has anyone used HyperOs?

tomos · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:01

i was reading their site (hyperossystems.co.uk), think thats safe. doesnt seem like a competitor.

any way i was checking their site out and saw the oneclick etc products. what exactly are they? are they imaging software like ghost/acronis or does it work like system restore?

i am curious about the claims of swapping from one OS to another while in windows? the way i'm reading it i could have XP, XP64 and Vista on there and basically jump from one to the other?

is that right or am i completely missing how this works

Rambaud · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:18

Swapping among OSs via HyperOs requires a re-boot.

tomos · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:53

hmm, says on their site -

Swaps systems with a double click fire and forget from within Windows or Linux using the My Other Computers Window

there are different versions tho. :confused:

NathanE · 4 Apr 2006 at 00:13

It's a load of rubbish. Get VMWare or Virtual PC if you want the real McCoy

tomos · 4 Apr 2006 at 08:08

but you cant use a virtual PC as a normal one tho (at least i cant). try playing a game in a Vpc

Rambaud · 4 Apr 2006 at 09:02

tomos said:
hmm, says on their site -

there are different versions tho.

It depends on your reading of "swap".

Although the other OSs appear in Windows Explorer, you cannot click and change to another OS instantly. HyperOS does need a re-boot.

Just like Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image, you start within Windows but both those programs have drop to DOS via a re-boot to work.

The main difference between the latest versions of HyperOS is the number of OSs you can run at the same time.

tomos · 4 Apr 2006 at 10:10

ah ok. so basically its a manager for a multiboot system?

Rambaud · 4 Apr 2006 at 10:28

tomos said:
ah ok. so basically its a manager for a multiboot system?

Yes, but it can do other things.

Like cloning copies of any of the OSs and restoring them.

It also includes Partition Magic 8 (PM8) so that partitions can be moved and re-sized, clusters re-sized etc.

But probably not more than one could onself with (say) Ghost, PM8 and a good Boot Manager.

One of its main uses - for me - is to test new software/hardware etc without worrying that it might screw up my whole system. If it does, you can just delete that system and switch to another.

tomos · 4 Apr 2006 at 10:46

hmm, that might be handy. does it only support specfic OS's? i mean could i test xp, a linux variant, xp64 as well as then adding vista32 and vista64 to mess around with?

bledd · 4 Apr 2006 at 11:14

that side doesn't interest me, but i'm still real tempted to get that ramdrive they sell

tomos · 4 Apr 2006 at 11:24

seen that, but prob of any ramdrive like that is the SATA conns it uses. whether it goes to 150 or 300 meg speeds, its still pathetically slow compared to RAM.

wish they would do a ram bay like that but connect it to a pci-e controller to make use of that bandwidth. 1GB/sec would be good

Rambaud · 4 Apr 2006 at 11:27

tomos said:
hmm, that might be handy. does it only support specfic OS's? i mean could i test xp, a linux variant, xp64 as well as then adding vista32 and vista64 to mess around with?

I am not sure. I don't think it supports all OSs - I have only used Win 2000 Pro, XP Pro and 2003 Server.

There are Forums where you could ask those questions :

http://hyperosforum.co.uk/hosf/index.php

bledd · 4 Apr 2006 at 11:32

tomos said:
seen that, but prob of any ramdrive like that is the SATA conns it uses. whether it goes to 150 or 300 meg speeds, its still pathetically slow compared to RAM.

wish they would do a ram bay like that but connect it to a pci-e controller to make use of that bandwidth. 1GB/sec would be good

yeah the sata / ide controllers would be at more or less MAX output, so still bombing fast compared to a HDD

but yeah, pci-e would be awesome

tomos · 4 Apr 2006 at 12:12

yep, still fast compared to a drive but drives are stupidly slow really arent they?

not worth the expense. for the same cost you can get so many drives and raid them. sure the access time will be higher, but you'll get much more storage space too./

have 3 raptors at the moment ready to raid. just waiting for a 4th. should be helishly quick

Sputnik II · 5 Apr 2006 at 00:22

tomos said:
hmm, that might be handy. does it only support specfic OS's? i mean could i test xp, a linux variant, xp64 as well as then adding vista32 and vista64 to mess around with?

You would need Hyperos version 2004FE to use those OS's iirc. Later versions have dropped Linux.
Tbh the Linux support is not good and its doesn't swap from Linux to Windows easily.

Sputnik II · 5 Apr 2006 at 00:28

Rambaud said:
The main difference between the latest versions of HyperOS is the number of OSs you can run at the same time.

Thats not exactly true. They have always done the 22 system version(altho in early days it was 20 iirc).
The 2004 version supported (loosely) Linux. The new geek versions now only support windows 2000,XP,XP64bit and hopefully future windows OS's.

tomos · 5 Apr 2006 at 00:36

ah, was interested in linux support to start messing around in it. might just use a virtualpc for that then and see how it goes

hopefully with virtualisation in future CPUs it may make it easier to use

shame they dont do any kind of trial for hyperos tho - too expensive to just take a chance on

Sputnik II · 5 Apr 2006 at 00:44

tomos said:
ah, was interested in linux support to start messing around in it. might just use a virtualpc for that then and see how it goes hopefully with virtualisation in future CPUs it may make it easier to use

shame they dont do any kind of trial for hyperos tho - too expensive to just take a chance on

You could always call them, they have always sold me the software for a lower price on the phone than the website list price.