dual boot

[ecookman]

how do i set up another partition on my computer to dual boot vista


my reason:

my DELL STUDIO 1737 is a pretty epic machine....and i wanna crank he most performance out of it i can for gaming...and media creation
so, i thought hey, if i create another partition that works independently from my everything account...it will work better...and no another profile doesn't do the trick...

doing so, i would have a stripped down, profile only running the system utilities allowing maximum performance XD
(i could get obsessive compulsive and create one partition per game >_> lol jk)


thnx

[DemonWasp]

Err, what? Creating another profile that doesn't load all the same programs is exactly what you want to do. Creating another partition to boot another version of the same OS will not help, and may prove impossible with Windows (Microsoft probably doesn't think that's a valid use-case).

What you want to do is make another account that doesn't run all your programs on startup. There are plenty of sites that will help you figure out how to do this.

[saltpro15]

just go to the start up folder and delete everything that isn't vital, that will speed it up

edit :
damn Demonwasp, you posted the same time I did

[ecookman]

saltpro15 @ Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:17 pm wrote:

just go to the start up folder and delete everything that isn't vital, that will speed it up

hmmmm i could do that...


is a startup profile the same thing as a dual boot?

[saltpro15]

not really, a dual boot is more for when you want to run 2 OS's (i.e. Vista and Ubuntu) a startup profile could just be like another account

[Insectoid]

Inside the startup folder is everything that runs on startup. MSN, antivirus programs and anything that some retard thought you would want to run on startup (why on earth would I want DVD Shrink to run on startup?).

[SNIPERDUDE]

My guess: self promotion.

[saltpro15]

the only things in my start up are the vitals, bittorrent and LogMeIn

[btiffin]

Along with the startup folder, you'll probably want to look at MSCONFIG and the services and startup tabs. It'll show you ALL the background processes that get kicked during startup. Be sure to try the Hide Microsoft Services button so you get a hint at what are third-party "helper extensions". These are usually the ones that are NOT required and can end up being resource hogs. But turning them off may disable a feature you have grown accustomed to, so don't do this blindly. Take your time and google for any named entries you don't know.

Cheers

[ecookman]

hmm
lol where do i get Ubuntu...i wanna tryit

[saltpro15]

Ubuntu can be found here
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
you can download the ISO and burn to a CD for free or order a CD and they'll ship it to you

[andrew.]

You can't really game with Ubuntu though. Running games through Wine is incredibly slow compared to natively through Windows. Also, if you want to try Ubuntu without partitioning and installing, just put the CD in while booting into Windows and start the Wubi installer. It will install a special installation of Ubuntu that can be uninstalled right from in Windows.

[md]

andrew. @ 2009-03-30, 6:35 pm wrote:

You can't really game with Ubuntu though. Running games through Wine is incredibly slow compared to natively through Windows. Also, if you want to try Ubuntu without partitioning and installing, just put the CD in while booting into Windows and start the Wubi installer. It will install a special installation of Ubuntu that can be uninstalled right from in Windows.

Depends on the game - many work flawlessly under wine.

[ecookman]

lol, thanks


i already have a 30gig partition setup, so ill just install it onto there.

if i want to get rid of it, i just formt the partition and the merge it back with my main one?

[md]

You could, yup. 30gb isn't a lot of space though - no point in erasing it unless you need to.