XP to Vista 64bit

by HellKn1ght • 25 Aug 2008, 21:22 • Journals

Good evening Xfire!


Quick question: My hard drive is split into two partitions: Windows XP on C and movies etc on D. If I installed Vista x64 on C (instead of XP), would I still be able to access my files on D, or would I have to format this partition before I can use it?

Cheers!


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OnlyHuman 25 Aug 2008, 22:25
Think not, u can still acces ur files on D after instal
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TosspoT 25 Aug 2008, 22:37
You can still use it.
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Quazz 25 Aug 2008, 22:56
None of your files will disappear

I installed vista 3times now without formatting :DDD
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HellKn1ght 25 Aug 2008, 23:05
I just thought there might be some conflict because I created them with a 32bit OS and want to access them with a 64bit OS later. I'll backup the important stuff on DVDs anyway ;)
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wipeout 25 Aug 2008, 23:13
It's all about the filesystem. As long as nothing is encrypted, it should work.
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Quazz 25 Aug 2008, 23:35
what wipeout said

files won't disappear , only some applications might become incompatible
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MindGamee 26 Aug 2008, 00:53
I have xp 32bit and Vista 64bit

imo you should have both installed cause aslong as you install the vista AFTER xp, it will give you a boot menu every time you turn your computer on asking you whether you want to load XP or Vista

that way it's a win win situation when you find out 64bit vista is pretty baaaaad.
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finkregh 26 Aug 2008, 01:27
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is 64 bit any good?

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fusen 26 Aug 2008, 01:27
fail
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finkregh 26 Aug 2008, 01:28
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better?
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fusen 26 Aug 2008, 01:30
you realise actual ignored comments are a different colour to these normal comments? :X

you can't reproduce it
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finkregh 26 Aug 2008, 01:32
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dunno for me it looks exactly the same :(

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