Dual Boot XP and Win7 - Experience request

Robbo88 · #1 05-07-2012, 09:32 AM

79Dev, Slipball and Brando - thanks for your comment I appreciate the information. I will commit to the Win7 for CoD - just shows what crazy lengths we go to support the underdog. In this case it must be said that CoD code writers are truly made of stern stuff - as are their loyal followers. This is from one who has used IL2 for many years and is only now getting back into the forum thing and who bought CoD even knowing it is having troubles. Underdog, yes that how I see the situation and it will take some time, but support is required until the end. The end may be a commercial end but member support may just salvage the game.

Anyway, off the pulpit and now to do some serious reconfiguration.

Chivas · #2 05-07-2012, 05:08 PM

I plugged in an SSD on my Windows XP system and loaded only Windows 7 64 bit and COD on the SSD. I've never experienced a CTD flying COD. I do have to restart my system to boot to Windows 7 64bit when I want to fly, but Windows 7 boots, COD loads, missions load very quickly when installed on a SSD.

Robbo88 · #3 05-08-2012, 11:09 PM

Thanks all for the valuable information.

One last question - I have plenty of space on my C;/ partition at present (250GB) so how large a partitiion for the win7 installation? I was thinking that I need the win7 and the CoD and over time some migration of some graphics programs (video editing) so a space of 80GB could be enough. However I am tempted to make it larger as the XP programs in the future may be migrated over (where I have the installation disks) so a 150GB might be better for the future.
Will Win7 and CoD benefit from more room in the partition?

Robbo