XyWrite and Windows 7

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

I have been having a lot of trouble with Windows 7 which could be due
to the fact that I upgraded from a Vista system that was far from
solid - - constant crashes, chkdsks, etc. -- on different drives. I
have checked memory and it seems to be fine.

My next step is to do what I dread most of all: a clean install.

So now I have a choice between the 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows
(Ultimate).

Attempting to research this on Google, I found a lot of conflicting
claims, one of which is that 16-bit DOS apps are only supported in
Windows 32.

Can this possibly be true?

Has anyone run XyWrite on 64-bit Windows 7 or Vista?

Since I can't (easily) on my Dell 1720 access more than 4GB, I am
tempted to go with 32-bit, especially as that will make it easier to
get the right drivers for the Dell. But I would like to know if it is
possible to use the 64-bit version of Win 7.

I have also been unable to find something I recall from long ago on
this list, Robert's suggestions for how to partition Windows hard
drives. If I recall, it was something like Partion 1 = system,
Partition 2 = programs, Partition 3 = data.

I wonder how hard it would be to talk Win 7 into relocating its
'users' directory to another partition and how the 'libraries' work
with this.

Curiously, I found a XyWrite user posting to a CNET list on Windows 7,
and wonder if that was someone here. A lot of nonsense seems to be
talked on the subject of DOS and Win 7. It makes one realize just how
inadequate internet information can be.