fadi3d Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 helloo guys. my HD got fried a week ago so i installed 2 new ones in raid and windows vista ultimate.till now i've never hated a software this much. when i even try to move a jpeg or a file it keeps ask me if i want tocontinue ? and if i want to rename that pic or file it just asks me again and again so organising my pictures is taking for ever .and even if i say continue the whole screen "blinks" once for each continue it is hurting my eyes. so is there a work around for this or this is just the way of vista? PS i am the sole user of my pc and the administrator. and guys if there is no solution i will be switching back to XP sp2 64 so do any of u have issues with it and Max 2008 and Vray Sp1 And Ps Cs3? i was using Xp 32 any advice or help is much welcomed. thank u in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 a lot of Vista so called security features can be turned off, and made to operate in a similar fashion to XP. i recommend this. also, make sure you keep checking for updates on the drivers and such. i run Vista on my home machine without to many problems, but i am in the camp that believes Vista is similar to Windows ME. which was only around for a short period before being replaced by XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 I've run all that software on XP64 with no problems. Except Vray, but everybody else seems to run that without problems. Isn't there a newer SP of Vray? You might try that. The only thing on XP64 that gives me trouble is iTunes - I had to find a guide to tricking the Vista64 installer into running on XP64, and still it bitches and moans about not being able to burn CDs and I don't let it run software update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinger Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 And personally, I would never do a raid set-up for a OS....when something goes wrong, guess what, you get to reformat everything. The everyday user really has no business with a raid set-up...sorry, but it is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 The everyday user really has no business with a raid set-up...sorry, but it is true. My home desktop has the OS on one drive, and a RAID 1 configuration on the other 2 drives. I think this is very useful for the home user that does not have an IT department backing up files on a nightly or weekly basis. I only started this when I was on my fifth or so hard drive, and had lost lots of data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Is raid even necessary anymore...wouldn't a 1TB external hard drive with some kind of sync software do better, then you can easily just disconnect it and take it with you somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 It would probably work just as well. I like the idea of always having a backup running, and my files always syncing without thinking about whether or not I connected my external. This keeps me from getting lazy and reconnecting the external. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfienoakes Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Dont forget, that RAID isnt just about file integrity, its also about disk performance for large capacity disks, so yes, still a good idea to have backups and sync's running, but that might not be the reason you have RAID installed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I don't think you get to much of a performance boost to make it worth the extra expense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadi3d Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thanks everybody Crazy homeless guy could u pls elaborate on what specific security i must change? Slinger do you mean that raid config (as mirror ) is useless cause i was hoping if one Hd failed i would'nt have to reinstall everything (and every single plugin) if so i think it would be also useless if i used it for my library? thanks you for your time guys i wish i had more knowledge of Os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinger Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 No, RAID as striping your OS. I have had friends do this and boy was it a mistake. Mirroring is fine. I however don't use raid and I have 3 hdd's- a main drive, a music/games/movies/etc drive, and a professional work drive. I also copy my work files to the game/music/fun drive for back-up. BTW, the use of raid for performance is not a huge ordeal for your everyday user. You honestly will not see huge difference in a raid vs not raid with good hdd's ie. 7200rpm with 16mb cache or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Paske Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Go to your control panel - User Accounts, and turn User Account Control off. There are a ton of Vista tweaks, google it and you'll find a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I don't think you get to much of a performance boost to make it worth the extra expense... My Gigabyte EP35-DS3R motherboard has a RAID controller built in, so no extra expense there really. If I have to write a 100-meg file, I can write it twice as fast if I have two controllers writing it, rather than just one. As long as I use my external hd with USB2, I feel that my data is safe and fast. When it comes down to it, it's what ever you feel comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 My Gigabyte EP35-DS3R motherboard has a RAID controller built in, so no extra expense there really. If I have to write a 100-meg file, I can write it twice as fast if I have two controllers writing it, rather than just one. As long as I use my external hd with USB2, I feel that my data is safe and fast. When it comes down to it, it's what ever you feel comfortable with. I meant the extra hard drives as an expense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisthenes Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 sorry to disrupt but i have a Vista nightmare of my own. not my pC but i am helping a friend purge vista from a new laptop and i cant see to find XP drivers for the sound or wireless card do you think hardware like this will ever work with XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadi3d Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Thanks guys for all ur help Slinger i should have been more clear about my setup but u got me trembeling for a while. Calvino i actually solved this issue by using windows help, yes it seems sometimes the help is useful:) anyway thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 sorry to disrupt but i have a Vista nightmare of my own. not my pC but i am helping a friend purge vista from a new laptop and i cant see to find XP drivers for the sound or wireless card do you think hardware like this will ever work with XP? There are a lot of sound and wireless cards that work on XP... What you'd need to do is either find the drivers on the web site of the laptop manufacturer (some companies provide them) or look up exactly what the sound and wireless adapters are and find the drivers yourself. You'll probably be able to do it - the set of hardware available that has Vista but not XP drivers is pretty small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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