Installing Programs Which Partition ?
Nov 11, 2009
When installing programs onto your new system, do you guys install them on the same partition that you have Windows 7 on, or do you put them on another partition?
My current setup is 1 HDD with 2 partitions. I have windows 7 installed on a 40gb partition, and the 2nd partition is all the remaining space on my HDD.
Right now, as I've started installing my programs, I'm putting my programs onto the 2nd partition. I figure the system may run a little smoother if the OS is located in one place with nothing else, and all my programs, docs, pics, music, etc... are in a different place.
Does this make sense?
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May 7, 2009
Can I run programs from my Vista partition and access files, etc from it while on Windows 7? I just installed it on a 150gb partition and I really don't want to reinstall everything, transfer over data, etc, etc. Will this work or no?
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Nov 15, 2011
I bought a laptop recently and when it arrived i turned it and on the install started but i didn't have the time to go through this properly as i had to go out and when it got to the part about creating partitions i switched it off. I thought when i turned it on again i'd be able to setup the partitions but this was done and now there are two partitions on the laptop: C 49.9 GB and D 624 GB. The C drive has the OS on it and the program files but i think this is a bit small and only has 9.33 GB free, i'm wondering if i re-install windows using the CD does this let me create the partitions again and if so what size should i make them?
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Jun 24, 2009
I currently use Ubuntu 9.04 as my primary OS, but having used Vista x64, Windows 7 x64 beta and having a copy of the RC i want to install it...
...but i don't want to frakk up my existing partitions etc.
Will Windows happily see and install to a 40GB partition i have on the drive, or will it demand to wipe it all or refuse to install. I always encountered this problem when installing Vista which resulted in having to chop up and delete partitions.
I'm aware my GRUB will get fryed, but that's a command or two away from being re-installed so no worries there.
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I have windows 7 os, Iwould like to install xp because i am not happy about win 7 will not let me install some programs that i use, but i would like to leave 7 as is.
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Jun 29, 2012
I just did a clean install and created 2 partitions.... C and D. I meant D to be the Windows partition and C be my main. Well I messed up I guess lol. I made 2 partitions C being 30gb(supposed to be 450gb) and D being the 450gb(supposed to be 30gb). How do I switch partitions? Make C become D and vice versa?
Also, how do I make everything I download and install in the future use
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Apr 30, 2012
My first post and quick question please to the experienced community here. I have Windows 7 64 bit Home Preminum installed and did a �standard� clean installation on the computer I just built. This was a novice mistake of course. First time Windows 7 user and I was uninitiated about the �System Reserved Partition� that joyfully comes with each installation unless steps are performed during/prior the installation to consolidate the installation into one partition...which is my preference. I found the following excellent tutorial on how to perform a clean installation of Windows 7 that also addresses how to install with a single partition: [URL] Just below is an explanation of how to install Win 7 with one partition: If you do not want to have the 100 MB System Reserved partition and only the Windows 7 C: partition on a HDD after installation, then select a formatted partition or drive to install Windows 7 on. If there are any partitions on the disk, you won't get the 100 MB System Reserved.
So my simple questions are after performing the following: Install fresh unformatted hard drive. Perform full format of hard drive with a single partition. Do I? a. Make sure Disk Management has assigned a letter to this single partition? b. Do I mark this partition as active ? should I also perform steps a & b prior to installing Windows 7?
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Sep 16, 2009
I have Windows 7 64 bit installed on my computer but needed to install a program only compatible with 32 bit, so decided to create a new 3GB partition using the in-built feature in Windows 7 and install Windows XP on it.
I booted up XP, formatted the partition again,a nd let it run through the set up, but as soon as it had copied the files and rebooted, I got the error message 'error loading operating system'.
I really don't know how to fix this - I'm not bothered about installing XP, I can do without it, but the main thing is getting back onto Windows 7 as I have all my files there. I didn't bother making a back up as I thought any problems that could occur would be limited to the partition that I installed Win XP on.
I tried the 'start up repair' utility on the Windows 7 boot disk, and although that said it had repaired a problem, I still get the same error. Although one strange thing I've noticed is that it says that Windows 7 is located on '(E: ) Local Disk' when it was definitely installed on the D: drive - E: was the new partition of size 3GB with Win XP installed, but according to this it is 400GB + with Windows 7.
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I have one more Win 7 license to install from my retail "Family Pack."
I have created an 80GB partition on drive 0, which contains the drive C partition and Windows XP. Will this upgrade license allow me to install Windows 7 in the new partition and keep XP in the other?
In short, a duel boot choice on booting the system?
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if i want to do a fresh install to 64 b Windows 7 and keep the data on
my data partition, can it be done ? or must backup my data on external
source and format both partitions?
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Dec 1, 2009
Presently I'm running a dual boot with Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64 on two partitions. Both OSs have programmes and games installed with them on their respective partitions.
Today I'm receiving a new Samsung F3 1TB HDD.
I've read that it is advantageous to install the OS on a small partition and put the programmes, games etc on a seperate partition.
This supposedly has various advantages- speed, security etc.
Can anybody clarify this for me as I'm thinking of making my new drive my c:/ drive and putting Windows 7 on that (dropping Vista altogether) as it will be faster than my current main drive.
Would it be a good idea to put Windows 7 on a small partition and everything else on the main body of the drive?
If so how do I go about it. I can install and partition but how do I install programmes and games on a separate partition and access them?
I know this is a dumb question but I've never done it this way before.
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Any time I try to install a program from [URL] I get an error that says
"Lua Error!
[]Error Evaluating if(FIRST_BUNDLE ~=nil and not offer_events.loaded==true )
then startIntegratedOffer(1180402,1591,true) end --
C:/BM/2.5/_WEBINSTALL/BINARIES/downloadcom/production/setup.exe.nsi:Line 1372.2
Error:[[C]:-1](field addConnection)
[code].....
This happens for every program that I have tried from download.cnet.com, but I haven't had the problem with installing programs from other sites. I have a second computer and I have no problems installing programs from download.cnet.com onto that computer. I've searched the internet for a solution but I haven't found anything like it. I can still install programs from everywhere except download.cnet.com (at least I haven't run into problems yet), so it's not a huge deal but it would be really nice to be able to download programs from download.cnet.com because it is a very useful resource.
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