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Subject: Re: For those who want Rykba running on x64 windows partition magic is t

Author: Jay Urbanski

Date: 12:45:39 12/10/05

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On December 10, 2005 at 15:01:52, Harvey Williamson wrote:

>On December 10, 2005 at 14:38:27, Jay Urbanski wrote:
>
>>On December 10, 2005 at 13:42:21, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On December 10, 2005 at 13:24:41, Jay Urbanski wrote:
>>>
>>>>You don't need partition magic.  In fact, you don't even need two partitions.  I
>>>>have a few machines dual booting the same NTFS filesystem.  You just install
>>>>into a different directory.
>>>
>>>      Interesting to hear but are you sure that all your
>>>      program are runnin without problems ... I can't believe
>>>      that it's possible to simply install two OS in the same
>>>      partition without any negative influences.
>>>      Regards
>>>      Kurt
>>
>>I have not had any problems doing this since Windows XP.  I do this all the
>>time.  When Windows discovers that there is an existing directory on the
>>partition, it creates another one.  For instance, under Documents and Settings I
>>might have \Administrator and \Administrator.NT
>>
>>The x64 version of Windows installs 64-bit executables into \Program Files and
>>creates a \Program Files (x86) for 32-bit programs.
>>
>>Works just fine.
>
>I just tried this on my fx55. It gets so far and then says there is no hard disc
>installed on your machine. How do I get around this? It would be nice to be able
>to use windows 64 on this machine as well as my X2 dual core.

How far does it get?  The problem could be if you are using a SATA drive to boot
from.  The biggest disadvantage of Windows x64 is driver support - some SATA
controllers may not have drivers.  If you can find out what type of controller
you have, search your manufacturers web site for a Win x64 driver.  If they have
one, put it on a floppy and when Windows setup is booting hit F6, and it will
prompt you for the driver and then you can proceed with setup as usual.



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