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More info?)
hi bruce,
thanks for the detailed suggestions...Rahul..
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> (Just treat WinMe as Win98, for the purposes of these
>instructions.)
>
> The simplest way I've found to dual boot between Win9x
and WinXP
>would be to partition your drive(s) roughly as follows:
>
>C: Primary FAT32
Win9x/Legacy Apps
>D: Extended NTFS
WinXP/Modern Apps
>
> Adjust the partition sizes according to your actual
hard drive(s)
>size and the amount of space you'd like to allocate to
each OS and its
>applications.
>
> Create the partitions using Win9x's FDISK so you can
enable large
>disk support (FAT32). (No need for 3rd party partitioning
>utilities/boot managers and their frequent complications.)
>
> Install Win9x first, being sure to
select "C:\Windows" (or
>D:\Windows, if you prefer) when asked for the default
Windows
>directory. When you subsequently install WinXP, be sure
to specify
>"D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows," "C:\Winnt" as
referred/applicable) when
>asked for the default Windows directory, to place it in
the other
>partition. The WinXP installation routine will
automatically set up a
>Multi-boot menu for you. The default settings for this
menu can be
>readily edited from within WinXP. NOTE: If you elect to
place Win98
>on the "D:" drive, you'll _have_ to leave the "C:" drive
as FAT32.
>
> This method can be adapted to using 2 physical hard
drives by
>placing the boot partition (C:, which still must be
FAT32) and either
>of the operating systems on the Primary Master hard
drive, and the
>second operating system on the second hard drive.
>
> It is also possible to have a 3rd partition for shared
>applications, but it would be necessary for such a
partition to be
>formatted in the common file format (FAT32). The
applications would
>also have to be installed into each OS (to ensure proper
system file
>placement and registry updates), one at a time, but the
bulk of the
>program files could be located on this common partition.
I do not,
>however, actually recommend doing this as, if you were to
uninstall
>such an application from one OS, you may not be able to
gracefully
>uninstall it from the second OS, having already deleted
crucial
>installation data during the first uninstall action.
>
> Just about everything you need to know (URLs may
wrap):
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/2/10
..ASP
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/getting
started/multiboot.asp
>
>
>
>Bruce Chambers
>--
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>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever
count on
>having both at once. - RAH
>
>
>"RAHUL GHOSH.." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:98e001c478c1$717a53c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> In dual boot, Can win-ME & win-XP be installed in the
same
>> drive?? Will it be feasible?? Or is it recomended to
>> install in 2 different dives?? what difference does it
>> make between installing in 1 drive and installing in 2
>> different drives???
>> Regards, Rahul...
>
>
>.
>
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