Adding a partition

Bare Foot Kid · 21 Aug 2011

Why not just run it in compatibility mode to 32-bit Windows?

Run a Program in Compatibility Mode in Windows 7

whs · 21 Aug 2011

Ken Davison said:

Just had a thought it did work in win 7 home premium 32bit, guess that would be the best one to go with.

I do not have specific partition software, to be honest I have never bothered before, I do have a second onboard hard drive which at the moment is unused and it was an old systems disk, it shows at bootup could I use that one?

If you have a second disk, the best is to install XP on that disk with the Win7 disk disconnected. Then you get a completely seperate installation that you can switch with the BIOS boot order.

The big advantage of this setup is that your Win7 bootmgr does not get mucked up and you can always treat these 2 systems completely independently.

Ken Davison · 21 Aug 2011

Well I installed windows xp mode and virtual pc without a problem but it refuses to run Sketch. Error message read: Sketch caused a general protection fault in user module user.exe at 0001:3eaa

Bare Foot Kid · 21 Aug 2011

Bare Foot Kid said:

Why not just run it in compatibility mode to 32-bit Windows?

Run a Program in Compatibility Mode in Windows 7

Did you try this?

Ken Davison · 21 Aug 2011

Bare Foot Kid said:

Why not just run it in compatibility mode to 32-bit Windows?

Run a Program in Compatibility Mode in Windows 7

Did you try this?

Yes but I am running win7 64bit and it is a 32bit program and it failed to run.

mjf · 21 Aug 2011

Are you sure it's a true 32 bit app? If it's an old 16 bit application after Windows 98 you may be flogging a dead horse. Upgrading the application may be your best solution in this case.

Ken Davison · 21 Aug 2011

mjf said:

If it's an old 16 bit application after Windows 98 you may be flogging a dead horse. Upgrading the application may be your best solution in this case.

I had it running in Win7 Home Premium 32bit in xp mode

mjf · 21 Aug 2011

May still be a long shot but....

W7x32 supports the 16 bit subsystem while W7x64 does not.
I believe the same constraint applies to native XP.
Therefore I suspect W7x64 running xp mode won't support a program requiring the 16 bit subsystem while W7x32 running xp mode would support the 16 bit subsystem.

Comp Cmndo · 22 Aug 2011

I used to use AutoSketch, now use AutoCAD LT 2000. Haven't tried to install either one on Win7-64.
Autodesk - AutoSketch

Ken Davison · 22 Aug 2011

Comp Cmndo said:

I used to use AutoSketch, now use AutoCAD LT 2000. Haven't tried to install either one on Win7-64.
Autodesk - AutoSketch

I love Autosketch for quick easy detailing plus being able to export to Autocad if needed.

I own a garden centre and we have a landscaping section which allows me to indulge my engineering back ground (I am now retired) I knock up all the pergular and building designs on AutoSketch. Today I will explore loading win7 home premium on the second HD as I currently only use it for temp stuff.