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    New HD, Win Vista or Win 7

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by iggy097, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. iggy097

    iggy097 Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, installing my new HD this night, and I was going to dual boot Vista Ultimate and Win 7, but I really dont feel like installing them both. If I just installed Win 7, would I still be able to password or lock folders like you can in ultimate? I have some "sensitive" folders that I like to keep hidden from the kids in the house :D
     
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    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

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    lawl if you don't dual boot you'll lose all your data August 1st
     
    jonhapimp, Jan 26, 2009
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    iggy097 Notebook Consultant

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    I was going to partition and keep all of my data on a seperate drive.
     
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    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

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    oh the i would windows 7 BUT you will have to find many of your drivers, if you install vista then windows 7 over it you shouldn't have any problems( i could be wrong though)
     
    jonhapimp, Jan 26, 2009
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    needanewname Newbie

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    how can the general public get a hold of win7? ive read a lot of interesting things about it and am keen on giving it a try.

    {+_666_+}
     
    needanewname, Jan 27, 2009
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    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    MS offer(ed) it as a free download. I don't know if it still in affect

    you can always use Bittorrent.
     
    yuio, Jan 27, 2009
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    SpeedyMods Notebook Deity

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    SpeedyMods, Jan 27, 2009
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