----------------------------------- Age Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:13 pm Direct X 10 and Star Trek older games ----------------------------------- How would Direct x 10 play in older Star Trek games or would it be best to stick with XP and direct x90c? ----------------------------------- Gray Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:44 pm ----------------------------------- To be honest, I wouldn't take the risk.....Just partition your HD, stick Vista and 10 on one...XP and 9 on the other......I've had several games that are barely a year old utterly fail to work with Vista (and please don't start giving lectures on setting up compatibility settings...) So I don't see it getting better for even older ones..... ----------------------------------- Steve Angelis Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:07 am ----------------------------------- I would recommend not using DX10 or Vista at all, especially with all the flaws built into it. ----------------------------------- Age Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:02 pm ----------------------------------- Well with some of the newer games coming down the road you will need Direct X 10.How do exactly partition a HDD? ----------------------------------- [DMZ]Dave Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:19 pm Re: Direct X 10 and Star Trek older games ----------------------------------- Gray and Steve are right, I wouldn't chance it and if you have to or its a curiosity thing try it on a virtual drive? ----------------------------------- Steve Angelis Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:10 am ----------------------------------- I have not tried to partition a harddrive with Vista... as of right now I am not sure it is even possible with how Vista installs itsself on a harddrive, but normally if I were doing it with XP I would put the cd in and load up my computer form the CD, go to the menu on the CD and go from there. ----------------------------------- Gray Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:26 pm ----------------------------------- You can partition with Vista - laptop im using now is. When you go to install, change the amount of space you use to whatever you want. If you ca install XP first from there in the usual way. Then install Vista on the other part of the HD. From there you will need to download the boot manager for Vista - install that and run it. Restart your comp and it will ask you which copy of windows to boot. - It will do that every time you boot up. Each time, just highlight whichever system it is, and you are away! ----------------------------------- TheAlpha Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:17 am ----------------------------------- on motherboards from 2001 and to date, there is a boot option installed in the bios chip that allows you to choose which drive you desire to use. Best bet is to install a second hard drive and make it win xp and the other win vista. when you boot your pc, at startup tap either the F5, F8 button or F11, or whatever button it is that allows the boot option menu to appear and a boot option dos window will apper, select whatever drive you have with the OS you so dsire, and Voila!!!! its easier and safer to do it this way, then to try and partition your HDD and screw things up. ----------------------------------- [DMZ]Dave Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:37 pm Re: Direct X 10 and Star Trek older games ----------------------------------- Good call and tip Alpha man. :nod: thanks ----------------------------------- TheAlpha Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:14 am ----------------------------------- just helping out a fellow Bro in need..hehe E- wasssssuuuuupppppp???????