Author Topic: Anyone installing the Windows 7 beta tomorrow? (Read 11295 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** January 09, 2009, 12:17:38 AM »

I might, looks pretty sweet. Might install on a partition, though.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:20:15 AM »

just read that it's only open to the first 2.5 million downloads

guess i won't be getting it, i'm sure those spots will be taken within the first few hours

demi · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:27:44 AM »

Um dude it will be on torrent sites everywhere :p

I am gonna install it on a seperate partition.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:28:56 AM »

oh

that "first 2.5 million" statement led me to believe it would have to be activated with a key code

demi · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:29:49 AM »

2.5 million is still a lot. Chances are you will get a spot.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:30:53 AM »

I'm already running it on a separate partition.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:32:15 AM »

i want to put it on my laptop, i've read it boots and runs smoother than vista

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:36:55 AM »

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156647/windows_7_less_of_a_resourcehog_than_vista.html

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/how-to-get-your.html

TVC15 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:44:14 AM »

Runs great on my eee.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:47:25 AM »

my aspire one only has an 8GB SSD

(i really regret not getting the one with the 120GB HDD)

i'll probably just stick it on my HP laptop

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:48:41 AM »

you can install it in under 5 gb

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #11 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:50:50 AM »

why the 16GB requirement listing?

i'm not sure it would run so well on my aspire, probably just stick with XP for that one, but it's definitely getting installed on my HP laptop

TVC15 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2009, 12:57:23 AM »

Even if you can install it in 5GB, would you really want the OS eating more than half of all your storage space?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #13 on:** January 09, 2009, 01:07:11 AM »

i'm just going to live with what i bought until the new ion netbooks hit, then i'm selling both my hp laptop and my aspire one and putting that money towards the best ion netbook available (which will probably come with windows 7 installed or available as an upgrade)

E-DuB · « **Reply #14 on:** January 09, 2009, 01:24:00 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 09, 2009, 12:44:14 AM

Runs great on my eee.

Which EEEpc are you running it on?

TVC15 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 09, 2009, 01:29:32 AM »

1000h, 2 gigs of RAM. Some applications that seemed laggy in XP (like, Digsby's animation was choppy a bit), run smoothly in Windows 7. I still want to give Photoshop a try on it, and maybe FL Studio, since they featured similar slowness in XP.

E-DuB · « **Reply #16 on:** January 09, 2009, 01:37:23 AM »

I really need to invest in one of these. At least now I'll have an excuse to buy one if my current laptop comes back from the shop and is still a mess.

border · « **Reply #17 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:08:32 AM »

It's already in beta? So how soon are they looking to release the final version? Next January?

I know Vista wasn't that well-received, but trying to overwrite it so quickly seems absurd.

TVC15 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:11:32 AM »

As is pointed out every time someone makes that comment, once every 3 years was the pattern between 95, 98, and XP. It's not that early.

border · « **Reply #19 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:17:06 AM »

Sorry yeah. I guess my memory isn't so good. The 10-12 month transition from "Vista blows" to "Vista's pretty decent" kinda subtracts a year in my mind. It feels like it was only launched yesterday.....plus my first Vista experience was only a few months ago, so it seems weird hearing about a new OS already.

Still, it seems like the OS world should be moving to longer product cycles in the same way the game console world probably will.

TVC15 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 09, 2009, 05:15:54 AM »

How do you define too short or too long, really? The gap between XP and Vista was the longest gap in major OS release history. OSX updates itself every 1-2 years, and the Linux kernel updates multiple times per year. What gets it right, exactly?

MCD · « **Reply #21 on:** January 09, 2009, 06:27:55 AM »

i want to but i have some torrents and files to finish up first.

Ecrofirt · « **Reply #22 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:09:08 AM »

Anyone have a clue where exactly they'll have a download link for the iso? The Windows 7 page at Microsoft is already getting hammered to hell, and I don't see anything there.

demi · « **Reply #23 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:13:21 AM »

Apparently the beta expires on August 1, lol

MCD · « **Reply #24 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:28:13 AM »

PlusPatcher

demi · « **Reply #25 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:35:08 AM »

heres the link i found with a DOWNLOAD BETA button

https://partner.microsoft.com/40084742?msp_id=Windows7

it says it will be available starting 12PM Pacific

MCD · « **Reply #26 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:40:01 AM »

bookmarked.

MCD · « **Reply #27 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:56:23 AM »

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx

there is also this site but says it's experiencing technical difficulties when you try to login.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #28 on:** January 09, 2009, 11:40:24 AM »

The home networking aspect sounds really good. I want to try 7 just based on that feature alone.

MCD · « **Reply #29 on:** January 09, 2009, 01:36:32 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14305287&postcount=886

downloading, though keys ain't up yet it seems.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #30 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:41:12 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on January 09, 2009, 02:38:16 PM

There doesn't happen to be a EXE version by any chance does there? I can burn the .ISO to a disk because my burner is broken.

I was in the same boat so I just installed it from a thumbdrive with this guide:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/24/how-to-install-windows-7-or-windows-vista-on-physical-machine-without-dvd-media/

MCD · « **Reply #31 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:41:46 PM »

i read on gaf that mounting it with daemon tools will work or google "install vista via usb".

TVC15 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:46:14 PM »

I just copied the contents onto a 4 gig SD card. Worked fine.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #33 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:46:31 PM »

There is an EXE.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:07:22 PM »

The exe is the setup file in the ISO. You need all the contents of the ISO, not just the exe file.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #35 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:11:22 PM »

It'll probably look for the CD on first reboot though; if that happens you can just point the installer to whatever folder you extracted the files at.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #36 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:12:27 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on January 09, 2009, 03:06:48 PM

Those gaf links don't work.

they did for me

TVC15 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:14:55 PM »

Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on January 09, 2009, 03:11:22 PM

It'll probably look for the CD on first reboot though; if that happens you can just point the installer to whatever folder you extracted the files at.

Oddly enough, I was expecting to have to do this, but after I launched from my SD card, it worked fine and I didn't have to select anything, even though the SD drive wasn't in my boot device priority list.

MCD · « **Reply #38 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:17:09 PM »

you can skip entering a key during install.

either enter it later or google PlusPatcher (v5 for both 32 and 64bit or v6 which is currently only for 32).

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #39 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:21:06 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on January 09, 2009, 03:14:29 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 09, 2009, 03:12:27 PM
Quote from: mojovonio on January 09, 2009, 03:06:48 PM
Those gaf links don't work.

they did for me

DID

owned

MCD · « **Reply #40 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:22:11 PM »

yeah, my download was just canceled now, file removed from the servers.

gay.

MCD · « **Reply #41 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:32:41 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14307249&postcount=998

new direct download links, hopefully they stay this time.

MCD · « **Reply #42 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:45:42 PM »

32bit

64bit

MCD · « **Reply #43 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:04:29 PM »

it's 2.5gigs, what do you think?

MCD · « **Reply #44 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:14:57 PM »

use a download manager.

i'm using downthemall addon for firefox.

Ganhyun · « **Reply #45 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:36:50 PM »

Quote from: MCD on January 09, 2009, 04:14:57 PM

use a download manager.

i'm using downthemall addon for firefox.

That's what I'm using too

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #46 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:54:50 PM »

I downloaded it, but there's no way for me to get it home. It's too big to send in an email as an attachment, so I tried using gmail shell, it kept timing out.

TVC15 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:56:47 PM »

Yeah, I was kind of giggling to myself when you said you were emailing it to yourself.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #48 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:57:32 PM »

:'(

my home connection suxxors

i really did think gmail shell would work though

MCD · « **Reply #49 on:** January 09, 2009, 05:00:35 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on January 09, 2009, 04:41:22 PM

I tried using that but it crapped out at 18%.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

Reb · « **Reply #50 on:** January 09, 2009, 05:28:27 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 09, 2009, 04:56:47 PM

Yeah, I was kind of giggling to myself when you said you were emailing it to yourself.

I even giggled about your giggling.

demi · « **Reply #51 on:** January 09, 2009, 06:49:01 PM »

I got the 64bit version with no managers at all. Losers.

demi · « **Reply #52 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:59:32 PM »

Just run this

http://www.blogsdna.com/1884/activate-windows-7-beta-1-with-windows-7-beta-genuine-activation-pluspatcher-v5.htm

TVC15 · « **Reply #53 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:23:15 PM »

Grrrrrr. I can't repartition my drive inn my M1330. I have about 60 gigs free, but the largest it will allow me to make a new partition is 900 megs. Any suggestions? I have defragged repeatedly and turned off my page file.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #54 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:30:29 PM »

Do you have hibernation on? Try turning it off.

Eric P · « **Reply #55 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:22:57 PM »

can't repartition my drive either and laziness is sinking in.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #56 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:27:55 PM »

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Burn this utility CD and boot from it. I use the Acronis disk director suite all the time at work to create and/or rob free space from an existing partition.

There are lots of goodies on there too.

TVC15 · « **Reply #57 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:32:47 PM »

Dun have any blank discs

I do have the acronis software. Will that help?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #58 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:35:09 PM »

If you can boot to it, it should.

TVC15 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 09, 2009, 10:41:03 PM »

This is the acronbis disk director software. As far as I know, you just run it from within windows.

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Author Topic: Anyone installing the Windows 7 beta tomorrow? (Read 11295 times)