Computer Solutions

I just converted my Fujitsu Lifebook Notebook to Vista. After reading about how modern Vista is compared to the aging XP I thought I’d give it a try. It was really easy to do since I received a Vista disc with the notebook.

After several days of using Vista, I thought about my experience with this OS and decided that, although it looked more modern and offered more features, that it just wasn’t fun.

By the way, the method I use to switch back and forth between XP and Vista is as follows:

1. I started with XP installed
2. I created a 2nd partition, the D drive, on the hard drive using Acronis Disk Director
3. I used Acronis True Image, to store an image of the C drive on the D drive.
4. I then installed a clean copy Vista on the C drive
5. I then saved an image of the C drive containing Vista to the D drive
6. Now I can restore an image of my choice to run either operating system

Note: You can store these images on an external hard drive also.

It wasn’t only the UAC that kept annoying me, most everything seemed like a chore. Installing programs, copying or moving files to certain folders required jumping through hoops. Also, after installing Vista Service Pack 1, several features of the Fujitsu Notebook stopped working. There are no Fujitsu updates to fix this. Oh well, I’m back running XP again and enjoying it even more but I know in can go back in 10 minutes anytime I want.