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Selecting start-computer-properties, I get a System rating of 3.6 What is that and what does it mean?

Ok that was good, so now I have a follow-up question. Can you install a program under win7 but select another partition to place it? For example, If I have win7 on C: drive and install a program using win7 and select the program to sit on another partition, would that work?

So if that's the case about the MapSource program needing to access the registry on C: drive where XP is, then I'm going to have to reinstall all those XP programs I want to use in win7 on the W partition where win7 is located. This is going to mean having double the programs and data for a...

OK I could but that would bring me back to my original problem. Which is, when running win7, I cannot seem to run a program that's on another drive in another partition. Now I assume that it also applies to other partitions on the same drive. So what is the use of having 2 drives if win7 cannot...

I have installed win7 beta on a 2nd hard drive called drive letter W: I have Garmin MapSource programs and map data on the main drive in drive letter C: which were loaded under XP. When I am running win7 and try to run the MapSource.exe program that is on C: I get an error: MapSource could...

Click on this link, maybe there is something here to help and is related to your dvd drive not working correctly in win7. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Using that method in win7, can you change the drive letters for all the partitions that exist? including primary and secondary drives?

I have the win7 beta on dvd and getting the computer shop to install a 2nd hard drive 320GB in size. Should I make a partition of 30GB on that drive and install the beta there? what benefit will there be having a partition or is there none. And another question, if and when Microsoft releases...

I'm planning to install the win7 beta on a secondary disk drive creating a dual boot option between win7 and XP. If and when Microsoft releases the full version of win7 for retail public sale, what do I do with the win7 beta on the disk? Will installing the full version overwrite or upgrade...

I heard somewhere not to use Nero to burn the ISO file because Nero does not handle large files well so you could be missing files, try ImgBurn at ImgBurn.com it's a free download and use the x1 burn rate option onto a fresh DVD disc and try again. Hope this helps.

Maybe I should have asked if when installing win7 on a 2nd drive will update the boot.ini file on the primary drive for XP

But w7 will be on one drive and xp on other one. Will EasyBCD manange the XP on C: if EasyBCD is on W:?

downloaded the win7 beta from the microsoft site and burned the ISO file to a DVD disc using ImgBurn. My next plan is to do the install (which I haven't done yet). I have XP on 1 physical disk drive C: What I want to do is install the win7 beta on another disk drive. Larry at the computer shop...

I downloaded the win7 beta from the microsoft site and burned the ISO file to a DVD disc using ImgBurn. My next plan is to do the install (which I haven't done yet). I have XP on 1 physical disk drive C: What I want to do is install the win7 beta on another disk drive. Larry at the computer...