Installing Rx on a Win7 starter machine

[MerleOne]

Hi,

I have a Rollback Rx license, bought in May 2009 but never activated. I am pretty sure it's a V9 license, so I understand I can now install the latest V9.1, win7 compatible.

My question is the following, assuming that what is above is correct : is it ok to install the latest version to a HP 210 Mini PC, which runs Win7 Starter Edition and has just 1GB Ram & 250 GB HDD.

I need to "harden" this machine when being on the move, and it's not convenient to carry an image backup of the full HDD.

If I do so, I suppose I have to disable Windows system restore ?

Thanks.

[HDS-Jacob]

Hello MerleOne,

Welcome to the Horizon DataSys Forum. Support can be reached at http://support.horizondatasys.com and let's see if we can get you some suggestions here.

Best,
Jacob

[MerleOne]

Originally Posted by HDS-Jacob

Hello MerleOne,

Welcome to the Horizon DataSys Forum. Support can be reached at http://support.horizondatasys.com and let's see if we can get you some suggestions here.

Best,
Jacob

OK, thanks, I'll try that. And sorry I was not aware it was a support question, since there is no issue (yet!).

[nexstar]

Originally Posted by MerleOne

My question is the following, assuming that what is above is correct : is it ok to install the latest version to a HP 210 Mini PC, which runs Win7 Starter Edition and has just 1GB Ram & 250 GB HDD.

I need to "harden" this machine when being on the move, and it's not convenient to carry an image backup of the full HDD.

If I do so, I suppose I have to disable Windows system restore ?

Thanks.

Hi. you should be fine with the spec of the machine you have. I have it running on a Dell Mini 9 with no problems. It is better to disable Windows System Restore and Rollback prompts you to disable it when you install. At least, I think it still does.

A few general thoughts:-

Take an image of your PC before installing RB.

Depending on your use. You could partition the drive and keep an image on the second partition in case you needed to restore on the move. It won't protect you from total hard disk failure but it can be useful for most other situations.

I don't know the HP 210 but I would guess that it would benefit from a memory upgrade at some point. I'm typing this on a desktop PC running Windows 7. I only have the browser open and yet I'm still managing to use 1.16GB of the 2GB RAM. Obviously the less the machine has to resort to using the hard drive as memory then the more responsive it will be generally.

Good luck!

Graham

[MerleOne]

Originally Posted by nexstar

Hi. you should be fine with the spec of the machine you have. I have it running on a Dell Mini 9 with no problems. It is better to disable Windows System Restore and Rollback prompts you to disable it when you install. At least, I think it still does.

A few general thoughts:-

Take an image of your PC before installing RB.

Depending on your use. You could partition the drive and keep an image on the second partition in case you needed to restore on the move. It won't protect you from total hard disk failure but it can be useful for most other situations.

I don't know the HP 210 but I would guess that it would benefit from a memory upgrade at some point. I'm typing this on a desktop PC running Windows 7. I only have the browser open and yet I'm still managing to use 1.16GB of the 2GB RAM. Obviously the less the machine has to resort to using the hard drive as memory then the more responsive it will be generally.

Good luck!

Graham

Thanks for your reply. Regarding a memory upgrade, HP says somewhere that Win7 Premium is required to handle 2GB Ram, but I think 1GB is enough with the starter edition (Areo is not present, maybe also some other components that consume resources).

[nexstar]

Originally Posted by MerleOne

Thanks for your reply. Regarding a memory upgrade, HP says somewhere that Win7 Premium is required to handle 2GB Ram, but I think 1GB is enough with the starter edition (Areo is not present, maybe also some other components that consume resources).

It may be a HP-specific thing I guess but the Microsoft site here shows the limit being 2GB. It could be fine though without Aero etc soaking up the resources. Just see how it goes .

Graham

[MerleOne]

Originally Posted by nexstar

It may be a HP-specific thing I guess but the Microsoft site here shows the limit being 2GB. It could be fine though without Aero etc soaking up the resources. Just see how it goes .

Graham

You're right, 2GB seem to be OK, even if I am 100% I saw only 1GB was supported somewhere. Anyway, the main interest of this machine was a rather low price and high portability, so I'd prefer not to spend more for add-ons, especially if it works ok as it is. Though probably some day I'll extend it, if I can find the right deal !

[Froggie]

Merle, almost all of the basic NETbooks (ACER, ASUS, etc.) being sold with Win7 Starter have only 1gB of memory. Although I find the factory (OEM) versions of these NETbooks a bit sluggish, when I build a Win7 Home Premium 1gB NETbook (without all the factory, uhhhh... "features"), it runs just fine and is quite snappy.

Starter shouldn't present a problem... although XP would make it scream

[pvsurfer]

Originally Posted by Froggie

... although XP would make it scream

I can attest to that. My son bought an Acer netbook (also 1GB RAM) with Win7-Starter edition and it ran like a slug. At first I thought removing most of the pre-installed 'crapware' would make a difference but as it turned out it didn't, so I uninstalled Win7-Starter and installed WinXP. The resulting performance improvement was hard to believe - but there it was!

pv

[MerleOne]

I must say my HP 210 with win7 starter runs fine, I just suspect Windows Security Essential AV to be the main cause for some slowdowns. I might some other free AV (Anvir, Rising) to improve this.

Anyway, I'll probably try Rollback RX soon...