Currently running XP pro 64 and would like to get a inexpensive office suite. Can any of you guys reccomend a decent one. Cant afford MS prices or I would wait for office 07. My other question is about partitioning programs. I have partition magic 8 from a few years back, but havent installed it. Does anyone know if it will work properly on xp 64? If not which version must I buy. I need to expand my C drive soon. Thanks in advance
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Office suite and Partitioning program questions
- Thread starter MrMet
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On the office suite, you can try http://www.openoffice.org/ - free to install and use, very good MS Word compatibility, not quite as good with the others.
The biggest issue with WinXP-64 is hardware drivers, as I understand it. The processor it runs on should be able to handle your 32-bit programs, esp. if they are not running in WinXP-64- read "use the boot disk that came with partition magic". This is a moot point if you think messing around on a drive with only a C: partition will get you more space.
-Sud.
The biggest issue with WinXP-64 is hardware drivers, as I understand it. The processor it runs on should be able to handle your 32-bit programs, esp. if they are not running in WinXP-64- read "use the boot disk that came with partition magic". This is a moot point if you think messing around on a drive with only a C: partition will get you more space.
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Schadenfroh
Elite Member
You could probably get Microsoft Office 2000 off of ebay for cheap and not have to worry about the previous owner's activation (for there is no activation in 2000). I doubt Partition Magic 8 works in x64 (unless it has a bootdisk that you could make to bypass the OS), but you knew that many things do not work with it when you bought it, eh😉
will889
Golden Member
For increasing the partition you could use gparted - and you can even use an Ubuntu Live CD as if you were going to install Ubuntu and when you get the to the 'choose partition space to increase' -- then increase it and just back out of the Ubuntu install, or you can use gparted manually after the Ubuntu Live CD is on the desktop.