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Howard Kaikow
System is already Win 98/Win 2000/Win 2000 multiboot
Win 98 is on C.
Win 2000 is on F
Another Win 2000 is on G
Jim Boyce's very useful Windows 2000 Quick Fixes (ISBN: 0-596-00017-0) gives
as procedure for cloning Win 98 and adding Win 2000, See pages 12-14,
In effect, you make a copy of C:\Windows in C:\Win 98.
Boot to C:\Win98, make registry changes.
Boot to C:\Windows and install Win 2000 over C:\Windows.
Alas, the Win 2000 CD would not let me upgrade because I already had
multiple operating systems installed.
Surely, there's a way to do this?
What's the best way?
I was thinking of renaming boot.ini, or modifying it to have just Win 98.
Would that work?
Would I lose the NTLDR?
If so, how to recover NTLDR, etc.?
I do not wish to do a clean Win 2000 install, I want to preserve the Win 98
apps and settings.
Win 98 is on C.
Win 2000 is on F
Another Win 2000 is on G
Jim Boyce's very useful Windows 2000 Quick Fixes (ISBN: 0-596-00017-0) gives
as procedure for cloning Win 98 and adding Win 2000, See pages 12-14,
In effect, you make a copy of C:\Windows in C:\Win 98.
Boot to C:\Win98, make registry changes.
Boot to C:\Windows and install Win 2000 over C:\Windows.
Alas, the Win 2000 CD would not let me upgrade because I already had
multiple operating systems installed.
Surely, there's a way to do this?
What's the best way?
I was thinking of renaming boot.ini, or modifying it to have just Win 98.
Would that work?
Would I lose the NTLDR?
If so, how to recover NTLDR, etc.?
I do not wish to do a clean Win 2000 install, I want to preserve the Win 98
apps and settings.