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I'm sure this will be seeded on the torrent trackers shortly.]]>Jun 8th 2006 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso]]>Jun 8th 2006 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
BTW anyone have the 64 bit direct download link for English?]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Do they have the 64bit version out?]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Anyone willing to post the 64bit version DL link would be even cooler than rob!]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
Oh yeah and Vista is on a Macbook. http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/FirefoxFlog/mbvista1.jpg]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/ en/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_ x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso ]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_ x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso

= blank loading screen. Im pretty sure their servers just crashed.]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
so i bought a DVD off ebay for £6, Doh!]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x64/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_DVD.iso

Make sure there are no spaces in your link. Though the download is still funky with it not knowing the actual size.]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/8572be9b-8580-49f7-9719-b3a4c42749fe1033.mspx

I'm planning to do this myself. I don't guarantee that it'll work but I'm relying on that MS document, same as you...
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DVD Cases
http://rapidshare.de/files/22504846/VistaDVDCoverPack.zip.html

CD Labels
http://rapidshare.de/files/22513916/Vistacdlabelpack.zip.html

Hope ya like em]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/beta2/en/x86/download.htm

"Thank you for your interest in Windows Vista Beta 2.

We are currently experiencing a high level of demand and cannot process your request at this time.

Please check back later for availability. We apologize for any inconvenience."
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i have created a 3.7gb partition, would it work to put it on there and dual boot?

i am unable to backup as i dont have a spare harddrive]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
I don't know if it is any relevence but I was downloading the file to an NTFS partition, doesn't FAT have a filesize limit?]]>Jun 8th 2006 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
BTW, yes Fat32 has a size limit although I don't know it off the top of my head. ]]>Jun 8th 2006 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
I'll be putting Vista on my portable Hard Drive. A little slow, but this way I'm sure that my files won't get trashed.

martin - putting Vista on a partion of 3.7 GB is too small according to Microsofts website

Windows Vista Minimum Supported System Requirements
Processor: 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
System Memory: 512 MB
GPU: SVGA (800x600)
HDD: 20 GB
HDD: Free Space 15 GB
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1. It would be foolish to upgrade your winxp installation to Vista as it's not 100% stable and not all programs are compatible. The Upgrade option is available, but it's not recommended.
2. Install Vista on a separate partition (to Win XP)that is at least 12GB in size(required by Vista.)(This means you can dual-boot between your XP installation and Vista)
3. Ensure that any personal files etc that you use are kept on a partition that is free from any OS installation
4. Don't whine like a baby and curse Microsoft when things don't wrk or when the whole things crashes, this is what beta build will do.
5. Download it from a torrent link as MS servers are having issues at the moment (look for build 5384.4), but signup with MS here ( http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx ) to get you product keys. You can get a maximum of 2 keys, and each will allow up to 10 computers to be activated with MS.

If I think of anything else, I'll make another post.]]>Jun 8th 2006 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
Thanks!]]>Jun 8th 2006 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/Jun 8th 2006 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
Does anyone know if the torrents are faster? I hear of them but, i can't find any i checked torrentspy but, nothing. Anynone know the link?]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
It will keep all your files and documents and many of your settings.

It will also keep all your installed programs.
However, very few of these will work and it is likely that once you upgrade and boot into Vista, the whole thing will crash as the numerous programs you have that run on startup try to run and fail.

I strongly advise that you only install this on a clean partition away from valuable files.]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
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Be patient, we are getting to try the beta for free as it is. Start it in the morning and go to work, or start it before bed or something.. :-p]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/
Does Vista NATIVLY support SATA

Because I have got a Dell E1705 with no floppy drive.]]>Jun 8th 2006 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/]]>Jun 8th 2006 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-beta-2-to-public/0e733ab1a8e8ff9a8684fd3639332773

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en_windows_vista_beta2_x86_dvd.iso]]>Jun 8th 2006 3:45PM