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Sneak Peek at Windows 7 User Interface

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  • PhilBPhilB
    edited February 2009
    IVT;47952 said:
    i heard it sucks.

    On an unrelated note, the Windows 7 installation delete Grub. FML
    Every version of Windows overwrites the MBR, always has. You now need to boot from media (install disk, flash drive, etc), mount your linux partition and reinstall Grub.
    primexx said:

    pretty much every OS overwrites the bootloader already on the computer, which is why you always install windows before Linux.
    Assuming you're not installing one of the linux distros that tries to do everything for you, you have the option to overwrite the MBR or not.


    Phil
  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    Yeah that didn't work out, so i tried reinstalling Ubuntu. That kept stalling at 90%, now grub is giving me Error 15. I'm going to try the live CD.
  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    when i pop in the liveCD i'm taken to some initramfs prompt. Where do I go from there?
  • schmoey
    edited February 2009
    primexx;47983 said:
    pretty much every OS overwrites the bootloader already on the computer, which is why you always install windows before Linux.

    AVG sucks, use Avira or Avast
    Hmm, yeah I've heard Avast is pretty good too. Maybe I should switch over sometime. Then again I haven't really had viruses in a long long time lol.
  • PhilBPhilB
    edited February 2009
    IVT;48032 said:
    Yeah that didn't work out, so i tried reinstalling Ubuntu. That kept stalling at 90%, now grub is giving me Error 15. I'm going to try the live CD.
    That's why I specified: Assuming you're not installing one of the linux distros that tries to do everything for you. Ubuntu falls in that category.

    Phil
  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    PhilB;48144 said:
    That's why I specified: Assuming you're not installing one of the linux distros that tries to do everything for you. Ubuntu falls in that category.

    Phil
    Got it to work. Apparently I was burning the cd wrong. I ended up with the GUI based installer, but at this point I don't care. It works. That's all I need.
  • IVTIVT
    edited March 2009
    Oh joy....

    http://www.pretentiousname.com/misc/win7_uac_whitelist2.html

    totally looking forward to getting hacked by calc.exe
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    Hmm. Just installed Windows 7 as a secondary OS to XP64.. pretty cool.
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2009
    wtf u can still install it?
    i thought the beta expires a month after you download it :( so i deleted it :(
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2009
    no the beta will run till august when they release the public OS
    they stopped handing out beta keys after 1month...
    if anyone needs some i got like 5, 20$ per :P
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    Bufli, that's just plain robbery.

    You can find the keys pretty much in any torrent (e.g. there were like 10 different ones on the torrent description itself where I got my beta).
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2009
    if u didnt catch on my ":p" = jk/sarcasm
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    Will lazyguy see this? dun dun dunnnnnn

    What build of W7 did you get, and do you have a graphics card in your system? If so, what is it?
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2009
    Schmoey!!! i downloaded build 7057
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2009
    no its integrated graphics, lol
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    Hmm. Are you using a Dell PC then? Model, if you are?
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2009
    dell dimension 1100 ...got it for free from telus lol
    but i had the same problem when i installed xp without drivers, except it fixed itself after updates lol
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    Try:
    http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_CEL_1100&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

    Under Video, download the Intel Driver, install it, and see how that works for you.

    Edit: Oops you probably want to change it from XP to Vista.. probably a newer/better driver.
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2009
    tried it didnt work
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    I think I'm going to install Windows 7 on my Aspire One this weekend lol

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