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Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

mariogatt — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:21:40 GMT

I have just bought an Aspire V3 772G with Windows 8.1 as an operating system. (a) Is it possible to partition my 500 GB HDD into a "C" and a "D" drive? Is it then possible to run "D" with an XP operating system? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Mario Gatt (Malta)

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

billsey — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:51:53 GMT

If you would like to run XP on occasion, I'd suggesting running it in a virtual machine instead of booting directly into it. XP will not have the drivers needed for the motherboard, but will work fine in a VM.

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

mariogatt — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:29:37 GMT

Lots of thanks for your suggestions. Of course, I will have to ask for help to do all that. The reason why I need XP is that I badly need a program I have been using for ages, and it works only up to the XP operating system. Do you suppose that once I install the programme on XP in a virtual machine, it would be stable and work as well as if it was the operating system?

Thanks for your help.

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

billsey — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 22:35:32 GMT

It would be dependent on what he reason is that it will not work on an os newer than XP. Are you sure it will not work on a newer os? Have you tried it using compatability mode in Windows 8.1?

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

mariogatt — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:21:02 GMT

The software is Adobe Premiere 6.5 with a Pinnacle Capturing card. As soon as XP started upgrading, the program became unstable. The only way I could get it going once again was to organise a dual operating system with a partition, in fact on two seperate hard drives. My motherboard on my desk top died and I could not replace it. I opted for a lap top as I already described, but no drivers are available for XP. I have been on the internet since yesterday, trying to find a replacement for that video editor. The problem with me is, that at nearly 70 I would find it difficult to relearn another program.

Thanks for all the help you are giving me.

I'm simply an amateur that edits videos I take while on holidays.

Mario

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Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

billsey — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:41:40 GMT

Yeah, the biggest problem is the card... From what I saw online it's a PCI card and there's not a PCI slot on the laptop. So even if you got XP working somehow it wouldn't matter since the card itself doesn't have any way to hook up. :-(

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mariogatt — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:05:10 GMT

That is not what troubles me yet. The Pinnacle DVD 500 card is a capturing card which can be replaced by a grabbing peripheral which would do the capturing.

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

billsey — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:45:20 GMT

Did you try compatibility mode with Adobe Premiere 6.5? I found several forum posts elsewhere that indicated that setting XP sp2 compatibility allowed it to run on Vista and 7, so should allow it also with 8 or 8.1. The issue, if you run into one, should be in drivers for peripherals not in the base application. If you replace the Pinnacle card with something that has current drivers then it should work with Premiere (assuming Premiere itself works).

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mariogatt — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:03:48 GMT

That is the problem. When Premiere and Pinnacle decided to go seperate ways, Premiere stopped upgrading the drivers for its 6.5, having issued several new editing programs. I could never get the 6.5 going on any other system after XP Pro, the first operating system introduced. No compatability modes worked for that program.

At 70 I am finding it difficult to switch to another editing program. I can handle Premiere 6.5 so easily and get very good professional results, though as I said, I am an amateur that edits my own family and holiday strips I take on my old DVD sony camera.

Mario

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billsey — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:13:21 GMT

Sorry to say I'd be hanging out at thift stores looking for a second machine just to run XP then. You can run XP Mode on your machine, but it's not going to work with your hardware. You should be able to pick up a used XP box with monitor, keyboard and mouse for $100 or less to handle the video editing and use the good machine for everything else. Move data between them with a thumb drive and leave the XP box off the internet...

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mariogatt — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:06:24 GMT

I think that is my best option. The motherboard on my desktop computer gave up its soul. I was told that XP would not work on a replaced modern motherboard. My old monitor, mouse, speakers etc are all in good order. I obtained a more recent desk top (about 8 years old) and I think I may get somebody to replace the hard drives with mine, put in the capturing card from Pinnacle, and presto, I am back in business. Doyou think that should work?

Thanks once again.

Mario

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

billsey — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 05:01:34 GMT

It depends on how close the 'new' machine is to the old one. In most cases you have to install different drivers for pretty much everything. What is the make and model of the new one? The manufacturers tend to leave the latest drivers up on their support sites, so you could potentially download everything you might need to a thumb drive, swap the HDs, boot up and install all those drivers from the thumb drive. Voilà!

I'd be tempted to get the base system up on the old rive before putting the card in... One less driver to work with at startup. I'd also plan on doing the video driver first, the motherboard drivers second and the the network. After that you can probably go in the order of the exclamation points in Device Manager...

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

mariogatt — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:48:07 GMT

Thanks for all the advice you have been giving me. I chose the easiest way out. I only hope it will work. I just bought the Video Mate C200 Pro usb Video/Audio capture stick bundled with Cyberlink PowerDirector 9DE for only 30 Euros.

I will let you know if it worked out.

Thanks once again.

Mario

Re: Acer Aspire V3 772G Partition

mariogatt — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:15:36 GMT

I have been working overtime with that "VideoMate C200 Pro USB Video/Audio Capture Stick"and the bundled "CyberLink PowerDirector 9DE". For me it's an uphill struggle. It's very much inferior to Adobe Premiere 6.5, and it is taking me ages to find the required functions. Inspite of being too basic, it has a steep learning curve. Not too userly friendly. If ever I manage a full feature that makes a success at the box office, I promise to mention you as the catalyst to the success!!!

Regards

Mario