11-01-2010, 12:10 PM
(10-31-2010, 10:21 PM)LavCat Wrote:(10-31-2010, 10:01 PM)shoju Wrote: Windows 7 also isn't soley 64 bit.
I'm running 32 bit win7 pro on 8 systems at work.
I used diskpart to make the partitions.
True.
Did you use the Windows 7 diskpart from the Windows 7 32 installation disc to create your partitions? What are the partitions you created? And to which partition are you installing Windows 7?
Yes. I used it straight from the install disks. I made 3 partitions. 1 for the os without letter, the standard c. There is a d drive that backs up the profile information from the computer once I get them up and running.
(11-01-2010, 05:45 AM)yangman Wrote:(10-30-2010, 12:01 AM)shoju Wrote: They are 1.8ghz dell boxes. They came with windows XP SP2 installed on them. They give me an error when installing that
This system cannot install the selected windows product. For more information, please consult the windows compatibility guide at microsoft.com
(paraphrased) ...
Check your BIOS settings as well. It may be that master boot record protection is on, or you have a Dell system with OS Install Mode still enabled which restricts effective RAM to 256MB.
I will take a look at that. i didn't think about that.
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