Windows 7 discussion thread

Fatal Exception wrote:You need to fix the MBR on your primary HDD.

Garth wrote:

Amazon: Windows 7 is Bigger Than Harry Potter

How can Windows 7 be bigger than Harry Potter, you ask? That box can’t be more than 15 inches tall, while Daniel Radcliffe is at least 5′8”!

Well, what Amazon meant when they said that was this: Windows 7 is the biggest grossing pre-order product of all time on Amazon.co.uk.

Even Amazon UK’s MD Brian McBride sounds a bit surprised: “The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest grossing pre-order product of all-time at Amazon.co.uk, and demand is still going strong.” We’re not; we wrote earlier that Windows 7 is being preordered a lot more than Vista, and that trend obviously hasn’t changed until the very last day.

I’ve been testing Windows 7 since the first beta and while I have my qualms about it, one can’t deny that it’s better than Vista: it feels faster, looks nicer, the unnecessary fat *cough* sidebar *cough* was trimmed and it has a whole lot better hardware and driver support. And one also cannot deny that Windows XP was released in October 2001, which means that Windows users have been waiting eight long years for a decent replacement for their operating system. Tomorrow, they’ll be getting one; no wonder they’re excited.

http://mashable.com/2009/10/21/windows- ... ry-potter/

MCN wrote:To be honest, I think the whole public beta thing has done them a great favour here.

Knoyleo wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:You need to fix the MBR on your primary HDD.

I've tried running bootrec.exe now and using all four sub options, but it still doesn't seem to want to disappear.

nsm wrote:

Knoyleo wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:You need to fix the MBR on your primary HDD.

I've tried running bootrec.exe now and using all four sub options, but it still doesn't seem to want to disappear.

Can't you do it from MSconfig?

Fatal Exception wrote:

nsm wrote:

Knoyleo wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:You need to fix the MBR on your primary HDD.

I've tried running bootrec.exe now and using all four sub options, but it still doesn't seem to want to disappear.

Can't you do it from MSconfig?

Yeah you could do that.

Icecold wrote:I'm running Vista home premium. Can I buy Windows 7 and do a clean install?

Mogster wrote:

MCN wrote:To be honest, I think the whole public beta thing has done them a great favour here.

That and the limited time price-cut for early pre-orders. I'm sure there were plenty of people who would normally have held off buying Windows 7 at launch, but took the plunge thanks to the price. After all, if you're going to buy it eventually, you might as well get it for £45 instead of £120, or whatever it is. It was a pretty smart marketing strategy really.

TigaSefi wrote:Annoyingly my gf’s DELL XPS wouldn’t install the drivers for the 64-bit edition in the installation part when I managed to get the dvd drive to boot up properly from the disc yet the 32-bit disc worked perfectly.

In the Dell setup, it said YES to 64-bit ???

What gives ?

Fatal Exception wrote:

TigaSefi wrote:Annoyingly my gf’s DELL XPS wouldn’t install the drivers for the 64-bit edition in the installation part when I managed to get the dvd drive to boot up properly from the disc yet the 32-bit disc worked perfectly.

In the Dell setup, it said YES to 64-bit ???

What gives ?

Sometimes the drivers aren't installed automatically You have to do the legwork and find the drivers for the bit it needs.

You should never expect Windows do have drivers for all your hardware on the disk, let alone up to date ones.

TigaSefi wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

TigaSefi wrote:Annoyingly my gf’s DELL XPS wouldn’t install the drivers for the 64-bit edition in the installation part when I managed to get the dvd drive to boot up properly from the disc yet the 32-bit disc worked perfectly.

In the Dell setup, it said YES to 64-bit ???

What gives ?

Sometimes the drivers aren't installed automatically You have to do the legwork and find the drivers for the bit it needs.

You should never expect Windows do have drivers for all your hardware on the disk, let alone up to date ones.

Indeed but I can't understand why the 64-bit disc has the drivers missing ??

MCN wrote:

TigaSefi wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

TigaSefi wrote:Annoyingly my gf’s DELL XPS wouldn’t install the drivers for the 64-bit edition in the installation part when I managed to get the dvd drive to boot up properly from the disc yet the 32-bit disc worked perfectly.

In the Dell setup, it said YES to 64-bit ???

What gives ?

Sometimes the drivers aren't installed automatically You have to do the legwork and find the drivers for the bit it needs.

You should never expect Windows do have drivers for all your hardware on the disk, let alone up to date ones.

Indeed but I can't understand why the 64-bit disc has the drivers missing ??

Because to have drivers for every possible bit of hardware would take a whole lot more than a DVD.

TigaSefi wrote:

MCN wrote:

TigaSefi wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

TigaSefi wrote:Annoyingly my gf’s DELL XPS wouldn’t install the drivers for the 64-bit edition in the installation part when I managed to get the dvd drive to boot up properly from the disc yet the 32-bit disc worked perfectly.

In the Dell setup, it said YES to 64-bit ???

What gives ?

Sometimes the drivers aren't installed automatically You have to do the legwork and find the drivers for the bit it needs.

You should never expect Windows do have drivers for all your hardware on the disk, let alone up to date ones.

Indeed but I can't understand why the 64-bit disc has the drivers missing ??

Because to have drivers for every possible bit of hardware would take a whole lot more than a DVD.

I know but why does the 32-bit has no problem and yet 64 bit does ? Ms aren't that stupid to antogonise me by removing one SODDING driver ?