Hi everyone,
Great forum.
I am currently using a vista ultimate 32bit machine for Photoshop drawings. As these images can become very large (up to 4gb in size) I am using my second drive as a scratch disk which slows thing down. My system has 4 gb ram but 32 bit only sees 3gb and I would like to utilize the extra gig and maybe add a further 2 or 4 gigs in the future - hence the upgrade to vista 64bit.
Before I do, I have a few issues/queries.
1. I will buy a new hard drive to install the 64bit OS as a clean install and leave my 32bit OS on it's original disk incase it all goes horribly wrong. As I will now have three hard drives installed will this affect the installation of vista 64 bit?
Will it interfere with the 32 bit versions boot sector?.... as I may need to swap back
2. I've read that vista 64bit has problems installing with 4gb ram installed. Is this true? Seems really odd if this is the case.
3. How do I install the sata drivers for the installation to recognize the hard drives?
4. Has anyone got any important tips for installation to save me problems before I start?
Cheers in advances
Chris
System. Asus P5B deluxe, Intel 6700 processor O/C to 3ghz, 4 gb Ram, 74gb Raptor (windows vista32), 320gb HD(Storage), Nvidia 8800gts 640mb, A3 Wacom Tablet
I will add another Raptor X 150gb for Vista64
Great forum.
I am currently using a vista ultimate 32bit machine for Photoshop drawings. As these images can become very large (up to 4gb in size) I am using my second drive as a scratch disk which slows thing down. My system has 4 gb ram but 32 bit only sees 3gb and I would like to utilize the extra gig and maybe add a further 2 or 4 gigs in the future - hence the upgrade to vista 64bit.
Before I do, I have a few issues/queries.
1. I will buy a new hard drive to install the 64bit OS as a clean install and leave my 32bit OS on it's original disk incase it all goes horribly wrong. As I will now have three hard drives installed will this affect the installation of vista 64 bit?
Will it interfere with the 32 bit versions boot sector?.... as I may need to swap back
2. I've read that vista 64bit has problems installing with 4gb ram installed. Is this true? Seems really odd if this is the case.
3. How do I install the sata drivers for the installation to recognize the hard drives?
4. Has anyone got any important tips for installation to save me problems before I start?
Cheers in advances
Chris
System. Asus P5B deluxe, Intel 6700 processor O/C to 3ghz, 4 gb Ram, 74gb Raptor (windows vista32), 320gb HD(Storage), Nvidia 8800gts 640mb, A3 Wacom Tablet
I will add another Raptor X 150gb for Vista64
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- system1 (system2)
- CPU
- q9650 3ghz (i7 920)
- Motherboard
- Asus p5q deluxe (p6t deluxe)
- Memory
- 16gb ddr2 (12gb ddr3)
- Graphics card(s)
- Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb (285gtx 1gb)
- Sound Card
- on board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Eizo CG301w, Dell 2407
- Screen Resolution
- 2560 x 1600 + 1920 x1200
- Hard Drives
- Raptor 74gb, Raptor 150gb, 500gb x2, 320gb, 750gb (raptor 150gb, 2x 500gb)
- PSU
- ocz 600w (ocz750w)
- Case
- coolermaster stacker (coolermaster 690)
- Cooling
- many fans
- Mouse
- intellimouse
- Keyboard
- apple slim aluminum jobbie
- Internet Speed
- 2mb
- Other Info
- Wacom A3 tablet, Epson 3800