Quick dual boot question

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newtechie said:
Hi Steve,

Thanks for your reply.
It'll be configured on one 250g hard drive on 2 different partitions. I'll
probably do 2000/XP since the majority thinks this is the way to go. Is
there a way to get around reinstalling the current system?

Thanks,
newtechie
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Sorry, I thought you were starting fresh. You will have to use Partition
Magic or some other 3rd party partitioning program to resize the
existing partition. If you were starting fresh you would simply install
Win2K creating a partition that leaves unpartitioned space for the WinXP
install, then install XP on the unpartitioned space (it will create its
partition).

Steve N.
 
Two words - Virtual PC.

Don't play with dual boot, it is just a waste of time.
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The reason some of us choose to go with dual boot and 98 /
XP is that there are still some of us who want to run 98 /
95 compatible s/w that doesn't run on XP.

I have set up a computer for my son. I had 98 and I had XP,
and I was given a BOX full of educational software from
Algebra to Calculus that was 95-compatible. I am
retired/fully disabled and living on Social Security, so I
have to go with what I can afford.

Rather than trying to buy him several THOUSAND dollars worth
of educational software that was XP-compatible, the rational
approach was to set up a dual-boot PC for him.

Tallahassee
 
I appreciate your viewpoint. You certainly make many valid points. But their
validity comes into question when we actually expose what virtual machine
software is.

What you need to understand is that a virtual pc is a virtual computer on a
virtual hard drive file.

You actual install windows 98 onto that virtual disk and run a native copy
of 98 on the machine, at the same time as you are running your xp system.

When the virtual machine is maximized it functions just like you have
rebooted into the target os.
With no actual rebooting, partitioning or staring at your computer while it
reboots.

98 is also a security nightmare. The virtual machine can be segregated and
told not to talk to the outside world.

They also have a feature called undo disks that lets you wipe out any
changes to your systems state in a matter of seconds.

So reboot if you want. Its your time you are wasting, not mine.


--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.
 
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