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LeeM
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15th May 12 at 20:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

how do i do it? ive got 7 on now is there a way to install it without starting over?
i want my laptop as is but when i turn it on have the option to boot into xp with nothing but traktor software on it, no internet or wireless or anything, traktor is very processor intense so i want a very clean setup without having to buy a dedicated laptop
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15th May 12 at 20:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

my hard drive is already split to C and D drive, do i just stick the xp cd in and install onto D?
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Yup - can install on and from a USB if your motherboard supports booting from USB

[Edited on 15-05-2012 by noshua]
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If you install XP you'll no longer be able to boot into W7, there's a program called EasyBCD which should sort out the boot loader though.
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As Andy said, Install XP, you will only be able to boot up into XP, so make sure you download EasyBCD before you install it and can access it from a pen drive or something similar. A couple of clicks and it will sort out a new boot screen for you
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I didn't know that, thought you could dual boot as many as you liked.
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob E
As Andy said, Install XP, you will only be able to boot up into XP, so make sure you download EasyBCD before you install it and can access it from a pen drive or something similar. A couple of clicks and it will sort out a new boot screen for you


Sounds like faf this, do I need to do that once or every time?
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Just once
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Find an old laptop or have a look on ebay for a few quid. Traktor isnt as CPU intensive as people think. Best thing is a computer with nothing else on it. I have an Advent laptop from 2007. Its not the most powerfull machine in the world but it runs traktor pro 2 lovely. The drive is partitioned with XP and traktor on C: and my Music on D: I've also tweaked the XP regiestry so that it only runs traktor.

[Edited on 16-05-2012 by oceansoul]
Rob E
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16th May 12 at 09:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Only once. It's not a faf really, you open a programme, click a button and it does the rest for you lol. The main hurdle I faced was I had to customise the XP install ISO and inject SATA drivers so it could see my hard drive.

 
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