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Anonymous   04-02-2004 at 02:52:57 PM

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presently I have XP home on single drive but I am adding larger drive (plus
XP Pro) and was wondering best way to partition for my use.

I want Windows 98 + Windows XP Pro (XP Home not longer used).
Prefer XP in fastest positions.
desired partitions
XP system
XP data (at least for my data, other users, if any, can go in system)
XP swap file (and temporary files?)
Windows 98

Any recommendations?
- R. Peters

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Anonymous   04-02-2004 at 02:52:58 PM
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Hello
That all depends on how large the drive is and to what size partitions you
are needing.
This might give you some info. before starting.
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

More info.
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -US;306559

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Anonymous   04-02-2004 at 09:19:42 PM
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 07:52:57 +1000, R. Peters wrote:

>presently I have XP home on single drive but I am adding larger drive (plus
>XP Pro) and was wondering best way to partition for my use.
>
>I want Windows 98 + Windows XP Pro (XP Home not longer used).
>Prefer XP in fastest positions.
>desired partitions
> XP system
> XP data (at least for my data, other users, if any, can go in system)
> XP swap file (and temporary files?)
> Windows 98
>
>Any recommendations?

Will you have 2 hard drives in future?
What size are the drives?
You will probably need to use Fat32 for compatibility with Win98.

On the presumption that your new hard drive will be the primary.

C: Windows 98
D: Win XP Pro.
E: Programs that you install.
F: Store downloaded stuff, music & videos, backups etc.

Put the XP swap file on C:

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Anonymous   04-02-2004 at 09:44:43 PM
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Old drive 40G
New drive 80G

looks like might be easiest to reformat old drive as FAT32 and use it as
master (boot) and Win98 with a partition for swapfile (and Temp ?)
Install WinXP Pro to new drive, I assume I can specify where to install it.
Partition new drive for system and my data

The articles are enlightening but concentrate on how and not why, what
options you have or what you had better have done first (although
importantly does specify installation order).
- R. Peters

"Haus" <youknow@iwillslapyou> wrote in message
news:106pobjbpd61pbd@corp.supernews.com...
> Hello
> That all depends on how large the drive is and to what size partitions you
> are needing.
> This might give you some info. before starting.
>
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>
> More info.
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -US;306559
>
> --
> Hope This Helps
> Haus
> Not a MS-MVP
> Not a MVP
> Not nothing, just a good ole boy.
>
>

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