Vista

[Stig]

I know its been done to death but ive been away a while and cant wade through every post, has someone managed to get this working again on vista?

Just quick question

[Flyingpig]

i think there was a fix for vista released when the auto patcher was last updated, could be wrong but run it just in case

[aiko]

Running the auto patcher didn't work for me so I had to create a partition on my drive and install windows xp on to it. Now I've got no problems.

[RedFairy]

Running the auto patcher didn't work for me so I had to create a partition on my drive and install windows xp on to it. Now I've got no problems.

ooo how did you do that? i mean which programes did you use to create the partition and where can i get the windows xp from?

basically how did you do it all and can u put it in terms a simple minded girl like me can understand? lol :S

[aiko]

Can't go in to details of what I did at the moment as I'm not on my computer to go through it. However I will be on later tonight. In the meantime if you dont have windows XP on disk you can download a torrent programme or something similar to download windows XP unless someone knows of a website you can download it straight from. You will also need your driver disks that you got with your computer.

[Lone]

a decent program to create a system partition would be "Partition Magic" im pretty sure there used to be a evaluation version but im not sure if it still exists, so you might need to purchase a copy, i dont actually know the price but i assume its fairly low.


alternativly to create a partition without purchasing any external products you will need to do a format i believe and then create the partitions when installing the operating system.

if people know of a way to create a partition without paying anything or having to reformat a hard drive please do post how too.

[aiko]

If you have vista you don't need to download a programme to create a partition. I will try to explain what you need to do as best I can as I'm not on my own computer at the moment.

Click on Start
Click on My Computer
Go in the Control Panel
On the left hand side of screen should be 'switch to classic view'
Click on this
Click on Administrative Tools
Click on Computer Management
Click on Storage
Then Disk Management
You will now see your drive at the bottom of the screen
Right click on it and select shrink
Keepin clicking ok through messages. You should now have 2 drives

1 called C: (this is vista) and 1 called D: (this is empty)

You will now have to install windows XP onto the empty drive. You may also need to reinstall your drivers for your computer.

Hope this helps.

[DigitalDeath]

game dont work for me *bump* aiko how u get ya name and lvl on ya post in blue ? im a noob lol dont have a clue bout makeing ya threads funky

[aiko]

Digi I'm trying to sort out your problem now. To put your name on log into forum click on the user cp icon at top of page on the left hand side click edit signature then type in what you want and change the fonts and colour ect.........

[RedFairy]

If you have vista you don't need to download a programme to create a partition. I will try to explain what you need to do as best I can as I'm not on my own computer at the moment.

Click on Start
Click on My Computer
Go in the Control Panel
On the left hand side of screen should be 'switch to classic view'
Click on this
Click on Administrative Tools
Click on Computer Management
Click on Storage
Then Disk Management
You will now see your drive at the bottom of the screen
Right click on it and select shrink
Keepin clicking ok through messages. You should now have 2 drives

1 called C: (this is vista) and 1 called D: (this is empty)

You will now have to install windows XP onto the empty drive. You may also need to reinstall your drivers for your computer.

Hope this helps.

oooo thanks, ill have to ask my fiancee to do it when he is back from work, me and computers dont go well together, plus if he does it and it goes wrong.. wont be my fault LOL

xxx