Is Windows Vista RC1 right for me?

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I'll tell you right of the bat - I'm not experienced in installing operating
systems, but I would call myself techinically savy, is Windows Vista RC1
stable enough for me to try? What I mean to ask, is: will installing this
give me an easy chance of having something go wrong, and crash/delete files
on my computer? I'd like to help with testing as well as get ahead of the
game when it comes to knowing the OS, but I'm not looking for a whole lot of
trouble, as I said I'm not very (at all) experienced in installing operating
systems, but I am experienced in many other areas of the computer. Would you
reccomend me not attemping to install the Windows Vista RC1?
 
I suggest you install Vista on a spare computer or at least on another
drive.

Do not install Vista Beta unless you are prepared for loss of all data and a
Clean Installation of your previous OS if necessary to resolve any issues.
If you are not prepared for that, you are not prepared for any Beta much
less a Beta operating system.

Troubles range from none to a great many, mostly determined by current
hardware configuration and necessary software.
 
Concur with Jupiter on this... do NOT install RC1 on your production PC.
Echo Jupiter's recommendations, too.

Lang

Otherwise, wait for the
 
Yeah . . . what he said. At least make a back up of ALL of your files you
would be upset if you lost before trying it. Of course, you should already
have a copy of those files in case your hard drive or something else fails,
right?

-Mike
 
Benz145 said:
I'll tell you right of the bat - I'm not experienced in installing
operating
systems, but I would call myself techinically savy, is Windows Vista RC1
stable enough for me to try? What I mean to ask, is: will installing this
give me an easy chance of having something go wrong, and crash/delete
files
on my computer? I'd like to help with testing as well as get ahead of the
game when it comes to knowing the OS, but I'm not looking for a whole lot
of
trouble, as I said I'm not very (at all) experienced in installing
operating
systems, but I am experienced in many other areas of the computer. Would
you
reccomend me not attemping to install the Windows Vista RC1?
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Vista should only be installed on a test system, never on a production
machine. If you image the system before hand and can afford some time to
work with it and know how to restore your system if some thing goes wrong
then go ahead.
 
Good point. Not everyone knows about imaging systems... you may have opened
up a can of worms. ;-D

Lang
 
I found that the safest way for me to run Vista RC-1 is on a computer with two physical hard drives. I have Windows XP Professional on the C drive and Vista RC-1 on the D drive. If anything in Vista messes up, then I could easily boot to XP, trasfer any important data away from the hard drive with Vista, restore the XP bootloader with VistaBootPro 2.1 (which you can run from XP), and then reformat the D drive and eliminate Vista.

William
I'll tell you right of the bat - I'm not experienced in installing operating
systems, but I would call myself techinically savy, is Windows Vista RC1
stable enough for me to try? What I mean to ask, is: will installing this
give me an easy chance of having something go wrong, and crash/delete files
on my computer? I'd like to help with testing as well as get ahead of the
game when it comes to knowing the OS, but I'm not looking for a whole lot of
trouble, as I said I'm not very (at all) experienced in installing operating
systems, but I am experienced in many other areas of the computer. Would you
reccomend me not attemping to install the Windows Vista RC1?
 
As long as you are not using XP for any valuable files. It is possible to mess up computer even with a separate drive unless the XP drive is completely disabled before booting into Vista. I have had it happen once. As MS says, do not install Vista in a procuction environement or on a primary home computer. Period.

For those with only a primary home computer to try Vista on I recommend sticking to Virtual Server or VPC.
I found that the safest way for me to run Vista RC-1 is on a computer with two physical hard drives. I have Windows XP Professional on the C drive and Vista RC-1 on the D drive. If anything in Vista messes up, then I could easily boot to XP, trasfer any important data away from the hard drive with Vista, restore the XP bootloader with VistaBootPro 2.1 (which you can run from XP), and then reformat the D drive and eliminate Vista.

William
I'll tell you right of the bat - I'm not experienced in installing operating
systems, but I would call myself techinically savy, is Windows Vista RC1
stable enough for me to try? What I mean to ask, is: will installing this
give me an easy chance of having something go wrong, and crash/delete files
on my computer? I'd like to help with testing as well as get ahead of the
game when it comes to knowing the OS, but I'm not looking for a whole lot of
trouble, as I said I'm not very (at all) experienced in installing operating
systems, but I am experienced in many other areas of the computer. Would you
reccomend me not attemping to install the Windows Vista RC1?
 
I have RC1 installed on a production machine - P4; 2.53GHz; 1GB RAMBUS
RDRAM - dual booting with XP Pro SP2 and there have only been minor
problems.
Installation went along very smoothly too...Try it, you'll like it! And want
more!
Seriously, it is a good way to learn a new O/S. ALL O/S'es have problems,
and Windblows products are no exception to this rule.
All in all, RC1 has come along nicely...R G Crook, IT Retiree
 
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