I can live with it.....on my laptop at least. As my laptops a HP/Compaq pre-vista -but coulda had it new- machine, with some non-factory tweeks. I decided to
grab a retail copy of Win7 pro (tax refund at work) and squeeze it in there. Not something straightforward as some may like. For the widely trumpeted "No
XP upgrade for you!" is true, and using the on-disc migration tool is a challenge when it keeps on crashing due to ffdshow errors and a flaky dvd-r drive.
I ended up putting the entire directory for the tool onto a thumbdrive and ran it from there - after moving offending files onto the NAS. Four...five migration
attempt failures, file movement and nearly nine hours later, the actual installation was damn smooth. Under half-hour for install of basic OS functions and few
minutes and 2 reboots for ready-to-go. Also within that time I'd installed Firefox & iTunes, so they were running after 1 reboot (window update
requested). The other reboot, the standard: changed workgroup/domain name must reboot one.
Of cause at some point I'll have go through the process again as my laptops currently a partition-limited dual-booter, but that can wait till after I get
used to win7 more and begin contemplating putting it on me main desktop. Probably after I get a technet product key for ultimate.
--Rod.H
grab a retail copy of Win7 pro (tax refund at work) and squeeze it in there. Not something straightforward as some may like. For the widely trumpeted "No
XP upgrade for you!" is true, and using the on-disc migration tool is a challenge when it keeps on crashing due to ffdshow errors and a flaky dvd-r drive.
I ended up putting the entire directory for the tool onto a thumbdrive and ran it from there - after moving offending files onto the NAS. Four...five migration
attempt failures, file movement and nearly nine hours later, the actual installation was damn smooth. Under half-hour for install of basic OS functions and few
minutes and 2 reboots for ready-to-go. Also within that time I'd installed Firefox & iTunes, so they were running after 1 reboot (window update
requested). The other reboot, the standard: changed workgroup/domain name must reboot one.
Of cause at some point I'll have go through the process again as my laptops currently a partition-limited dual-booter, but that can wait till after I get
used to win7 more and begin contemplating putting it on me main desktop. Probably after I get a technet product key for ultimate.
--Rod.H