One advantage of a partitioned drive is that you can save
data (My Documents and other files) on E: and have the OS
and applications on C:. If you have a crash and need to
reinstall the OS and applications your data is safely
isolated on the E: drive.
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| Subject: Re: DUAL BOOT SYSTEM
| From: "LESLIE" <
[email protected]>
| Sent: 11/21/2003 11:49:37 AM
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| Dear Mike,
| Thanks for the good information! I have an even more
| fundamental question and that is: Is there any advantage
| to keeping the E partition? Since, my os is xp home, I
| can't create a dynamic disk but would I be better off
| useing just the c drive only? I have no objection to
| keeping the E drive but just wounder if there is any
| advantage to do so. By the way, to the best of my memory
| I loaded the XP OS first and then the W2K OS. Also, when
| I delete the W2K line in Boot.ini, assuming I delete the
| E drive, will it do away with having to chose the OS at
| boot? Just one more thought, can one delete an OS from
| the "add/remove component screen or just from "my
| computer?
| Thanks
| Leslie
| >-----Original Message-----
| message
| >| >> Hi
| >> Does any body know (but "NUTCASE" inparticular)the
| >> following: 1)I'm using a dual boot system with XP home
| os
| >> on the C drive and W2K os on the E logical drive, if I
| >> delete the W2K os will the NTFS file system that I
| >> installed for the W2K remain and can I use the E
| >> partition to store files and folders?
| >
| >Yes - if you just boot into Windows XP and delete all
| the files on the E: it
| >will still be available for you to store anything you
| want on there.
| >
| >> 2)If I delete the E
| >> drive altogether will the C drive remain unaffected,
| >> i.e., will I have to reinstall the XP home os?
| >> Thanks, Leslie
| >
| >Yes - of you boot into Windows XP and then use the
| Computer Management tool
| >\ Disk Management to remove the E: partition then the C
| partition should
| >remain.
| >However - there may be issues with the way you installed
| Windows XP and the
| >naming of your drives/partitions.
| >
| >Is this a PC with 2 physical drives C and E or are C and
| E 2 partitions on
| >one hard disk.
| >Did you install Windows 2000 first and then Windows XP -
| as is the supported
| >and recommended way or have you used third party tools
| to put Windows 2000
| >on after Windows XP?
| >If 2 disks then which one is the boot disk or if 2
| partitions which one is
| >the Primary partition.
| >
| >We need to know more about the actual configuration
| before anyone provide
| >more detailed advice.
| >
| >--
| >Regards,
| >
| >Mike
| >--
| >Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
| >
| >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
| confers no
| >rights
| >
| >Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions,
| please use these
| >newsgroups
| >
| message
| >| >> Hi
| >> Does any body know (but "NUTCASE" inparticular)the
| >> following: 1)I'm using a dual boot system with XP home
| os
| >> on the C drive and W2K os on the E logical drive, if I
| >> delete the W2K os will the NTFS file system that I
| >> installed for the W2K remain and can I use the E
| >> partition to store files and folders? 2)If I delete
| the E
| >> drive altogether will the C drive remain unaffected,
| >> i.e., will I have to reinstall the XP home os?
| >> Thanks, Leslie
| >
| >
| >.
| >
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