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Like many people here,I am patiently awaiting the release of the public beta. I have done some heavy partioning in anticipation of its release. (In the Windows 98 and XP public betas (actually consumer preview programs) ,I just installed as a full upgrade and ran the Beta OS exclusively (In 98 I even upgraded to RTM FROM the Beta {I DID REformat a few months later for reasons NOT relating to the upgrade)
For Vista I chose instead to do partitions: Here is how they stand at the moment
C: is currently for windows XP (80 gigs) D: is my music file folder (I have Napster to go and also store selected music files from my personal CD collection here) (40 gigs,the size of my WMA player) E: is labeled documents and other files "My Documents" is here,along with the storage of all downloaded programs. (60 gigs) F: is the DVD burner drive G: is a 50 gig empty drive reserved for my Windows Vista installation H: is a 10 gig drive in which I have backups of my Windows XP installation files. I have well over 6 gigs free here and i instend to store the Vitsta install files here
I have read thjat it is best to run Setup (for Vista) from WITHIN XP. My questions:
a) If I reinstall Napster from within Vista (custom) will it read my files on the current D drive? b) will I be able to access the documents folder within E from Vista without effecting access to it within XP? cI) What Virus scanning program would be best to run wthin Vista? cII) What about McaFee within XP just scanning the G drive? d) Would i be able to install just Home Premium as opposed to just Ultimate?
My other plans come January would be to backup all my other data files to other partions oand/or Blank DVDs ,then repatitioning C and G into one drive prior to running Setup on the RTM version of Vista.
Advice? :)

I have read thjat it is best to run Setup (for Vista) from WITHIN XP

Its less hackling than booting off the DVD, I notice Vista setup tends to ask for drivers to load if you boot from the disk when installing on partition. Sometimes you have to launch a command window using Shift + F10 and use diskpart to create a partition restart the system and restart setup. If you launch from within XP you can simply select the partition you created for Vista and be good to go.

a) If I reinstall Napster from within Vista (custom) will it read my files on the current D drive?

Yes, I am able to access my other partitions from Vista without any problems, that is unless you specifically placed permissions on those drives for reading and writing to.

b) will I be able to access the documents folder within E from Vista without effecting access to it within XP?

Well, did you make your files private from XP? If you did, you probably won't be able to access them, you will get an error saying you don't have permission to access this drive or folder.

cI) What Virus scanning program would be best to run wthin Vista?

CA recently released a version of their eTrust utilty for Vista BETA 2: http://www3.ca.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?CID=88876

http://www.my-etrust.com/Microsoft/vista/default.aspx here are 2 others: Avast 4.7 32-bit http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
https://www.trendbeta.com/index.php?get=80 run "Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON" from an elevated command prompt on Vista x64 (Thanks Barb Bowman for the tip)
cII) What about McaFee within XP just scanning the G drive?

Should be safe, just don't make it delete or quarantine anything since the AV might consider certain files on the Vista partition foreign and suspect.

d) Would i be able to install just Home Premium as opposed to just Ultimate?

Depends on the product key you receive, that determins the Edition of Windows Vista installed. Right now, that has not been specified which Editions will be made available for testing.

My other plans come January would be to backup all my other data files to other partions oand/or Blank DVDs ,then repatitioning C and G into one drive prior to running Setup on the RTM version of Vista.

I would back up any important files from "now". --

Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Jim Fraas" wrote in message

Like many people here,I am patiently awaiting the release of the public beta. I have done some heavy partioning in anticipation of its release. (In the Windows 98 and XP public betas (actually consumer preview programs) ,I just installed as a full upgrade and ran the Beta OS exclusively (In 98 I even upgraded to RTM FROM the Beta {I DID REformat a few months later for reasons NOT relating to the upgrade)
For Vista I chose instead to do partitions: Here is how they stand at the moment
C: is currently for windows XP (80 gigs) D: is my music file folder (I have Napster to go and also store selected music files from my personal CD collection here) (40 gigs,the size of my WMA player) E: is labeled documents and other files "My Documents" is here,along with the storage of all downloaded programs. (60 gigs) F: is the DVD burner drive G: is a 50 gig empty drive reserved for my Windows Vista installation H: is a 10 gig drive in which I have backups of my Windows XP installation files. I have well over 6 gigs free here and i instend to store the Vitsta install files here
I have read thjat it is best to run Setup (for Vista) from WITHIN XP. My questions:
a) If I reinstall Napster from within Vista (custom) will it read my files on the current D drive? b) will I be able to access the documents folder within E from Vista without effecting access to it within XP? cI) What Virus scanning program would be best to run wthin Vista? cII) What about McaFee within XP just scanning the G drive? d) Would i be able to install just Home Premium as opposed to just Ultimate?
My other plans come January would be to backup all my other data files to other partions oand/or Blank DVDs ,then repatitioning C and G into one drive prior to running Setup on the RTM version of Vista.
Advice? :)

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

I have read thjat it is best to run Setup (for Vista) from WITHIN XP Its less hackling than booting off the DVD, I notice Vista setup tends to ask for drivers to load if you boot from the disk when installing on partition. Sometimes you have to launch a command window using Shift + F10 and use diskpart to create a partition restart the system and restart setup. If you launch from within XP you can simply select the partition you created for Vista and be good to go.
That sounds good. Should I extract the ISO file to the G drive (where i will

be installing Vista to) or the H drive (reserved for backups for thoe OS software)?

a) If I reinstall Napster from within Vista (custom) will it read my files on the current D drive? Yes, I am able to access my other partitions from Vista without any problems, that is unless you specifically placed permissions on those drives for reading and writing to.
b) will I be able to access the documents folder within E from Vista without effecting access to it within XP? Well, did you make your files private from XP? If you did, you probably won't be able to access them, you will get an error saying you don't have permission to access this drive or folder.
Since I have not made ANY files private ,this means i should be OK here.

Would it be OK to make my "Documents" folder within vista the SAME E:\Documents that I use now,or should i have a seperate one?

cI) What Virus scanning program would be best to run wthin Vista? CA recently released a version of their eTrust utilty for Vista BETA 2: http://www3.ca.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?CID=88876 http://www.my-etrust.com/Microsoft/vista/default.aspx here are 2 others: Avast 4.7 32-bit http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
https://www.trendbeta.com/index.php?get=80 run "Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON" from an elevated command prompt on Vista x64 (Thanks Barb Bowman for the tip)
cII) What about McaFee within XP just scanning the G drive? Should be safe, just don't make it delete or quarantine anything since the AV might consider certain files on the Vista partition foreign and suspect.
I use Mcafee in an OEM version provided by Comcast. I have asked them about

IE7 compatability. Do you know if there is any beta versions for Vista they may be working on,and how could i access them?

If I may chip in here... I'm a MOD at McAfeehelp.com - there are no officially compatible products for Vista as yet, however I believe that the beta Viruscan 8.5i works (you'll find it under corporate beta products.
Also read here: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?subcats/applications/antivirus
-- Peter Toronto, Canada 2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing) P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD "Jim Fraas" wrote in message

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message I have read thjat it is best to run Setup (for Vista) from WITHIN XP Its less hackling than booting off the DVD, I notice Vista setup tends to ask for drivers to load if you boot from the disk when installing on partition. Sometimes you have to launch a command window using Shift + F10 and use diskpart to create a partition restart the system and restart setup. If you launch from within XP you can simply select the partition you created for Vista and be good to go.
That sounds good. Should I extract the ISO file to the G drive (where i will be installing Vista to) or the H drive (reserved for backups for thoe OS software)?
a) If I reinstall Napster from within Vista (custom) will it read my files on the current D drive? Yes, I am able to access my other partitions from Vista without any problems, that is unless you specifically placed permissions on those drives for reading and writing to.
b) will I be able to access the documents folder within E from Vista without effecting access to it within XP? Well, did you make your files private from XP? If you did, you probably won't be able to access them, you will get an error saying you don't have permission to access this drive or folder.
Since I have not made ANY files private ,this means i should be OK here. Would it be OK to make my "Documents" folder within vista the SAME E:\Documents that I use now,or should i have a seperate one? cI) What Virus scanning program would be best to run wthin Vista? CA recently released a version of their eTrust utilty for Vista BETA 2: http://www3.ca.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?CID=88876 http://www.my-etrust.com/Microsoft/vista/default.aspx here are 2 others: Avast 4.7 32-bit http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
https://www.trendbeta.com/index.php?get=80 run "Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON" from an elevated command prompt on Vista x64 (Thanks Barb Bowman for the tip)
cII) What about McaFee within XP just scanning the G drive? Should be safe, just don't make it delete or quarantine anything since the AV might consider certain files on the Vista partition foreign and suspect.
I use Mcafee in an OEM version provided by Comcast. I have asked them about IE7 compatability. Do you know if there is any beta versions for Vista they may be working on,and how could i access them?

That sounds good. Should I extract the ISO file to the G drive (where i will be installing Vista to) or the H drive (reserved for backups for thoe OS software)?

Don't extract the ISO to the destination on which you install Vista. Choose the drive from which you launch setup or another partition other than G.

Since I have not made ANY files private ,this means i should be OK here. Would it be OK to make my "Documents" folder within vista the SAME E:\Documents that I use now,or should i have a seperate one?

No problems doing so, just right click Computer on the Start menu after installing Vista > click Properties > Location > click 'Find Target" navigate to the E: drive and select the Documents folder under your account.

I use Mcafee in an OEM version provided by Comcast. I have asked them about IE7 compatability. Do you know if there is any beta versions for Vista they may be working on,and how could i access them?

Here is a BETA version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i BETA Refresh - I don't think it fully supports beta 2 of Vista, since the actual BETA 2 of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i BETA Refresh, is not expected until June 5 2006 - tomorrow. :) http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/downloads/beta/beta_mcafee/vse.html

-- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jim Fraas" wrote in message

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message I have read thjat it is best to run Setup (for Vista) from WITHIN XP Its less hackling than booting off the DVD, I notice Vista setup tends to ask for drivers to load if you boot from the disk when installing on partition. Sometimes you have to launch a command window using Shift + F10 and use diskpart to create a partition restart the system and restart setup. If you launch from within XP you can simply select the partition you created for Vista and be good to go.
That sounds good. Should I extract the ISO file to the G drive (where i will be installing Vista to) or the H drive (reserved for backups for thoe OS software)?
a) If I reinstall Napster from within Vista (custom) will it read my files on the current D drive? Yes, I am able to access my other partitions from Vista without any problems, that is unless you specifically placed permissions on those drives for reading and writing to.
b) will I be able to access the documents folder within E from Vista without effecting access to it within XP? Well, did you make your files private from XP? If you did, you probably won't be able to access them, you will get an error saying you don't have permission to access this drive or folder.
Since I have not made ANY files private ,this means i should be OK here. Would it be OK to make my "Documents" folder within vista the SAME E:\Documents that I use now,or should i have a seperate one? cI) What Virus scanning program would be best to run wthin Vista? CA recently released a version of their eTrust utilty for Vista BETA 2: http://www3.ca.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?CID=88876 http://www.my-etrust.com/Microsoft/vista/default.aspx here are 2 others: Avast 4.7 32-bit http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
https://www.trendbeta.com/index.php?get=80 run "Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON" from an elevated command prompt on Vista x64 (Thanks Barb Bowman for the tip)
cII) What about McaFee within XP just scanning the G drive? Should be safe, just don't make it delete or quarantine anything since the AV might consider certain files on the Vista partition foreign and suspect.
I use Mcafee in an OEM version provided by Comcast. I have asked them about IE7 compatability. Do you know if there is any beta versions for Vista they may be working on,and how could i access them?

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

That sounds good. Should I extract the ISO file to the G drive (where i will be installing Vista to) or the H drive (reserved for backups for thoe OS software)? Don't extract the ISO to the destination on which you install Vista. Choose the drive from which you launch setup or another partition other than G.
sounds like a plan. Although i will probobly also burn a DVD i will probobly

extract it to H : \Vista reboot then run H:\vista\setup

Since I have not made ANY files private ,this means i should be OK here. Would it be OK to make my "Documents" folder within vista the SAME E:\Documents that I use now,or should i have a seperate one? No problems doing so, just right click Computer on the Start menu after installing Vista > click Properties > Location > click 'Find Target" navigate to the E: drive and select the Documents folder under your account.
This is good.

I use Mcafee in an OEM version provided by Comcast. I have asked them about IE7 compatability. Do you know if there is any beta versions for Vista they may be working on,and how could i access them? Here is a BETA version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i BETA Refresh - I don't think it fully supports beta 2 of Vista, since the actual BETA 2 of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i BETA Refresh, is not expected until June 5 2006 - tomorrow. :) http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/downloads/beta/beta_mcafee/vse.html -- -- Noted for reference when the Vista prublic beta comes out.