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"Russ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Yes, you can, but the method depends on your configuration.
Best to post full details of your disk structure.

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"Russ" wrote:

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> thx in advance from Russ I have several old work related programs which will not work on Xp, only older versions of Windows. I would like to put win Me or win 98 on my Xp computer as a backup os to use these programs. how would I do so? thx

Russ wrote:

If you have the drivers for your hardware for Windows Me, yes.

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"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

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> "Russ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Yes, you can, but the method depends on your configuration.
> Best to post full details of your disk structure.
>
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> thx. I have XP home version on my computer now. I believe there are two partitions; one for the main drive C, OS, programs, etc and one for the XP restore.

I have a separate copy of win ME which I would like to put on a separate
partition on the HD to use only for specific older work programs that do not
work under XP. I have fat32 on the current system as well.

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> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
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>> "Russ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Yes, you can, but the method depends on your configuration.
>> Best to post full details of your disk structure.
>>
>>
>> thx. I have XP home version on my computer now. I believe there are
>> two partitions; one for the main drive C, OS, programs, etc and one for
>> the XP restore.
>
> I have a separate copy of win ME which I would like to put on a separate
> partition on the HD to use only for specific older work programs that do
> not
> work under XP. I have fat32 on the current system as well.

Is your Windows XP system partition FAT32 or NTFS?

A simple way of doing what you want to do is to install WinME
in Microsoft's Virtual PC running under WinXP - see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

WinME does not support more than 512MB of ram. If you are running more ram
than that then consider running ME in a virtual machine using VPC. Also, if
you are using a recent mobo the chipset drivers may not support running
Win9x/ME.

If you run ME in a virtual machine then you do not have to reboot to switch
operating systems. You just run your ME virtual machine as a window on your
XP desktop. It is easily your most flexible solution.

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What's the drawback of using VPC (as compared to trying to install ME or 98
the regular way)? Just that you have to have enough memory to run both
apps?

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> WinME does not support more than 512MB of ram. If you are running more
> ram
> than that then consider running ME in a virtual machine using VPC. Also,
> if
> you are using a recent mobo the chipset drivers may not support running
> Win9x/ME.
>
> If you run ME in a virtual machine then you do not have to reboot to
> switch
> operating systems. You just run your ME virtual machine as a window on
> your
> XP desktop. It is easily your most flexible solution.
>
> "Russ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Virtual PC would be slower, which is probably not an issue with
a fairly new PC.


"Bill in Co." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What's the drawback of using VPC (as compared to trying to install ME or
> 98 the regular way)? Just that you have to have enough memory to run
> both apps?
>
> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> WinME does not support more than 512MB of ram. If you are running more
>> ram
>> than that then consider running ME in a virtual machine using VPC. Also,
>> if
>> you are using a recent mobo the chipset drivers may not support running
>> Win9x/ME.
>>
>> If you run ME in a virtual machine then you do not have to reboot to
>> switch
>> operating systems. You just run your ME virtual machine as a window on
>> your
>> XP desktop. It is easily your most flexible solution.
>>
>> "Russ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>

I think I mentioned this before, but on the VPC web page, unless I've missed
it, nowhere does it say it will run on Win XP Home Edition.

But someone here (maybe you?) mentioned that it could and would. But it's
kinda strange they won't even state it there. (Maybe they don't want to
support it?)


Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> Virtual PC would be slower, which is probably not an issue with
> a fairly new PC.
>
>
> "Bill in Co." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> What's the drawback of using VPC (as compared to trying to install ME or
>> 98 the regular way)? Just that you have to have enough memory to run
>> both apps?
>>
>> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>>> WinME does not support more than 512MB of ram. If you are running more
>>> ram
>>> than that then consider running ME in a virtual machine using VPC.
>>> Also,
>>> if
>>> you are using a recent mobo the chipset drivers may not support running
>>> Win9x/ME.
>>>
>>> If you run ME in a virtual machine then you do not have to reboot to
>>> switch
>>> operating systems. You just run your ME virtual machine as a window on
>>> your
>>> XP desktop. It is easily your most flexible solution.
>>>
>>> "Russ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>> thx in advance from Russ