How to keep EQ2

[qsnoopyjr]

<p>Hi, I'm going from 32bit XP to 64bit Vista, and it wont let me upgrade so I have no choice but to reinstall everything. Is there anyway I can get EQ2 on my disc or 8GB flash drive so I dont have to wait 22 hours for it to install because I dont have the EQ2 disc. Just wondering if there is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">anyway</span> I can get it on my 64 bit OS without having to install EQ2 all over again.</p><p>Many thxs</p>

[Lorzus]

<p>You can easily just copy out your everquest 2 directory to another HD or Thumbdrive. Just remember that eq is rather large (~11gb, correct me if i'm wrong). Then just copy it back once you've reinstalled. I did this when swapping to windows 7 and it worked fine.</p>

[ganjookie]

<p>Yup, just burn the folder or copy the whole directory to another HDD or partition ( which you should do anyways) Having your OS on a seperate Drive or partition makes it A LOT easier to fix OS problems with a format/reinstall and then not worrying about stuff on that same drive.</p>

[qsnoopyjr]

<p>Ok I know how to make a partition but I DO NOT know how to get more unallocated space. I tried searching google, but its all about how to get RID of unallocated space. I have 11.74GB of unallocated space.</p><p>Doesnt it reformat everything when you uninstall XP and install Vista?</p>

[ganjookie]

<p>Yes it should, unless you made a boo boo when first partitioning</p>

[Lorzus]

<p>If you have the upgrade disk I think it gives you the option of upgrading rather than reinstalling. You might want to look into that.</p><p>If you have everything on one partion and format that partion everything gets wiped clean. You can play with fdisk and set up a new partion or find a commercial piece of software like partition magic to do it for you.</p><p>Personally I went with an even larger solution and bought a 750gb external drive that backsup my entire eq2 folder, then anytime I need to pull it to any machine I can just pull it down and be good to go in the time it takes to copy over.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>Aldia@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If you have the upgrade disk I think it gives you the option of upgrading rather than reinstalling. You might want to look into that.</p><p>If you have everything on one partion and format that partion everything gets wiped clean. You can play with fdisk and set up a new partion or find a commercial piece of software like partition magic to do it for you.</p><p>Personally I went with an even larger solution and bought a 750gb external drive that backsup my entire eq2 folder, then anytime I need to pull it to any machine I can just pull it down and be good to go in the time it takes to copy over.</p></blockquote><p>Won;t work, he is going from XP to Vista 64, there is no upgrade path for that, has be a clean install.</p><p>Although I am not sure what he is asking about unallocated space.  On the clean install, boot fromt he DVD, remove the existing partition and recreate with the install disk.</p>

[qsnoopyjr]

<p>Well I got EQ2 on a seperate partition. Bad news is I keep getting IRQ_NOT_LESS_EQUAL error which means I got to go back to my old ram 3GB because my mobo <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131284&Tpk=rampage%20formula">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...mpage%20formula</a> doesnt support quad channel ram and my ram <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144236">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16820144236</a> is quad channel. So upgrading to 64 bit was a waste. Was looking at dual core 4GB ram, I could have saved a few dollars if I went that route. I guess I'll keep 8GB for another time when I feel like building another computer. Would be awesome if you could downgrade the quad channel and make it dual channel, I dont see why you cant do it, but hey I dont make the RAM. When I go into BIOS it says I have 8GB of ram so the BIOS reads it, but dumb IRQ_NOT_LESS_EQUAL error pops up before it after it finishes its windows loading screen. Dont understand how BIOS can read it but my computer thinks theres a issue and gives me BSOD.</p><p>Thanks for advice on making a new partition, I thought it formats everything but it doesnt. What I was asking for on the allocated and unallocated space was how do I make allocated space become unallocated space without making it all become unallocated space. Because I only have C:/ which is where all my space is and 12GB of unallocated space just enough to fit EQ2 on, would like to have fit more on but ehhh its okay.</p><p>However if anyone knows how to convert part of a allocated space to unallocated space I would like to know for future reference.</p>