HH_RitterCuda Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 ok I'm bouncing ideas around. for some reason my old XP disk is lost so the new system is getting a new ops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted February 23, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Does your old system still boot? Does it have a I386 folder on it? You can get the key from a running system (http://pcsupport.about.com/od/productkeysactivation/tp/topkeyfinder.htm Magical Jelly Bean KeyFinder works) if it is not printed on a label. If you have an I386 folder it is relatively easy to reconstruct a bootable CD. Re: Vista 32 vs XP64... Vista to Windows 7 will be a snap, XP64 to 7 will be a complete rebuild. You can, of course, put off buying an OS right now if you don't mind running 2008 for 240 days (after which you will need to install a new OS anyway) it is very little work to make it like a desktop OS. I put 2008 on my brothers PC Saturday, he is over the moon with the performance compared to XP..he now also has the benefit of Directx10 for his STALKER game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Does it have a I386 folder on it? If you have an I386 folder it is relatively easy to reconstruct a bootable CD. HOW? I put 2008 on my brothers PC Saturday, he is over the moon with the performance compared to XP..he now also has the benefit of Directx10 for his STALKER game. MORE info on this please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH_RitterCuda Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'm not against 2008 I'm just afraid of trying to install an OP system then playing with it to get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted February 23, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 The I386 folder is the largest chunk of the cd. The remainder can easily be copied across the 'net, including the boot.img part (this makes the CD bootable) as it is small beer data size wise. I can give more detail - but this link does it way more justice: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#wxp Server 2008 is a 3Gb download from Microsoft, a trial version is available. Simply install it (Standard Edition will suffice) then once booted run the utility from here: http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/ I would also download and install DirectX redistributable - or grab it from a recent game release that has it on the disk (STALKER was a good example). Install all required drivers, by downloading Vista 64bit drivers (2008 is built on the Vista Core without the bloat). Then install your games/apps. As far as learning curve goes, with the exception of running the Workstation Converter, it is no different to learning Vista. The converter takes a few minutes and a reboot to do it's magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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