should I dualboot?

Albo · 10-04-09, 07:37 PM

Right now I'm dualbooting Vista and XP (both 32)
When Windows 7 comes out, should I do a full system restore, and have Windows 7, or should I dualboot 7 and Vista or 7 and XP. The only reason I had XP was so I could play some games that didn't work with Vista like Far Cry 1 (I got a blue/white colors when I played it). No other reason other than that. So what would you do?

TheSmJ · 10-06-09, 10:48 PM

Ditch both and go full Win 7. I haven't seen a game that 7 couldn't play, not counting ones even Win 2K has problems with.

Drolfrawd · 10-09-09, 04:07 PM

tjohn · 10-09-09, 06:24 PM

No reason to keep vista, win7 handles all. Still might need xp for some things. Waiting to see win7 xp mode.

**Rakeesh** · 10-11-09, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by albokid2468

Right now I'm dualbooting Vista and XP (both 32)
When Windows 7 comes out, should I do a full system restore, and have Windows 7, or should I dualboot 7 and Vista or 7 and XP. The only reason I had XP was so I could play some games that didn't work with Vista like Far Cry 1 (I got a blue/white colors when I played it). No other reason other than that. So what would you do?

With windows 7, there really is no reason to keep vista. I don't think vista can run anything that 7 can't.

As for what to do with XP, I used to dual boot xp 32 and vista 64. After installing win 7 64 it only took me about 5 days to realize that I really didn't see any need to keep XP either, so I reformatted that partition shortly afterwards. Windows 7 is really really polished.

JerseySeven · 10-12-09, 10:28 AM

I would expect that dualbooting Win 7 and either Vista or XP would work like dualbooting Vista and XP. You lose all system restore points from the alternate OS when you boot into the other. That's a downside for me.

Sazar · 10-12-09, 03:11 PM

No need to dual-boot.

10-04-09, 07:37 PM	#1
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	should I dualboot? Right now I'm dualbooting Vista and XP (both 32) When Windows 7 comes out, should I do a full system restore, and have Windows 7, or should I dualboot 7 and Vista or 7 and XP. The only reason I had XP was so I could play some games that didn't work with Vista like Far Cry 1 (I got a blue/white colors when I played it). No other reason other than that. So what would you do?

10-06-09, 10:48 PM	#2
TheSmJ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Farmington Hills, MI Posts: 83	Re: should I dualboot? Ditch both and go full Win 7. I haven't seen a game that 7 couldn't play, not counting ones even Win 2K has problems with. __________________ CPU: Intel E8400 @ 4 GHz - Motherboard: abit IP35-Pro - Video Card: EVGA 8800 GTS 512 - RAM: 4GB Patriot Viper Fin - Hard Drive: 300GB Maxtor SATA2 - Heatsink/Fan: Custom Water system - Windows 7 x64

10-09-09, 04:07 PM	#3
Drolfrawd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,787	Re: should I dualboot? +1

10-09-09, 06:24 PM	#4
tjohn Paleo Pennsylvania Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 721	Re: should I dualboot? No reason to keep vista, win7 handles all. Still might need xp for some things. Waiting to see win7 xp mode. __________________ Main Rig == ASRock Z68 Pro Gen3 \| I7 2600K @ 4.6 \| G.Skill Ripjaws 16 GB \| CMV8 Cooler \| Crucial C300 RealSSD 128GB \| EVGA 570GTX \| CM HAFX \| Win7 x64 HTPC == Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT \| AMD X2 240 Regor \| A-DATA 2X4 PC3 10600 \| WD 1TB \| LG Blue-Ray \| Corsair 400W PSU \| Lian Li PC-C37B \| Win7 x64 Home Server == Gigabyte GA-MA785GM \| AMD Sempron 2.7GHz 45W \| G.SKILL 2X1 DDR2 667 \| WD GRN 1 TB x3 \| Seasonic 380W 80+ Bronze \| Antec 300 case \| Windows Home Server Toshiba U405-S2830 Laptop \| 13.3" - 1200x800 \| C2D T8100 2.1 Penryn \| 4 GB DDR2 677 \| Wireless N \| Intel X3100 Vid \| 250GB HDD \| Win7 x64 HP dm3 Laptop \| 13.3" - 1366x768 \| AMD Athlon Neo X2 \| ATI Radeon HD 3200 \| 4GB DDR2 \| 320GB HDD \| Wireless N \| Bluetooth \| Windows 8 Developer Preview

10-12-09, 10:28 AM	#6
JerseySeven Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 24	Re: should I dualboot? I would expect that dualbooting Win 7 and either Vista or XP would work like dualbooting Vista and XP. You lose all system restore points from the alternate OS when you boot into the other. That's a downside for me.

10-12-09, 03:11 PM	#7
Sazar Sayonara !!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 9,297	Re: should I dualboot? No need to dual-boot. __________________ Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home - Is it in you?