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New computer-partial transfer
I am having a new computer built, specifically for HD video editing, for which I need W7x64. This will have : motherboard Asus P6X58D-E, Intel core i7-960, 12GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM , 1GB Nvidia Geforce GTS450, 500 GB WD Caviar Black SATA6 Gb/s (partioned into 250GB and 250GB) and a 1TB WD Caviar Black.
I have Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade X32 and X64 DVDs (upgrade from Windows XP - which, in turn, was an upgrade from Windows 98SE (all retail editions).
What I would like to do would be to install my existing Maxtor system drive HD(W7X32) on to the new computer, so that I do not have to re-install all my programs which are on it, and also worried that some might not work with W7X64: then install W7X64 on the partioned 250GB Caviar Black, or perhaps reverse this order of installation.
I suppose that if this were to be feasible, I would have to re-activate with Microsoft the W7X32.
I would then continue to use that for all purposes, other than video editing. Thus the new installtion of W7X64 would be used exclusively for video editing and only using tapes from my own Canon HV30 camcorder. So it would not be exposed to any possible virus or malware. Thus it would not need any separate Microsoft activation for subsequent updates, etc. Again, I don`t know if this is feasible, or desirable.
I would welcome any advice on the possibility of this way of achieving installation and dual booting, or am I just making life difficult for myself now and perhaps in the future and I should just forget the whole idea and just install W7X64 only. I have found, since installing W7 that my old programs which will not run on that, do so satisfactorily in Windows XP compatibility mode, although the virtual machine XP system I found not to work very well. I presume that
XP compatibility mode is available in the 64 bit version, as well as the 32bit?
All help much appreciated.
Last edited by harwilk; 16 Apr 2011 at 04:28. Reason: mis-aligned text