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DarkBasic Pro Guy
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Posted: 13th Sep 2009 04:43
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Hi everyone,

I've had my faithful laptop for a while, and I had Windows 7 and Windows Vista on it for a reason: My graphics card currently doesn't have a Windows 7 supporting driver so I have to switch to Vista for all my entertainment needs. Well today I bought a new PC I intend to use for gaming so I won't have to switch to Vista just for gaming so I decided it would be safe to delete the Vista partition of my laptops hard drive.. Well guess what: WRONG

After I deleted it (with BootIt NG) it will no longer start. I pass the little Compaq screen (yes... It is a compaq) and then I come to a blank screen with a cursor at the top and nothing happens. I stuck the Windows 7 disk in and the recovery tool couldn't detect any operating systems to recover but I checked with command prompt and everything is still there except the partition I deleted. Firstly does any one know what exactly I might have accidentally deleted? Secondly, does anyone know how to fix it?

My first idea was bootmgr, and seeing as I didn't see it on the Windows 7 partition I figured that might be what's stopping it, but I never got any error messages and I opened the bootmgr on my desktop but it's all jacked up characters, nothing that makes good sense like boot.ini


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DarkBasic Pro Guy
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Posted: 13th Sep 2009 06:06
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Ok the problem has been solved!

I went back into BootIt NG and clicked "Set Active" on the partition and I guess that's all it needed >.<
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That1Smart Guy
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Posted: 13th Sep 2009 07:36
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was guna say, dont be dissin on 7, it is god incarne

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DarkBasic Pro Guy
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Posted: 14th Sep 2009 00:45 Edited at: 14th Sep 2009 00:52
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Windows 7 isn't bad, but I can't find a driver for the Intel GMA 4500MHD that supports 64-bit Windows 7. I did find one on Intel's site I believe but it came up with an error message saying it's only 32-bit. Oh well, I've got a Radeon 4650 which does have Windows 7 supporting drivers already

However, as of 9/7/2009 they do have working drivers for 64-bit Windows 7 RC1 I haven't checked since before then at least.
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 14th Sep 2009 00:59
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Quote: "was guna say, dont be dissin on 7, it is god incarne"


Not quite. It's good, possibly the best Windows so far and definitely a more agile OS than Vista. But it's not "God incarnate".

No OS will boot from an inactive partition.

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DarkBasic Pro Guy
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Posted: 14th Sep 2009 02:51
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I learned that I just didn't know it was inactive for one, and two how to change that.
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bond1
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Posted: 14th Sep 2009 16:41 Edited at: 14th Sep 2009 16:43
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Quote: "Not quite. It's good, possibly the best Windows so far and definitely a more agile OS than Vista. But it's not "God incarnate"."


Whatever man. Using Windows 7 is like looking into the face of God himself, and having him smile back at you saying, "You are my greatest creation."

Yep, Windows 7 is JUST like that.

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kaedroho
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Posted: 15th Sep 2009 13:58 Edited at: 15th Sep 2009 13:59
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I got my Windows 7 from TechNet. My laptop used to use vista, It used 90% of the ram with no programs open. Windows 7 uses 55% with no programs open. I'm using Ultimate x64 edition. It runs a lot faster than vista.

I had the same problem with drivers. Instead, I just installed the vista display drivers and they work fine.

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xplosys
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Posted: 15th Sep 2009 16:02
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Does anyone have problems with programs "Not Responding"? It developed this issue over time and seems to be getting more prevalent. I didn't start right away, it took a few months before it got obvious.

I have been looking on TechNet and other Microsoft support forums, and the problem is wide-spread. It's just that no one has any answers yet.

Brian.

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Zeus
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 04:09
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It runs DBP right?

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JoelJ
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 04:19
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Quote: "Does anyone have problems with programs "Not Responding"? It developed this issue over time and seems to be getting more prevalent. I didn't start right away, it took a few months before it got obvious."

i haven't. i've been running 7 since just before the public RC came out

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Phaelax
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 05:20
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Quote: "I got my Windows 7 from TechNet. My laptop used to use vista, It used 90% of the ram with no programs open. Windows 7 uses 55% with no programs open. I'm using Ultimate x64 edition. It runs a lot faster than vista."


XP uses even less than that

I have probably over 100 browsers open (counting all the tabs and whatnot) and still use less than 50% ram. The sad part, yahoo messenger uses more ram (100mb) than 30 IE instances.

And no I dont want to explain why I'm running so many IE windows.

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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 15:09
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Why are you running so many IE windows Phael?

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jeffhuys
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 15:11
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Quote: "It runs DBP right?"

Yep.
But don't use IanM's "Find Free Object()" command, that is the ONLY thing that freezes my app. I'm so happy I found it

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