Sorry Rock, I didn't mean to get off subject. But that's the only reason I
would need to keep XP; because of the AIW card. I have been using Vista
since June and really like the OS so of course I plan to purchase it.
However the TV portion of Media Center does not work due to ATI drivers and I
am a bullhead and refuse to get another graphic/TV card...it's the principal
I guess although I suppose I'll have to give in and just get a USB tuner
card...eventually
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always learning


"Rock" wrote:

> "Iplant" wrote
>
> > But I could get the full version and install it to the partition I have
> > the
> > Beta on; is this right? I refuse to buy another card to watch TV...one a
> > year is my limit and I have been told my AIW 2006 is trashy just get a TV
> > tuner. It's the principal!
>
> > "Rock" wrote:
> >
> >> "Iplant" wrote
> >>
> >> > sorry...I recently purchased a W/D Book (250) external hard
> >> > drive...seems
> >> > to
> >> > work great on XP but Vista is now very slow to boot up. The screen is
> >> > black
> >> > for a good 20 seconds before loading. Does anyone know why? Anything
> >> > I
> >> > could adjust?
> >> >
> >> > Also; I am curious, could I install Vista to this external hard drive
> >> > using
> >> > the full version and leave XP installed?
> >>
> >>
> >> I have seen this effect on one system with XP, with the external WD drive
> >> attached at boot up there is a 30 second delay before it boots. It's a
> >> BIOS
> >> issue.
> >>
> >> No, Vista can't run from an external hard drive.
>
> I'm not sure I understand for sure what you are asking since you never
> mentioned anything about a TV card in your first post. Yes you can use a
> full version of Vista to install to an internal hard drive even if a
> partition on it had a Beta release of Vista. You just can't install to /
> run Vista on an external, USB drive.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>
>