Recent content by w00tman

Uh-huh. And what exactly is this 'reality' you speak of? Something you read off 'benchmarks' on the internet/magazines/'professional reviews'? If it wasn't clear enough already, then let me explain it to you: on the EXACT same computer, with the EXACT same specs, I installed Win 7 Ultimate...

None. I tried to look for any advanced options for tweaking these kinda settings...nada. I'm just happy everything's working alright now. Had a slight problem with the screen resolution settings on my Cintiq, plus some driver issues with some of the not-so-important peripherals (Bluetooth...

I think I'd value my personal experience over some benchmarks on the internet, thank you. At any rate, thanks everyone for all your help. Got XP 64 working just fine. No worthwhile driver issues, and all the apps I use (NX, CATIA, Alias Suite, SketchBook Designer, etc.) are working perfectly.

One last thing before I create a slipstreamed ISO: are these the drivers I should be using (Intel HM55 Express)...

The DVD-RW on my laptop has been acting funny quite recently. Come to think of it, it probably hasn't been functional for ages (I really had little use for it, so I wouldn't know). Worse comes to worst, I'll just have a look around and see if I can borrow a portable DVD drive or something. I...

I respectfully disagree. I've used both Vista Home Premium, and Win 7 Ultimate; and I can guarantee you that, on the exact same hardware, XP 64-bit is a whole lot faster than either of those. Plus I've yet to run into any compatibility issues with any of the CAD apps I use in XP 64 (I...

I believe Intel has an app of some sort that takes care of this trim thingamajig (precisely why I returned the Mushkin Callisto I originally purchased and bought the Intel SSD). Thanks for reminding me of the alignment thing; I'll boot up Parted Magic and see if I can get it sorted through...

Oh okay. I'm not really a computer person, so I have extremely little knowledge of this stuff. Okay...so I figured my laptop has the Intel HM55 chipset. I'm looking for the SATA drivers now. Is it possible to load the drivers onto an USB, then point the installer to it...instead of doing this...

Which SATA controller do I need for this drive in particular? Can't seem to find much info for this. I'll get nLite, and see if I can get my head around this slipstreaming thing.

You're a genius, buddy. ANYWAY...could any one suggest something useful?

Hey all. I just installed an Intel X-25M 160GB SSD on my laptop. I'm trying to intall XP 64-bit from a bootable USB drive made using WinToFlash. The installer is telling me that it can't detect any mass storage devices on my computer; and once I go up to the license agreement page, hitting F8...

I used to have Win 7 Ultimate; but I've come to discover that, as far as 64-bit Win OSes go, XP is still pretty much fastest ceteris paribus. Less eye candy perhaps; but it retains all the functionality benefits of any of the later 64-bit OSes with next to no compatibility issues (I remember...

Hey all. I just installed a Mushkin 240GB Callisto as the sole HDD on my laptop. Would it be possible to have my OS (Win XP 64-bit) as well all of my applications installed onto it, then set it to read-only; so I wouldn't have to worry about doing any harmful alterations to my system (or...