Windows 7 64 Bit and Photoshop CS2 installation question(s)??

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Hi All

I completed my new PC build a few days ago (i5 760, 8GB RAM, three HHDs etc) this is OS Windows7 64 bit

So far so good. I have already installed without issue IDImager and Qimage now the way I have setup the HDDs is the C drive has the OS and is partitioned so has E drive and I have & will be installing all the programs on this E drive i.e. the default location so far has been "C drive ProgramFiles(x86)" but I change that to my prefered location in the root of the E drive.

The two programs so far are stated by the developers as being W7 64 bit compatible.

However, we now come to my CS2 ~ Googling reveals differing views as to whether this installs "simply" oddly even the MS W7 software compatibility page lists CS, CS3, CS4 and CS5 but not CS2 ~ doh!!!

Therefore what is the best method to install CS2 (or indeed any software that is not stated by the developer as being W7 64bit OK) ~ there is a strange workaround relating to altering the default path but is that the same as my choosing the location?

Or is it best to install in 'compatibility mode' Windows XP SP3 seems to be the default choice for such a step though the dropdown of the list is long and includes the likes of Windows 2000 (this was what I used CS2 on before).

TIA for your user insight and experience of this issue. :)
 
wondering why you would install OS and Programs on the same drive but on different partitions as loads of program install registry files will be written across to the OS partitioned drive anyway

Assuming C and E partitions are on the same physical drive this doesnt make sense to me.
 
I still don't get why anyone partitions drives under Windows anyway. I do under linux, but that's so I can upgrade OS' using a single disk (install to a new partition).
 
I thought the idea was OS on one partition and data on the other, so that if windows went boobs-up, you still had your data.

Unfortunately when the hard-drive goes, you're still stuffed.

I never bother with partitions now either.
 
Mikesphotaes said:
I thought the idea was OS on one partition and data on the other, so that if windows went boobs-up, you still had your data.
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i think the point is you can do a reinstall without it affecting your data, but your data should be on a separate physical drive anyway..

(i think we've wandered off topic a little mind lol)
 
Programs are not data though, storing data on a seperate physical drive makes sense but having programs on the same physical drive as the OS but in a different partition makes no sense at all
 
neil_g said:
i think the point is you can do a reinstall without it affecting your data, but your data should be on a separate physical drive anyway..

(i think we've wandered off topic a little mind lol)
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Exactly but I do agree with Gary, just doesn't make sense!
 
As for the OP's question- it's likely to be an x86 compiled application and there's no reason for it not to work as Win 7-64bit has all the 32-bit bits n bobs still.

I still have to write apps for x86 as that's the current supported base...lowest common denominator and all that.
 
Hi Guys

Thanks for the feedback & thoughts :D

The partition question in part (no pun intended) is a throwback to my prefered method of setting up a PC and I do have a 500Gb and 1TB for data plus a NAS

As for the PSCS2 installation, having read up some more I decided to take a restore point and have a go and this maybe where one of the suggested methods where one should use a modified "install" path could be why a Progs partition was good for me??? I have installed it AOK on that partition and all seems well and happy with it and for the record my W7 had been fully patched and the Adobe updates went like clockwork.

Therefore so far so good :D

Oh, coming back to the partition question ~ having all the progs (install folder wise) on a separate partition(drive?) to the OS means I can keep an enduring record of them if the OS throws a wobbly needing a reinstall as in many cases a simple overlay install of the progs will keep any configs and all that will happen is the Registry gets refeshed so to speak. Yes, for those progs that keep most/all their configs in the OS applications data folder then they would be lost but again an overlay install in the past has been the easy peasy route to happiness !

Edit ~ forgot to say this was straight install i.e. not using compatibility mode.
 
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