Dual boot on Vista will be complicated

D_o_S · Apr 29, 2006, 08:43 AM

Microsoft's new Windows Vista will bring several "improvements", among those there will be a hardware-based encryption, called BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Ideally, this should make your data safer than ever before, but it does have a drawback: this encryption technology also has the effect of frustrating the exchange of data needed in a dual boot system. "You could look at BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot"

Source: The Reg

belgarath03 · Apr 29, 2006, 10:47 AM

typical M$, when de competition is better just make it harder for them

PVTCaboose1337 · Apr 29, 2006, 02:27 PM

We hate windows! I dual boot on XP!

Solaris17 · Apr 29, 2006, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

We hate windows! I dual boot on XP!

FTW!

oldschool · Apr 29, 2006, 04:21 PM

My advise would be for people to NOT purchase Vista or Windows. Problem solved.

belgarath03 · Apr 29, 2006, 05:56 PM

that's the tricky part, you need windows for games, I have a dual-boot system: linux for normal internet, msn, ... and then windows for games and for oc

Dippyskoodlez · Apr 29, 2006, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by D_o_S

"You could look at BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot"

Or possibly.... mac switchers.....

it bitlocker cant be bypassed, bye bye apple dual boot?

GG microsoft. screw yourselves more.

Homeless · Apr 29, 2006, 07:33 PM

I would just make a hard drive into 2 different partitions and select which one you want to boot from in bios

Dippyskoodlez · Apr 29, 2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeless

I would just make a hard drive into 2 different partitions and select which one you want to boot from in bios

you cant select partitions from bios.

only physical drives.

Tory · Apr 29, 2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeless

I would just make a hard drive into 2 different partitions and select which one you want to boot from in bios

You can't select partitions in the bios. Only physical drives. You would need to have two separate hard drives, one for windows, and one for whatever else. Not only that but each time you wanted to change between them you would have to go into your bios

Homeless · Apr 29, 2006, 10:22 PM

I was thinking that, but I was typing something else :\ my hands have a mind of it's own

Tory · Apr 29, 2006, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeless

I was thinking that, but I was typing something else :\ my hands have a mind of it's own

It happens

It's best just to read over your post right after you submit it and make any changes you missed as you were writing it. That's what I do at least.

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belgarath03 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Gent, Belgium, Europe Posts: 7 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	typical M$, when de competition is better just make it harder for them

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belgarath03 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Gent, Belgium, Europe Posts: 7 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	that's the tricky part, you need windows for games, I have a dual-boot system: linux for normal internet, msn, ... and then windows for games and for oc

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