Who's protocol? Maybe if you are isolating yourself to windoz'z
capabilities only...........
This is totally false.........Again, isolating yourself to windoze.
Why? It's junk.............And I will not explain why so don't ask.
Is there a reason why you push dual boots like that? What you are saying
is totally false.......How come you don't recommend third party
software? Is there some golden rule why you don't recommend other
methods? Has to be MS's Windoze way? What if they don't like 2000
anymore and get rid of it.....Another slew of trouble..........Did you
even explain that part? Delete 2K than you have to convert a logical to
a primary and than try to fix the MBR again and hope they get XP back???
Dual booting like that is a nightmare in my eyes....It's so evident by
all the major problems I read about in just this NG alone when it comes
to people screwing up their machines..........
Amazing......................
Forgive me Tor but is the OP 'not' using Microsoft products? The OP states
Windows 2000 and XP not third party software like Linux so i cannot see the
point of diverting his/her attention to how 'other' manufacturers decide
dual booting should be done. to me that only confuses the issue.
The OP also mentioned "slicing" off a partition, how is that done using
windows with an already existing install? It's obvious to me that 3rd
party resize/moving/partitioning was evident.
Why would the issue be confused? If they have partitionMagic or other
partitioning tools & a suggestion of XOSL than there is no need for the
complications of dual booting/reformatting/re-aligning old & new as you
suggested.....It's actually very easy to setup, no confusion at all.
As for Virtual PC we have spoken about this before and, although i wouldn't
necessarily describe it as Junk (you could class VMWare the same too - the
principle is the same and i have used both) our sentiments run along the
same lines. But it was another suggestion for the OP.
Ok, agreed...........
My replies 'do not' have to be 'MS Windoze way' as you put it. I am neither
employed by Microsoft nor are my allegences rooted in the Microsoft doctine.
Like every MVP I am an independant. However, if the OP's problem revolves
around Microsoft products the the only suitable answer will revolve around
Microsoft.
What third party software would you suggest? Let me know and if it passes my
stringent tests as a journalist i'll consider suggesting it as an
alternative. If it doesn't then the Microsoft way will have to suffice.
Stringent tests?? Any research done on dual booting techniques will
reveal **far** superior techniques other than using windows features.
I personally feel that when giving suggestions other resources should
also be quoted to give a user an option.....And also they should be
warned of the complications that may arise from that wacky dual boot
scenario using windows features.......I personally have been dual
booting for many years and have probably experienced just about every
complication/scenario.....My worst experiences were when I first did it
by allowing bootstrapping(windows's way) and exposed "unhidden" logical
drives with OS's on them....Major nightmare if an individual does not
know what they are doing.........
I'm not challenging your experience, I was just very curious why these
methods of using windows techniques is always evident in feedback with
these dual boot questions.........I'm just amazed at the amount of
complications I see, and that's not isolated to this group only.
Peace..................
