Windows Vista

Dark_Forces

Hello!

I was wondering if someone could confirm something for me.

I downloaded Windows Vista and the total size comes up to 3.2Gb. Is this correct? Because on Microsoft's website, they say the size comes to 3.5Gb?:think:

danmanchester

I've downloaded it too (the 32bit) and already burned to dvd - it's showing as 3.12 GB, I think the 64bit version is larger.

Dark_Forces

thank you danmanchester. I think my download is ok.

I want to use VMWare to install Windows Vista. However will it mess up my xp partition?

danmanchester

I'm not familiar with VMWare so not sure - I'm putting Vista on another pc so i can test,tweak and experiment as I don't fancy having both XP and Vista in a dual boot on the same machine at once.

Dark_Forces

thanks danmanchester! Really appreciated as I spent the last couple of days desperately trying to download Windows Vista on my 1mb connection and it took ages and ages.

mclaren_2

to download big files, use a download accellerator such as Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) which you can download from downloads.com. it will always give you 100% speeds.

BTW - ive been using vista for months now, and it is wonderful - the smaller taskbar at the bottom is nicely put together aswell as the side / top "bubble" bar

Dark_Forces

Thank you mclaren. I will certainly give DAP a try. Just when I thought I had everything sorted for vista, i seem to have run out of DVD's! Typical!

deebee

downloaded, installed, working very nicely although it does need 1 meg + of ram to go any faster than snails pace - everything installed fine except my TV card, which is a pain, but still trying to tweak and get it working :rotfl:

Quincy_3

Window Vista Thread Here

danmanchester

Did you install as a clean format deebee? Or use the Windows Easy Transfer feature on the Vista disc?

I'm wondering whether to give it a try on this pc I'm using now because I've got 2gb ram or wait until I get some more memory for my other idle pc - that has just 512mb so will struggle with Vista.

deebee

reply to Danmanchester

I took the option to update my existing XP version rather than overwrite, and oops I meant one Geg of ram in my previous posting - should rock with 2 Gegs :rotfl: