Windows 7

[Garry Russell]

I'm just installing a new system

It has Win7 installed

After a couple of days and loading some programmes on, my question is this

If I reload with XP can it be done as a repair/upgrade...that is, leaving installed stuff in place or will I have to start again.??

Not fully decided yet I'll do that, but up to now I hate W7 with a passion, the way they've restructured things and the permission issue is driving me up the wall.

[Scorpius]

I don't think so Gary. If however you have a partitioned disk you could re-install XP on the partition that does not have Win7 and then use the dual boot option on startup.

Good luck,

Neville

[Garry Russell]

Cheers Nevilee

An idea but really that's the same as I'd need to reload what I have loaded to be read by the XP side or would they be readable by both?

[Garry Russell]

Cheers Nevile

An idea but really that's the same as I'd need to reload what I have loaded to be read by the XP side or would they be readable by both?

[Chris Sykes]

Dont do it!!! you will break the boot loader big time!

as always with older O/S you need to install XP first then 7 after...

[TSR2]

Garry, what issues are you having? With Windows 8 arround the corner XP is dead and its propably better to make the move now than have to deal with a yet bigger change later. Maybe if you can explain some of the isssues your having we can help?

[AllanL]

Congrats on the shiny new system. One issue could be that Vista and W7 both moved or renamed some old standard directories and had to put in dummy re-directs for legacy software that looks for the old file locations. So I don't know if that would throw any XP over-write, if it is possible, of the existing files. For example, on my system I know that one sub-folder in Documents actually stores files on both the C and D drives.

If you stick with W7, an issue you might find is that some gauges that worked under XP will not work under W7, backwards compatability being not as good as Microsoft would have you believe.

I suppose it is too much to hope that a Fraser steam-driven panel could be devised to make W7 look like XP (or even CP/M)?

[Garry Russell]

Hi Ben

I don't like the way they changed the my documents structure

I don't like the way that when I add a picture theme it goes back to the W7 layout rather than the Classic

I can't rename folder without the permissions

I loaded FS.x but I can't' find where to run it as there is no entry in Programmes as it is an a separate folder, no shortcut on the desktop and going to the folder where it is all I see is the log so I can't access the .EXE

I find IE has fewer visible options in the menu bar

This is academic though...I just don't like it and don't want it

BTW this is W7 64 bit

[Garry Russell]

Hi Allan

I really can't see anything about it I like.

I'm concerned a lot of programmes will be bugged

I found as I went from 3.1-95-98-XP each one was an improvement I liked straight off especially XP but this give me nothing except an uncomfortable feeling.

[Scorpius]

Hi Gary,

This worked for me:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8790/dua ... r-with-xp/