somebody enlighten me pls..

lovelyhon
By lovelyhon

Dear QL's....
i have AOA 150 netbook with windows xp installed when i bought it,i like to try windows 7,i want to know if in case i dont like window 7 can i install window xp back,the original one which i'm supposed to replace? or i can have them both install in my netbook without any problems?help plsss,,, thanks in advance.

By dadamharqatar• 11 Nov 2009 10:03
Rating: 4/5
dadamharqatar

Better if you just stick with XP as miniPC were designed for… if you like to try window 7 then upgrade your PC to higher one “sell it and buy new”. c’,)

cheersss!!!

By lovelyhon• 26 Oct 2009 13:27
lovelyhon

thanks smoke,,,i appreciate that.

By smoke• 26 Oct 2009 10:08
Rating: 5/5
smoke

my advice would be do not install win7 on that netbook. Win 7 needs high hardware specs to run smoothly. min of 2gb ram and a high speed processor. Stick to Xp its stable and reliable. :)

By lovelyhon• 26 Oct 2009 09:32
lovelyhon

guys i only have this mini netbook,it doesn't come with cd,so how can i install it back? and how to do the partition you were saying? sorry,dnt know much about lap..thanks again.

By lovelyhon• 26 Oct 2009 09:24
lovelyhon

appreciate that,,, thanks.

By smoke• 26 Oct 2009 09:19
Rating: 5/5
smoke

Well normally you get a back up disk which you can use to reinstall your original windows that came with your netbook, but sometimes its kept in a un accessable location on say your second partition. So first confirm that.

To answer your questions YES you can install windows 7 and have Xp if you install them on two separate partitions. You dont want dual operating systems on your netbook then go ahead and just install Win7 you can always downgrade later without any problems, provided you have your Xp cd :)

By galloper48• 26 Oct 2009 09:18
Rating: 5/5
galloper48

Since Windows 7 is just being released I would say "do not install it yet" and wait some time until you can get some feedback from those already using it.

I know there is a way to have more than one OS in the HD and to have the PC/Laptop ask you with which OS you want to start, but in this case someone with more knowledge should give you a hand on that. I guess it is related to partition the HD and install each OS in each partition available; thus it has to be a High Capacity HD.

Regards!!

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