The Lillster Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 No. When you install just go to custom install, and you can just chose which HDD to install to. Ok, but I don't need to have my old HDD to start off, I just boot from the disc and install it to the the HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Oh, I'm not sure about that. Why are you removing your old HDD? The way I did it was to have two HDD connected, move all the stuff I want to keep onto my non-OS HDD and then install a clean copy of 7 onto the OS-HDD. Once it's completed you can just move stuff from your non-OS HDD to your other one. Windows 7 will leave it nicely alone, and also put all your old files into a old.Windows file on the HDD you're installing to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Oh, I'm not sure about that. Why are you removing your old HDD? The way I did it was to have two HDD connected, move all the stuff I want to keep onto my non-OS HDD and then install a clean copy of 7 onto the OS-HDD. Once it's completed you can just move stuff from your non-OS HDD to your other one. Windows 7 will leave it nicely alone, and also put all your old files into a old.Windows file on the HDD you're installing to. I only have room or one HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Ah... I'm not too sure then. Just... try? Or wait for someone smarter than me. Also, in Windows 7 is there still no way to make it so my wirelessly automatically doesn't show me up on the network as discoverable. I keep having to go into Advanced Sharing Settings and turning off network discovery. I don't understand it, I have the network profile as public and everything. Agh, so annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Ah... I'm not too sure then. Just... try? Or wait for someone smarter than me. Also, in Windows 7 is there still no way to make it so my wirelessly automatically doesn't show me up on the network as discoverable. I keep having to go into Advanced Sharing Settings and turning off network discovery. I don't understand it, I have the network profile as public and everything. Agh, so annoying. You have to go into your Router's Wireless settings and disable discovery in there. Make sure you have the Router password and username handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Sadly I can't get access to the router. I'm living in some student flats shared by around 10 others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Sadly I can't get access to the router. I'm living in some student flats shared by around 10 others. Just read above as well. You have a Public Access. Try changing to a Home Access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 No that still didn't work and it actually applied more options that made it unsecured. Hm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I know this is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I was thinking of possibly upgrading until I was told at uni that windows 7 doesn't support 3ds max, anybody have any information on this? I use max ALOT so if I end up buying windows 7 and it didn't work I'd be pretty stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm pretty sure my brother uses it with no issues. Will ask him when he's back next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefkov Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Just sat here and watch Windows 7 download for 13 hours. After all of it I run it and it tells me it can't open some files; please check that the folder it's put in is accessible and not read only... Was there a reason they couldn't have just given us an ISO file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) I know this is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I was thinking of possibly upgrading until I was told at uni that windows 7 doesn't support 3ds max, anybody have any information on this? I use max ALOT so if I end up buying windows 7 and it didn't work I'd be pretty stuck. Bull! They're lying to you. They want you to fail! Kiiiill them! I'm using Max 9 32-bit edition and Max 2010 64-bit edition on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. And Stef... Er... I think your 13 hour download is corrupt. The reason why they didn't give us an ISO is because we'd have to burn it? Edited November 2, 2009 by Wesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Just sat here and watch Windows 7 download for 13 hours. After all of it I run it and it tells me it can't open some files; please check that the folder it's put in is accessible and not read only... Was there a reason they couldn't have just given us an ISO file? Because digital river are retarded. I posted some links on the previous page on how to create an ISO from the downloaded files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I know this is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I was thinking of possibly upgrading until I was told at uni that windows 7 doesn't support 3ds max, anybody have any information on this? I use max ALOT so if I end up buying windows 7 and it didn't work I'd be pretty stuck. I'm not sure about 3ds max, but if you want to try and run any games, good luck, none of my games are working. My opnion on Windows 7, avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) I've ordered Windows 7 Ultimate and got myself this new HDD. That's a bit overpriced for 160GB. Here's a 500GB for the same price and Here's a 1TB drive for £20 more... [edit: a bit redundant though, didn't realise how old that post was ] Edited November 2, 2009 by Shorty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm not sure about 3ds max, but if you want to try and run any games, good luck, none of my games are working. My opnion on Windows 7, avoid. Ouch, if I couldn't play games I'd be pretty damn bored. Its good to know people have max working on it though, but I talked to the guy who mentioned it, he download max off the website (6 months student trail thing) and it definately doesn't work for him on windows 7 - hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 All my games still work on Windows 7... including older titles (Half Life 2), much older titles (Rollercoaster Tycoon) and new ones (Crysis Warhead, Mirror's Edge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Okay, ignore my posts about Windows 7 and games not working, I got them working now! Here's some advice for peeps that have the same issue; check your nvidia control panel! For some stupid reason it had the multi display and phsyX options enabled, when I'm only on one GPU that doesn't support PhysX. All's well now anyway, thanks to anyone that helped. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) That's a bit overpriced for 160GB. Here's a 500GB for the same price and Here's a 1TB drive for £20 more... [edit: a bit redundant though, didn't realise how old that post was ] Well I looked on Ebuyer and it was more expensive. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149430 Edit: I know why. The HDD' you showed me are 3.5", I need 2.5 (for my laptop). Edited November 2, 2009 by The Lillster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Okay, now my games are crashing again. I just fucking give up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Okay, now my games are crashing again. I just fucking give up... Probably a stupid question, but have you downloaded the latest drivers for your Nvidia graphics card? That's all I've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Yes I have, and my system still screws up. I might just go back to using XP. Thanks though anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ouch, if I couldn't play games I'd be pretty damn bored. Its good to know people have max working on it though, but I talked to the guy who mentioned it, he download max off the website (6 months student trail thing) and it definately doesn't work for him on windows 7 - hmm. Hum... Well, I mean... Hum... I think still think your friend has a secret plan to kill you. Autodesk has cleared Max to work in Windows 7. Plus there is compatibility mode. Plus if you buy pro (which costs the same as home on the student thing) you can run XP in virtual PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hum... Well, I mean... Hum... I think still think your friend has a secret plan to kill you. Autodesk has cleared Max to work in Windows 7. Plus there is compatibility mode. Plus if you buy pro (which costs the same as home on the student thing) you can run XP in virtual PC. Haha maybe its just him then? I'll see about getting it eventually I'm sure, it just looks better than vista. If I were really going for it I'd jump ship and get a mac, but thats not the issue here really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I'm not sure about 3ds max, but if you want to try and run any games, good luck, none of my games are working. My opnion on Windows 7, avoid. You're an exception by the looks of it, everyone else seems to be fine. It's very odd, but it points to a driver or hardware problem specific to your machine rather than a problem with Windows 7 itself. The easiest way to find out which would be just to reinstall W7. If it works after that then it was driver related, if it's still not working then it's probably hardware related. Alternatively pop over to http://forums.nvidia.com/ and see if anyone can help you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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