- Jul 25, 2002
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harrkev -
1) My estimation is that it will be sometime after Holloween - but before Thanksgiving
as the commercial computer sales market prepares for the Christmas season sales.
2) 32 bit drivers work on the 32 bit side of the operating system, 64 bit drivers on the other.
In other words, you need a 'Dual Boot' system - I have made one with 2 hard drives & set
them up as hard drive dedicated on separate partritions on each drive.
When I start the system I have the choice of which one I want to start.
If I do not select the 32 bit to start, the 64 bit will auto-start in 30 seconds.
3) The 32 bit works wonderfully on the AMD systems - extremely fast and stable.
The processor is made (by default) to operate with a 32 bit operating system (XP Home or Pro)
When the 64 bit is officially released, there should be an additional performance gain.
4) If you set up a computer with 2 hard drives, & install the XP Home or Pro on the 'C' drive
partition, and use a second hard drive (40GB or larger) and install the 64 bit versibn on it
you will have the dual boot system & should be good to go. As you do find drivers you can
use the 32 bit side to download the driver to the harddrive that runs the 64 bit system (Save),
then you can restart into the 64 bit start-up & run the driver installation there.
Little labor intensive, but it will slowly but slowly replace the functionality of the 32 bit side
as you obtain the drivers that correctly support the 64 bit capability - it's just a mater if time.
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In the 'Anchor' to this thread there is a link to Microsoft that will get you a free copy of
the 64 bit operating system (without dedicated drivers) you only have to pay the shipping.
Then you can pick around within this thread and download the drivers that have been posted.
There are new releases every day or so, and many people have contributed their expertise
from trial and error, to bring us additional information - Join the party, you can help too.
1) My estimation is that it will be sometime after Holloween - but before Thanksgiving
as the commercial computer sales market prepares for the Christmas season sales.
2) 32 bit drivers work on the 32 bit side of the operating system, 64 bit drivers on the other.
In other words, you need a 'Dual Boot' system - I have made one with 2 hard drives & set
them up as hard drive dedicated on separate partritions on each drive.
When I start the system I have the choice of which one I want to start.
If I do not select the 32 bit to start, the 64 bit will auto-start in 30 seconds.
3) The 32 bit works wonderfully on the AMD systems - extremely fast and stable.
The processor is made (by default) to operate with a 32 bit operating system (XP Home or Pro)
When the 64 bit is officially released, there should be an additional performance gain.
4) If you set up a computer with 2 hard drives, & install the XP Home or Pro on the 'C' drive
partition, and use a second hard drive (40GB or larger) and install the 64 bit versibn on it
you will have the dual boot system & should be good to go. As you do find drivers you can
use the 32 bit side to download the driver to the harddrive that runs the 64 bit system (Save),
then you can restart into the 64 bit start-up & run the driver installation there.
Little labor intensive, but it will slowly but slowly replace the functionality of the 32 bit side
as you obtain the drivers that correctly support the 64 bit capability - it's just a mater if time.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the 'Anchor' to this thread there is a link to Microsoft that will get you a free copy of
the 64 bit operating system (without dedicated drivers) you only have to pay the shipping.
Then you can pick around within this thread and download the drivers that have been posted.
There are new releases every day or so, and many people have contributed their expertise
from trial and error, to bring us additional information - Join the party, you can help too.