Just installed seven. Have a few questions.

[lewis]

Ive been using the build 7100 beta for about 4 months now, and finally brought 7 ultimate today.

I have a few questions regarding windows 7. The first being, i was dual booting windows 7 beta with vista, as my laptop has 3 hard drives. Windows 7 will not let me format my vista drive.

Secondly, i would like to make another user account on the laptop for a family member, how can i control what they have access to, and the ammount of hard drive space they have?

Finally i have noticed windows now appear almost instantly after clicking them on the bottom bar, i liked the how the windows seemed more fluid when appearing in the beta 7100. Has this been completely removed or can i edit it somehow?

thanks alot, lewis.

 

[zigzag3143]

Ive been using the build 7100 beta for about 4 months now, and finally brought 7 ultimate today.

I have a few questions regarding windows 7. The first being, i was dual booting windows 7 beta with vista, as my laptop has 3 hard drives. Windows 7 will not let me format my vista drive.

Secondly, i would like to make another user account on the laptop for a family member, how can i control what they have access to, and the ammount of hard drive space they have?

Finally i have noticed windows now appear almost instantly after clicking them on the bottom bar, i liked the how the windows seemed more fluid when appearing in the beta 7100. Has this been completely removed or can i edit it somehow?

thanks alot, lewis.

Lewis


Hi and welcome to sevenforums

1-which drive is the first one on the drive (ie on the left)?

2-New user account is easy. You can restrict access easily by making the account either a standard user, or a guest. Disk space limits are a little more complicated to do.

3 Edit preferences.

Let us know if you need help with any of this stuff

Ken

 

[lewis]

Ive been using the build 7100 beta for about 4 months now, and finally brought 7 ultimate today.

I have a few questions regarding windows 7. The first being, i was dual booting windows 7 beta with vista, as my laptop has 3 hard drives. Windows 7 will not let me format my vista drive.

Secondly, i would like to make another user account on the laptop for a family member, how can i control what they have access to, and the ammount of hard drive space they have?

Finally i have noticed windows now appear almost instantly after clicking them on the bottom bar, i liked the how the windows seemed more fluid when appearing in the beta 7100. Has this been completely removed or can i edit it somehow?

thanks alot, lewis.

Lewis


Hi and welcome to sevenforums

1-which drive is the first one on the drive (ie on the left)?

2-New user account is easy. You can restrict access easily by making the account either a standard user, or a guest. Disk space limits are a little more complicated to do.

3 Edit preferences.

Let us know if you need help with any of this stuff

Ken

Thanks for your reply, if i understood your first question, i believe its on the d drive. I think it wont format due to the previous dual boot setup, could you clarify please.

 

[lewis]

Anyone?

 

[ripbox]

Lewis, how are you trying to format the old vista partition? inside of windows management or via the install disk?
My previous experience was that i must make the format in windows via the disc management then afterwards insert the windows installation disc and boot threw as a normal install until you come to the the partition selection then use the erase/format option, reboot then your done

This was the method that worked for me but may not be the method for every case