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   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.   
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   From: bbaka@comcast.net   
      
   On 02/15/2010 01:09 AM, jcage@lycos.com wrote:   
   > I'm looking at a new laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium and am worried   
   > about the software compatibility with XP since I have a lot of XP   
   > software.  I really don't want to dole out huge bucks to upgrade my   
   > software so how can I best avoid it (if there really are compatibility   
   > issues)?  I heard an 'ultimate' version exists.  If so, what's the   
   > upgrade costs to get to a better compatibility platform?   
   >   
   > Thanks very much...   
   >   
   > John   
      
   For what it's worth I tried to set up a dual boot (xp and 7) on a drive   
   I had to put in as the primary master, and then moved it to the   
   secondary slave. I am running Linux on the primary master and windows   
   would not install because the file system was not NTFS. My BIOS allows   
   me to pick the boot drive when I hit an 'F8'. When I select the windows   
   drive 100GB for XP and 150GB for 7 it goes into a selection screen and   
   just calls XP some other operating system. 7 works just fine, but XP   
   hangs with the message that it can't find hal.dll. I even got the CD for   
   XP and manually inserted hal.dll but it is still dead.   
   As for compatibility issues, my HP scanner software tells me it is   
   incompatible with Windows 7, and their web site has no updates.   
   Just for clarity;   
   I have an ASUS K8N MOBO with 2.25GB of RAM which works very well with my   
   Linux. I need XP for certain things and I don't like Windows 7 but it is   
   the only one that will boot.   
   Virtual box is out since I tried to run both XP and 7 as guests under   
   the Linux (Ubuntu) and had no connection to the scanner or printer.   
   Any Ideas???   
   Bill Baka   
      
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