Pave Low Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thought it would be useful to have a thread where people who have installed Win 7 can post how it went for them and maybe also list a few details about their system So, to kick off..here is my feedback from installing on my primary PC as you may have seen I received got my copies of Win 7 yesterday but was I waiting for a Solid State Drive to be delivered before installing, which happened this morning I already have Vista running on the machine and plan to initially dual boot until all applications and game are transferred over to Win 7 (then I might put XP (32) on the "old" boot HDD for older games Etc...) PC Details: an I7 920(at 3.6 GHz) with 6 GB of RAM Installation Version: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Installation type: Clean install onto brand new hard-drive (SSD) Installation drive: OCZ Vertex Turbo 120 GB Fitted the SSD fine (2 minutes (had already positioned a free SATA + Power cable)) Booted PC with Win 7 (64bit) DVD in drive 00 Minutes - Started installation... 05 minutes in - First reboot 10 minutes in - Second reboot 13 minutes in - Networking initialised 16 minutes in - automatically Installed some windows updates & Rebooted 17 minutes in - All done!! - Logged in to the user account Manually ran windows update, changed screen resolution and set desktop background and settings Etcc.. Rebooted Installed AV+Firewall - Norton Internet security 2010 (actually took me longer to type the CD Key in than it did to to install it) IE8 was installed automatically (no voting screen or any such choices) so used it to D/L and install Firefox and then used FF to download software for peripherals (Setpoint, Game-panel, N52 Etc..) and of course the first thing added to FF favourite is GR.net (I'll import the others from the Vista install later) so all in all, was a flawless extremely fast installation for me (but I do have an SSD as opposed to a regular HDD, but have heard even then it usually only takes 30 mins for a clean install) no problems yet Now to start loading all my Apps & Games again (of course the first game to go on will be GR) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcrash Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Mine went about the same speed with a SATA drive and a clean install. No Hiccups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Mine tomorrow, I'll post up how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Windows 7pro 64bit Fresh install on a formatted drive 45mins till i was up and running Just gotta put every thing back on again now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Hey Pave, finally picked up my version of Win7 to install over the Christmas break. I decided to get an OEM version for Win7 instead of the retail Upgrade version I got for Vista (what a hassle to have to install XP first, then Vista!) Nice thing about the OEM version is I could install Win7 Pro over Vista Home Premium (which I wouldn't be able to do with the Upgrade version) PC Details: Core 2 Quad Q6600 with 4 GB of RAM, GeForce 8800GTX Installation Version: Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit (because I wanted the XP mode) Installation type: Own Win7 partition because I am triple booting WinXP/Vista/Win7 on my primary office system Installation drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500 GB SATA Finished the install in about 30 min - main wierd thing was the DVD took a long time to spin up when reading setup files, but oh well - I was actuallly booting from my second DVD burner for some reason. Nice thing was all drivers were installed from the Win7 disc. No need to download anything! Pretty impressed so far. Seems a lot less clutter than the beta version I tried. My main gripes are they removed the Stock gadget (why???) and no games by default (where is Chess Titans!) Ran the Windows Experience Index rating and got higher than Vista - 5.7 (CPU and Ram was 7.1, Graphics was 6.9, and HD was 5.7 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Hopefully over the next 5 days on holiday I'll finally get my new OS installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Wow, I'm going to be installing on almost exactly the same setup as CR6. Still trying to backup all my stuff in preparation for the big wipe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Wow, I'm going to be installing on almost exactly the same setup as CR6. Still trying to backup all my stuff in preparation for the big wipe.... Cool, my triple boot setup is working fine so far. This is what I have: C: WinXP (hardly used in the last year, mainly for old games) D: Win Vista (has all my often currently-used apps and newer games) E: Win 7 F: User Data (i.e. "My Documents" for XP, User files for XP/Win7) G: Backups (downloads, drivers, game demos, software, etc.) So I actually didn't have to wipe anything because I had the "E" partition set aside for Windows 7 over a year ago (used it for the beta install), and I just point all the My Documents stuff from each OS to the F drive Main major change from my past way of doing things is with these multiple OS setups, I no longer put the virtual cache on a seperate partition. I just fix the virtual cache at 4GB for each of the C,D,E drives. Other thing is I'm trying to use Google Docs for Win7 so no MS Office install there hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Yeah, depending on how Win 7 goes I'm not sure if I'll need a Win XP install or not. If some of my more popular games don't work then I just might have to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Well, it seems to be running smoothly so far. Still tons of stuff to install and get configured... Is there a backup tool built-in to Windows 7? I want to backup to a FTP server on my local network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Yeah, depending on how Win 7 goes I'm not sure if I'll need a Win XP install or not. If some of my more popular games don't work then I just might have to.... If you have Win7 Pro then it has a WinXP virtual machine mode (which I haven't tried yet). I think the XP mode is a strategic thing M$ put in there so businesses can upgrade and have no excuse to say their apps won't run in Win7. Win7 Pro also does have a backup tool. It's similar to the one that came with Windows OneCare ... it's set to off by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Vista had the same backup in Pro and ultimate. Also in Vista and windows 7 pro or ultimate, right click any directory and select previous versions. This will show you where 15% of your hard drive goes... anytime a directory is changed it's backed up. You can usually go back about a month on the fly. Home editions did this also but you couldnt' access it unless you upgraded to pro or ultimate. And now for the cool things... check out paint now. Then the snipping tool. And the magnifier. and in the start search enter psr and press enter One more things for the new Year... Unlock hidden themes in windows 7 http://tweaks.com/articles/39943/unlock-hi...ndows-7-themes/ Have a happy 2010! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 It doesn't look like the backup tool has support for FTP servers so I think I'll just use the one I had previously: http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html It seems to work out alright. The freeware version has all the features I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Ahh never was much for the online backup solutions as it takes to long for a full backup. Windows 7 and Vista are both capable of a full dvd backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 One more things for the new Year... Unlock hidden themes in windows 7 http://tweaks.com/articles/39943/unlock-hi...ndows-7-themes/ Have a happy 2010! Nice find Roco. Thanks! Let us know any other tips/tricks in Win7! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 That's cool but you know what really bugged me, that there's a "super" hidden folder system you just don't get to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Kinda weird they didn't just include them all in one folder. Not like it really matters where the person is from.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Yeah i had thought that was odd also. I'm using the UK theme now lol. If i come across any other hidden gems i'll post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Have any of y'all read about the 94 more secret Windows shortcuts yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 OK, I finally got around to install Win 7 on one of my older home systems and it went pretty good ... PC Details: Pentium 4 3.4 GHz with 2 GB of RAM, ASUS Radeon X800XT PE Installation Version: Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit Installation type: Seperate Win7 partition dual booting with XP Pro Installation drive: WD Raptor 75 GB SATA Finished the install in about 30 min. Main hitch was that Win7 had no default drivers for the X-Fi sound card! Hasn't the X-Fi been out for awhile? No reason why MS couldn't have included default X-Fi drivers ... Anyways, Creative did have Win 7 32-bit and 64-bit drivers on their website and it installed without any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I installed Win7PRO 32-bit out of frustration with my dirty disc of WinXPPro. Questions: I'm about install my games (GhostRecon & Rainbow 6 (Non-Ubisoft), Call of Duty MW, Crysis, Richard Burns Rally, Simbin GTR2 Evo) ---can I use DX10 now? I was only running DX9 on XPPro ---any particular nVidia driver is most stable with my card 8800GTX then I gotta install my aging Photoshop 7. please advice, spec in my signature thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Make sure they all run as administrator (right click run as admin) If you have any difficutiy saving in a game, go to the games folder under C:\Program files\ The game Right click the folder and change permisssions to allow standard users to have admin rights on all files and sub directories Other then that, should be good to go. Haven't had any nvidia driver issues yet. All the new ones with enable physics also so in GRAW you can play the ageia island that used to be only for physics cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Other then that, should be good to go. Haven't had any nvidia driver issues yet. All the new ones with enable physics also so in GRAW you can play the ageia island that used to be only for physics cards. thx ROCO wow, I guess I'll load GRAW2??? to get to Ageia Island Can I load DX10 or DX11 on my 8800 GTX+Win7...it's been a while, I remember reading I cannot get DX10 on Crysis coz I didn't have Vista? since I'm on a download rampage right now for drivers and updates NEVERMIND!!!! just found it installed already some graphic glitch on OPFR-watchamacallit...ZOMBIE mod...the arms on the zombies are "Stretched" other than that quick play ok so far....now I gotta go find Crysis disc and other games THANKS AWESOME COMMUNITY!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 DX10 will be automatic when it's detected if i remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 You will have to install DX9 on Win 7 but you're probably best off to use whatever comes with the game. DX9c installed on my Win 7 when I installed CoD4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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