Windows 7 and filePro 5.6 installation

[Nancy Palmquist]

Mark,

It did require that I change a setting at the BIOS level, so I know it 
was a hardware supported function.  But I am loving it.  My worries 
about some old software and testing installations for XP, had been 
relieved and I might be able to totally replace my XP box.

I still have some functions I have not got on line yet that I might 
need, but each week I move closer.

I have had the XP box off for 3 days, so I am hopeful.

Got filepro 5.6 to run on Win7 and WinXP mode.  Not sure if I want or 
need to mess with the GI stuff. I will wait and see if I need it at some 
future time.

Nancy

On 2/17/2010 1:03 PM, Fairlight wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:28:59PM -0500, Nancy Palmquist, the prominent pundit,
> witicized:
>    
>> Mine supports it beautifully.
>>
>> Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
>> 64-bit
>> With Windows 7 Ultimate.
>>      
> Well, I'm only guessing that VTx is what's needed, based on Ken's
> description.  I've tried turning VTx on in VirtualBox, and vbox complains
> that my system doesn't support Intel VTx.  Based on Intel's site, my -chip-
> supports VTx, as does yours.  Looks like I either need to enable VTx in the
> BIOS, or update my BIOS because the feature was added later.
>
>    
>> I am finding it stable and fast.  I like it.  I am even finding the
>> changes to Windows rather better in many cases than I have seen in other
>> upgrades.  Still have to get a backup solution, but I keep getting more
>> of the functions added each day, as I have time.
>>      
> Your chip will run warmer than mine.  The 6750 is 65nm, the 8400 is 45nm.
> The smaller the lithography and die size, the cooler the chip.  Make sure
> you keep your cooling adequate.  :)
>
> The smaller die size you can get in anything (CPU, GPU, etc.), the cooler
> those chips run.  My integrator (specifically talking about Intel) said
> that they'll release a chip with great performance boosts, and then eleven
> months later they'll realease a version with fairly modest performance
> gains, but with a smaller die size, which will run cooler.
>
>    
>> I have had lousy luck with many of the backup software for WindowsXP.  I
>> will have to see what is supported by Windows7 for a reliable backup method.
>>      
> I have yet to find anything adequate.  I -had- a USB cage with two 500GB
> drives, and I think the firmware on it flaked out, because every time we
> plug it into a system (desktop, laptop, doesn't matter), it says it was
> just unsafely ejected and refuses to be used.  I finally gave up.
>
> The problem is, I need to back up just shy of 2TB, and there's not really
> anything really affordable that you'd want to put somewhere that will
> handle that volume of data.  Not last time I looked, anyway.  Ideally what
> -I- want is an ethernet-based disk array, -not- USB.  The software is
> really a trivial matter.  One could get Unison (a really souped up rsync)
> for Windows and use that, problem solved as far as raw files.  If you
> wanted something that'll do a full restore...that'd require something more
> Windows-centric, of course.  Ideally, I personally want the ability to use
> a 2TB+ ethernet-based storage device with software that will let you backup
> and restore multiple systems at once.
>
>    
>> Acronis would not work on my old machine.  I tried to work with their
>> tech support but after a month, I gave up and uninstalled it.  I think
>> some months later I had a hard drive issue, which I think was what keep
>> Acronis from working.  Although the error message was not clear.
>>      
> Acronis messed up Windows 2000 badly enough that I gave up on it after
> about two days.  I've never been impressed with it.
>
>    
>> Retrospect was nice because it let me make a duplicate of a drive.  I
>> like this format, because I can roll around and grab things from an
>> older version.  But it would stop running for no reason, sometimes.  I
>> found that a bit of an issue.  I was also very confused by way it kept
>> the real backups, in volumes and stuff.  Pretty proprietary, if you need
>> the stuff and the new computer does not run retrospect.  That always
>> worried me.  I want something less proprietary, I think.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>      
> Depends how much data you're talking about.  I keep distributed backups via
> rsync of my Really Important Files[tm] (ie., all my development code, email
> backups, etc.) around the net.  The really important stuff that I can't
> afford to lose is really probably under 50MB.  The real annoyance would be
> blowing a drive and losing all my video, music, game installations, etc.
> You know--the stuff computers are REALLY for.  :)
>
> I hear good things about Carbonite for limited offsite backups of the really
> important stuff, but you wouldn't want to use it for, say,>  2GB, depending
> on your broadband throughput.  But...I'm not a fan of cloud storage, even
> if it's encrypted.
>
> It really depends on what your backup needs and philosophies are.
>
> mark->
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