have to be saved prior to a Windows 7 installation and all programs and drivers will need to be re-installed.

Cheers,
Andre

Does the Mac OS win again? v9 to v10 to v10.6 smooth

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:17 AM, andre1moreau wrote:

> According to the Upgrade Advisor, my two computers with Windows XP  
> require a clean install for Windows 7. If and when I do it, all data  
> will have to be saved prior to a Windows 7 installation and all  
> programs and drivers will need to be re-installed.
>
> Cheers,
> Andre
>
>

My thoughts are to remove the existing disk and mount it into a case to use
as an external drive.  Then simply buy a new HD for installation of W7.
Should make life very simple.



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If you are moving to Windows 7 and rebuilding your hard disk then here are a
few thoughts -

You should always have your OS, swap space and data on different partitions,
even if they are on the same disk.
Swap space should be at the beginning of the disk (fastest). I partition my
drives as 20GB swap space (for OS swap and Photoshop scratch), 80GB OS, and
rest as data.

Also if you haven't upgraded your hard disk in the last 2-3 years then you
will gain a huge performance increase by getting one of the newer drives. I
use WD Caviar black 1TB drives they are fast and cheap ($100). If you need
more space the latest Hitachi Deskstar 2TB drives look like great performers
and great value ($180).

You should also plan on using only 50%, max 75% of main disk capacity as
performance degrades dramatically as you fill up the drive.

If your motherboard can support multiple drives then its great to get OS
Swap space onto its own fast drive. Maybe you can have a back up copy of
your data on the same drive.

External drive performance sucks, unless you can use esata, and should be
just used for back-up.

SSDs and Raid are other ways to go, but that's stepping into another
discussion.

Mike

PS I've been using Windows 7 for several months and its great.
2009/10/24 Tom Fielder <tfielder@...>

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> My thoughts are to remove the existing disk and mount it into a case to use
> as an external drive. Then simply buy a new HD for installation of W7.
> Should make life very simple.
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:
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> You should always have your OS, swap space and data on different 
> partitions, even if they are on the same disk.
> Swap space should be at the beginning of the disk (fastest). I  
> partition my drives as 20GB swap space (for OS swap and Photoshop >scratch), 80GB OS, and  rest as data.
> 
Let me offer another opinion:

The swap should be at center because statistically, that's where the head is nearer. Secondly, this is not Unix, but Windows; you don't want your system to use the swap (not enough ram). Unix is different, it pre-store in swap what there is in ram, but Windows uses 100% RAM until there is an overflow.

As for separating data and OS: yes, no, maybe; there's no definite answer.

Here's an example of a setup under Win 7:
C:\OS, Apps  (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
D:\Data  (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
E:\Backup  (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
F:\Scratch  (WD Raptor 150GB 10K)

Cheers,
Andre

Hi Andre,

Interesting topic.  I'm building an ASUS/i7 system.

> Here's an example of a setup under Win 7:
> C:\OS, Apps (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
> D:\Data (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
> E:\Backup (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
> F:\Scratch (WD Raptor 150GB 10K)

I was going to use a WD Velociraptor 300 gb for the OS/applications, and a [Z] SSD for the cache/scratch disk. Data of course would be on other drives & a RAID 5 NAS (NOT A DROBO!!!)

 Any thoughts?




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This discussion definitely does not belong here.

Gary

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: -= Chris =- 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor - OT


    Hi Andre,

  Interesting topic. I'm building an ASUS/i7 system.

  > Here's an example of a setup under Win 7:
  > C:\OS, Apps (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
  > D:\Data (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
  > E:\Backup (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
  > F:\Scratch (WD Raptor 150GB 10K)

  I was going to use a WD Velociraptor 300 gb for the OS/applications, and a [Z] SSD for the cache/scratch disk. Data of course would be on other drives & a RAID 5 NAS (NOT A DROBO!!!)

  Any thoughts?

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Cancelled, obviously not a Black & White issue. It's nice to be 'right'.


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