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partition vista 64bit for XP?
chip!:
Keep in mind, Vista was the worst system for drivers. Before you begin, verify that there are manufacturer drivers available for both Windows XP and Windows Vista 32 for both your video card and your wheel. This is obviously very important.
I dont know much about wheels, but I would guess Windows 7 would have the best support for the wheel, followed by Windows XP, followed by Windows Vista (as this is the case with most everything now-a-days.)
Also, I was under the impression that Windows 7 stole the best gaming OS from WinXP.. or at least came close enough that WinXP is not needed anymore. Anyone know more about that?
--- Quote from: chelseaman on April 18, 2011, 11:29:38 am --- ;D Setting up partition no problem. Downloaded XP was ok until stopping at DMI pool data,with purple and green squares accross screen.
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my guess is that you need to use Easy BCD to re-load the Windows Vista boot loader. Windows XP had an older boot loader and often causes problems that could hang at DMI pool data. This is especially the case when you install WinXP onto the same physical drive as another existing Vista/7 installation. If you try this again, it might be easier to add a 2nd harddrive and install WinXP to that drive. And/or, make sure to complete Step 3 from the guide below.
See these articles related to this:
Guide: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
Not very helpful, FYI only: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529
Next, if you have the Vista Boot loader back after you installed WinXP, and you still hang when booting up, try booting WinXP into Safe-Mode. Possibly you have a video card driver problem.
--- Quote from: chelseaman on April 18, 2011, 11:29:38 am ---Vista home premium 32 bit downloaded ok, but after hours of downloading courtesy of MS, 300 updates ,with service packs from 1 to 176 and many hours,was starting to to think of billy (he`s the only one I can get away with using bad language with >:D).
Game (Burnout Paradise) installed ok and wanted to run,but program only recognised keyboard controls instead of wheel.
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Under device manager, does it show your wheel installed with manufacture's drivers? Or a universal one from Microsoft?
Synbios:
--- Quote ---Also, I was under the impression that Windows 7 stole the best gaming OS from WinXP.. or at least came close enough that WinXP is not needed anymore. Anyone know more about that?
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Yes certainly for a couple of reasons that are off the top of my head:
1) Microsoft stopped supporting directx for WinXP a while ago. I think the last version that it supports is DX9c. Win7 supports the latest pixel shader and directx versions (11+) Of course your video card also has to be compatible. But even moderately old video cards can support DX 10, which was initially released with Vista.
2) Win7 was highly optimized for parallel computing and CPU management. For example when you're running a full-screen game, win7 automatically detects this and gives it full CPU power. Winxp was not so good with CPU management (AV scans, background processes etc. take a little bit of juice sometimes). Of course optimization of your system is very important, but Win7 provides a bit more leeway for the joe schmoe who doesn't care to turn off his AV scan while playing crysis. Though the game does need to be optimized for parallel computing, win7 was designed with multi-core in mind, and can help a little bit with performance on dual-core and so forth machines.
In summary, I would say for 32-bit, single core processors, WinXP is still the best OS to use. Windows 7 is definitely the best option for 64-bit and dualcore+ machines. Win XP 64bit SUCKS sooo bad (I used it for a little while before switching back to 7). Vista is just crap all together, win7 is better than Vista in almost every way imaginable.
TheHalf™:
--- Quote from: chelseaman on April 18, 2011, 11:29:38 am --- ;D Setting up partition no problem. Downloaded XP was ok until stopping at DMI pool data,with purple and green squares accross screen. Vista home premium 32 bit downloaded ok, but after hours of downloading courtesy of MS, 300 updates ,with service packs from 1 to 176 and many hours,was starting to to think of billy (he`s the only one I can get away with using bad language with >:D).
Game (Burnout Paradise) installed ok and wanted to run,but program only recognised keyboard controls instead of wheel.
Thats when I called it quits for tonight.
cheers
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Remember both or all 3 OS's are NTFS so you can literally copy and paste the drivers of the wheel off the 64bit system and place them in the 32bit system XP/Vista if you know where they are located. Now I would recomend XP 32 over Vista 32 and like chip posted resolve the DMI issue.
But!!! if your logging to many hours @ your PC and their not from gaming [throw] go with a second HDD. Just remember to match the SATA or PATA HDD's (which ever is already installed) before you purchase another.
TheHalf™
chip!:
--- Quote from: TheHalf™ on April 19, 2011, 12:31:19 am ---Remember both or all 3 OS's are NTFS so you can literally copy and paste the drivers of the wheel off the 64bit system and place them in the 32bit system XP/Vista if you know where they are located.
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I might be misunderstanding what you meant here, but I just wanted to clarify so there is no confusion. you can not copy 64bit drivers and use them on a 32bit OS. 64bit machines need 64bit drivers and 32bit machines need 32bit, they are not backwards compatible. also, it does not matter on the file system (ntfs, fat32), just the OS. however, sometimes you can get Vista 32bit or Win 7 32bit to load a driver from Win XP 32. but you definitely can not take a 64bit driver from any OS and load it on a 32bit OS.
TheHalf™:
however, sometimes you can get Vista 32bit or Win 7 32bit to load a driver from Win XP 32 is what I meant. Thanks for the catch chip. Thinking faster then I can type.
TheHalf™
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