How to move Windows 7 from a larger Hard Drive to a smaller SSD drive using Acronis True Image. ----->
May 1st, 2012
For this article I will move Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit from a 500GB hard drive to a 32GB SSD drive using Acronis True Image Home 2012 (trial version) image backups. Acronis includes a means of cloning the hard drive to the SSD unit, but unfortunately cloning is not supported in the
“Whenever a cow is butchered there are pieces that are cut off that aren’t considered for human consumption.”, “It use to be mainly just for pet food. A dog’s stomach can handle the kind of stuff ours can’t.”
"Microsoft has made things simpler for Windows 8. With Windows 7, customers had to wade through the features and capabilities of seven different versions to choose the Windows 7 to meet their needs. With Windows 8, Microsoft has essentially narrowed the options down to consumer and business. There’s Windows 8 for consumers, and Windows 8 Pro for business use. Period."
By removing the Start button Microsoft is in effect choosing to not only compete against Apple but also to lure users away from Windows as we know it.
All I can say is I hope this is nothing but an April Fools joke.
Windows 8 – Dual Boot Windows 8 Beta, Consumer Preview, Release Candidate and RTM with Windows XP
March 21st, 2012
How to protect your existing installation of Windows XP and evaluate Windows 8 over the coming months----->
Talk about an odd couple, one operating system while still king of the hill is nearing the end of Microsoft’s support lifecycle while the other hasn’t even been released for sale to the public yet.
Things may not be as good as it seems for Windows 8 now that all the hoopla has worn off and reality is beginning to sink in.
Windows 8 – Dual Boot Windows 8 Beta, Consumer Preview, Release Candidate and RTM with Windows 7
Updated - March 1st, 2012 3:45PM EST
How to protect your existing installation of Windows 7 and evaluate Windows 8 over the coming months -->
Now includes links to download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview ----->
How to uninstall Windows 8 from a Dual Boot Computer ----->
Updated March 6th, 2012
The 2 methods covered here are easy and effective means of deleting Windows 8 from your computer.
How to restore Windows 7 after installing the Windows 8 Developer Preview. Revised May 7th, 2012 (Added "Consumer Preview" build comments) This recovery procedure is only valid if you “Upgraded” from Windows 7 to Windows 8, it has not been verified to work if you performed a “Custom/Clean” install of Windows 8. You have two choices: 1) Text only version (available Oct. 1st), use thislink to print a hard copy of the instructions. (Oct' 10th - Basic screen shots of Preview Build installation now available). 2) Text with supporting screenshots link (Added Dec. 2nd), provides the additional visual aid needed to make the recovery process as easy as possible.
10 years later and XP is still the most popular OS !
Windows 7 appears to have flat lined as far as market share growth as XP still retains the lead in market share. ----->
New - August 24th, 2011 Windows XP - 10th Anniversary After 10 Years Windows XP still has nearly 50% of the market share with Windows 7 the current leader by a fraction of a percent and Vista in the rear.
The irony is that Windows 7 may never enjoy a long life and only briefly hold 50% or more of the market as Microsoft already is touting Windows 8. For more on Windows 8 see “Building Windows 8”
If history is any lesson Windows 8 may be a dud if you follow the every other version rule. Windows 98 was a success, Windows ME was a dud, Windows XP is a success, Windows Vista was a dud and Windows 7 could be a long lived success if Windows 8 is a dud.
I suspect that if Windows XP was not pulled from the market it would still hold the market share even though there is a lot to like about Windows 7.
So for all you loyal XP users, I salute you on your 10th birthday and may there be many more.
New - July 5th, 2011 How to Dual Boot Windows 7 32-Bit with Windows 7 64-Bit - Part 1 Dual Booting Windows 7 using a single new hard drive - Although it does not matter which version (32-Bit or 64-Bit) of Windows you install first, for this article the 32-Bit version will be installed first, followed by the 64-Bit version. You could of course install two 32Bit versions or two 64Bit versions, however a 32Bit / 64Bit dual boot environment gives you the best of both worlds.
New - July 5th, 2011 How to Dual Boot Windows 7 32-Bit with Windows 7 64-Bit - Part 2 Installing the second bootable version of Windows on your disk drive: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
June 9th, 2010
Windows 7 - How to repair Windows 7 after removing XP from a Dual Boot computer These instructions will show you how repair and change a Dual Boot computer back to a Single Boot system. During the boot process you see the following error message: “DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT DISK AND PRESS ENTER”.
May 7th, 2010 How to remove Windows XP from a Windows 7 Dual Boot computer Windows XP is the original operating system installed on your computer’s hard drive. You then installed Windows 7 on the same drive and created “Dual-Boot” system. Windows XP is no longer needed and you want to know how to uninstall it.